Coaching Youth Basketball: Ages 12 & Up
Basketball drills and training videos for recreational, travel, PAL & AAU players
Featuring two of the country's leading high school boys' coaches, Bill Thom and Jim Datka, this basketball training series presents over 50 basketball drills and skills demonstrations. Designed specifically for more advanced youth basketball players, the program is organized in an intuitive, thematic format and includes everything you need for teaching basketball fundamentals.
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 youth league basketball.
Price: $29.95
On-line Access for 3 Months!
Topics Covered:
- Shooting
- Dribbling
- Passing
- Defense
- Offensive Drills
and Strategy
Perfect for Teams and Leagues
- Topic-by-topic instruction for the whole season
- Provides consistent training for all parents, coaches and volunteers
Training Plan at a Glance
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Check out these cool and exciting features:
| 1. | Great basketball training with Coaches Bill Thom and Jim Datka |
| 2. | Over 50 easy-to-follow video demonstrations |
| 3. | Packed with great basketball drills and practice ideas |
| 4. | Insider tips and printable training notes (on-line only) |
| 5. | Combines the best of books and DVDs |
Table of Contents
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Introduction to Offensive Drills and Strategy
- Around the Arc
- Around the Arc: Left-Foot Pivot
- 3-on-2
- 3-on-2 Offensive Philosophies
- Zone Offense Philosophies
- Zone Offense: Attacking Gaps
- Zone Offense: 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.