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This new edition shows coaches how to prepare for games, teach skills, correct mistakes, encourage players and provide a safe playing environment.
Incorporating a player-centric model which places greater emphasis on the development of players than on coaches: preparing for and conducting efficient, age-specific practices
and providing a safe playing environment
This book also offers key communication and teaching concepts and hands-on advice to assist coaches in all phases of player development including individual skills, team tactics
and understanding and enjoyment of the game.
It features more skills and and includes many new photographs and diagrams to facilitate coaches’ understanding of the game-like drills. It also offers dynamic and effective learning
tools for players to hone their skills and deepen their understanding of the game.
Coaching Youth Basketball equips coaches to provide a rewarding season for players as they continue to develop their skills and most importantly experience fun through this development.
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Game Time, Lineup and Substitutions
Excerpts from Coaching Youth Basketball, Fifth Edition
“... Although you won’t need to create a complex game strategy, as mentioned before, you will need to make tactical decisions in several areas throughout a game. You’ll make decisions
about who starts the game and when to enter substitutes, about making slight adjustments to your team’s tactics, and about dealing with players’ performance errors.
When considering playing time, make sure that everyone on the team gets to play at least half of each game. This should be your guiding principle as you consider starting and
substitution patterns. It is also nice if each player has a chance to start one game during your season. Realize that some players may play better in a starting role than when coming
off the bench. We suggest you consider two options in substituting players:
1. Substituting individually. Replace one player with another. This offers you a lot of latitude in deciding who goes in when, and it gives you the greatest combination of players
throughout the game. Keeping track of playing time can be difficult, but this task could be made easier by assigning it to an assistant or a parent.
You may want to try substituting players by time left in the quarter, especially when working with younger age groups. For example, you can let a substitute know that she will play the
last four minutes of each quarter, or that she will replace a player at the six-minute mark of the quarter. This will let the player know when she can expect to get into the game and
will help the player be more prepared for her playing time.
In addition, if a player plays so hard that she asks to be taken out of a game, you should allow her to go back in when she is ready. This will let your players know that they can
play hard without worrying that another individual will sub in for them and they will not get back in the game.
2. Substituting by quarters. The advantage of substituting players after each quarter is that you can easily track playing time, and players know how long they will be in before they
might be replaced. When substituting by quarters, you should still keep track of the actual number of minutes that each player is on the court. ...”
"... At the younger age levels (5 and 6, 7 and 8, or 9 and 10), you probably won’t adjust your team tactics,
or plays, too significantly during a game. Rather, you’ll focus on the basic tactics, and during breaks in the game, you’ll emphasize the specific tactics your team needs to work on.
However, coaches of 11- to 14-year-olds might have reason to make tactical adjustments to improve their team’s chances of performing well and winning. As games progress, assess your
opponents’ style of play and tactics, and make adjustments that are appropriate—that is, those that your players are prepared for. You may want to consider the following examples when
adjusting team tactics:
• How does your opponent usually initiate their attack? Do they aim to get around, over, or through your defense? This can help you make defensive adjustments.
• Who are the strongest players on the opposing team? The weakest players? As you identify strong players, you’ll want to assign more skilled players to defend them.
• Are the opponent’s forwards fast and powerful? Do they come to the ball, or do they try to run behind the defense and receive passes? Their mode of attack should influence how you instruct your players to defend them.
• On defense, does your opponent play a high-pressure game, or do they retreat once you’ve gained possession of the ball? Either type of defense could call for a different strategy from you.
• Ask your players, “What does the player you are guarding do well?” Then ask, “Do you think you can stop the player from doing that?” This will help players adjust their game to
what the opponent does best.
Knowing the answers to such questions can help you formulate an effective game plan and make proper adjustments during a game. However, don’t stress tactics too much during a game.
Doing so can take the fun out of the game for the players. If you don’t trust your memory, carry a pen and pad to note which team tactics and individual skills need attention at the
next practice. This is also a good job for your assistant. ..."
Interaction With Opposing Coaches and Officials
"... You must respect the opponents and officials you encounter in your competitions. Without them, there wouldn’t be a competition. Opponents provide opportunities for your team to test
itself, improve, and excel. Officials help provide a fair and safe experience for players and, as appropriate, help them learn the rules of the game.
You and your team should show respect for opponents and officials by giving your best efforts and being civil. Don’t allow your players to “trash talk” or taunt an opponent or an
official. Such behavior is disrespectful to the spirit of the competition, and you should immediately remove a player from a game if that player disobeys your team rules in this area.
Remember, too, that officials at this level are quite often teenagers—in many cases not much older than the players themselves—and the level of officiating should be commensurate to
the level of play. In other words, don’t expect perfection from officials any more than you do from your own players. Especially at younger levels, the officials won’t make every call,
because to do so would stop the game too frequently. You may find that officials at younger levels only call the most flagrant violations—those directly affecting the outcome of the
game. As long as the calls are being made consistently on both sides and the violations are being addressed, most of your officiating concerns will be alleviated.
If you yell at or disagree with the officials constantly, you are giving your team an excuse for not playing well or losing the game. Don’t give your players an excuse for losing or
playing poorly by blaming the officials. ..."
Synopsis
Coaching Youth Basketball, Fifth Edition, will help you run organized practices as you develop your players’ fundamental skills. Written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP),
in conjunction with expert coach Don Showalter of USA Basketball, this book covers all aspects of player development that you need to know:
• Preparing for and conducting efficient, age-specific practices
• Teaching and developing skills
• Providing a safe playing environment
• Identifying and correcting errors in performance
• Communicating with and encouraging players
You’ll also gain court-tested tips on running your team; communicating with players, officials, parents, and other coaches; providing basic first aid; and keeping it all fun. The book
contains drills and coaching tips that are sure to jump-start your practices and improve players’ performance. In addition, you receive many photos and diagrams to facilitate your
understanding of the skills and drills.
Ideal for coaches of players ages 5 to 14, the fifth edition of Coaching Youth Basketball will help you focus on long-term athlete development by creating an environment in which your
players can learn, progress in their skill development, increase their understanding of the game, and, most important, have fun.
Praises for: 'Coaching Youth Basketball ~ 5th Edition' by American Sport Education Program and Don Showalter
“... In Coaching Youth Basketball, Fifth Edition, USA Basketball developmental national team coach Don Showalter gives coaches the information and tools needed for their players
to succeed on the court. ...” Mike Krzyzewski-- Head Men’s Basketball Coach Duke University
“... The fifth edition of Coaching Youth Basketball covers everything from conducting successful practices to encouraging players. Don Showalter offers hands-on advice to help
coaches develop players’ skills and increase their enjoyment of the game. ...” Roy Williams-- Head Men’s Basketball Coach University of North Carolina
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The fifth edition of Coaching Youth Basketball was written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) in conjunction with USA Basketball’s Don Showalter.
Don Showalter has coached the USA men’s developmental national team since 2008, leading them to gold medals at the 2009 and 2011
FIBA Americas U16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship.
He was named the USA Basketball Junior Developmental Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2010 and
National Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association in 2009 and coached in the prestigious McDonald’s All-American game in 1999.
Showalter has been the head boys’ basketball coach and activities director at Mid-Prairie High School in Wellman, Iowa, since 1984. His winning percentage
is .669 (557-275), and he has been named Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year nine times.
Showalter has directed basketball camps in Russia, Mexico,
Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, England, and Scotland.
American Sport Education Program has been developing and delivering coaching education courses since 1981. As the nation’s leading coaching education program, ASEP works with national, state, and local sport
organizations to develop educational programs for coaches, officials, administrators, and parents. These programs incorporate ASEP’s philosophy of “Athletes first, winning second.”
• Author:
American Sport Education Program and
Don Showalter • Format: Book • Book Edition Number of Pages: 264 ~ 251 x 175 x 15 mm • Publisher: Human Kinetics ~ 5th edition • Book Publishing Date: NEW ON June 21, 2012 • eBook Edition: • Book Edition Binding: Paperback • Book Edition Shipping Weight: 2 pounds • Language: English
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