3 Reasons Youth Coaches Should Stress Fundamentals Over Plays

by Keith Smith

Keith Smith is a youth basketball coach for boys and girls. He is the co-creator of “The Edge” and Best Youth Hoops. For more information, visit http://www.bestyouthhoops.com/blog and receive FREE Special Report, "TOP PRIORITIES FOR A NEW YOUTH BASKETBALL COACH"

When I first thought about the title, a quick story came to mind which put this in proper perspective.

During my first year of coaching, my team was playing a lower seeded team in the playoffs. It was a close game going into the 4th quarter when the opposing coach yelled out a play to his point guard.

The guard shouted the play to her teammates while we were set in our 1-2-2 zone (that’s another story… none of my teams play zone anymore). The guard shouted the play again, nothing happened. The players looked at her as if she was speaking a foreign language.

To read the rest of the story, go to
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/teach_fundamentals

Basketball: Teaching Offensive Low Post Play

How I teach low post play doesn't change much between beginners and older players -whether they're boys or girls. They all need to know how to move through the post, avoiding 3-second counts, having good balance and gaining good position. Once they have these things, they can begin to maneuver to receive the ball and work their way to attacking and finishing at the basket.

What I do now is contained in my article at http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/lowpost.html

I hope you find teaching points you can use.

See you next month.

Coach Ronn

How I Teach Defense

Last month, I began a series of reprints of my most read articles which have been published at my website, Top-Basketball-Coaching.com and elsewhere on the web. At Scribd.com, these articles have now been read over 78,000 times since 2008.

This month, I bring back 7 of the most read articles I published on the subject of teaching defense. These are listed below.
1. Teaching Defensive Transition (6053 reads) Dec., 2007
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/December_2007

2. Why Teach Man Defense (5491 reads) Oct., 2007
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/whyteachmanD

3. Teaching Individual Defense, Part I (1387 reads) Sept., 2006
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/September_2006.html

4. Teaching Individual Defense, Part II (1050 reads) Oct., 2006
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/October_2006.html

5. Defending The Dribble Entry (1801 reads) Nov., 2006
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/November1_2006.html

6. Triangle Defense: The Basis For Teaching Team Defense (1061 reads) Dec., 2008
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/Triangle-Defense

7. Teaching Shot Blocking To Developing Players (889 reads) May, 2009
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/shotblock.html

Feb., 2011 Newsletter

My Most Read Articles

For several years, I have been writing and publishing basketball articles on teaching fundamentals of offense and defense, how to coach and how to motivate. These end up published in full on my website, www.Top-Basketball-Coaching.com (see right sidebar – Basketball Articles) but are also published in my Spiritual Hoops newsletter and on this blog, Top Basketball Coaching Tips. My website, this newsletter and my online article publications are viewed in over 111 countries.

For all of my Feb. newsletter content, go to http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/feb2011

2010 One-Time Holiday Special Offer

Here's A One-Time Special Offer:

For the 2010 Holiday Season, whenever you purchase the DVD separately
(The DVD sells for $49.95),
or the book separately
(The book sells for $29.99),
or the combo
(DVD and book for $20 off at $59.94),
you will receive a copy of the free throw book
FREE as my gift to you.

Read all about this Holiday Special at
http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/2010holidayoffer

Yours in Sport & Spirit,
Coach Ronn

Preparing for the New Season -- A Player’s Perspective

Every year I try to bring some information to my readers that can be helpful for them to get their early-season practices off to a good start.

This year I got a little different perspective by having a newly graduated player write about what he did to get ready for his season and that enabled him to be a star player.

The article was written by Kyle Ohman, a starting guard last year for Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. He averaged15.4 points per game and was ranked the 19th best shooter by Fox Sports as a

Senior (2009-2010).

Kyle is a gifted basketball motivator and communicator and will take his game to the professional level and then on to a basketball coaching career.

His story is at http://www.top-basketball-coaching.com/KyleOhman

My Latest Ebook: How I Shoot Over 96% Free Throws

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