Youth CoachingMany coaches have commented on the shortage of instructional material for basketball's youth. Here we have collected the top books and videos in the industry to assist coaches in their efforts with the younger players. Take the word of basketball coaching greats, including: Bruce Eamon Brown, Don Meyer, Jeff Sneider, Jerry Krause, and others. Give young players the coaching they need to excel!
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 |  | | 101 Youth Basketball Drills and Games
Coach and NAIA Champions of Character special presenter Bruce Brown offers 101 great drills to teach, motivate, and challenge youth basketball players. (book)
$17.95 | | |  | | Youth Basketball Skills and Drills 2nd Edition
An introduction to core aspects of youth basketball written in an easy-to-understand and apply manner. Includes drills to help teach correct form from the start. Covers the following key topics: Basketball stance and footwork, dribbling, passing, catching, and cutting, rebounding, layups, free throws, shooting, coordination and conditioning drills. Also includes tips for coaches and tips for players. Ideal for beginning youth basketball coaches, parents of youth basketball players, and even helpful for the athletes themselves. Contains dozens of photographs and illustrations. (book)
$17.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 1: Footwork
A core volume in the eleven-volume series “Basketball Skills and Drills for Younger Players”, this video presents a comprehensive overview of the key principles involved in proper footwork. By Jerry Krause of Gonzaga University and Don Meyer of Northern State University. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 2: Ballhandling (Passing, Catching, and Dribbling)
Presents a detailed overview of the fundamentals and techniques involved in handling the ball properly. Covers passing fundamentals, catching fundamentals, fort types of passes, dribbling fundamentals, and developmental drills.From the Jerry Krause and Don Meyer Series. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 3: Shooting (Layups and Free Throws)
Provides a detailed review of the fundamentals and techniques involved in shooting the ball properly. Covers top reasons why kids either stay or leave youth sports programs, layup fundamentals, team offense layups, full-court layups, free throw fundamentals, and developmental drills. From the Jerry Krause and Don Meyer Series.(video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 4: Shooting (Set and Jump Shots)
Offers a detailed overview of the basic fundamentals and techniques in shooting set and jump shots properly. From the Jerry Krause and Don Meyer Series. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 5: Rebounding and Defense
Presents a detailed overview of the basic fundamentals and techniques involved in rebounding properly and playing sound defense. From the Jerry Krause and Don Meyer Series. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 7: Individual Defense
Provides an overview of the defensive fundamentals that are essential for young players to effectively perform their individual defensive assignment. By Bruce Brown, Former Coach and NAIA Champions of Character Special Presenter. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 8: Team Defense
Presents a detailed overview of the essential factors involved in developing an effective man-to-man team defense. By Bruce Brown, Former Coach and NAIA Champions of Character Special Presenter. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 9: Fast Break Offense
Provides step-by-step instructions for developing a simplified offensive system for coaches and teams that have limited practice time. By Bruce Brown, Former Coach and NAIA Champions of Character Special Presenter. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 10: Zone Offense
This video is ideal for teams and coaches who have limited practice time and who are playing against any type of zone defense. The video identifies, explains, and demonstrates the three essentials for beating zones: simple cuts, simple reads, and simple game. By Jerry Krause of Gonzaga University and Don Meyer of Northern State University. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Basketball Skills & Drills for Younger Players Volume 11: The Role of Parents in Athletics
Discusses what a parent can do to allow growth, help performance and keep proper perspective from the athletes’ point of view. Bruce Brown is the athletic director at Northwest College in Kirkland Washington and is a leading coach, author, and advocate in youth sports coaching and team building. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Developing an Individual Skill Workout for Youth Basketball Players
Presents a detailed discussion and overview of a skill development workout program that is designed specifically for youth basketball coaches and players. By Jeff Schneider of Jeff Schneider's Collegebound Recruiting Service. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Teaching Shooting Techniques to Youth Basketball Players
Offers an easy-to-understand overview of the fundamentals and proper technique involved in effectively shooting the basketball. By Jeff Schneider of Jeff Schneider's Collegebound Recruiting Service and former CAL-Poly Coach. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Effective Offensive Practice Drills for Youth Basketball
Presents a series of proven drills designed specifically for youth league coaches, particularly those who encounter space, time, and player skill level limitations. In an easy-to-understand and apply manner, the video explains and demonstrates each drill in detail. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | NABC's Handbook for Teaching Basketball Skill Progressions
Coaches Jerry Krause of Gonzaga and Curtis Janz of Oklahoma Christian combine forces with renowned physical education and human performance specialist James H. Conn, Ph.D. to present this ground-breaking and easy-to-apply resource on how to systematically develop the abilities of basketball players from as early as age 4 through age 18. Identifies what “developmentally appropriate” skills should be taught and the best time to teach them in order to maximize ability, understanding, and enjoyment. Covers coaching philosophy for youth sports, changing the game for younger players, planning practices for younger players, as well as fundamental skills for lower elementary (grades K-3), upper elementary (grades 4-6), middle/junior high school (7-8), lower secondary (grades 9-10), and high school (grades 11-12). Ideal for coaches, teachers, and parents of athletes at any age and ability. Features over 150 photographs and illustrations. Produced in cooperation with the National Association of Basketball Coaches. (book)
$17.95 | | |  | | Developing a Successful Basketball Program
Looks past the X’s and O’s to help coaches of 6th to 12th grade players develop the organizational, managerial, communication and player-development skills necessary for developing not only a well-run and successful basketball program, but also enthusiastic and successful athletes. This all-inclusive resource covers every area of basketball coaching and program development, in two distinct sections. Section One covers the foundations of successful coaching, including: Traits of a successful coach, communication, player evaluation and development, teaching new concepts, utilizing auxiliaries, practice, drills, game demeanor and management, nurturing college potential and more. Section Two addresses the fundamentals of the game itself, including the team and the roles of the players, exercise and weight programs, defense, screens, passing, catching, rebounding, dribbling, offense, shooting, free throws, fouls and much more. A beefy 362 pages of easy-to-understand information for new coaches and established coaches looking to excel to the next level of the game. (book
$24.95 | | |  | | Teaching 1-on-1 Offensive Skills
Provides a comprehensive review of the fundamentals and techniques involved in sound offensive play. In an easy-to-understand and apply manner, the video details how coaches can enhance the offensive skill level of their players and offers a series of game-tested developmental drills appropriate for players at all competitive levels. Covers passing, catching the ball, handling pressure, individual 1-on-1 moves, moves without the ball, dribble moves, protecting the dribble, and 1-on-1 in the free throw lane. Appropriate for players at all competitive levels. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Teaching Fundamental Basketball Skills
An easy-to-understand and apply overview of the three factors that separate teams that win from teams that don’t (assuming that a team has players who can shoot). Step-by-step detail of key skills, including: Triple-threat position, permanent pivot foot, starts, stops, and turns, fundamentals lines, passing to yourself, catch facing, “X” passing, and back-cut shooting. (video)
$39.95 | | |  | | Teaching Offensive Moves to Youth Basketball Players
Provides youth basketball coaches with an invaluable tool for teaching their players how to play 1-on-1 basketball out of a triple-threat position. Using on-the-court player demonstrations, the video explains and shows the fundamentals and techniques that a young player needs to master to be able to drive and penetrate to the basket. Addresses shot fakes, penetrate and finish, penetrate and dish, attack the lead foot, and using the body. Also offers coaching tips. (video)
$39.95 | |
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Books and Videos By:
Bruce Eamon Brown, Athletic Director of Northwest College. Mr. Brown has been employed by the NFL for over 22 years, he regularly speaks to athletes, parents, youth groups and coaches. He is the author of six coaching books and has produced six instructional videos.
Don Meyer, Renowned Coach of Northern State University, earned 2002 NSIC Coach of the Year honors. This is the seventh time an NSU coach has earned NSIC COY honors.
Jerry Krause, Krause serves as the Director of Men's Basketball Operations at Gonzaga University, after a 5-year term at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he was a professor of sports philosophy and Director of Instruction for the department of physical education. He had a 17-year career as head coach at Eastern Washington University.
Jeff Sneider , Regarded as one of the nation’s top recruiters during his career as a Division I assistant and head men’s basketball coach, Jeff Schneider spent six years as the head coach at Cal Poly and twelve years as an assistant coach at Washington State University, The University of Tulsa, Bowling Green State University, VMI and VCU.
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