When you first start out in coaching, there is nothing more valuable than some essential Basketball Coaching Tips to help you get started and keep on track. Functional Basketball Coaching has compiled a list of the Ten Best Basketball Coaching Tips to help new and inexperienced coaches with developing their craft as a coach.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching No Comments ↓ Drill Progression should be about the linking of activities based on a specific ethos of progressive development. In a poor situation however, drill progression can be a haphazard journey that leads to extended timelines for development and progression of the individual. Planning and selecting the right types of drills to be linked together will lead to a smooth transition from one stage of development to another.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching No Comments ↓ It is an unfortunate reality in basketball coaching that at some point in your career that you are more than likely going to have to deal with an Aggressive Parent. The problem with an aggressive parent is that they can be someone who has a personal connection to a coach or is well known to the coach,
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching No Comments ↓ When Basketball Coaching there is always rhetoric about creating a positive environment. But what does that mean? For many coaches involved with basketball coaching the limits of a positive environment extend to them using the sandwich technique when they are proving constructive feedback to players. The reality is however that in creating a positive environment there are a number of different strategies coaches can adopt.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching, Planning No Comments ↓ The Halftime Talk is the longest break during a game for a coach. For this reason, it is invaluable as an opportunity to move a team towards the final goal of success during the game. Success will mean different things, to different teams but the one constant should be the halftime talk inspiring a team’s players to go on and give their best,
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