You'll be teaching habits that will stick with these kids for the rest of their lives. And whether you like it or not, you'll be setting an example and teaching kid's lessons about life (good and bad). Kids are impressionable. They pick up on things.
You have an obligation and responsibility to teach them the right things - in both basketball and life.
When you think about it, teachers would do anything to get the enthusiasm that you get from your players. Kids actually like and want to play basketball.
Your players look up to you. They listen to you. And you have an amazing opportunity to make a POSITIVE impact on their lives!
You have a very important and rewarding job!
In this section of our website, we'll provide you with links to a variety of youth coaching tactics, plays, drills, and tips that will help
you become a better youth basketball coach.
The articles discuss very important concepts to help you succeed. So read through each article, starting with the first one at the top.
If you don't have our free eBook yet, the first thing you should check out is our FREE Basketball Drills ebook. It includes 72 of some of our favorite basketball drills and it includes youth section so you can easily find the drills that apply to you.
We also offer videos with 60+ Youth Basketball Drills and Tips For Coaching Youth Basketball.
When working with young kids and running basketball drills, there are three very important concepts you need to consider:
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1 - Kids need to be highly active!
Just by using fast paced drills and keeping things moving, your players will have more fun and get in better condition. Your kids should be breathing hard and their hearts should be pumping. It's good for them!
Avoid standing in lines as much as possible and keep the ball in their hands as much as possible.
2 - Kids want to feel successful!
With very youngs kids, competition doesn't always serve as a motivator. You should always provide activities that help them build their skills and confidence. Strive to focus on the learning process instead of measuring up to those around you.
You'll want to avoid adding pressure and competition until the players have developed their skills, confidence, and become proficient with the basics.
Put them in situations where they can succeed.
3 - Kids want to have lots of fun!
This is an important stage for young players and your actions could determine whether they enjoy sports or not.
It's important to make things fun so they can improve and become confident.
Youth basketball drills don't have to be boring. Almost any drill can be modified to provide high activity, high success, and high enjoyment.
Youth Basketball Offenses
I believe that using a very simple motion offense is the way to go for youth teams because it teaches them how to move and the players will begin to learn how to get open and play the game.
Motion offense also allows you to spend more time teaching fundamentals and skills (which is very important for young players).
The challenging part about motion offenses is that there are SO many options that it's hard for players to know what to do. But you can easily solve that problem by making simple rules and starting with the basics.
For example, you might want to just with just a couple simple options for your motion offense. You could start by teaching the players proper spacing, away screens, and v-cuts. Once they master those skills and get VERY proficient at cutting properly and setting good away screens, then you can start adding more options and building on your foundation.
You can add ball screens, rolling, and so on. Just don't go too fast! Make sure they have good fundamentals before you start adding stuff.
You can learn about developing motion offenses by looking at these resources:
Offensive Theory & Introduction to Basketball Offense
Teaching Basketball Motion Offense
5 Out Cutters Offense - Easy to teach and it is a great building block for the motion offense.
You can also try this very simple patterned offense that you can use as a play or your entire offense: Youth Offense - Michigan
Press Breaker Offense - Breaking the Press in Youth Basketball
3 Critical Player Development Tips For Your Offense
Youth Basketball Plays
When it comes to teaching plays to youth basketball players, it is typically better to teach them concepts on how to play the game of basketball.
Triple Threat - How to get in triple threat position every time a player catches the ball.
Footwork - Quick stops & pivoting
Cutting - Basket cuts & back cuts
Screens - Off the ball & On-ball
Eventually, reading screens.
To read more on this topic, please read:
Youth Coaches: Destroy Your Playbook and Do This Instead
Should Youth Coaches AVOID Plays and Patterned Offenses?
Here are some very basic plays:
1-3-1 Cutters
Rolling
Swing Variation
Zone Shallow
Zone Overload
Quick Hitter Vs. 1-3-1 Zone
Best Overall Advice for Youth Basketball Coaches
1) Keep things fun!
Did you know that the #1 reason kids quit sports is because it's not fun anymore?!? It's very important to play plenty of games and keep a positive attitude.
Be positive and make things fun. Even if the kids get cut from the team or decide not play basketball at an older age, they'll still have a positive image of basketball and may continue to play it recreationally when they get older.
If you act like a drill sergeant when coaching a bunch of 10 year olds, the kid will get a negative image of basketball and have negative emotional feelings when thinking of basketball. Kids will also get sick of basketball if they play TOO many games each year. As a result, they will not likely play basketball when they get older. It can even affect their feelings towards fitness in general. If a person dislikes fitness and becomes inactive, they are more likely to be unhealthy!
60+ Youth Basketball Drills and Games
2) Be Positive & Do NOT Correct Every Mistake!
Don't be too critical and stop them to make a correction on every mistake. Let them play and learn themselves. If you stop or correct them on every mistake, you'll get a basketball player with low confidence that is always unsure of what to do, instead of a confident player that reacts to the defense.
Now, if they continue to make the same mistake over and over and over, show the player a better way to do a certain thing. For example, if you see one of your players stand straight up every time they touch the ball and a defender crowds them and causes the offensive player to travel. Say to the player, "Way to hustle, Johnny! Let me show you something that will help you when the defender crowds you. When catching the ball in this position, keep your hips back with your knees bent, and pivot. Be ready to attack. Then if the defender comes to crowd you, it will be easy for you to dribble right by him!" Notice, I did NOT focus on the negative and say "Stop bringing the ball up!"
Don't focus on the negative. Focus on the way to help them. Let's be positive as coaches!
3) Allow your players to be successful!
Sometimes competition is not a motivator for young kids. However ALL kids need to taste success (and hopefully lots of it). Now this doesn't mean winning. It means getting better and succeeding in practice. Allow your players to run drills that they can succeed at and feel good about. Celebrate small accomplishments and successes with your players.
4) Teach life lessons in your practices!
Read this article about teaching life lessons and improving team bonding.
5) Don't worry about winning!
You don't have time to worry about winning. There's only time to do the right thing... If you do things "right", winning will eventually be a by-product of your actions. Be patient. True success takes time to do things right. It doesn't happen overnight.
You must first build a SOLID foundation for these kids to build on. Taking the time to build that foundation will cause you to sacrifice winning some games. Trust us. This is better for your players in the long run.
6) Avoid year-round basketball and play other sports!
There is a reason that NBA GM's don't like their ELITE, PROFESSIONAL basketball players competing in the summer World Championships and Olympics. It's been scientifically proven that playing a sport year-round leads to tired muscles and a tired muscle has a much HIGHER chance of injury. Now, if these PROFESSIONAL athletes with proper nutrition and training are supposed to avoid year-round basketball, don't you think that a DEVELOPING, young athlete (most likely without proper nutrition and training) should be avoiding it as well?!?
If you force your child to play, it can also lead to burnout, injury, and resentment of the sport or fitness
altogether. People are much more driven when they choose to do something they enjoy, rather than being forced to
do it. If you want your child to enjoy basketball, play GAMES with him when they want to, and watch
basketball-related activities with them. 9 times out of 10, kids enjoy sports that their parents enjoy if approached the right way.
At this age, it is best to improve overall athletic ability which is done by playing multiple sports,
such as gymnastics, baseball, soccer, martial arts, football, track, volleyball, softball, swimming, and so on.
Keep in mind, that you want to have seasons for these sports. Avoid playing 2 or 3 sports at once and multiple practices on the same day. If you want to focus on one sport at age 16 or 17, GREAT. Not at age 10 or 11. And who knows what your child will take an interest in or show talent in at age 10? Most of the time, things change a lot in the next 6 or 7 years!
7) Don't press or play zone defense!
You can read why and get advice here.
8) Use small basketballs and lower rims!
Using rims that are too high and basketballs that are too big will RUIN your players shooting form. They are NOT strong enough yet.
Do we send 6 year olds to Yankee stadium and start throwing from the big mound? No, we start with tee-ball, then parent pitch, then little league (close bases), and move up.
It's ridiculous to throw 5-10 year olds on a full size court with 10 foot rims and youth basketballs that are way too big! It's no wonder so many kids have horrible shooting form when they get to high school!
9) Teach the right things!
Just keep in mind that if you can teach your young players the following skills, then you should feel good that about what you accomplished and know that you're teaching your player the right things (that they need to be successful)!
Your young players should be able to:
Dribble with their left and right hands equally well.
Make lay ups with their left and right hands equally well -- and jump off the proper foot (left foot when shooting with right hand, and vice-versa)
Perform a jump stop without traveling.
Pivot on their left and right foot without traveling.
Perform accurate chest, bounce, and overhead passes.
Perform a defensive slide (feet wide, good balance, staying between the offensive player and the basket).
Shoot a basketball with proper form.
These simple skills should be your number priority and your goal should be to help your players master these skills. Once they have truly mastered these skills, you can start building from there.
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Questions & Answers
If you have any questions about coaching youth basketball, post your questions on our forum.
A group of very experienced and knowledgeable coaches monitor the forum and answer questions.
Recommended Youth Coaching eBooks, Books, and DVDs
Here are the books and DVDs that we recommend to youth coaches:
The Youth Coaching System (By Jim Huber)
60 Fun Youth Basketball Drills
Motion Offense
Basketball Shooting Tips & Drills
M2M Basketball Defense Tips & Drills
Simplified Post Player Development
Coaching Youth Basketball - What Should You Teach?
By Joe Haefner
Home > Coaching > Coaching Youth Basketball > Coaching Youth Basketball - What Should You Teach?
Many youth basketball coaches don't know where to start or what to teach. Well, we hope to help you out in this area. Below, we provide some advice on what to teach youth basketball players. We break it down between 3 levels. As you perfect each level, you can advance to the next level to teach more skills & concepts.
All beginner players should start with Level 1 no matter the age. We put ages next to the level as a general guideline. Depending on the
age and skill level, you'll progress through the levels at different rates. You may notice that you'll spend 4 years working on Level 1 with 7 to 10 year olds.
At the same time, you may be able to progress to Level 2 after two weeks working with a group of 13 year olds who are playing basketball for the first time.
I would advise to go back and start at Level 1 every year. A lot of high school and college coaches start at Level 1 every year. They just progress through the levels more quickly than a youth team. It's a great way to ingrain
the fundamentals into your players year in and year out.
We advise to take a couple of hours and write up a master practice schedule
for the season, so you can progressively teach them the skills mentioned below. It may take a few years to teach all of these skills at one level and THAT'S OKAY! For youth players, we want to focus on the long-term development, not how many games they win when they're 11 years old.
If you try to progress them too quickly, it will hurt them in the long-run. You want to have a solid foundation first. You shouldn't try to teach
them every dribble move in one year or every option in the motion offense. The same way in which you couldn't teach a person calculus if they did not
know how to do simple addition and subtraction.
Important Note: Throughout this article, you'll find many links to other articles on the website to explain concepts that we advise to teach. My
recommendation would be to read the entire article first, then go back and click on the links to read the other articles.
You may also want to add this article to
your "Favorites" or "Bookmark" it, because there may not be enough time to read all of the links in one sitting.
Level 1 (7 to 10 Year Olds)
Here's what to teach, ordered by priority:
Lay ups - You should practice lots of lay ups with both hands. Your goal should be to get all players to make lay ups with their left and right hands equally well!! Teach them to jump off the proper foot. They should jump off the left leg when shooting a right hand lay up. They should shoot off their right leg when shooting a left hand lay up. It will be difficult but work on it. You'll probably need to start really close to the basket, with no dribble, and take just one step to practice the footwork. Once you add the dribble, they should dribble with their left hand when shooting left hand lay ups. And vice versa.
Footwork - Teach them triple threat positioning, pivoting on their left and right foot without traveling, jump stops, and to square to the basket as soon as they catch the ball in a triple threat position. You should spend a lot of time on footwork!
Shooting form - For this age group, we highly recommend using smaller balls and lower baskets. If that is not possible, allow the players to dip their elbows which will give them more strength. To learn more on shooting, we also have the Breakthrough Basketball Shooting Guide.
Ball handling - You should teach your players to dribble with left and right hands equally. Basic dribble moves such as the speed dribble, crossover, protect-the-ball dribble, and back-up dribble.
Resource: Progressive Youth Ball Handling & Footwork Workouts App - Players can do the workouts from anywhere. The coaching dashboard also allows you to monitor multiple players or your whole team.
Athletic & movement skills - Teach them how to run, jump and land, skip, stop, move laterally, squat, lunge and any other basic movements. If you don't know how to teach these movements, ask a professional or PE teacher to show you how. 99% of the time they would be more than willing to help, and they may even come and show the kids themselves.
Should We Teach Basketball Skills To Players Under the Age of 10? - Useful information for all levels of coaches, not just coaches who work with players under the age of 10.
Basic passes - Teach and practice the basic chest, bounce, and overhead passes.
Play plenty of 2 on 2 and 3 on 3 games to teach concepts (no dribble keep away). It gets the players more experience and allows them enough space to operate and use the new skills they have learned. Make sure to use plenty of age-appropriate drills & games.
For more on this, read Could 3 on 3 Basketball Be the Best for Youth Players?
Offense - Do NOT use any structured or patterned offenses. First, get them comfortable on the court. They will start to figure things out on their own. Your main concern should be to have them move & not stand still.
If you use a few basic cuts and maybe screens in your shooting drills at the beginning of practice, then your players will already know how to move in a motion offense. Then you don't have to waste time teaching offense. Just let them play.
Once players feel comfortable on the court, show them proper spacing.
As they progress, you can start to introduce them to motion offense situations.
Basic cuts & how to get open - If time permits, you can introduce the basket cut and straight cut. I would suggest that you just work these cuts into your shooting drills at the beginning of practice. This will save loads of time.
Defense - Teach the basic stance, defensive slide, and basic off-ball principles. Don't worry about spending as much time on defense. As they get older, you'll gradually spend more time on defense. Focusing on it 5 to 10 minutes per practice would be more than sufficient.
Basic Off Ball Principles:
- Stay between man and the ball
- Always stop the ball if it is in front of you!
For this age group, we are against zone defenses for development purposes.
For anyone coaching this age group, we HIGHLY recommend the DVD The Youth Coaching System (By Jim Huber). You'll gets lots of drills and learn exactly how to teach the most important fundamentals the to kids "right way". We truly believe this DVD should be required viewing for ALL youth coaches.
Level 2 (10 to 12 Year Olds)
You should expand onto more advanced skills for everything mentioned above. But remember, if your 10 to 12 year olds are inexperienced, you should start in Level 1. And at the beginning of each season, you should start at level 1 until those skills are perfected. Then you can progress into the more advanced stuff below.
Lay ups - jumping off one foot and jump-stop lay ups.
Teach more cuts: back cut, curl cut, etc.
Continue to focus on shooting form and introduce some movement for shooting drills (shooting off the dribble and off the catch). To learn more on shooting, we also have the Breakthrough Basketball Shooting Guide.
Ball handling & dribbling - teach more dribble moves such as the inside-out dribble (fake crossover), hesitation move, and between-the-legs.
Resource: Progressive Youth Ball Handling & Footwork Workouts App - Players can do the workouts from anywhere. The coaching dashboard also allows you to monitor multiple players or your whole team.
Passing - continue to teach basic passes and introduce some advanced passes (baseball pass and wrap around pass). Use other drill such as machine gun passing and pass and switch.
Passing under pressure - you can use pair passing with a defensive player in the middle running back and forth to pressure the passer. You can use this drill to practice breaking pressure: full court press breaker drill.
Teach basic screens.
Footwork - introduce jab steps and ball fakes (pass fakes and shot fakes).
Rebounding - introduce rebounding technique.
Basic post moves. drop step and jump hook.
Spacing - introduce more basic spacing concepts.
Offense - keep playing 2 on 2 and 3 on 3 to teach concepts. You can also start to introduce more motion offense situations and play some 5 on 5.
Defense - keep emphasizing and spend a little more time on the defensive stance,
defensive slide, and off-ball principles mentioned in Level 1. If you feel that your players are ready, work on more
off-ball defense principles.
In our Man to Man Defense System, we provide step-by-step how to build and teach your defense.
For this age group, we are against zone defenses for development purposes.
For anyone coaching this age group, we HIGHLY recommend the DVD The Youth Coaching System (By Jim Huber). You'll gets lots of drills and learn exactly how to teach the most important fundamentals the to kids "right way". We truly believe this DVD should be required viewing for ALL youth coaches.
Level 3 (12 to 14 Year Olds)
You should expand onto more advanced skills for everything mentioned above.
Lay ups - practice contested lay ups. Also, you could start to teach players, same-leg same-shooting hand lay ups. I know that is against conventional wisdom, but think about it for a second.Your player just blew by a defender or is on a fast break. Do you want them stutter-stepping to give the defense time to recover and contest the shot? So if that means jumping on your right-leg and shooting right-handed on the same side, so be it.
Continue to teach basic cuts and add more cuts.
Continue to emphasize shooting form (move to big baskets and bigger balls).
Practice shooting on the move off of the pass and the dribble. To learn more on shooting, we also have the Breakthrough Basketball Shooting Guide.
Ball Handling & Dribbling - teach more dribble moves such as the spin move, behind-the-back. Incorporate some double-moves (crossover followed with a behind-the-back).
Resource: Progressive Youth Ball Handling & Footwork Workouts App - Players can do the workouts from anywhere. The coaching dashboard also allows you to monitor multiple players or your whole team.
Passing - introduce some other advanced passes (dribble pass, behind-the-back pass, pick and roll pass).
Passing Under Pressure - You use Pair Passing with a defensive player in the middle running back and forth to pressure the passer. You can use this drill to practice breaking pressure: Full Court Press Breaker Drill.
Teach Basic Screens.
Footwork - continue to work on jab steps, pivots, and ball fakes (pass fakes and shot fakes).
Rebounding - put more emphasis on rebounding technique and spend more time on rebounding drills.
Post moves - keep practicing post moves mentioned above while introducing a few more when the players are ready drop step
counter and up-and-under move.
Spacing - advance to higher levels of spacing drills.
Offense - introduce more motion offense situations. You should start to notice that your players are becoming much better at reading the defense.
Defense - Emphasize basics from previous levels and move on to rotations and situations.
In our Man to
Man Defense System, we go into great detail about rotations and situations.
For this age group, we are against zone defenses for development purposes.
Sample Practice Plan for 7 to 10 year olds.
Sample Practice Plan for 11 to 14 year olds.
Do you have any questions or suggestions? Let us know by leaving your comments...
Lesson training. Basketball. 5th-6th grades
Lesson-training. Basketball. 5th-6th grades
Ivanov Petr Petrovich, teacher of physical culture, trainer-teacher
Sections: Sports at school and children's health
Location - sports hall.
Kind of sport - basketball.
The topic is basketball in grades 5-6.
Tasks.
Training in guard stance basketball player, one and two jumps feet.
Basketball stance continued, holding the ball, passing and catching the ball with both hands (pass from the chest), dribbling on the spot and movement without the ball.
Development of speed, agility, endurance and ball feeling.
Equipment: basketballs.
Introduction - 7 min.
Performing a set of exercises in walking:
- walking with a roll from heel to toe, on outer and inner sides of the feet, turning feet outward, inward, lunges forward;
- hands in front of the chest in the castle (fingers between fingers) - straightening the arms with palms forward, up, right, left;
- hands forward, fingers apart - circular movements of the brushes in and out, medium circles in and out, large circles forward, backward, squeezing and unclenching fingers;
- running in jumps, raising the thigh high and opposite hand up;
- jumping in a squat, moving forward;
- walking with breathing exercises and relaxation, with rebuilding in a line along lateral lines with an interval of 1. 5-2 m.
Main part - 35 min.
Passing the ball with both hands from the chest and catching. The class is built in two lines, along the side lines with an interval of 1.5-2 m, facing each other for at a distance of 4 -4.5 m. perform 18-20 passes.
Dribbling on the spot: right, left, alternately right and left (change on signal), around the reference legs, in a sitting position apart - two blows to the right - two between the legs and transfer to the left hand, the same left hand. Practice each exercise in within one minute.
Jumping with one and two legs with a stop at basketball player's stance (Fig. 1). Single push jump legs from two steps is performed as follows: the first step - short (normal), second, last before repulsion - long. Pushing leg, slightly bent at the knee joint, elastically placed for push with a roll from heel to toe (the player is a little sits down). The other leg is an active swing forward and upward, bending at the knee and hip joints. At the last moment of takeoff, the fly leg unbends and joins the jerk. Run 10-12 times, pushing alternately with the left, then the right foot.
Two-leg jump from a standing position is performed from main rack. The player quickly crouches, takes hands back and pushes off with a powerful extension legs, vigorous movement of the torso and arms forward-up. Stands up when lowered basketball player. Run 10-12 times.
Figure 1.
Protective stance: legs half-bent, on one line; body weight is evenly distributed both legs resting on the forefoot; torso slightly tilted forward, arms slightly elbows bent, spread apart various positions depending on the actions attacker. Movement in a defensive stance side steps to the right, to the left, back, forward. When running, you need to slide on the platform, trying not to jump out.
Running in a column one at a time with an interval of 1.5-2 m (Fig. 2): on the whistle - jump stop, on the clap - acceleration, two whistles - continuation of running, two cotton movement in a protective stance incremental steps. 8 min.
Figure 2.
Final part - 3 min. Outcome. homemade task: jumping rope 70-80 jumps per approach, 3-4 approaches per day; squats on one leg with support 12-14 times, 3-4 sets per day.
Basketball coaching hacks: how to score goals for beginners
Even if you are a novice basketball player, we will not give you a training plan, but we will tell you why the ball flies anywhere but into the ring and into your hands. It's all about technique: even with regular training and perseverance, novice adults and children often make simple mistakes. It's a shame, let's fix it. Below are 11 life hacks on how to hone your technique to increase the likelihood of a goal for your team.
Basketball Shot Rules for Beginners
1. Hands up
In pursuit of the attacker, raise your hands, even if you are standing with your back to the pass, and even more so if the ring is in front of you. Your raised hands will increase the chance of intercepting the ball from the opponent by 2 times. Don't overlook this little thing!
2. Throw from the shield
Even Tim Duncan did not neglect them! A square is drawn on the basketball backboard. If you are standing opposite the ring, then aim at the middle of the upper part of the square, if you are standing on the side, then at the corner. If you hit this square, then the ball is at 90% of cases will fall into the ring. The law of physics and no cheating!
3.
Look at the ring, not at the ball
Practice driving the ball with your hand, not your eyes, develop tactile control. Your eyes should be on the hoop while dribbling and be aware of the position of your body in relation to the hoop. Then you will be able to take the correct posture, and the throw will be effective.
4. Dribble with the balls of your fingers only
The palm should not touch the ball, only the pads of the fingers. Dribbling should become familiar to you, like an extension of your hand. Then you can change its trajectory at any time and you will have more chances to score goals. Practice with the ball constantly.
5. Throw with one hand
If you throw the ball with two hands, you reduce the chance of hitting the basket. All the efforts of the throw are in one hand (in the right for right-handers, in the left for left-handers). The other hand only holds the ball, the leading one holds it with the fingers, not the palm.
6.
Do not jump when protecting the ring
Jumping is the main mistake of rookie defenders. To intercept the ball and block the shot, simply stick out your hands. When you are in a jump, the attacker will easily bypass you.
7. Don't look back
When you dribble, don't look back, but dribble and aim for the ring, focus on shooting (or passing to another player on your team).
8. Bring the throw to automatism
Incorporate the most basic basketball techniques into your training plan and bring the shot to automatism. Throw first from a distance of half a meter from the ring, gradually increasing it. Learn to throw the ball so that it hits the hoop without touching the edge.
Throw the ball with all fives and jump
Throwing Rules:
Head in the center of the body - if tilted, accuracy is lost.
Look at the ring: mentally build a trajectory. If you are far away, the ball flies in a curved curve with a maximum height of 2 meters above the hoop.
A strong hand is in front and throws, a weak hand is on the side and directs, only holding the ball. The elbow of the throwing hand must be in line with the ring.
The ball must rest on the fingers without touching the palm. The fingers are as far apart as possible and grab the ball.
Throwing arm bent 90 degrees, forearm perpendicular to the floor. If you bend less, then you get not a throw, but a throwing of the ball horizontally.
The main thing in the throw is the position of the body and its balance. Place your feet apart and parallel to each other: it is important to orient them in the middle of the basket. Then the direction of the body during the jump will coincide with the direction of the throw, and the ball will fly straight into the ring. When the feet are uneven, the ball flies in the wrong direction or does not reach (although the throw was normal).
Take a deep breath and release as you exhale.
How to hold the ball and shoot in basketball
How to throw correctly: straighten your arm, point your wrist up, and with your hand set the ball to rotate in the opposite direction from the flight. The ball should seem to "roll" off your fingers.
9. Copy masters and play as a team
Watch professional basketball games and try to copy the movements of your favorite players in training. And be sure to conduct game sparring - this will allow you to develop more techniques.
10. Do not throw in a straight line
The higher the arc of the ball, the greater the chance of a goal and the less chance of blocking by the opponent.
11. Do not throw the ball from a full height stand
This is the biggest newbie mistake!
Before the throw, bend your knees slightly and at the moment of the throw, straighten your body, making a jump. You need to straighten up and push off the ground at the same time. When squatting, keep the elbow of the throwing arm close to the body and towards the ring.
It's good for them!
Just don't go too fast! Make sure they have good fundamentals before you start adding stuff.
Kids will also get sick of basketball if they play TOO many games each year. As a result, they will not likely play basketball when they get older. It can even affect their feelings towards fitness in general. If a person dislikes fitness and becomes inactive, they are more likely to be unhealthy!
Say to the player, "Way to hustle, Johnny! Let me show you something that will help you when the defender crowds you. When catching the ball in this position, keep your hips back with your knees bent, and pivot. Be ready to attack. Then if the defender comes to crowd you, it will be easy for you to dribble right by him!" Notice, I did NOT focus on the negative and say "Stop bringing the ball up!"
People are much more driven when they choose to do something they enjoy, rather than being forced to
do it. If you want your child to enjoy basketball, play GAMES with him when they want to, and watch
basketball-related activities with them. 9 times out of 10, kids enjoy sports that their parents enjoy if approached the right way.
Well, we hope to help you out in this area. Below, we provide some advice on what to teach youth basketball players. We break it down between 3 levels. As you perfect each level, you can advance to the next level to teach more skills & concepts. 
You should spend a lot of time on footwork!
99% of the time they would be more than willing to help, and they may even come and show the kids themselves.
Then you don't have to waste time teaching offense. Just let them play.
You'll gets lots of drills and learn exactly how to teach the most important fundamentals the to kids "right way". We truly believe this DVD should be required viewing for ALL youth coaches.
You can also start to introduce more motion offense situations and play some 5 on 5.
The coaching dashboard also allows you to monitor multiple players or your whole team.
You should start to notice that your players are becoming much better at reading the defense.
5-2 m. 
The other leg is an active swing forward and upward, bending at the knee and hip joints. At the last moment of takeoff, the fly leg unbends and joins the jerk. Run 10-12 times, pushing alternately with the left, then the right foot. 
When running, you need to slide on the platform, trying not to jump out. 
It's all about technique: even with regular training and perseverance, novice adults and children often make simple mistakes. It's a shame, let's fix it. Below are 11 life hacks on how to hone your technique to increase the likelihood of a goal for your team. 
Look at the ring, not at the ball 
Do not jump when protecting the ring 
