Tips For Coaching Basketball

When coaching shooters, you want to help the shooter develop confidence, rhythm, and correct mechanics. Be positive and keep it simple, Your goal is help the player learn to coach himself. Keep in mind the following tips:

1. Familiar yourself with the player you are coaching. Learn to listen more than you talk. A player wants to feel comfortable with you and have confidence in you before they work with you. At times you will coach a player that will feel that you think he cannot shoot. Always start with what the player is doing well.

2. Coach each player individually. You do not want a player to learn everything that you know about shooting. You want each player to learn what he wants to know in terms of improving his shot. However, you must be able to answer every question the player will ask.

3. Encourage the player to talk to you and say what he likes and does not like. Tell the player, I want to get you to shoot with confidence and rhythm. I want to work on that mechanic that helps your shot the most. . The point is, it is your shot and you adjust what you want to adjust. I am here to coach you and help you, but you are going to learn to coach yourself.

4. Find out what a player is looking for by asking questions. You can learn a lot about a player from his answers. When you really listen to the answers, you can gear your coaching to suit his particular needs. Ask the player, when you are shooting well, what are you doing? There is no wrong answer to this question. It simply gives an indication of his confidence level and what he knows about his own shot.

5. Keep it simple. Keep your instruction brief, simple, yet inspiring. Players lose interest if your coaching is long, too detailed, or boring. For the most part, a player is not progressing while you are talking. Get the player shooting.

6. Strive to keep the confidence level high. Be positive and keep encouraging the player to know that he can and will achieve his goals. Motivate the player to consistently do what it takes to reach his goals and never let him think for one moment that he will have anything less than success.

That's some very useful tips for your practice as a coach. Hopefully helpful