How to get a basketball coaching certificate

Process for Becoming a Licensed Basketball Coach

The 2022-23 USA Basketball Gold Coach License is open to any coach ready to affiliate with the national governing body and join our community of committed and credible coaches. The USA Basketball Gold Coach License operates on a static calendar year of October 1, 2022-September 29, 2023 and carries an associated annual fee. Gold Coach License requirements include passing a USA Basketball background screen and completion of two online education courses.

Please note: No refunds will be issued once the licensing components have been started. Read the complete License Terms & Agreement.

Domestic Applicant Annual Fees

This license is valid from the day of completion through September 29, 2023, and only available to applicants who possess a valid U.S. Social Security number.

• $58.00 – If registering through December 31, 2022.
• $68.00 – If registering in January-March, May-June, & August.
• $136.00 - If registering in April and July.

Important: If you live, have lived, or your alias appears in the state of New York, your county may charge an additional fee of $95 per alias to access your background. This fee will be paid directly through our screening provider, Sterling Volunteers.

International Applicant Annual Fees

This license is valid from the day of completion through September 29, 2023, and should only be selected by those applicants who do not have a valid U.S. Social Security number.

• $77.00 – If registering through December 31, 2022.
• $87.00 – If registering in January-March, May-June, & August.
• $153.00 - If registering in April and July.

STEPS TO APPLY FOR A COACH LICENSE

Step 1: Visit community.usab.com and click "GET LICENSED" or "RENEW".
Step 2:  Once you are registered and LOGGED IN, you will land on your dashboard, click “START” next to “BACKGROUND SCREENING” to begin your background screen  through Sterling Volunteers.
Step 3: On your dashboard, select CONTINUE and click the START button to complete the two required courses – Developing You Coaching Craft and SafeSport.

Once your background screen has cleared and you have completed your courses, you automatically will become licensed for the season and receive the benefits associated with your license.

If you are participating in or operating a NCAA certified event, in addition to completing your USA Basketball Gold Coach license, you will need to register and complete the necessary components on the NCAA’s BBCS system.

The USA Basketball Coach License will expire on September 29, 2023, this season.

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Hosted by Clark Kellogg of CBS Sports, this course includes content developed by 2009 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year and 2013 USOC National Development COY, Don Showalter of Iowa.   This course teaches basic and advanced skills in offense and defense; guides in developing a student-appropriate coaching philosophy and provides effective communication strategies.  Many top college and professional coaches provide important "Coaching Wisdom" as a bonus feature.

Course Outline

Course comes with

• • NFHS Introductions
  • Course Introduction
  • Coaching
  • Communication
  • Game Management
  • Practice Sessions
  • Teaching Skills
  • Close
• • Unit Introduction
  • Basic Stance
  • Footwork
  • Dribbling
  • Passing
  • Shooting
  • Rebounding
  • Fast Break
  • Screening
  • Offensive Plays
  • Unit Close
• • Unit Introduction
  • Stance and Slide
  • Guard the Dribbler
  • Help-side Defense
  • Team Defense
  • Zone Defense
  • Defense Rebounding
  • Post Defense
  • Defending Screens
  • Unit Close
• • Unit Introduction
  • Game Plan
  • Pre-game
  • Communication
  • Game Adjustments
  • Game Behavior
  • Post-game
• • Wrap-up
  • NFHS Message

This Course Includes

• Approved for 5 Clock Hours
• Certificate of Completion
• Additional Resources

NFHS National Coaching Credentials

The NFHS Learning Center offers a 3-level national coaching credential that helps you gain knowledge you can use to provide a fun, educational, and a safer environment for your students.
This national credential was developed for individuals who are currently coaching or aspire to coach at the interscholastic level. The goal is to enhance the ability of the coach to better serve students, the school, the community, and the profession of coaching.

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Training for coaches / Russian Basketball Federation

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRAINING FOR COACHES is a special section on the website of the Russian Basketball Federation, created for convenience and quick search of necessary information to help every basketball coach.

This section will help trainers solve a problem or answer a question of interest on their own, without contacting the support service. If the trainer is still unable to resolve the issue on his own, the technical support staff will be able to quickly orient him through the section and answer his question in the most complete way.

According to Regulation , “Coaches who do not have a valid RBF Attestation Certificate cannot be admitted to the Competitions (included in the team’s electronic Passport) as coaches, except as provided by the Regulations on the attestation of coaches participating in youth competitions."

DOCUMENTS

Regulations on certification of coaches participating in youth competitions
Procedure for obtaining a Permit
Instructions for filling out a coach's profile
Registration in the RFB Information System. Instruction for trainers
Seminar program for trainers 09. 2022 (St. Petersburg)
Seminar program for trainers 09.25-27.2022 (Krasnodar)
Seminar program for trainers 09.30-01.10.2022 (Khabarovsk)
Seminar program for trainers 08-09.10.2022 (Ryazan) )
Seminar program for trainers 24-26.10.2022 (Moscow region)

TRAINER'S PERSONAL OFFICE

EVENT CALENDAR

	EVENT NAME	VALIDITY OF APPROVAL	ORGANIZER / CONTACT PERSON	DATE OF	VENUE
1	SIBUR Trainer 2.0 online course	1 year	SIBUR	Indefinitely	Online
2	Graduate School of Basketball Coaches, NSU P.F. Lesgafta	Indefinitely	NGU im. P.F. Lesgafta	See information for applicants on the official website of the university	St. Petersburg st. Decembrists, 35
3	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	PBK "Chelbasket"	September 10-11, 2022	Chelyabinsk
4	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	PBK "Chelbasket"	September 17-18, 2022	Chelyabinsk
5	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	NGU im. P.F. Lesgafta	September 19-21, 2022	St. Petersburg
6	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	Educational organization	September 25–27, 2022	Krasnodar
7	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists Register for the seminar	1 year	Russian State University S. A. Esenina	October 8-9, 2022	Ryazan, st. Svobody, 46
8	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	DGAFC	September 30 - October 01, 2022	Khabarovsk, st. Pavel Leontievich Morozov, 138
9	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	FGBOU VO MGAFK	October 24-26, 2022	Moscow region, Lyubertsy district, pos. Malakhovka, st. Shosseinaya, 33.
10	Professional Development Seminar for Basketball Coaches and Specialists	1 year	NGU im. P.F. Lesgafta	May 2023	St. Petersburg st. Decembrists, 35
10	Upward Movement Academy Online Course *Due to technical reasons, the admission of new students for training has been temporarily suspended. Information about the resumption of admission will be published on this page. Students who started training before August 1, 2022 will receive a Competition Permit.	2 years	Upward Movement Academy	Indefinitely	Online

NEWS

Oct 31 2022

trainers

Final book for basketball coaches published

Mon, 31 October

Oct 19 2022

trainers

A coaching seminar will be held next week in Malakhovka

Wed 19 October

25 Sep. 2022

trainers

Dates and venues for three more workshops approved

Sun, September 25

Aug 30 2022

trainers

Coaching seminars will be held in autumn

Tue, 30 August

Aug 18 2022

trainers

More than 150 Russian coaches are already involved in the Mentor project

Thu, 18 August

Aug 01 2022

trainers

The second stage of the FIBA ​​Coaches Program has started

Mon, 01 August

EDUCATION / LITERATURE

This page provides the literature needed to help coaches achieve the best results with young players.

VIDEO MATERIALS

High School Basketball Coaches

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 9 (2010)
Contents

Alexander Konovalov. Concept for the development of student basketball in Russia (3)

Sergei Elevich. The third graduation of the Higher School of Coaches at NSU. P.F. Lesgafta (15)

Alexey Solodkov. Physiological characteristics of the sports game of basketball (16)

Dusko Vuyoshevich. Basketball Team Formation (22)

Roberto Carmenati. The evolution of the attack in European basketball (25)

Svetislav Pesic. Transit Assault (35)

Kevin Sutton. Exercising in throwing against fatigue (53)

Panagiotis Giannakis. European Champion Attack 2005 (61)

Andrey Ulyanov, Roman Abzhalilov. Piezoelectric remote shock wave therapy for diseases of the musculoskeletal system in the practice of a basketball club doctor (66)

Boris Losin. Evaluation of coordination abilities of basketball players of various qualifications (73)

Lidia Kostikova, Pavel Ponomarev, Jia Zhi Qiang. Features of managerial influences of a coach on basketball players in competitive activity (76)

Vladimir Shamis. Major changes to the official basketball rules (2010) (84)

Ettore Messina. What to do with the World Cup? (88)

Statements of players and coaches (90)

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 10 (2010)
Contents

Sergey Elevich. Actual problems of optimizing the training of coaching staff in Russian basketball (3)

Mikhail Davydov. NBA and international basketball (4)

Alexey Vasiliev. Standardization of the actions of attacking players when playing the interaction "deuce" (12)

Evgeny Yakhontov. Varieties and techniques of jump shots (19)

Chuck Daly. Attack principles (29)

Kevin Eastman. Individual Player Development (35)

Bill Foran, Robin Pound. Fitness tests (54)

Pavel Goykhman. Ways to develop sports training (74)

Statements from players and coaches (91)

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 11 (2011)
Contents
Boris Sokolovsky. Training and competitive management of women's basketball teams (3)
Sergey Elevich. Lawrence Frank Productive Workouts (22)
Dave Wol. Successful combinations for the last seconds (40)
Bill Foran, Robin Pound . Conditioning of basketball players (54)
Nikos Apostolopoulos. Microstretching: A New Technique for Rest and Recovery (79)
Jay Wolf. Nine ways to increase the effectiveness of shots without changing their structure (85)
Ettore Messina. General over individual (87)
Statements of players and coaches (89)



Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 12 (2011)
Contents
Mikhail Davydov. Where can young people play? (3)
Bill Foran, Robin Pound. Basketball strength training (5)
David Blatt. Point guard position is the weakest in the national team (78)
Mike Krzyzhevsky. Outside of basketball. Dictionary of Success: Basic Technology (79)
Bobby Knight. Throws (80)
Evgeny Yakhontov. The evolution of basketball dribbling (84)
Statements of players and coaches (91)




Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 13 (2012)
Contents
Sergei Elevich. Blatt achieved an outstanding result thanks to the credit of trust (interview) (3)
Bill Foran, Robin Pound. Increasing the power of basketball players (7)
Vitaly Usenko. Full court personal pressing (37)
Avery Johnson. Attack Assault (43)
Dean Smith. Improvisational passing game (57)
Fess Irvin. Sports.ru interview January 11, 2011 (75)
Statements of players and coaches (90)


Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 14 (2012)
Contents
Sergei Belov. About London and beyond (3)
Petr Manin. Convertible Zone Guard 3-2 (9)
Dean Smith. Pre-Shifts (14)
Phil Jackson, Tex Winter. Triangle Assault (31)
Rich Delatry. Modern Conditioning Methods (58)
Bill Foran, Robin Pound. Increasing the speed of basketball players (77)
Sayings from players and coaches (90)

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 15 (2013)
Contents
Mikhail Davydov. Basketball rules: evolution continues (3)
Sergey Elevich. Reflections on the training of young basketball players (13)
Darius Soriano. The death of the "triangle" (15)
Viktor Shestopalov. Basketball psychology basics according to Phil Jackson (17)
Bill Foran, Robin Pound. Improving Basketball Agility (21)
William Healy, Joseph Hartley. 1-3-1 Zone Defense (35)
Steve Jordan. Simple Attack Systems (42)
Harold Wissel . Basketball Interval Training (47)
John McLeod. Situations in the last minutes of the game (50)
Dean Smith. Defense 20: Personal pressure (56)
Statements of players and coaches (90)


Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 16 (2013)
Contents
Mikhail Davydov. Basketball rules and refereeing: on the eve of the FIBA ​​Congress (3)
Alexander Moroz. More is not always better. NBA Teams Increasingly Use Light Fives (14)
Eddie Jordan and Pete Carril. Princeton Assault (18)
Mike Fratello. Twenty-five coaching truths (44)
Dean Smith. Protection 40 (48)
William Healy, Joseph Hartley. Zone Defense 2-3 (60)
Ettore Messina. A number of considerations about the basics of basketball defense (67)
Alexander Nazarov . Jason Kidd and the role of a coach in the NBA (72)
Andrey Polozov. Basketball rating (75)
Max Fomichev. The youngest scouting coach in Europe (77)
Vladimir Fiskalov. Problems of commercialization and professionalization in sports (83)
Statements of players and coaches (90)


Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 17 (2014)
Contents
Sergey Elevich. The champion was known in advance (3)
Vladimir Gomelsky. USA will also beat the world team (8)
Science to coaches and players (Two sides of motivation) (9)
Science to coaches and players (Specificity of sports training) (9)
Mikhail Davydov. FIBA: On the eve of the new five-year plan (10)
Science for coaches and players (Instructions and demonstration) (20)
Andrey Matyukov. French Cooking Secrets (21)
Science for Coaches and Players (Recommendations on the Use of Punishments) (23)
Phil Johnson. Screening and Screening Interactions (24)
Science for Coaches and Players (Working with the Formed Team) (48)
Dean Smith. Protection 50 (49)
Glenn Wilks. Attack against pressure (69)
Science for coaches and players (Instructions and demonstration) (89)
Sayings from players and coaches (90)

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 18 (2015)
Contents
Mikhail Davydov. The new interpretation of the basketball rules came into force (3)
Andrey Matyukov. Arvydas Sabonis: The work of the federation is evaluated by the performance of the main team. (16)
Stan Van Gundy. Operations on the perimeter. (20)
Jimmy Rogers. Celtics Quick Game Review. (40)
Science for coaches and players. Presence of strangers at the training. (50)
Science for coaches and players. On the "qualities" and functional specialization of the body. (50)
Science for coaches and players. Leader or manager? (50)
Ruben Magnano. Attack Flex. (51)
Science for coaches and players. Recommendations for trainers. (64)
Science for coaches and players. On the personal differences of athletes. (64)
Dick Motta. Pre-arranged positional attack against personal defense. (65)
Science for coaches and players. Coach as a role model. (70)
Rainer Martens. Motivation in sports. (71)
Science for coaches and players. About obedience. (89)
Statements of players and coaches. (90)

Basketball. Scientific and Methodological Bulletin. Issue 19(2015)
Contents

Mikhail Davydov. New directions. (3)
Science for coaches and players. Laying the foundation for future success (17)
Andrey Matyukov. Development of basketball according to the Slovenian methodology (18)
Science for coaches and players. Principles of training: (principle of specificity, principle of progressive overload, principle of reversibility) (33)
Zmago Sagadin. Protection is a constant! (34)
Sasho Filipovski. Study of opposing teams and preparation for the match (40)
Science for coaches and players. Principles of training: (the principle of progressive increase, the principle of diminishing returns, the principle of change) (48 )
Alesh Vicic. Psychological characteristics of youth (49)
Science for coaches and players. Training principles: (principle of individuality, principle of moderation) (57 )
Nina Rems. From game basketball to children's (58)
Science for coaches and players. Sports Physiology Test (63)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Methods of playing the center player (64)
Konstantin Kucher. Special purpose statistics (87)
Statements of players and coaches (90 )



Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 20 (2016)
Contents

Mikhail Davydov . FIBA: new horizons, new competitions (3)
What is the difference between muscle strength and endurance? (17)
Offensive theory: How to score more points by understanding offensive theory and philosophy (18)
Is the the same effect of weight training on women's and men's bodies? (45)
Brendan Malone. Throwing the ball into play from out of bounds (46)
How much should you train (71)
Larry Bird. Prepare yourself for victory (72)
Evgeny Yakhontov. Diagnostics of the abilities of young basketball players (80)
Cases of selection (G.P. Vinogradov's selection) (89)
Statements of players and coaches

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 21 (2016)
Contents

Mikhail Davydov . New in basketball rules (3)
Kirill Martemyanov. Threes decide everything, or how Golden State justified D Anthony (15)
Coaches' advice (26)
Mike Fratello. Pressing against a ball carrier (27)
Renat Salakhetdinov. "I created a monster." Where did Hack-a-Shag come from (44)
George Karl, Doug Moe . Fast Break Principles (47)
Ernie Woods. Zipper offense (63)
Players and coaches saying

Basketball. Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 22 (2017)
Contents

Ten years later (3)
Mikhail Davydov. International Federation - On the Way to Improvement (5)
Brooklyn Bridge Project (17)
Bill Kuchar. Attack system organization and identification (18)
Tom Haberstro. Why centers missed, miss and will miss free throws (31)
Don Nelson. Nelly-ball (46)
Onim A.N. Where can basketball coaches come from? (50)
NBA stole basketball (55)
Dmitry Materansky. Interview (60) 9Basketball Scientific and methodical bulletin. Issue 23 (2017)
Contents

Mikhail Davydov. FIBA ​​Evolution - Basketball's Natural Development Process (3)
John Cooper and Daryl Sidentop. Motor learning principles applied to basketball skills. (19)
Bob Cloppenburg. SOS pressure defense (42)
What does "Double-double" mean in basketball (78)
Roman Sprikut .NBA draft for dummies (80)