December 7, 2023
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Early Age Basketball Coaching

Laura03 mins

Many basketball coaches have started as youth trainers, teaching children the concepts and game play of the ball sport. Investing your time as a youth coach can be a big decision but your efforts will be rewarded with the development of a team with chemistry. Coaching sports-related activities to children can be very fulfilling as you help them build their self-confidence and make them learn to enjoy a lifetime hobby. Thinking about the welfare and dreams of children and helping them accomplish what they want can be a very selfless act of kindness.
Being a children’s coach, it is your main priority that the class you are handling is having fun, developing important skills and has a safe environment to play in. If you have other reasons aside from these, you may need to rethink your reasons in being a youth coach as the position holds much influence on young people. How you approach your class is entirely up to you, but you should note that it can leave lasting effects on the children. Making a positive impact on the lives of the young ones can help them gain necessary tools that they are going to need when they grow up.
To be a good basketball youth coach, you need to have all the important information in the aspects of the game. You yourself must know strategies in playing basketball as you are going to pass down your knowledge to them. You will also know that you are on the right track when you can leave your children to play on their own as they are already responsible enough.
As the days go by, the time will come when you will meet the parents of the children you handle. It is important to gain their support for your upcoming games and practices to ensure a smooth season ahead. An important thing that you want to inform their parents is to improve team work whether at home or on court so the children can easily adapt to leadership roles.…

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Coaching Your Own Child

Laura012 mins

From Little League baseball and basketball right through high school and college sports, parents exist who yearn to remain in coaching long enough to have their own child on the team. Based on experience I must confess that few matters are more difficult than putting father and son/mother and daughter or any combination into such a trying position.
Yes, there are advantages to coaching your child. Foremost, if you are an excellent, well-rounded, and brilliant coach, your child will be rewarded with exceptional guidance as fundamentals will be practiced to perfection and skills will be honed to high quality. This is of great value, regardless of the parent/child relationship since athletes that are taught well are able to maximize their talents and be proud of their performance.
With a parent coaching the child can most often be assured of a starting position on the team. No languishing on the bench when Dad is in charge. For building confidence, this can be beneficial, especially if the child has worked hard and has the performance skills necessary plus has earned the opportunity through effort, dedication, and team play. The fret over playing time can disappear.
As the coach you also select the team so you can be certain that the “best” players are yours. Best can include moral, physical, social, and mental attributes that enhance the worth of the team. The riffraff and ne’er-do-wells can be sucked up by another outfit. Oh, these last two paragraphs have taken on a caustic tone when there really are advantages to coaching your own child.
Working together with your child under the intensity of a sport can build positive relationships. Coaching automatically boosts extra time together performing an activity that hopefully both parties love. My son started playing basketball as soon as he could walk and lug that enormous ball around the court and football came right behind; his Dad is a dedicated coach of both games with an acute eye for recognizing and then developing fundamental skills and individual talent. Father and son worked well together throughout childhood, junior high, and into high school. Dad always worked to avoid playing favorites with his team as he also maneuvered to remove himself from coaching altogether when son hit the varsity level of play. In a small town this was not easy because extra coaches are not always available and so he remained his son’s head football and assistant basketball coach.
Fortunately, Son loved both sports, practiced hard, and played harder. But regardless of the Father/Son attitude and belief in the team, jealousy pocked the season. Whether your son is a starter, a star, or simply an average team member, “someone and his Dad” are never pleased. Riding this out and staying positive while moving the team forward in skill and success is not easy and often some of the fun of the game is extracted. Imagine the problems that arise when the coach is ill-prepared and the child forced to play in a position where …

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