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 Teaching Shot Blocking To Developing PlayersShot blocking can be a small item down the list of things for many coaches to teach, but teaching it early and correctly can play huge dividends as players mature. Girls Basketball: How Much Offense and Defense for 8th Grade Girls?In coaching girls basketball, how many offensive and defensive sets are appropriate for 8th grade girls basketball? So much depends on the talent and basketball savvy of your girls. Youth Basketball—Teaching Balance And ControlAssume the youngsters in your charge know little or nothing about the game of basketball. Before we can run, we must pass through competency phases of crawling and walking. So, we begin at the most elemental level, breaking down information that must be assimilated along the long road to unconscious competency. In this article we take the first step—teaching balance and control. Triangle Defense: the Basis for Teaching Team DefenseThis article deals with how to teach triangle defense--the basis for teaching team defense. If you teach zone defense, you would be well advised to begin by teaching man principles, or if you teach man defense--no matter what your preference-- Youth Basketball: Teaching Offense to 9/10 Year-oldsI am often asked about how to teach offense to 9 and 10 year-olds. I have consistently stated that I think 9 and 10 year-olds don't need offensive systems. They need to be taught fundamentals--how to move without the basketball. Youth Sports: are They Really for the Youth?There are places where parents think they are doing the right thing to prepare their children for varsity sports at some later date by creating elite youth programs where they hope their kids will become superstars now. Preparing Your Season—leading Up to Your First GameEvery season presents new challenges, however the biggest challenge, especially for new or newer coaches, may be in preparing to teach everything that will be needed in order to successfully play the first game. Teaching Youth Basketball: Using the Other HandFor beginners, the most important teaching of use of the weak hand will be for teaching dribbling. Teaching how to shoot with the other hand, especially shooting the lay-up or other finishing shots at the basket, will follow with age and experience. Revisiting F.u.n.c.tWe are struggling as a society to make sense of all the changes we see all around in our outward lives. Our lives seem out of balance and with what is happening with the universe, time has been shortened. The resultant feeling is that we feel rushed, filled with angst and stress. This seems to manifest itself with the craziness we’ve seen in the news about aberrant behavior of coaches and parents. Teaching Basketball BasicsWhen a new basketball coach is attempting to put together a coaching plan of action, including how to teach, what to teach and when to teach it, who do they ask for advice? This mentoring should be of strategic importance to them. Do they really know how to teach what you need?
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