Tips for Subbing With Youth Basketball Teams
By Joe Haefner
Check out this forum discussion on subbing for youth teams. There are some great subbing methods such as the “piece-meal” & “numbering” methods.
Here is the numbering system I used in the past:
1. I would assign a number to each player. If I had eight players, I would make sure that 1 & 2 was either a good ball handler and/or scorer. Then, I would do the same thing for 6&7. This way, you have a player who can score and/or handle the ball on the court at all times.
2. If we played 4 8-minute quarters, I would sub every 4 minutes.
3. I subbed for the next numbers in line. For example, if I had players 6,7, 8 on the bench. I would sub for 1,2,3. When I had 1,2,3 on the bench, I would sub for 4,5,6. When I had 4,5,6 on the bench, I would sub for 7,8,1. When I had 7,8,1 on the bench, I would sub for 2,3,4.
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Rusty G — January 19, 2010 @ 11:38 am
Where I get a little hung up is how to get the boys (age 12) to find a player they are to guard….not hard at first, but then the other team shuffles substitutions into the game and the kids get confused as to who to guard….Any method or suggestion? I’ve tried when your man leaves you must pick someone…
Joe Haefner — January 19, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
Rusy, at the youth level, I would just yell “match up” or “point at who you are guarding” or “guard who is guarding you.” That seems to work well for me.