This is great way to teach them how to control the speed of their movements while making it fun. You can do this game with running, shuffling, jogging backwards, hopping, and anything else you can think of.
Just like anything else in life, you need a good foundation in order to succeed. You need to learn algebra before you can do calculus. You need to teach kids how to move before they can become a great athlete and excel in a certain sport. If you would like to get an idea of how certain movement techniques should be performed, I highly advise to visit this site website called Core Performance.
It has a ton of free videos you can look at. Sample Youth Practice Schedule Ages 7 to Tags: movement skills , youth basketball. I have my own girls in multiple sports to avoid specialization at this age 8 yr olds.
Your article seems to contradict itself though. The main article discusses focusing on movement and not skills, but the summary suggests spending 20 minutes on movement and the rest of the time on skills. Which is it? I agree with the summary and wish the tone of your article throughout, had emphasized the incorporation of movement within teaching the skills, not exclusive to it.
Hi Scot, I think you took what I said out of context. The first line of the article says 8 year olds and I still believe we should spend most of our practice on teaching these kids how to move. However, if the parents signed up to have their kids learn basketball skills, do you think you should still spend the majority of the time teaching basketball skills?
The second line you refer to where I said spend at least 20 minutes, I said for kids under 10 years old, not 8 year olds. Maybe, my statement was too general. I think you need to focus on the movement skills without the ball, so there is not that added factor of handling the ball while moving.
If you throw a ball in there while trying to learn a new movement skill, it messes everything up. Do you have some recommendations on teaching movement while teaching the skills? Guillermo Moreno — April 12, pm. I agree with this article we as a coaches should find the way how to teach the young kids the fundamental of the game they do not have to master those fundamentals but at least know them in order to enjoy playing basketball and be ready to come back to learn some more the next practice.
Muchas gracias por sus articulos de basketball siempre estan increibles. I agree that nowadays we have to do our best teaching those kids how to move: jump and land sefely on two feet, run change speed then stop safely without falling in the river which is crossing base-line, do different acts while in the air like clapping or keeping your hands high in the air, jumping-landing then sprinting,….
I personally advise the parents of the kids to enroll them in a gymnastics class in parallel with the basketball class because it helps prepare the body to be ready for any sport especially basketball at later stages …. I am 11 years old and I have been playing basketball before age ten- I agree that kids 10 and younger should play because when they are older they will know basics and easier for them to learn the more advanced techniques.
They will play better and basketball is a very good workout for your body. Espcially for your legs becasuse you would be running up and down court.
Importance of [ Jim Page — October 20, pm. Teaching young athletes basketball skills at younger ages is important It gives the young athlete a sense of accomplishment and discipline of doing something well and right respectfully.
Personlly, I would not have the kids play any games for the first three years. This put more focusing on developing skills, and not so much on the outcomes of winning.
I firmly agree in the more movement the better perspective. But skills gives a performance purpose to the movement. Lastly, I have seen more kids quit basketball because lack of skill developement, then I have because of lack of physical ability. True, long lasting, well taught skill development, will carry kids far into sports participation. How to teach basketball skills while ath the same time developing athletic conditioning would be the answer here.
Kids can race, play red light green light all while moving laterally, backwards, forwards, hopping on 1 leg etc. I think that if you are not focusing on perfect skill development you can perform something like the miken drill for time, follow the leader while dribbling, and maybe a few others I am willing to hear about.
I coach girls 6 to 7 years old. As a former college, high school, middle school, and elementary basketball coach and official, I must agree entirely with the concept of leaving 8 and 9 year old kids out of organized basketball activities. In our community it is more of a supervisorary program with minimal advantage.
There are too many other activities that could provide physical and skill development to an athletic program. My experience at all levels indicates that your article provides a very solid point. I think this is mostly on point. I coach a 9 year old boys team. Movemment activities are very important for developing full body coordination.
Sometimes I throw a ball in there, like trying to dribble while doing footwork through the ladder. We also play dribble tag, the kids love it, practice all sorts of evasive movements, it has helped their dribbling skills and they are compelled to raise their heads from the ball to keep on eye on the taggers or taggees. The one caution I have about downplaying skill instruction at this age is if left to their own devices the kids do not learn proper footwork, most paritcularly the use of the pivot foot.
If it is not taught and emphasized, they travel almost every time they touch the ball. Some might say that is O. So we do a lot of pivot and pass, dribble stop then pivot, pivot and shoot drills. It is slowly making a difference. Instead of just running at the beginning of our clinics, I have the youngsters hit a wiffle ball, then run. Or they start at the baseline, while we have a coach on either side of the elbow with a football.
As the youngster runs to the coach the coach hands them the ball, they tuck it in and do their running with it. I also place chairs in a row, start the youngsters at the baseline with a soccer ball.
They maneuver in and out of the chairs with the soccer ball using their feet only. At the last chair at midcourt they place the ball under the chair and then run. Hi, I am looking for advise. Is it too late to Dunk a Basketball at 40?
How to Play Basketball with Blisters? Table of Contents. Well a weight might be lifted off your shoulders after struggling with the decision, like most we need to do what is best for ourselves but we also do not want to disappoint the team. But if you stop playing altogether and come back to it weeks later your performance on the court can decline, and you may be starting back to square one. I have seen many players quit the team and realize that they were not in the right head space when they did it, and asked if they can re-join the team, it is usually a yes from me.
This can be a huge mistake for the player and they usually regret it. Think about if they have a few good games, they still regret quitting because they realize only if they would have stayed on the team they think they could have played that way the whole season.
The number one reason to quit basketball is affecting your life in a negative way. My next question is how much time and effort have you put in to improving your game? Do you just expect that you should get the playing time you deserve? I have seen countless basketball players not even practice in the off season thinking they deserve to play as much as the next guy who worked his but off.
You need to be realistic with yourself. Maybe you joined the team because all your friends are on it. Either way if your expectations are too high, this will cause a lot of issues with how you feel about playing on the team if you can not meet those requirements for yourself.
Sometimes quitting resets your thought processes and allows you to realize what you want when it comes to your extra curricular activities.
You may leave basketball to try a new sport that you fall in love with. Regardless if the team is under performing or not. Other times players who do not see eye to eye with a coach may never see eye to eye with them.
I have had long talk was with players on my team and no matter what i did or say they were very hard headed, impossible to coach. These types of players are unfortunately a me player, all they care about is themselves at the cost of the team.
Tournament season has already kicked off in many parts of the country. TJ Jones: The player is going to need a break. Basketball now is so different. The player has to get some rest to get away from the game and re-charge his or her batteries. Jeff Sparrow: I am a firm believer in taking time off. Physically, our bodies need to recover from the rigors of the long winter months. Mentally, I really believe that taking time off can be extremely beneficial.
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