How to Coach Youth Basketball

Video Transcript

"Hello. My name is Susan Summons and I'm a college basketball coach here at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus. In this clip I'm going to give you three tips on how to coach youth basketball. So follow me. Over here I've got three of my college players but I'm going to have them demonstrate, and they're involved in showing some of the tips on how to coach youth basketball. First of all you have to be motivated and these players are very motivated. You've got to be able to, as a coach, have good direction, a good practice set. Make the practice time frame maybe between 60 and 90 minutes for little leaguer youth leagues because you want to make sure they're paying attention. And lastly, this is something important when you're coaching youth leagues, you want to make sure they're having fun. And I think that's important no matter what level you're at because I believe the best learning occurs when students are having fun. And lastly, make sure you're passionate about what you're doing. So lets take a look at a drill I like to use that allows students and kids to have fun no matter what level they're at. It's called FIVE. So I'd like to have three of our players stand right here on the end line. And they're going to take their basketball, they're going to hold it over their head. And they're going to start passing it back and forth. This focuses on finger dexterity which is important. Fingertip dexterity. Because when you're becoming a great basketball player and a great shooter guess what? You have to have the feel of touch. Touch is important. That's number 1. Number 2 is now they're dropping it and they're passing the ball in front. There's contact. Again we're developing hand dexterity. Touch to the basketball. We're also conditioning a little bit, too. And they're passing. And that's number 2. Number 3 on FIVE. Five ball handling tips. Five ball handling tips. We're going to go around the world. Their head is up. They're around the world. Now I can do this drill with a hundred people, based on the number of basketballs they can have fun. Number 4 they're going to do a figure 8 between their legs. Their head is up. Their head is up. Good job. Their head is up. And then 5 they're going to do an elephant weave. They're going to do an elephant weave. Good job. Elephant weave. Their head is up. Head is up. And they come back up and I go back to 1. I say 1, 2, 3, 1. And this wraps up some tips on how to coach youth basketball. This has been coach Summons and thanks for watching."