so ive played basketball for years now but ive never coached. what drills should i run or what should I do in general for the first practice of a 5th grade rec. basketball team?
so ive played basketball for years now but ive never coached. what drills should i run or what should I do in general for the first practice of a 5th grade rec. basketball team?
#1 by Starkist on 11/29/2011 - 4:41 PM
You can divide the team in half and let them play each other. Or let them play “Gotcha” which is when they take turn shooting 2 at a time. But if the second person makes a basket before the first person, the first person is out.
#2 by RT on 11/29/2011 - 5:20 PM
Fundamentals – A lot of things that come natural to you from years of playing, these kids have no clue.
Examples: basic dribbling skills (different hands, keeping head up, changing direction), blocking out on rebounds, setting legal screens, filling the lanes on fast breaks, noticing that the most open guy is the one who just passed the ball, etc.
Good Luck!
#3 by Roger J on 11/29/2011 - 5:23 PM
Well I play for a sixth grade basketball team. At the start of practice you should get your team warmed up by making your team run 5 times halfcourt and back and 3 times full court and back. Then make them run 1 suicide. You should teach your team the power offense. and maybe the 1-3-1 defense that is the hardest defense to get out of. So ask another question and maybe I will be able to help out more.
#4 by {Śhåbš} ¥£€•~*^¡¿ on 11/29/2011 - 5:27 PM
Okay, first off, try to be fun, but if they are messing around/not paying attention at all during practice, give them a warning, do it again and make them run suicides.
1. Stretch as a team. If they have any questions about anything, answer them now. For the first practice you could start off by having everyone tell each other your name etc.
2. Ball handling. Have them each get a partner, then line them up on one side of the court. (lets say you have 12 players. there should be 6 lines, with 2 kids in each. Make sure they are spread out.) Then make them dribble down with their strong hand, back with their weak. And keep switching the pass, bounce, chest, bounce, bounce, chest. Go in different orders every practice. And do that a couple times, and if they are sloppy, make them do an extra.
3. Have them go to a wall and pass the ball to the wall 10 times. next practice, 11. Next, 12, so on.
4. Lay ups. Make a fun contest out of it! If they don’t make more than half of what they shot, as a team, have them do push-ups. So lets say you have 12 kids, and they make 4. Have them do 8 push ups.
5. Play a game of some sort. Lighting, Hot shot, Around the world, etc. (if you don’t know how to play these games, send me a message.)
6. Practice the plays. Don’t do it for too long. This was always the most boring part of practice for me. I already KNEW the plays. I could catch on to them fast, and I didn’t want to waste part of my practice working on something I didn’t really need to.
7. Scrimmage! I always thought scrimmaging was the best part of practice. Have them run their plays.
Don’t go too hard on them the first day, you don’t want to scare them. Just work your way up. But NEVER EVER go easy on them. You need to push them. I would get to practice early so I could do more difficult things then what my coach had us do. He was way too easy on us. I ASKED him to make us run laps, and do hard drills. I wanted to get better. The other girls looked at me like I was some psycho. But eventually, all of that paid off for me. I’m playing on an older team, and so many people have told me how they think I could “go all the way”. My family always says how they have high expectations for me, so that definitely helped me in the long run.
SO sorry this is really long. Thanks if you read this far. Hope it helps!
Best of wishes,
Shabs #14!