Coach and Team managers Resources
This is for all new coaches to the club in their first season. Some setup and link information to get underway with.
This is for all coaches at the club to read and occasionally review and come back to. Advice for dealing with situations and how to handle referees, player messagin and other important coaching information.
Some team rules and concepts to think about while guiding your young players. Tips for making your life easier as a coach.
Officer Basketball Training Plan
Training plan template for planning training sessions.
Its a great tool to help you to move from one drill to the next and create training flow, it will help you not spend too long one one drill and help to make training less boring and repitive for your players.
U8s and U10s age groups Training Plan
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Training plan template for U8s and U10s, this plan should be used for a minimum of 6 weeks to start to see the transition and results into games on saturdays. Some teams will pick things up quicker than others, as some kids will pick things up quicker than others also. As coach its our job to monitor and manage how much to advance or scale back the drills we use. The drills in this plan have been successfully used with U8s and U10s and we highly recommend all new coaches and inexperienced coaches use this training plan at Officer.
Basketball Terminolgy and court explanations
Basic terminology all coaches should know and use and get familiar with. Explanations about spots on the court and how to use less words to make more things happen on court.
Basic Team Offense and Defense Principles
Basic movements and roatations and guarding the ball.
Basic Transition
Principles and rules to create spacing and scoring opportunities for all players.
Basic Defense
2 v 2 defensive positioning break down drills
Basic Offense Principles
For splitting the defense and making reads on kick out and extra passes.