Planning for the Season (Youth Coaching)
As a youth team coach, one of your most important responsibilities is to properly plan your team practices for the whole year. The way I like to plan practices is by asking myself what I want my team to be able to run come playoff time. The line of questioning is general but the answers that you give should be very detailed. You should list the following: Offense General Offense Set Plays off of your general offense Defense Man to Man Zone defenses ½ court press Full court press Transition Offense Primary Break Secondary break Transition Defense Finding the ball Finding your man Beating the offense down the floor Game Situations SLOB – offense SLOB – defense BLOB – offense BLOB – defense Free Throw Rebounding End of game situations Once the coach has figured out what he wants to run during the year, he needs to see how he will incorporate everything as the year progresses. ...