Monday, May 4, 2009

Youth Basketball: Motion Offense for 6th Graders

Coaches always want to know about offenses for age groups that really require very little in the way of offensive sophistication. So I asked a colleague of mine, Josh Stinson, if I could borrow an article of his that I read on his site, Perfect Practice.

As it turned out, the offensive set and moves in his article were very much like an offense I had used for years. I felt it was a good choice for grade or middle school coaches to be able to utilize.

I began using this offense in the 1970's at the high school level and then using it as a basic starting point, added more options when taking it to the international men's and women's games. It works well at it's most basic (where a coach should really begin when teaching it) and then when both coach and players are ready, it can easily be built upon.

To read the article, go to: http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/youthoffense.html

Yours in Sport & Spirit,
Coach Ronn

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