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Coach_Ralf
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 Posted - 02/19/2007 : 12:27:55
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Hello Coaches,
in Germany many youth coaches run very specific plays with their youth teams.
Personally i think it would be better for the kids to play in a type of open motion, simply because they could develop better decision making skills.
But on the other hand you want the kids to be successful in order to develop a good selfconfidence.
What do you think is more important? - Or is there a combination offense?
thanks for your opinions and suggestions
coach_ralf
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bigcoach
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Posted - 03/08/2007 : 08:52:02
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coach ralf...
honestly i have always said this..."motion" is a true base of youth offense. you are right it does allow young kids to learn decision making skills. youth should learn first the motion because it allows them to
1. be aggressive alongside checking their fundamentals as an individual player
2. really understand principle of spacing
3. moving without the ball
4. driving angles as well as passing angles.
5. understand the necessity of setting screens and reading screening angles...
These are some of the basics as to why any youth coach should prefer motion over other types of offense as a primary initiation into set plays.
What if a team plays a zone...2-3? Well if the correct principles are being taught (the five mentioned above) then motion against a zone could work. YOu may have to invert or change the face of a screen but just in the basics it should work.
All the best...Set screens with knees bent and in a powerful stance (on the balls of your feet). Be sure to roll/pop/dive out of the screen!!! Have hands ready to receive a pass!...*** The player that sets the screen is usually the one who gets to actually shoot the ball!!!.. Now maybe all the kids want to set screens??? haha
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me
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Posted - 07/06/2007 : 16:53:06
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hi
MY opinion is, that youth teams shouldnt be concentraiting on running a specific play. In youth teams its very important that the players are focussed on improving themselves, without pressure of result!!!
i think that specific plays do more bad then good.
here are a few reasons:
pressure of getting a result (for coach and player)
innability of making there own decisions,
lack of developing there creativity
running blind, to follow some play, even though circumstances are requesting something totaly different
instead of a specific play, a rather show them some pointers, that they can use, if stuck.
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basketball_coach
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 13:57:06
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Hello,
I agree with all of you and I would say even more - I think that youth teams should play 5:0 offense without any players inside the lane. Everyone should be a point guard and a shooter. Basketball nowadays is about being VERSATILE - I mean that a player must be a perfect ballhandler, passer, shooter and good defender. 5:0 attack can teach young players how to do this !!!
Greetings to all basketball fans !!!
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Borisha
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Posted - 08/08/2007 : 18:18:33
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I think it depends on age of the players. If they are under 15, then it should be just motion offense, however, if they are older it should be somehow fixed.
My personal favorite is America's play. It gives players great freedom, and ask for use of all elementary principles.
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jroditis
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Posted - 08/11/2010 : 11:37:09
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I coach a junior girls team in Australia and my first choice "offence" is quick score from our full court man on man defensive pressure. I have three girls very strong in defensive fundamentals who stay in front and don't reach. We play full court man on man for most of the game and average just 12 fouls a game in 8 minute fully timed quarters. They are still young so we are susceptible to playing poorer transition defence.
If they don't finish the easy lay-up we fall into a 5 out motion with a basic pass and cut - emphasis is on the fundamentals but predominantly on squaring up and seeing the floor before making a decision.
Out of defence we set up a 1-4 high as it helps me teach them spacing and our only option is to pass to the high post and look for the backdoor cut. Most of the time that won't work so they are then required to improvise while maintaining space and fundamental square up see the court.
One area I do sepnd some time on is plays for in bounding as young girls spend a lot of time inbounding the ball due to errors and held ball situations.
I have found that by naming plays the girls can be creative and they remember them, I also allow them to call the plays so I can build the court confidence of the children. They still don't talk as much in a game as they do at training.
But my focus has tended to be on process rather than result which I think in the long term will provide a better player. That just means in the short-term you make play-offs but don't make the final.
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