Secrets to Coaching Youth Basketball Drills

Special thanks to Mike for sending his secrets to coaching youth basketball drills. Try them out and let me know how it goes for you.

From Mike…
Three quick basketball drills we do and you can choose.

1. I try to take a few minutes right before practice begins to run through new basketball plays or review out of bounds, etc., seems to help our retention.

2. After a brief (5-10 minute) warm-up period (at the beginning of practice) of simple basketball dribbling/passing drills, I have them go through a 3-4 minute stretching routine. Sounds simple, but each day a different person is the leader and they get a chance to interact as a group without the coaches standing right over them. They seem to enjoy this time.

3. Last thing is the 5 minute time at the end of practice where they get to choose any basketball drill or fun thing we’ve done before in practice.

We only have basketball practice for 75 minutes, twice a week, so every minute is precious, but we always try and do these things.

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