COACHES CORNER
Every coach should read the Kid's Credo and the Who's on First is good reading for a coach dealing with parents complaining about playing time for their kids and Dear Coach if you have players who want to play in the game but can never quite seem to make it to practice. Don't miss the free book on Coaching Youth Basketball.
If you’re a parent just recruited to coach a team and you don't know a Cross Screen from a Crossover dribble check out the descriptions of terms for basketball actions, positions, rules and the court. Lots of reading but Information is presented in an easy-to-understand format. You'll find drills and tips for players and parents. Be sure to scroll down the screen to see all the information.
Beware of pop-ups on this free site but definitely still worth the visit. If you have heard of a play or seen it in a game and now want to see an animated breakdown of the the play, this site does just that. You can see plays like the Double Pick or the Zone Press Break.
Every youth coach should explore this site! You will need Flash and QuickTime media players on your computer and lots of time. It has games for kids to play and games for coaches to run at practice. There are printouts and video clips of the basic basketball skills, even skills like setting a screen and switching. Assign some of these pages as homework for your very young players and then quiz them on the baskics of the game and referee's hand signals.
This website has basketball fundamentals including terminology and many basketball drills. Be sure to check out the page with links to video clips of all the drills. The small video clip can quickly provide new idea to try at practice. It even covers issues such as the right attitude and the role of the basketball player and how to practice on your own in the off season. Great page for coaches wanting fundamentals and more.
Click on the link below for PCA's 2 Minute Drill Newsletter. How to set S.M.A.R.T. Goals.
Positively Hoops has joined many other youth sports programs to try to make our program a more successful program through Positive Coaching Alliance. Below is an excerpt from the PCA website. "PCA believes the time has come to unite behind a powerful new term, 'Honoring the Game.' Coaches, parents, and athletes need to realize that an Honoring the Game perspective needs to replace the common win-at-all-cost perspective. If a coach and his or her team have to dishonor the game to win it, what is this victory really worth, and what sort of message is this sending young athletes?" Positively Hoops is 100% committed to making our program better. Please check out this website. It has a lot of very valuable information for Coaches, Parents and other key support people to the success of our organization.
"The single most important action a youth sports organization can take to enhance its program is to train its volunteer coaches. Encourage your organization to train their coaches." This website is a great resource for parent coaches. Click the link below to check it out!
Coaches, click on the link below for a list of objectives that Positively Hoops uses when training middle school coaches. Check it out!
"Keep the game simple, so we can play harder" Coaches, click on the link below to view a list of daily drills. These drills will help to achieve the goal of Positively Hoops...developing players and teaching the game of basketball while building a strong foundation for competitive play.
www.basketballhighway.com. A great reference for all coaches. There are links to drills, plays, coaching tips and much more.
www.wishoops.net. This is a very useful tool for coaches to look up and find available tournaments, useful articles and any other basketball related information on Wisconsin Hoops.
