Archive for November, 2009

Coaching Youth Basketball – Player of the Game

While coaching youth basketball for 11-12 year olds in a community team, we only have one practice and one game each week. After the first game, I tell the players that they now have their benchmark – akin to a golf “handicap” – and that each week the “Player of the Game” will be awarded to the player who plays the best relative to their current handicap.