Coaching Youth Basketball: Ages 12 & Up

Coaching Youth Basketball:
Ages 12 & Up

Advanced basketball drills and training videos for recreational, travel, PAL & AAU players

In this video-based basketball training series, you get over 50 basketball drills and skills demonstrations designed for more rising youth basketball players. The program is organized in an intuitive, thematic format and includes everything you need to teach more advanced aspects of passing, cutting, rebounding and offensive and defensive philosophies. Featuring two of the country's leading high school boys' coaches, Bill Thom and Jim Datka, Coaching Youth Basketball: Ages 12 & Up provides parents and parent-coaches with all of the basketball drills and tips needed to coach an entire season of advanced youth league basketball. Your purchase includes access to downloadable training notes and basketball coaching tips for each drill.

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Mikan Drill

Shooting

Introduction to Shooting
Intensity Layups
Two-Man Layups
V-Cut High, Shoot Low
V-Cut Low, Shoot High
Cone Shooting
5 Spot Shooting
Curling to Short Jump Shot
Curling to Elbow Jump Shot
Mikan Drill
Power Mikan Drill
Reverse Mikan Drill
Back to the Basket
Back to the Basket, Alternating Feet
Back to the Basket, Right Foot
Four Square Shooting
Shooting Footwork-Inside Pivot
Inside Pivot to Jump Shot
Inside Pivot to Layup
Inside Pivot Rip Move

Dribbling

Introduction to Dribbling
Dribble Tag
Two-Ball Dribbling, Two-Ball Same
Two-Ball Dribbling, Alternate/Machine Gun
Two Ball Dribbling, High/Low
Two-Ball Dribbling, Kill
Two-Ball Dribbling, Triangle
Dribbling on the Move, Crossover
Dribbling on the Move, Fake Crossover

Passing

Introduction to Passing
Man in the Middle
Baseball Passing Stationary
Full-Court, Three-Man Passing
Full-Court, Three-Man Bounce Passing Drill
Full-Court ,Two-Man Passing (One Ball)
Two-Man Passing (Two Balls), Left Hand
Two-Man Passing (Two Balls), Combo
Two-Man Passing (Two Balls), Combo Version 2
Three-Man Weave Drill
One-Hand Pass-Right Hand
One-Hand Pass-Left Hand

Defense and Rebounding

Introduction to Defense and Rebounding
Form Rebounding
Ball Screen Defense
Zone Defense Philosophies
Off-the-Ball Screen Defense
3-on-2 Defensive Philosophies
3-on-2 Transition Defensive Philosophies

Offensive Drills and Strategy

Introduction to Offensive Drills and Strategy
Around the Arc
Left-Foot Pivot
3-on-2
3-on-2 Offensive Philosophies
Zone Offense Philosophies
Attacking Gaps
Passing Opposite
Three-Man Drills, Pass and Screen Away
Three-Man Drills, Give-and-Go
Three-Man Drills, Ball Screen
Three-Man Drills, Using All Moves

About the Coaches

Bill Thom has been a basketball coach at Croton-Harmon High School in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y for the last 24 seasons. He has won over 300 games for the boys' varsity squad. Thom is a veteran coach of Empire State Games and AAU teams, and has instructed players on many levels.

Jim Datka is the head boys' basketball coach of Messmer High School in Milwaukee. Having previously served as assistant coach at St. Francis College (N.Y.) from 2005-08, Datka has been the head coach at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn.; St. Scholastica College in Duluth, Minn.; and The Hope School in Milwaukee.