Youth basketball coaches manual

Also, spending too much time jotting things down takes away from time actually observing, watching and teaching the kids. You want them engaged, playing hard without fear, and having lots of fun. After a few sessions, you can pretty well tell who the better players are by just observing. As that great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, "You can observe a lot by watching.

I would of course get some argument from many coaches who do like having a grading system. They will cite that in today's environment, everything must be documented and objectively graded to please parents and administrators and to protect themselves from disgruntled kids and parents.

Book Summary: Designed specifically for younger players, Youth Rugby Drills is the practice bible for youth rugby coaches. It contains a range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills required to introduce rugby, including: - warming up and cooling down - handling the ball - running with the ball - running off the ball - attacking and defensive patterns.

As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the players. Book Summary: Designed specifically for players aged 12 to 16, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including: warming up; speed and endurance; power development; ball skills; goal shooting; spatial awareness; team work; warming down.

This new edition is fully updated with new drills and illustrations. Book Summary: Long-Term Athlete Development describes how to systematically develop sporting excellence and increase active participation in local, regional, and national sport organizations. This resource describes the long-term athlete development LTAD model, an approach to athlete-centered sport that combines skill instruction with long-term planning and an understanding of human development.

By learning about LTAD, sport administrators and coaches will gain the knowledge and tools to enhance participation and improve performance and growth of athletes. This text offers the first in-depth and practical explanation of the LTAD model.

Long-Term Athlete Development integrates current research on talent development and assessment into practice to help sport leaders plan athletic development across the life span or design detailed programs for a particular group, including those with physical and cognitive disabilities.

By integrating knowledge of these models, readers are able to analyze their own programs and take steps to improve sport and coaching philosophies and reach adherence and performance goals. Explanations and visuals of concepts help readers understand the state of knowledge in talent identification and long-term athlete development. Chapter-opening vignettes offer examples of how the LTAD model can be used to alleviate common issues.

Listings at the end of each chapter offer sources for further study, and reflection questions guide readers in applying the content.

It offers parents, coaches, and sport administrators a deeper understanding of the LTAD model, helping them create an enjoyable, developmentally appropriate environment for both competitive athletes and enthusiastic participants. Book Summary: Designed specifically for players aged 7 to 11, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop.

The Complete Book of Offensive Basketball Drills is a treasure trove of information from around the world. I can honestly say that I have not seen nor read a more complete drill book on one topic that is better than this. Giorgio Gandolfi has outdone himself. Keith was born, raised, and educated in South Central Los Angeles. During the time Keith was in college, he began to work with young people in his church and with several community based programs.

Part of his ability to understand youth, especially those in the foster care system, is his personal background; Keith spent six years in the foster care system. Young people are taught the importance of support system, how to network and fully utilize supportive services to become self sufficient.

Many young people need to free themselves from the power of past pain and disappointment in life. Young people are taught the importance of support system and how to network and fully utilize supportive services to improve the status of their lives. Keith has a passion to share his foster care experience and his successful transition into adulthood; his mission is to empower parents, relative caregivers and foster parents with the tools needed to successfully move abused, neglected and wounded children from a point of pain to power.

Keith experience, passion, and mission have put him in great demand as a teacher and speaker for youth empowerment workshops for many community colleges and community based organizations. Parents, teachers, and communities across the US and beyond have adopted BOKS, affecting the lives of thousands of children on a day-to-day basis.

After coming across Dr. BOKS was born. Kathleen continues to make strides nationwide. She was a captain on the National Team for 13 of her 17 years with the team. Julie finished her National Team career with 45 goals, 59 assists and international appearances caps for the USA. Her caps rank fourth in the world all-time, male or female.

Most important to Julie, she has made a difference off the field as well. Julie currently sits on the board of Athletes for Hope AFH , a c 3 charitable organization created by successful athletes who have a deep commitment to charitable and community causes. She has been honored numerous times for her work on behalf of Title IX.

The JFSLA is a unique residential camp experience that uses sports as a vehicle to teach leadership skills for life. The mission of the Julie Foudy Leadership Foundation is: Building on a foundation of sports and fitness, we empower young women from all socioeconomic backgrounds to become leaders who positively impact their communities. The book is being published by Disney and espnW and was released in May of In his current role, Jon continues to oversee youth baseball related programs and administers the Phillies RBI Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program, organizes the Phillies sponsored college and high school baseball tournaments, as well as oversees the field operations and programing of the new Phillies Urban Youth Academy.

Jon serves on the executive board of the Carpenter Cup Classic which showcases the top high school baseball players in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. John J. John grew up in the steel working town of Beaver, Pennsylvania, overcoming the odds to become a ranked tennis player in High School, competing in the US National Juniors before being offered a tennis scholarship to college.

Seeing a career in Psychiatry as the path, he completed his science requirements at Harvard before returning to his home state to attend the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. It was during these early years at Harvard Medical School that he began his groundbreaking research on aggression, autism and ADD, leading to a career of speaking and teaching around the world. Ratey and Dr. They continue to collaborate and are currently working on a new book. As an author, Dr. Ratey has embarked on a world-wide mission to re-engineer schools, corporations, and individual lifestyle practices by incorporating exercise to achieve peak performance and optimum mental health.

A highly sought after speaker, Dr. While he enjoys writing and lecturing, first and foremost, John is a Psychiatrist who cares deeply about his patients. Married, with two children and two grandchildren, Dr. Currently serving as the Vice President of Community Relations and Executive Director of the Warriors Community Foundation, Joanne oversees all philanthropic programming, fundraising events and corporate social responsibility integration for the Golden State Warriors as a member of the Senior Executive Management Team in support of key club objectives.

Prior to joining the 49ers in , Joanne served as a senior analyst for the City of Mountain View. Before working for Mountain View, she was the manager of international corporate relations for Special Olympics, Inc.

Joanne holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. This new home will allow KCRW to become a true community institution. Ferro joined KCRW in Ferro serves on the boards of NPR Berlin, Zocalo Public Square, an ideas exchange that creates live events and original humanities journalism, and is Vice Chair of the AIR Board, an organization dedicated to supporting and nd promoting independent producers in public media.

Jai founded Urban Dove in as a way to reach out to children in need and provide them with the skills they need to become positive, successful citizens. Urban Dove serves hundreds of children each year. Using a unique combination of recreation and education, Urban Dove has Energized , Educated and Empowered thousands of young people, giving them the support and help they need to succeed in school and in life.

UD Team uses a unique Sports-Based Youth Development framework as the foundation for all aspects of the school model, placing each student on a competitive sports team with a positive coach who supports their students on and off the field. Jai has worked with young people his entire life, and has dedicated his career to improving and enriching the lives of young people, especially those in need.

Jai was born and raised in New York City. After completing a public school education, he graduated from the University of Michigan. He was also a basketball coach for more than 15 years.

A passionate idea person , she has an accomplished record of success developing innovative global and local strategies that deepen culture, strengthen reputation, and deliver business and social outcomes for stakeholders. Diane is currently VP, Community Engagement for the Memphis Grizzlies and Executive Director of the Grizzlies Foundation, where she leverages the power of sport to create pathways to success for children in poverty.

She leverages her global expertise and experience to solve local problems, advancing public-private partnerships to meet specific community needs: health and wellness, public education reform, youth empowerment through mentoring.

As VP, Strategic Communications for FedEx, she led several enterprise initiatives to align marketing, brand, workplace and community in support of business goals. During her tenure, she developed a multi-year strategy to transition CSR investments to outcome-based programs in designated priority areas.

Her team produced the first Citizenship Report for the company, and collaborated with Brand to create the EarthSmart global sustainability platform, which embedded sustainability as a corporate value. Because of her ability to easily navigate difference, she spent many years on the foreign beat , travelling the world to cover the most important stories of our generation.

She continues to rely on storytelling as a powerful tool to create culture and catalyze change. She is known as a strategic and creative C-suite partner whose quality-based initiatives drive desired outcomes. Her reputation as a Thought Leader invites frequent public discourse on issues of civic responsibility and social engagement. Eric Fitzgerald Reed, Vice President — Entertainment and Tech Policy for Verizon Communications in San Francisco, CA, is responsible for analyzing entertainment industry trends, managing telecommunications developments and emerging high-tech matters as they relate to public policy.

In addition to his entertainment and digital media responsibilities, Eric manages relations with telecommunications equipment manufacturers and suppliers, business and tech associations, consumer device companies, strategic partners, government agencies and community groups important to the policy process.

Eric began his career at Verizon in November and has worked in various government affairs and legal functions since joining the company. He was promoted to his current position in the State Public Affairs, Policy and Communications organization in June In the community, Mr. The Divine 9 , Moore has dedicated herself to service for others. All that she does stems from her core values. As the previous Director of Football and an Assistant Coach at Verbum Dei High School, a private all-boys school located in Watts, CA, she implemented a free hot meal program to feed her players at the end of practice.

She provided healthy protein snacks after school and after weight training, for free. Moore is a public speaker. She meets and greets incoming aspirants and their parents, provides on-campus tours, communicates effectively with donors, benefactors as a Goodwill Ambassador, and mentors Student-Athletes to insure the academic and moral component of character are met.

To date, she is directly responsible for sending over inner-city student-athletes to college on scholarship. Johns, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Syracuse and more.

Moore communicates daily with various NCAA coaching staff to make them aware of the weekly progression of her student athletes. During the spring, as a direct result of her recruiting efforts, on average, NCAA coaches set up appointments to meet with her to discuss and meet-and-greet her student-athletes for recruitment purposes.

He is number 37 on the Longhorns football roster. Villa F. She lives in L. Cari Champion was named SportsCenter anchor in July, , and in February, , she was named co-anchor for the 11 a. ET edition with David Lloyd. Smith and moderated their debate topics while offering her perspective and insight. The National Federations Manual produced by FIBA, in collaboration with various basketball experts from around the world, is a complete and comprehensive collection of information to assist each National Federation in their everyday operations and for the overall future of basketball in each country.

Not only does the manual give concrete hints on the many areas a federation deals with on a daily basis, but it also serves as a user-friendly tool to help guide federations in how to take a giant step closer to achieving their goals. It doesn't matter if a Federation is just starting up or if it has been existing for years - there is something in this manual for everyone.