{"id":1096,"date":"2016-04-24T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T22:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2019-11-09T07:24:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T13:24:35","slug":"11-practice-requirements-for-youth-basketball-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/11-practice-requirements-for-youth-basketball-coaches","title":{"rendered":"11 Practice Requirements for Youth Basketball Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

For our 6th grade (to be) girls basketball team, we had a lot of players wanting to join so we decided to create two teams. \u00a0 Both teams will run the same offense, defense, etc… but we’ll practice separate.<\/p>\n

Since I don’t have enough time to coach both teams I have recruited a couple coaches to work with our second team. \u00a0Technically I am the “director of coaching” and responsible for making sure they are well coached and developing.<\/p>\n

So I’m writing up the framework and requirements I expect the coaches to follow.<\/p>\n

\"11PracticeRequirementsYouth\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s what I wrote for the practice requirements for the coaching youth basketball<\/a>. \u00a0In my opinion, this is something all youth coaches should adhere to…<\/p>\n

Youth Practice Requirements<\/b><\/h2>\n

 
\n1) Little to no standing in lines. <\/b>\u00a0Players should be active. \u00a0Keep them moving. \u00a0Improvise to keep them active (use stations, split into groups, use better drills, etc).<\/p>\n

2) Lots of touches on the ball. <\/b>\u00a0Players should have a ball in their hands during a large portion of the practices. \u00a0Sharing one ball among 10 players, severely limits their touches. \u00a0Use drills for optimal development and touches.<\/p>\n

3) Use small sided games<\/a><\/b> (1v1, 1v2, 2v2, 3v3, etc) in addition to unopposed skill work (ex: \u00a0cone dribbling). \u00a0Competitive games are a dynamic and critical training tool for development.<\/p>\n

4) Run some type of competitive 1v1 full court dribbling drill<\/b> in at least 9 out of 10 practices. \u00a0This is probably the best drill there is for ballhandling, agility, on ball defense… do this daily.<\/p>\n

5) Enforce the rule: Eyes on coach and listen carefully.<\/b> \u00a0When a coach is talking, require players to have their eyes on the coach and listen carefully. \u00a0Be stickler. \u00a0Have them sit out or do push ups any time they don\u2019t abide by this rule.<\/p>\n

6) Reward effort,<\/b> not natural ability. \u00a0If a player is trying hard, give them praise! \u00a0Encourage discipline and effort. \u00a0Really focus on emphasizing \u201ceffort\u201d.<\/p>\n

7) Be positive! \u00a0Make things fun.<\/b> \u00a0There\u2019s no need to yell. \u00a0Give out high fives and lots of verbal praise when they do a good job. \u00a0Set a good example by being a positive coach. \u00a0We want to build up their confidence and make this a fun experience for the players. \u00a0Keep in mind, you can still require discipline without yelling. \u00a0For example, if they don\u2019t listen, just sit them out of the activity for 5-20 minutes.<\/p>\n

8) Allow Mistakes.<\/b> \u00a0Players will make lots of mistakes. \u00a0That\u2019s ok. \u00a0That\u2019s how you learn and \u201cfear of failure\u201d is probably the biggest hindrance to player development. \u00a0Make sure they know it\u2019s ok to make mistakes and they are in a safe zone.<\/p>\n

9) Allow yourself to make mistakes.<\/b> \u00a0As a coach, you will mess up and make mistakes. \u00a0Don\u2019t worry about it. \u00a0Hindsight is 20\/20. \u00a0I have been coaching a long time and I still make mistakes all the time. \u00a0That\u2019s how you learn. \u00a0In addition, no one expects you to know everything on day 1. \u00a0Slowly increase your knowledge and understanding of the game. \u00a0As a coach, learning should never stop.<\/p>\n

10) Eliminate the three Ls.<\/b> Eliminate lines, laps and lectures. \u00a0\u00a0Running laps or wind sprints, especially without a ball, is a waste of time. All conditioning drills<\/a> should be done with the ball in their hands. \u00a0Lectures should be left for the classroom. Kids come to practice to be active and participate, not to be talked to for extended periods of time. \u00a0Keep lectures short and concise. \u00a0Players learn by seeing and doing.<\/p>\n

11) Focus on player development! <\/b>\u00a0Put learning how to play basketball ahead of learning your system. \u00a0This is paramount. \u00a0Most of your time should be spent on things that will help players no matter what team or coach they play for in the future. Teach them fundamentals like spacing, cutting, screening, shooting, dribbling, 1v1 moves, passing, footwork, defense, and lay ups.<\/p>\n

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For our 6th grade (to be) girls basketball team, we had a lot of players wanting to join so we decided to create two teams. \u00a0 Both teams will run the same offense, defense, etc… but we’ll practice separate. Since I don’t have enough time to coach both teams I have recruited a couple coaches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-5th-grade-basketball","7":"category-practice-strategy","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}