A Youth Basketball Coaching Guide

by Danford Chamness

Overview

A complete must-have guide for the new or veteran coach who is coaching basketball to children in grades 1 through 8.

A Youth Basketball Coaching Guide is written expressly for you who are coaching children in basketball. We stress how to teach children this complex game and to have fun doing it. It covers all facets of the game from how to dribble to strategies and tactics. Coaching children should be a fun experience for everyone: for you, for the parents, and most of all the children. We cover teaching attitudes and methods, keeping in mind these are children. It's a game for them and not the adults. Winning isn't everything, but learning to play well and wanting to win is. Children from the first grade through eighth grade are divided into four categories. In each category we discuss the player's needs and abilities, what they are capable of in both the physical and emotional sense and their limitations. We define the coach's role, parent's role and the player's role.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595136858
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/20/2000
Pages:	228
Sales rank:	663,531
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.22(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

	Forward	xiii
	Acknowledgements	xv
Chapter 1	Coaches Corner	1
	The coaching attitude and responsibilities
Chapter 2	Player Bench	12
	The players needs and responsibilities
Chapter 3	Parents Expectations	16
	The parents roll and responsibilities
Chapter 4	The Player Categories	20
Category I	Children through the 2nd grade
Category II	Children in the 3rd & 4th Grades
Category III	Children in the 5th and 6th Grades
Category IV	Children in the 7th and 8th Grades
Chapter 5	Practice Schedule Planning	28
Category I	Children through the 2nd grade
Category II	Children in the 3rd & 4th Grades
Category III	Children in the 5th and 6th Grades
Category IV	Children in the 7th and 8th Grades
	Practice Facilities
Chapter 6	Fundamental Elements of the Game	39
	Dribbling the Basketball
	Ball Passing
	Shooting Techniques
Chapter 7	Warm Up Drills	48
	Waist, Torso & Upper Body Warm-up No. 1
	Waist, Torso & Upper Body Warm-up No. 2
	Waist, Torso & Upper Body Warm-up No. 3
	Vertical Body Stretch & Calf-Warm-up No. 4
	Vertical Body Stretch & Side-Warm-up No. 5
	Leg Lunge & Quadriceps-Warm-up No. 6
	Leg Squats and Quadricepts-Warm-up No. 7
	Side Straddle Hop-Warm-up No. 8
	Court Sprint-Warm-up No. 9
	Court Circuit Jogging-Warm-up No. 10
	Vertical Jump-Warm-up No. 11
Chapter 8	Practices & Drills	56
	"How To" Dribbling Practices
	Change Hands while dribbling
	Moving Forward while dribbling
	Dribbling with either hand while moving forward
	Dribbling Drill
	"How To" Passing Practices
	The Bounce Pass
	The Chest High Pass
	The Overhead Pass
	The Overhead Hook Pass
	The Side Pass
	The Baseball Pass
	The Reach Around Pass
	At the Key Passing
	"How To" Shooting Practices
	Elementary Shooting Drills for the beginning Player
	Elementary Shooting Drill Exercise
	Free Throw or Foul Shot Drill
	Running Passes
	Elementary Category I running pass to receiver
	Two man parallel running, passing with dribble
	Two man parallel running, passing without dribble
	Three man parallel running, passing without dribble
	Two man weave with lateral passes during crossover
	Three man weave with lateral passing during crossover
Chapter 9	Fundamental Shooting Drills	76
	Two step lay-up jump shot
	Running lay-up from lateral approach
	Lateral lay-up with give and go
	Running jump lay-up from straight on
	Free-throw or foul shot
	Side line shots near three point line
	Hook shot against defense
	Tap-in Shot Exercise & Drill
	At Key passing & shooting
	Run-Stop-Jump shot (Straight on & Lateral)
	Run-Stop-Jump shot over a screen
	Jump Shots & Drills
	Fade Away Jump shots & Drill
Chapter 10	Pivots & Feints for Offense	90
	Elementary Pivot Practice
	Fundamental Pivot Practice
	Elementary Fake & Pivot Practice
	Below Basket at Low Post, fake, pivot & put it up
	At midpost, fake, pivot and put it up
	At high post, fake, pivot, break and put it up
	Fundamental Rebounding Exercise & Drill
Chapter 11	Defense Positions & Moves	98
	Double teaming and the match up
	Defensive positions for 2-1-2 formation
	Weak side-strong side on the floor
	Elementary Defense Practices
	Guarding stances against offensive player
	Elementary Lateral Movement Drill
	Fundamental Lateral Movement Drill
	Grabbing the Ball Drill
	Elementary Zone Defense
	Fundamental Zone Defense
	Boxing out the Offensive players at the key
	Knowing the trap zones
	Trapping the Offense
	Running Defender forces offensive player toward the side lines
	Going up with offense to block the shot
	Defending against the fast break
	Switching and Talking
	Do's and Don'ts
Chapter 12	Playing the Offense	121
	The Fast Break
	Do's and Don'ts
	Pivot-Break and pass across
	Pivot-Break, pass, receiver shoots
	Offense/Defense layup practice
	Fake, pivot and put it up
	Running pivot past defender
	Setting a Screen
	Setting a Pick
	Rebounding Shooting Drill at Low Post
	A Game called "21"
	Building The Give and Goes
	High to Low Post Give and Go-Both Sides
	High to Low Post Give and Screen-Both Sides
	High to Low Post Give and Go Go-Both Sides
	Mid to Mid Post Give and Go-Both Sides
	Mid to Mid Post Give and Screen- Both Sides
	High Post Give and Goes-Both Sides
	High Post Give and Screen-Both Sides
	High Post Give and Go Go-Both Sides
	High Post Give and Go Options-Both Sides
	Review Summary about Give and Goes
	Developing a "Set" play
Chapter 13	Strategies & Tactics	150
	Offensive movements and positions of responsibility
	Full Court Presses and how they work
	Half Court Presses and how they work
	Attacking the Full Court Press
	In-bounding formulas for out-of-bounds plays
	In-bounding from under the basket-Box
	In-bounding from under the basket-Line
	In-bounding from under the basket-Reverse
	In-bounding from the side court-Line
	In-bounding from the side court-tandem 4 across
	Team Offensive Formations
	Give and Go
	Basic Pick and Roll
	Shuffle Cut-misdirection by feint
	Slice around post-Single break to lane
	Slice around post-Two above high post crisscross
	Backdoor by Forward
	Slice play: Guard & Forward on strong side
	Clear out for Pivot Man
	Rotational Offensive Pattern
	Jump Ball Tactics
	The Offensive Box Formation
	The Deffensive 1-1-1-2 Formation
	Do's and Don'ts
Chapter 14	Selecting Player Positions	179
Chapter 15	Scheduling Players During Games	182
Chapter 16	Game Statistics	186
Chapter 17	Basic Rules of the Game	191
	About the Author	209