Coaching u/12's

by **Fenix** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:03 am

That works too.

by **The GOAT** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:05 am

I think you cold definitely teach 12 year olds boxing out, my coach did last year when I was 12. Actually, that's pretty much all he said. We also tried the 3-man weave, it was terrible the first few tiems but we got the hang of it.

by **J@3** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:09 am

Under 12's in Australia would mean kids aged 11 at most. Most of them would be around 10.

by **The Other Kevin** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:20 am

Well then, you have to let them play a real game to begin, to see how good they are. At ten/11 I knew some kids that could go against 13 year olds, but I knew some that I could beat at 7. The follow Jae's advice, exept for the 3 man weave. If you do it right, the team will be near unstoppabe if they do it in games.

by **Jugs** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:24 am

Fuck, I hated under 12's. I only got to grasp the fun aspect of basketball in under 10's. I only spent a year in 12's, first season was shitty, only won one match, my dad was coach but it wasn't his fault, we only had like 2 players show up and we had to use C graders. Then I changed clubs and I was in the full serious no fucking around team. We lost in the finals though.

Then I went up to 14 and under. I was only 10. I was like fark. Yeah but we won the championship because it was C grade and we had a 6 foot 2 guy on our team who went up to A grade.

Yeah so I was basically in full serious teams as they wanted me to improve

and well I did. My only 'jack-off' season was my last one in 14's. We were all to big and strong for the 12 year olds :lol:

and undefeated.

Yeah so my point is, i'll be a terrible coach but i'm assistant coach for my sister's team but i've only attended one game and the main coach was there anyways. I'm just a filler coach.

Drills: make them do baseline curls

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:21 am

Jugs, just show the opposing team your "Hulk" pose, and your opponent will shit in his pants because of fear.

cklitsie wrote:
VanK wrote:Play the black kids.
At least you didn't say play the autistic kids..

They would totally dominate and crush the opposing team, removing the fun out of the game.

by **hipn** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:33 am

Tip: Dontbe harsh if they miss easy layups or anything. Keep telling them like, "Nice try", "Keep trying", or "Always next time".

by **Fenix** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:00 am

Nah, that doesn't work. Mix of psychical and mental violence is better. Make them do suicides and pushups for every missed shot and if they keep doing that, lock them up in a room with a priest.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:08 am

So that's what happened to Vank's childhood.

by **Anthony15** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:21 am

If they miss lay ups make them do 20 push ups, they'll learn quickly!

by **Pera** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:40 am

Yeah that's how I learned :wink:

by **Laxation** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:00 am

hipn wrote:Tip: Dontbe harsh if they miss easy layups or anything. Keep telling them like, "Nice try", "Keep trying", or "Always next time".

just because i can be a harsh bastard on the forums it doesnt mean im gonna make the kids cry

by **Jing** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:14 am

heh coaching u12's thats something.
i went like 5-20 in my 2 or 3 seasons playing club... ugh. our team was horrible.

one important thing they should work on is free throws, and i think 3 man weave shouldnt be too hard of a concept.

guess just always tell em to have fun. also perhaps play them in a motion offense? lol.
and tell em how to set picks too lol

by **Laxation** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:17 am

I didnt understand picks until I started playing NBA Live last year (i was 16)
granted, we only tried them once, but if I didnt understand it when i was 15 or 16 I doubt 11yr olds will.

Got a really shit training time, its on Monday... whatever I try to teach them will be forgotten before the games on Saturday :roll:

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:31 am

You could always teach them about basketball the Right Way, also known as the Larry Brown Way.

by **Fenix** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:54 am

shadowgrin wrote:You could always teach them about basketball the Right Way, also known as the Larry Brown Way.

As I said, mentally torture the whole team (PGs especially), tell their parents how much they suck, repeat that on TV, cry a couple of times and then ditch the team and go coach their opponent.

by **Chris.** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:46 am

maybe this site might help you with a few ideas, you must be crazy to teach u/12s :lol:

http://www.coachesclipboard.net/index.shtml

by **Fresh8** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:34 am

Yeh...

Make them run up and down the court in pairs and pass the ball to each other while running up and down.

Pitter patter drill, u know that one? - it's good for learning defence and punishment! (Since they so young, this is probably better than doing suicides haha)

Play 21, knockout, those type of shooting games and also the firefighter shooting drill!

Good luck buddy.. and yeh, maybe it's different up here in QLD, we not allowed zones in U14s and any age groups lower.

by **Laxation** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:22 am

chrisV wrote:maybe this site might help you with a few ideas, you must be crazy to teach u/12s
http://www.coachesclipboard.net/index.shtml

Thanks for that site, looks good

I did want to coach u/16s or 14's but the 16's games clash with my own games, and all the 14's teams had coaches already

VanK wrote:
shadowgrin wrote:You could always teach them about basketball the Right Way, also known as the Larry Brown Way.

As I said, mentally torture the whole team (PGs especially), tell their parents how much they suck, repeat that on TV, cry a couple of times and then ditch the team and go coach their opponent.

lmfao

thanks sit for a few drills (Y)

by **Nick** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:57 am

The kids seem to love a game at the end of training. Basically the whole training should lead up to that. Just do half the team vs. the other half of the team... pick the teams yourself to avoid excluding kids etc... pick different teams each week... and play the game for the last 10 or so minutes of the training, kids seem to love that... plus there's no better training than game experience.

by **Laxation** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:17 pm

Nick wrote:The kids seem to love a game at the end of training. Basically the whole training should lead up to that. Just do half the team vs. the other half of the team... pick the teams yourself to avoid excluding kids etc... pick different teams each week... and play the game for the last 10 or so minutes of the training, kids seem to love that... plus there's no better training than game experience.

The bulk of training will just be playing games to begin with

no point doing drills before I know what the kids skill level is at

by **H Rock** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:16 pm

I think they would like a lot of competitions. Just any kind of competition. I think I did when I was younger.

by **Nick** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:37 pm

Laxation wrote:
Nick wrote:The kids seem to love a game at the end of training. Basically the whole training should lead up to that. Just do half the team vs. the other half of the team... pick the teams yourself to avoid excluding kids etc... pick different teams each week... and play the game for the last 10 or so minutes of the training, kids seem to love that... plus there's no better training than game experience.

The bulk of training will just be playing games to begin with no point doing drills before I know what the kids skill level is at

Yeah, but the advantage to structuring the training to commonly have the game at the end of the session is that then the kids have something to look forward to and wont get bored and lose focus.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:23 pm

^^ And playing a practice game while exhausted after some training really improves and helps the kids' game conditioning. The kids will know how to react in late game situations where their body are already tired. (Y)

by **Cameron** on Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:53 am

Ok, without reading any of this thread, I'm going to throw something out there.

I coached a group of 12-14 year old girls for a couple years. Here is my advice. Plan ahead when you are going to teach a girl how to set a pick. Realizing on the fly that girls should not cover their groin, they should cover their chest, is not good. Especially when they are all embarassed and laughing at you. Demonstrating and showing them how to do it is even worse. Also, don't let any of them get a crush on you, and especially don't walk into the changeroom. Fortunately, I was not 18 at the time, or that could have been VERY sketchy.

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