In this session we introduce your players to the fundamentals of movement, the basics of ball handling and how to correctly dribble the ball. However, you'll have to be ready to give a lot of encouragement in order to motivate your players and help them to improve their basketball skills.
"Players do not care how much you know, until they know how much you care."
This is the first session in the series, so your number 1 goal must be to leave all players wanting to play again at the end of the session.
Good spacing is only the start. The best modern offences teach players to attack the defence's rotations and play in a permanent 4-on-3 - here is how to coach that read.
The ball screen produces almost half of all professional offensive possessions, yet most teams still teach it as a memorised play. The modern approach trains the read - giving players a framework to decide based on what the defence does, not what the coach called.
The closeout is the most repeated defensive action in modern basketball. With fouls per game climbing in the 2025-26 season, coaches must teach defenders to contest the three without surrendering the drive or putting shooters on the line.
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