Thursday, September 27, 2007

Beginning Basketball Coaching

When I was first starting out as a wet-behind-the-ears basketball coach, I had no real guidance about what to do. I had a basketball coaching course in college. I had played most of my life, but had no real concept of what to do as a coach. Today there is a wealth of information available for the beginning basketball coach, however a lot of it is too advanced for someone who may be just getting started. Those men, women, or teenagers who will be coaching youth teams need to be fed information relative to their own knowledge and level of experience, and to that of the youth they will be coaching. They need to learn how, what, and when to do the things relative to that sport. Then, they need to be able to translate this information into meaningful teaching activity for the youngsters.

Teaching requires that learning is taking place. Just going through motions isn’t teaching. Just telling or directing traffic is not teaching.

Let me make something clear right here—(for the rest of this article go to: Beginning Coaching)