Guide to confident coaching on the youth basketball court
DESCRIPTION
Coaching Youth Basketball is an outstanding introduction to coaching philosophy and how to teach basketball skills.
This valuable resource, building on the success of the popular Rookie Coaches Basketball Guide, contains 32 practice drills and 102 new and improved illustrations. Youth basketball coaches, even in their first season, will have all the information they need to coach effectively. Parents of young basketball players will also find information to help their 6- to 14-year-old athletes learn and enjoy the game.
Coaching Youth Basketball shows you techniques for teaching fundamental basketball skills step-by-stepwhat to teach and how to teach it. This second edition also identifies each drill as appropriate for beginner, intermediate, or advanced players, so you'll be able to match activities to your players' skill levels.
A compendium of coaching essentials, Coaching Youth Basketball provides a self-test to examine your basketball knowledge; describes how to teach basketball techniques and strategies;
explains how to detect and correct the common errors young basketball players make;
outlines practice drills for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players; and
illustrates basketball skills, tactics, and drills, including footwork, ballhandling, shooting, rebounding, and defensive play.
Coaching Youth Basketball is developed by ASEP, America's premier sport education program, and provides beginning coaches with general coaching and sport-specific information. You'll learn
your major responsibilities, what will make you an effective coach, how to communicate with young athletes, how to plan and teach sport skills sequentially, how to prevent and care for injuries, and how to protect yourself from legal liability.
Coaching Youth Basketball is designed to help you succeed as a coach, even without a lot of experience. The book's helpful appendixes furnish a sample season plan for beginning basketball players, the basketball officiating signals, and a list of resources for working with children with disablities.
With the fundamentals of coaching and basketball combined in one resource, Coaching Youth Basketball provides everything beginning basketball coaches need to make their coaching experiences safe, successful, and enjoyable.
AUDIENCE
How-to for beginning youth basketball coaches and parents of young basketball players.
CONTENTS
Welcome to Coaching! Unit 1. Who, Me . . . a Coach? How to meet your four primary responsibilities as a coach. Unit 2. What Tools Do I Need as a Coach? Uncover five qualities all coaches need to be successful. Unit 3. How Should I Communicate With My Players?
How to send effective verbal and nonverbal messages to communicate better with players, parents, fans, officials, and opposing coaches.
Unit 4. How Do I Get My Team Ready to Play?
Discover the four steps of teaching basketball skills effectively, six elements of a good practice, and how to plan prior to the season.
Unit 5. What About Safety?
How to prevent injuries to your athletes and provide emergency care for minor and serious injuries.
Unit 6. What Is Basketball All About?
Understand rules, player equipment and positions, fouls, violations, and scoring.
Unit 7. What Basketball Skills and Drills Should I Teach?
How to teach your players basic offensive and defensive skills and use more than 30 drills identified for beginner, intermediate, or advanced players.
Unit 8. How Do I Get My Players to Play as a Team?
Put it all together with basic offensive and defensive team principles and drills.
Appendix A. Sample Season Plan for Beginning Basketball Players Appendix B. Official Basketball Signals
Appendix C. Organizations to Contact for Coaching Children With Disabilities
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Since 1981 the American Sport Education Program has provided educational opportunities for more than 625,000 coaches, parents, and sport administrators through its multilevel curriculum.
WORDS OF PRAISE
"I recommend Coaching Youth Basketball without reservation. It is an ideal book for beginning basketball coaches."
Larry E. Walker
President and Founder Basketball Congress International
"Coaching Youth Basketball is an excellent 'how-to' guide for youth basketball coaches. Finally, there's a practical, step-by-step book I can recommend to our grassroots-level volunteer coaches!" Lynn Burkey Chair,
Girls Basketball Advisory Committee Amateur Athletic Union
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