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Coaching Youth Basketball - What Should You Teach?
By Joe Haefner
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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...
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How to teach a child to play basketball | Article on physical education (grade 5) on the topic:
I.
S. KRASNOGON
Express - teaching
how to play basketball or
"How to teach basketball in 10 lessons."
Novokuznetsk
Municipal budgetary educational institution
“Main comprehensive school No. 98”
I. Krasnozhon
EV s- oh b a
game of basketball or “How
teach to play basketball for 10 lessons”
Teaching aid
Novokuznetsk
MBOU "OOSH No. 98"
2012
I have been working at a school for a long time, and every time I face the same problem
: it is very difficult to motivate children to learn how to play
basketball. The game itself is very complicated, and when you start, it is hard for children to teach the techniques of the game
: learning the rules,
game techniques, and even more so tactics. I thought for a very long time how to teach children to play fast so that they would not lose interest. In
10-11 years old children have a hard time experiencing failures, and then very
it is difficult to teach them to play, as they withdraw into themselves, losing interest in the game
.
This manual is designed to make this task
easier.
CONTENTS
Introduction……………………………………………………………..
1.Design summary…………………………………… ……….
2. Features of the game………………………………………………
3. Formation of initial skills in the game……………………
4. Psychological aspects……… ……………………………..
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6. Conclusion……………………………………………………………..
7. References……………………………………… …………
8. Appendix:……………………………………………………..
turn out to be the tool that will help distract children from TV and computer screens.
Basketball is one of the most popular games in our country. It is characterized by a variety of movements: walking, running, stopping, turning, jumping, catching, throwing and dribbling, carried out in combat with rivals. Such diverse movements contribute to the improvement of metabolism, the activity of all body systems, and form coordination.
Basketball has not only health-improving and hygienic significance, but also promotional and educational.
Basketball helps to form perseverance, courage, determination, honesty, self-confidence, a sense of collectivism.
Basketball is an excellent tool for the development of physical qualities in children, the formation of their posture, and health promotion.
The game situation is constantly changing in the game. The main form of brain activity in these conditions is not the development of standard skills, but creative activity - an instant assessment of the situation, the solution of a tactical problem, the choice of response actions. The player on the court must assess the location of the players of his team and the opponent, analyze the features of the combinations that arise, anticipate the direction of the ball, etc.
Speed and volume of visual perception, speed of processing information, developed operational thinking, good short-term memory, attention span - all these qualities are successfully developed under the influence of sports games and basketball in particular.
Features of basketball:
- cooperation and collectivity in actions;
- competitive nature of gaming activity;
- greater independence of action;
- high emotionality of game activity;
- the collective nature of the effects on the body's functions, on the manifestation of motor, volitional, intellectual and moral qualities;
- accessibility and high emotionality, great health value makes basketball one of the types of physical exercises that are widely used in all parts of the Russian system of physical education.
Each student at the time of learning the game has a different level of training, someone has already learned to play, others hear about this game for the first time. During training, each student tries to independently throw the ball into the ring, forgetting about the team. And one of the problems was to teach the child to play in a team, giving the opportunity to all players (those who do not know how to play and those who have learned) to interact in a team, i.
e. teach teamwork. The child must immediately understand that the game cannot be won alone and that the pass is an important part of any team game. You can’t play alone, you need to give passes to the players. But you have to do it right. It is necessary to develop a passing technique in children so that they do not just throw the ball towards the partner: the partner must catch the ball and make the pass.
Increasing skills in the technique of the game, I set specific tasks. Due to the great emotional arousal, children do not analyze the situation well. Therefore, tactical skills should be limited to the correct application of the learned techniques in the training game. When learning catching, passing, dribbling and throwing the ball, lead-up exercises play an important role. They have significant similarities with the main action being studied, but are simpler and easier for children. Lead-up exercises allow you to highlight the main link of the studied movement, which facilitates the development of a motor action.
At the initial stage of the formation of ball possession skills, the child's attention should be directed to the quality of the movement, and not to achieve a certain result with the help of this movement. If the children have not yet fully mastered the new movement, the skill has not yet been formed, then the competition for the speed of the execution of the movement contributes to their incorrect consolidation. But this does not mean that at the initial stage of the formation of actions with the ball, the main method of training should be only an exercise. A wide application of the game method is possible from the very beginning. Using games and play exercises, which can account for 60-70%, we will satisfy the desire of children to play. Effective use of outdoor games, where each player acts for himself, in combination with training.
When teaching the elements of basketball, it is especially important to ensure their conscious assimilation. Children's understanding of the meaning of movements accelerates the process of motor skills formation, and, most importantly, contributes to the ability to independently select effective actions in subsequent games and apply them appropriately.
Children need to be taught that you should only dribble the ball in a game if you cannot pass it to your partner. When a defender approaches, it is safer to dribble with the farthest hand and low bounce. There is no need to rush, it is better to dribble the ball closer to the goal or to a more free place to pass the ball to a partner. For a conscious attitude of the child to actions with the ball, explanations and demonstrations are not enough: it is necessary to give the child the opportunity to exercise, act, actively apply the acquired knowledge in play activities. Only when the explanation of the technique of actions is combined with the demonstration and exercises of the children themselves does the child develop a conscious attitude to actions with the ball, the ability to use them expediently in play activities. Studying various approaches to the study of abilities for playing basketball, I learned that children show individual abilities in dribbling, throwing the ring, passing the ball.
Lack of ability is not a problem, because by creating pedagogical conditions, you can teach children the elements of the game of basketball. The formation of skills occurs in the game activity. It is the game that is the condition that influences, develops, strengthens abilities. Abilities are manifested already at primary school age and their further development depends on what conditions will be created. I used a game method to identify abilities. Therefore, I pay great attention to the selection of outdoor games at the initial stage of training.
Basic skills needed to solve a basic problem.
- Teach children the game of "11 passes", which will allow children to learn how to intercept the ball. At the same time, it is very important to pay attention to the fact that children play without contact with each other, i.e. do not allow the ball to be taken away, but only to intercept the ball. Children do not have the opportunity to take the ball away, which made it possible to get away from the problem of fouls in the first stage.
After all, it is when children of 9-10 years old begin to take away the ball, push - it scares a lot of people. The time limit for possession of the ball is 5 seconds. If the ball was not passed to the player of the team, then it is given to the opposite team. (description of the game in the application) - After the children learn to play this game well, I allow them to fight for the ball, i.e. take it away using the techniques of “pulling and knocking out”
- Traditional exercise “Passing the ball in pairs, triples, on the spot, in motion, with an attack on the ring, with resistance.
- "Catch me." Practical significance - control over their actions, no jogging. (description of the game in the appendix)
5. "Tag with dribbling". The practical focus is to control not only one's own ball, but also the opponent's ball.
6. “10 throws”
7. Each lesson to give exercises to develop jumping ability.
As a result of mastering this material, the following improves:
- Ball dribbling;
- Control not only one's own ball, but also the actions of other participants;
- Accurate passing and catching the ball;
- Command actions;
- No fouls;
- Fight for the ball;
- Throw on the ring after a pass.
After the work done, you can proceed to the first stage.
Algorithm.
Lessons:
1-3 focus on eliminating runs and fouls.
4.lesson. Dribbling. Double Lead
Lesson 5. Out concept.
6th lesson. Carrying the ball
7-9 5 second rule, throwing on the ring.
Lesson 10 Consolidation of the learned rules. Gestures.
(a detailed description of the exercises and notes can be seen in Appendix No. 1)
Particular importance in training is given to the ultimate goal: to attack the ring, which means that it is necessary to direct further lessons precisely to practicing the throwing technique.
Stage 2. Improvement of the received theoretical knowledge, skills. In-depth study of the rules, types of shots, tactical actions (zone defense, personal guard), dribbling. (11-20 lessons).
Conclusion
To develop the child's ability to work with the ball, involving him in the game: if you create certain pedagogical conditions, you can quickly teach elementary schoolchildren to play basketball.
The first stage showed that the children have different inclinations, the ability to play in a group with the ball, sports games, in particular basketball, but by the second stage after 10 lessons, the children fit almost all at the same level.
The formation of a viable younger generation is one of the main strategic tasks. The issue of protection and promotion of children's health is of great importance. The game, along with work and learning, is one of the main types of human activity. The game as a method of teaching, transferring the experience of older generations to younger people used in antiquity. Now, centuries later, the game has not lost its relevance. In basketball, favorable conditions are created for the upbringing of positive moral and volitional traits of a child. Such games teach children to overcome selfish urges. For the sake of the interests of the team, the child often has to give up the ball, pass it to a partner who has more favorable conditions for a successful game.
The common goal, the desire of all team players to get the ball into the basket contributes to the development of mutual understanding, the ability to reckon with others, to help them.
The need to make quick, but sensible and firm decisions, to implement these decisions without undue hesitation, contributes to the development of independence. Confidence in one's own abilities and abilities is the main factor that allows the child to successfully demonstrate the acquired skills. Using this technique, we reduce the time of learning the game, and, accordingly, time is freed up for studying additional material, or consolidating the studied material. Isn't this the main goal of the educational process - the optimization of the learning process? The relevance of this development is to teach how to play such a complex game quickly, and most importantly, interesting and rich. If you ask children after 10 lessons at what exact moment they learned to play, then I assure you, they will find it difficult to answer, because according to my method, the line between the phrases “I can’t play basketball” and “I can already …"
I came to the conclusion: you need to love your job, try to build educational work with children so that they not only practice playing basketball, but also actively relax, love physical culture and, most importantly, play basketball.
I try to develop in children the habit of sacrificing personal interests in order to achieve a common goal. To do this, I use the restriction of actions with the ball, I introduce additional requirements. For example: limiting the distance of the ball, including the task of throwing the ball to the catcher after the ball has gone around all the players on the team. After analyzing all of the above, I developed an algorithm for learning the game. It consists of several stages.
Appendix No. 1
Description of games and exercises.
Exercises with elements of competition must be carried out in a strict sequence in order to ensure that the correct skill is reinforced. Therefore, at the beginning of training, the competition is conducted on the accuracy of performing movements between individual children, and later on between groups. After that, you can carry out exercises with elements of competition, which require not only accuracy, but also the speed of movement.
Consolidation and improvement of actions with the ball are carried out mainly in outdoor games that include these actions.
Catching the ball should be taught after children learn how to stand, hold the ball, and move around the court. First, children need to be taught to catch the ball with both hands at chest level. The guys must master the position of the fingers when catching the ball after bouncing off the floor, from the wall, after throwing up and in other exercises. Then, catching the ball is mastered simultaneously with passing it with both hands from the chest. Preschoolers learn to catch and pass the ball by first walking and then running.
When learning to pass the ball with one hand from the shoulder, it is necessary to develop and improve the ability to pass it with both the right and left hands.
When learning to dribble, preparatory exercises are advisable: hitting the ball with both hands, hitting the ball with the right and left hands in place, dribbling the ball in place with the right and left hands, dribbling in place alternately, then with the right, then with the left hand, etc.
, which allow you to master the way of putting your hand on the ball.
After the child learns to control the ball with both hands confidently enough, you can move on to dribble in motion, first by walking, then by running. At first, dribbling the ball in a straight line is mastered, then with a change in direction, speed of movement, height of the ball rebound and with the opposition of a conditional opponent.
Children are taught how to throw the ball into the basket at the same time as learning how to pass the ball. First, preschoolers should be given the opportunity to freely practice throws and only after that conduct a lesson. To master throwing the ball into the basket, it is advisable to conduct a preparatory exercise: throw the ball over an obstacle (rope, bar, net, etc.). When children learn to simply throw the ball to the basket, they should be encouraged to hit it in one way or another. It is advisable to gradually increase the height to the target. For this, a stand with a variable height of the ring is convenient.
Passing the ball.
- Passing the ball on the move.
Two people stand near opposite touchlines. One has the ball. At the same time, they begin to run along the court to the opposite ring, while quickly passing the ball to each other.
2. Passing the ball in threes.
Two people stand in the same way as in the previous exercise, only the third person stands in the middle. They start moving. The ball from the side players is constantly passed through the center. After practicing this exercise, 1-2 lessons are the same with the attack on the ring. The central participant attacks the basket. Players change places clockwise.
3. Gear per turn.
One of the players stands under the ring, the other - on the center of the court. From the center of the court, the player starts moving towards the ring. As soon as he enters the three-second zone, the one who stands under the ring gives him the pass. The player attacks the ring.
They change places, etc.
4. Who is bigger?
The contestant stands on the foul line, the rest go to the middle of the court. The ball is at the first in the column. The participant stands facing the column. On a signal, the first in the column gives the ball to the participant, and he, having made a turn on the axial leg, attacks the basket after dribbling, removes and passes to the second in the column, and the first takes the place of the participant. And so in a circle. The winner is the one who hit the ring the most, while hits after a run do not count.
Practical significance: Throw into the ring, after the pass, no run.
Appendix No. 2
1. Children run around the playground each with a ball in their hands and play freely. After the signal, they quickly catch the balls and take the correct stance.
2. Children without balls stand in a circle and move with side steps in the direction indicated by the teacher, then change the direction of movement.
3. Throwing the ball down and catching it after the bounce.
4. Throw the ball up and catch it with both hands.
5. Throwing the ball as high as possible and catching it after bouncing off the floor or in the air.
6. Tossing the ball to a partner in a child-friendly way.
7. Throwing the ball with the right (left) hand, catching it with both hands.
8. Walking with tossing the ball and catching it with both hands.
9. Passing the ball in a circle to the right, left (freehand)
10. Passing the ball with both hands from the chest to the wall and catching it.
11. Passing the ball with both hands from the chest, standing still in pairs.
12. Passing the ball with both hands from the chest when moving in pairs.
13. Catching the ball and passing it with one hand from the chest (in motion).
14. Passing the ball in a line, in a circle (right, left).
15. Passing the ball in columns with a transition to the end of one's own and then the opposite column.
16. Hitting the ball on the floor with one hand and catching it with both hands.
17. Hitting the ball on the floor with the right hand and catching with the left and vice versa.
18. Hitting the ball in place with the right (left) hand.
19. Dribble in place with the right (left) hand.
20. Dribbling the ball in place with the right (left) hand, followed by passing the ball with both hands (freehand).
21. Dribbling on the spot alternately, then with the right, then with the left hand.
22. Dribbling around you.
23. Dribbling while walking.
24. Dribbling with a change in the direction of movement, speed of movement, height of the ball bounce.
25. Dribble with the right (left) hand and stop.
26. Dribbling, stopping and passing the ball.
29. Throwing the ball at a target (height 1.5 m) with both hands from the chest from a place through a rope or net.
30. Throwing the ball into the basket with both hands from the chest from the spot.
31. Throwing the ball into the basket after a dribble (with fixation of the stop).
32. Throwing the ball into the basket with one hand from the shoulder after catching it.
Appendix No. 3
Outdoor games
“Talking with ball passes”.
2 goals are selected, the area is outlined, for example, half of the basketball court. The ball is at the first pitcher, on command the second pitcher begins to move in the direction of the rest of the players, they, in turn, run away, and the first pitcher makes a pass to the second one so that he can salt the other guys, if he does not have time, then the second one also starts moving in the direction of the players and so they try to catch up with all the players with the help of passes. Forbidden naked:
- Take more than 1 step with the ball;
- Throw the ball at the players (can only be hit by taking no more than one step)
- Run with the ball
- Touch the players with your hands
- Block the players.
It is forbidden for players:
- Run out of the area (become naked).
The one who is overtaken also becomes naked. The game continues until everyone is checked.
- option. The playground is growing to the size of a basketball one, you can’t take steps, only turns on the axial leg. Reaction, endurance, accuracy of passes, improvement of catching the ball, team spirit are developed.
Dribble tag.
"Catch me"
5 basketballs are given for 20 participants in the game. On a signal, 15 players scatter around the court, and 5 guys are given 5 balls (each with a ball). Those without the ball run away, those with the ball catch up using dribbling.
You can salt if you dribble the ball with one hand and touch the players with the other.
2nd variant Each player owns the ball. Using dribbling, he tries to knock out someone else's ball while defending his own. Who was knocked out, for example, jumps or push-ups 10 times.
The winner is the one whose ball is not knocked out, or knocked out the least number of times. Improving ball handling.
"Challenge for the ball or 11 passes".
Children are divided into equal teams and placed on the playground in random order. One of the players is given the ball. On a signal, the children try to quickly complete 11 passes between their players. For each pass the team gets a point and so on up to 11. Option 2. After the children learn to play well, the losing team can be asked to do, for example, 10 sit-ups, push-ups, etc.
Accuracy of passes is practiced, children take care of the ball, as losing the ball almost means defeat
"10 throws".
6-7 people participate. They stand in a semicircle around the ring. 1 player is selected. He gets into a position convenient for throwing from the side, from the ring, at a distance of no more than 2 meters. Takes up the ball. The two participants closest to him also take the balls. On the whistle, the first one throws the ball, turns around, receives the second ball and throws again, then receives the third ball and throws again.
The task of the rest is to remove the ball and pass it in a circle to the first. After 10 throws, the participants in the game change in a circle in one direction. And so on until everyone throws 10 times. The exercise is performed at speed. The one who hits the most in the least amount of time wins. After fixing the game, the number of balls may increase.
"Behind the ball or oncoming relay".
Children form several teams, each team chooses a driver. The teams are divided in half and stand in columns one against the other at a distance of 2-3 m. After the signal, the driver throws the ball to the child standing first in the opposite column, and he runs after the ball. The one who catches the ball also passes it to the one standing and goes after the ball. The game ends when all players return to their places, and the balls are returned to the driver. The team that finishes the game the fastest wins.
"Catch the ball."
Children are divided into threes. Two of them are located opposite each other at a distance of 3-4 m and throw the ball between them.
The third one stands between them and tries to catch the ball or at least touch it with his hand. If this succeeds, he changes places with the one who threw the ball. You can offer the children to perform some movement before the throw: throw the ball up, down, catch it, dribble on the spot, etc.
"Whoever is named, he catches the ball."
Children walk or run around the playground. The name of one of the children is called and throws the ball up. The named one must catch the ball and throw it up again, calling the name of one of the children. Throw the ball should not be too high and in the direction of the child, whose name is called.
“Who has fewer balls. Skirmish."
Children form two equal teams. Each of them takes several balls and is located on their own half of the site (the site is divided by a net suspended at a level of 130-150 cm). Children of both teams, after the teacher's signal, try to throw their balls to the opponent's court. The team wins, on the court of which, after the second whistle, there are fewer balls
“The ball is for the leader.
Hot potato".
Children are divided into 4-5 groups, each forms its own circle with a diameter of 4-5 m. In the center of each circle is a leader with a ball. On a signal, the drivers alternately throw the ball to their players, trying not to drop it, and receive it figuratively. When the ball goes around all the players in the circle (1-3 times), the leader lifts it up. The team that drops the ball the fewest times wins. Option 2. The player who dropped the ball sits in a circle and during the transfer of the ball tries to intercept it. If he succeeds, he changes places with the one who threw this ball.
"Handed - sit down."
Children form several teams, each team chooses a captain. Teams stand in columns behind the start line. The captain of each team with the ball in his hands stands opposite his team at a distance of 2-3 m from it.
On a signal, the captain passes the ball to the first player in the column, who catches it, passes it back to the captain and crouches.
The captain in the same way passes the ball to the second, then to the third and all other players. Each player, after passing the ball to the captain, crouches. When the ball is passed to the captain by the last player, the captain lifts the ball up over his head and the whole team quickly stands up. The team that completes the task first wins. If the player did not catch the ball, then he is obliged to run after it, return to his place and pass the ball to the captain. In the middle of the site draw a line dividing it in half. At 15-20 steps from the center, another line is drawn on both sides (captivity).
Sniper.
The players are divided into two teams, each of which is freely placed on its own field. The leader, standing in the middle of the court, throws the ball. The first team to enter the game is the one on whose side the ball falls. A shootout begins. Each team aims to hit the other team's players with the ball. Salted go beyond the line of captivity (to the side of the enemy).
Players are not allowed to cross the middle line on the opponent's field. A player is not considered tagged if he catches the ball on the fly, as well as if the ball hits him after bouncing off the ground. Running with the ball and holding it in your hands is not allowed. In case of violation of the rules, the ball is transferred to the other team. Prisoners can be rescued. To do this, you need to throw the ball to the prisoner (through the opponent's field) so that he catches it without crossing the line of captivity. The one who succeeds is considered liberated and returns to his place.
Simple tag
Players are free to position themselves on the court. Two leaders are chosen. On a signal, the tags begin to touch the players. If they taunted someone, then they change roles with the taunted ones. The winner is the player who has never been touched by the drivers.
Games related to high and long jumps
“Fishing Rod”
The players form a circle, in the center of which is the leader with a long rope in his hands.
hitting The player who hit the rope changes roles with the leader.The winner is the player who has never hit the rope.0003
“Who is next?”
The players are divided into two teams and are located opposite each other on the front lines. On a signal, the players of the teams jump (pushing with both feet from the spot) towards the center line. After the jump of the first number, the line of his landing is marked, the player returns to his team, and another player jumps from the place of his landing, etc. If the last player managed to overcome the opponent's line, then his team wins.
Hit the Target
The players are divided into two teams and line up on the sidelines opposite each other. A volleyball is placed in the center. Each team has 6 basketballs. On a signal, the players throw the balls at the volleyball, trying to roll it back to the opposite team. The team that manages to roll the ball over the other wins. It is not allowed to stop the ball with your feet or hands, as well as run to the center for basketballs.
Passing and catching games
“Ten passes”
The players are divided into pairs and are located at a distance of 2-3 m from each other, forming lines. Each pair has a ball. On a signal, they begin to pass the ball in a certain way, previously agreed, trying not to drop it on the ground. The pair that makes 10 passes without falling to the ground wins.
“For the ball”
The players form several teams, each of which chooses a leader. The teams are divided in half and stand in columns one against the other at a distance of 2-3 m. following the ball, etc. The game ends when all players return to their places, and the balls are returned to the driver. The first team to complete the task wins.
Enchanted Forest
- variant. 1 naked is chosen. The rest, on a signal, scatter around the site. The participant who was caught up by the goer gets up and makes his arms to the sides - he is an enchanted tree. And the goalkeeper needs to catch up with all the players.
Enchanted trees can salt those who run by, but you can’t leave the place.
- option. It is possible to choose several naked ones if they do not have endurance and speed qualities, while trees cannot check.
- Competitive variant. The class is divided into 2 teams of 10 people. 3 goals are selected - the captain from each team.
1 captain and 10 players of the opposite team enter the game. The captain stands to one wall, and the team to the opposite. On a signal, the captain begins to catch up with the players of the opposite team, while the game time is 30 seconds.
Then they change: the captain of the second team and the first team of 10 people come out. The same thing happens. Then the second captain of the first team enters the game, etc. One point is given for each player who is greasy. The team with the most points won.
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During this exercise, children receive and throw the ball, practically seeing it only with peripheral vision, and as a result, reaction speed, accuracy are developed, and horizons expand.
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Basketball for children - what is useful, at what age to play
Basketball is one of the most popular sports games. Basketball for children is considered one of the early sports, because kids can be enrolled in the first lessons from the age of 3. But the most important advantage of basketball is its accessibility.
Sections for children are available in schools and neighborhood clubs, and classes are often free. And if you are not ready to give the child to the section, just buy him a ring and a ball and hang it on your site and the kid will already be busy in sports, which means he will get the maximum benefit for development.
Benefits of basketball for children, what qualities it develops
Before sending a child to a section, parents should know how basketball is useful for children and what qualities it develops.
First of all, like any team sport, basketball develops social skills. Working in a team, children learn to help each other, care about common interests and work for the good of the team.
Moreover, this basketball is an excellent emotional release. It helps the guys throw out negative energy and get positive emotions. Along with this, character is tempered during classes, and the child learns to go towards the goal, sacrificing his own desires and needs.
Basketball also helps to get rid of complexes. This is especially true for tall girls who are noticeably taller than their peers. In a team where all players are taller than average, the girls no longer feel like a black sheep, but gain self-confidence and begin to be proud of their height.
The influence of playing basketball on the physical development of a child
The influence of playing basketball on the physical development of a child is also strong. First of all, the guys involved in this sport develop endurance, and all muscle groups are strengthened.
Basketball practice - these are jumping, running, swinging arms, tilts and squats, which allow you to develop all muscle groups and strengthen the heart and blood vessels.
In addition to the general health benefits, basketball will also help prevent the development of certain diseases that result from an inactive lifestyle.
Moreover basketball develops:
- Review of vision. Due to the fact that the player must constantly keep an eye on the ball and other players, the field of view is improved. Children learn to manage peripheral vision and train their eyes;
- Reaction speed. Often during a match, an athlete must make lightning-fast decisions on which the outcome of the game depends. This helps children learn to respond quickly to emergency situations;
- Mindfulness. Through intense play, attention and memory develop, which not only has a beneficial effect on the playground, but also in studies and everyday life.
Given these facts, the question of what basketball gives a child can be answered that classes will strengthen physical, mental and mental health.
That is why basketball is often recommended to children suffering from reduced attention and weak immunity. But not all children can benefit from basketball, you can find out what kind of sport is suitable for a child here.
Does playing basketball make children grow
We often hear that basketball makes children grow, but is it really true? Recent studies have shown that yes, indeed, he can help the baby grow up, but is not able to grow a giant out of him.
The increase in height is due to the straightening of the spine, which is stretched during jumps. Also, a slight increase in growth contributes to the strengthening of the muscles of the back and legs.
But to say that basketball can significantly affect the growth of an athlete is wrong, there is no scientific justification for this.
The fact that in the sections all children are really tall is explained simply - short children simply leave this sport, because they cannot compete with tall athletes, as a result they move on to other sports, for example, volleyball, where they need both tall and undersized athletes.
At what age can a child play basketball
For preschool children, basketball is available from 3 years of age. Often this game is played in physical education classes in kindergarten. Of course, such a crumb will not be taken to the section, but at this age the child can already be introduced to the ball and the net.
Professional basketball training for children starts at the age of 5-6 years. At this age, you can enroll in a section at the sports palace, both boys and girls are accepted. The first 4-5 years the guys work out together, and only at the age of 10 the coach forms the men's and women's teams.
Basketball for beginners is more about general physical training and familiarity with the ball. In the first years of training, the coach pays special attention to the development of endurance, so most of the training takes place in the fresh air.
In the gym, the guys learn different techniques and combinations, and also learn how to hit the basket.
According to statistics, it is in their youth that children are more likely to encounter injuries in basketball. This is due to not yet developed coordination and lack of skills in programming movements.
That is why sports insurance for basketball at this age is a necessity, because it will reimburse the costs of treatment and provide the young athlete with high-quality rehabilitation, which will prevent the occurrence of fatigue injuries and chronic injuries in the future.
Age characteristics of children in basketball
Age characteristics of children in basketball are a fundamental factor in drawing up a schedule and training plan.
Consider how the load of basketball players changes with age:
- 3-5 years. At this age, kids still do not know how to memorize the rules of the game and listen to the coach. All classes are held in a playful way and are aimed at developing coordination of movements and mindfulness;
- 5-7 years old.
During this period, special attention is paid to the physical development and increasing the flexibility of the child. The goal of the trainer is to maximize endurance and strengthen all muscle groups. Also at this stage, children begin to learn the rules of basketball and learn various tactical and dynamic techniques; - 7-9 years old. This is the age at which real training starts. At the age of 8, children can already participate in competitions. Now all their work is aimed at the result of the whole team. During these years, the main task of the coach is to teach the guys to interact with each other;
- 10-12 years old. At this age, men's and women's teams are formed. Now the team is becoming a real family with common goals and objectives. Most often, it is at this age that the first victories occur;
- 12-14 years old. At this age, children learn to program their movements. This is a very important stage for every basketball player, because the final result of the maneuver depends on it.
At this time, the main task of the coach is to hone the movements of each player to the ideal; - 14-16 years old. This is the time to master tactical thinking. The brain of a teenager is already ready to solve tactical problems and make quick decisions. At this moment, the coach already sees which of the guys can become a real champion;
- 16-18 years old. This is the age when a teenager must show all the acquired skills. Strong players are formed into teams to participate in important competitions. At this time, the start in a sports career begins, because the guys already have sports categories and can participate in adult competitions.
If you want to grow a real champion out of a child, a section at a school or a sports palace is a good place to start. Later, by the age of 7, the basketball section for children should be focused specifically on professional activities. Such a section can be found in any city, because this sport is very popular. You can choose a section closer to home in our catalog of sports schools and sections.
