Discover The Secrets of Coaching Basketball
While Coaching Basketball, one of the first things that should be addressed is conditioning. The ability to out hustle, out work, and have more stamina, could be the difference between winning and losing. This is especially the case towards the end of a hard fought season when your team is making a championship run.
Before even touching a ball, a coach will put the team through a series of stamina building drills the first week of practice to get the team in shape. Players tend not to like this week of practice as it is a very long and hard week full of calisthenics. This will prove to be big for the team, as late in the season when other teams are tired, your team is prepared.
Conditioning is something that most players can't stand to do, but they'll appreciate it later. Unfortunately injuries are a big part of the game and the first week of practice will help prevent a team from having major injuries. Some of the drills used for getting in shape are suicides all the way down the floor, wind sprints, and running back and forth through obstacles.
After the first week is completed, coaches will then start introducing the fundamentals of basketball. However, conditioning will still be a part of Coaching Youth Basketball, but the focus will then shift to other areas of the game.
One of the first things typically addressed is ball handling, which will more than likely start with basic dribbling drills. Some of the drills used in basic dribbling are; dribbling back and forth with one ball, dribbling with two balls at once, and dribbling through legs while walking. In the end, it will help your team protect the ball during each possession.
Players typically have a dislike for a coach after the first two weeks of practice, because it is a lot of hard work. However, at this point in practice the coach will become a teacher, instead of a drill instructor. Most kids will become a sponge and start their progression in the fundamentals of basketball.
Specific plays and shooting techniques will then be introduced and only will be introduced after sufficient ball handling skills are adequate enough to support them. When shooting is involved, free throw shooting will be a large part of this specific aspect. Players are then assigned certain positions and will usually entail utilizing the best players in the more important positions.
Regardless of the style, Coaching Basketball, and any sport for that matter will require patience, understanding, and respect to and from every person on the team including the coach.
Before even touching a ball, a coach will put the team through a series of stamina building drills the first week of practice to get the team in shape. Players tend not to like this week of practice as it is a very long and hard week full of calisthenics. This will prove to be big for the team, as late in the season when other teams are tired, your team is prepared.
Conditioning is something that most players can't stand to do, but they'll appreciate it later. Unfortunately injuries are a big part of the game and the first week of practice will help prevent a team from having major injuries. Some of the drills used for getting in shape are suicides all the way down the floor, wind sprints, and running back and forth through obstacles.
After the first week is completed, coaches will then start introducing the fundamentals of basketball. However, conditioning will still be a part of Coaching Youth Basketball, but the focus will then shift to other areas of the game.
One of the first things typically addressed is ball handling, which will more than likely start with basic dribbling drills. Some of the drills used in basic dribbling are; dribbling back and forth with one ball, dribbling with two balls at once, and dribbling through legs while walking. In the end, it will help your team protect the ball during each possession.
Players typically have a dislike for a coach after the first two weeks of practice, because it is a lot of hard work. However, at this point in practice the coach will become a teacher, instead of a drill instructor. Most kids will become a sponge and start their progression in the fundamentals of basketball.
Specific plays and shooting techniques will then be introduced and only will be introduced after sufficient ball handling skills are adequate enough to support them. When shooting is involved, free throw shooting will be a large part of this specific aspect. Players are then assigned certain positions and will usually entail utilizing the best players in the more important positions.
Regardless of the style, Coaching Basketball, and any sport for that matter will require patience, understanding, and respect to and from every person on the team including the coach.
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