Coaching Youth Basketball - Introduction

Introduction

Coaching is not an exact science. Coaching at the higher grade levels is more opinion and preferences, than it is fact. There are certain things that every varsity player should know, like lay-ups, etc. For the most part, coaching at this level is a matter of team x's and o's.

Coaching youth basketball is different. It is more of an exact science, and that science's name is BASICS. Coaching at this level is a matter of how do you teach the basics, and choosing your priorities as a coach.

I am going to take you from the first moment you signed up as a coach and help you to choose your priorities and help you to teach the basics. I am not a basketball guru who has never lost a game. I don't have a long list of credentials. My resume doesn't even exist. But I do understand that the simpler something is, the easier it is to understand. I am going to try to teach you the things that I wish someone had taught me when I started coaching, and I'm going to make it very easy to read and understand.