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2 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

They need volunteers and this way I get to be near her.  How difficult is it at that age?  Are you running offensive sets?  I feel like they're too old for sharks and minnows at that point.

Are 10 year old girls running offensive sets? Bro - the girls on your team will barely be able to dribble or shoot the ball. Just teach them basics and teamwork and make sure they have fun. 

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First, you need to run a camp with all the prospective players and them through their paces. You need to identify what the strengths and weaknesses are of your team and make sure that their conditioning matches your chosen style of play. Are you going to be a high powered run and gun offense or a slow, methodical team that grinds down your opponents with a stifling defense?
 

Once you’ve done your diligence and honed your coaching philosophy you’re going to need to identify who your stars and role players are going to be. Ideally you’ll have a smart point guard that can read the defense and create opportunities with quick passes. It would be great if you have a talented power forward in the mold of Dirk that can score from just about anywhere on the court and shoot with hands in her face. On the other side of the court, you need to get yourself a bruiser that can make her presence know under the basket and muscle all the other girls out for the ball. And, whatever you do, don’t be scared to make in-game adjustments. Sometimes your star is having an off night or the other team has a really good scouting report on you. Work through that and adjust as needed.

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Serious answer: the biggest issue you're going to have is behavior management. I don't mean the kids are going to be misbehaving, but they are going to get bored and do their own thing in practice and in games if you don't keep them busy. So make sure everyone is busy at all times. For example, don't do a drill where everyone stands in a line and waits their turn to shoot. Have a couple of kids working on shooting, have others rebound the shots, have another group working on passing at the same time, and then rotate. During games, give the kids on the bench a task. "Hey, [kid with 4 y's in her name], can you watch #10 on the other team and tell me how many times she touches the ball. I'm trying to figure out if we should guard her closely or not."

And just remember, you really can't screw this up too badly. If Rodney Terry can coach, so can you.

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4 hours ago, royiv said:

First, you need to run a camp with all the prospective players and them through their paces. You need to identify what the strengths and weaknesses are of your team and make sure that their conditioning matches your chosen style of play. Are you going to be a high powered run and gun offense or a slow, methodical team that grinds down your opponents with a stifling defense?
 

Once you’ve done your diligence and honed your coaching philosophy you’re going to need to identify who your stars and role players are going to be. Ideally you’ll have a smart point guard that can read the defense and create opportunities with quick passes. It would be great if you have a talented power forward in the mold of Dirk that can score from just about anywhere on the court and shoot with hands in her face. On the other side of the court, you need to get yourself a bruiser that can make her presence know under the basket and muscle all the other girls out for the ball. And, whatever you do, don’t be scared to make in-game adjustments. Sometimes your star is having an off night or the other team has a really good scouting report on you. Work through that and adjust as needed.

95% of the time, posts that try to come off like this fail and you kind of nod your head as you read it and say, yea haha, I know you were trying to be funny but its not even close. thanks for trying. This was not one of those posts.

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5 hours ago, royiv said:

First, you need to run a camp with all the prospective players and them through their paces. You need to identify what the strengths and weaknesses are of your team and make sure that their conditioning matches your chosen style of play. Are you going to be a high powered run and gun offense or a slow, methodical team that grinds down your opponents with a stifling defense?
 

Once you’ve done your diligence and honed your coaching philosophy you’re going to need to identify who your stars and role players are going to be. Ideally you’ll have a smart point guard that can read the defense and create opportunities with quick passes. It would be great if you have a talented power forward in the mold of Dirk that can score from just about anywhere on the court and shoot with hands in her face. On the other side of the court, you need to get yourself a bruiser that can make her presence know under the basket and muscle all the other girls out for the ball. And, whatever you do, don’t be scared to make in-game adjustments. Sometimes your star is having an off night or the other team has a really good scouting report on you. Work through that and adjust as needed.

I’m thinking either motion or triangle 

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Some great advice already on this thread. I started helping my mom with her team of 12-13 year old girls part way into the season and it was really fun. This is going to be long, but some of the stuff I did could be applicable and this will echo some of the advice already given. 

Be the hype man and make them feel confident. Don't ask them to do something they can't. It's easier to keep their confidence up, than it is to rebuild it. Make sure to praise rebounds, defense, picks and hustle after loose balls just as much as you do assists and scoring. Be loud and excited when they do something well. Your players will notice and start doing the same thing naturally, which gels your team chemistry. Let them know it's okay to make mistakes, as long as they are giving full effort. Frame mistakes as something you are confident they will get better at, rather than something they screwed up. 

We had 2 good guards, so we pressed every possession until the game was out of hand and I started to feel bad. None of the other 12-13 year old girls teams could handle relentless full-court pressure, your 10-year old opponents are going to have no chance. It's a lot of fun for the kids and we got a lot of turnovers leading to easy baskets.  

On O, we kept it simple and ran whenever possible. When forced into a half-court we mostly ran picks for our 2 best offensive threats to shoot or pass out of. Get the other kids good at picks and boxing out for rebounds and be vocally proud of them when they do them well. Same treatment as a made basket. Some of your kids that can't dribble may be able to shoot from particular spots. Passing off a pick and roll is a great way to get an open look for them at that spot. Keep it simple and restricted to stuff each kid can actually do. 

We spent a lot of practice time on defense and running the court after turnovers/rebounds. Our focus was 1) turnovers, 2) no close shots. Make the other team try to beat you with long jumpers. Long jumpers are not only harder for them to make, but also result in longer rebounds that are easier to generate fast break points off of.

Teach any zone concepts by drawing a circle around them in practice and running low speed drills. Guard this circle and don't leave it is much easier for them to visualize than the idea of guarding a zone. Chalk works, but it's slippery. Try a dry erase marker on an inconspicuous part of the court first.  You can also use small cones, or something similar to mark out the circle, just run drills at slow speed, so no one slips, or trips. If your kids mostly get the concept of staying in their circle down, you can throw stuff at the other team they have never seen before. 

I originally wanted to play a 2-3 and make the other team hit jumpers, but the other team usually only has 1 or 2 good players and "junk" defenses turned out to be lethal. We were losing the first game I helped with, so I turned up the press and installed a triangle and 2 at halftime. Even that first time, with no actual practice time running it, we forced more mistakes than we made and ran the other team out of the gym. It's just your 2 best athletes in man against their 2 best, and your other three clogging the paint, defending their circle and not leaving it. Intercept passes when they can, but base assignment is clog up their circle. Your kids in zone can make some mistakes, because you've already locked up the other team's best players in man-to-man. Very few (if any) teams will have a 3rd player that can reliably handle the ball and score.  

Triangle and 2 also turned out to be a great D to fall back into if they beat your press, because your bigs will have already gotten back to set up in zone and your guards will already be in man-to-man. When we got better at it, other teams completely lost their shit trying to play against it. The other team's best players start to make mistakes and that spirals. We got tons of turnovers setting up fast break points, so we ran it a lot more than I'd originally intended. 

Once you know the makeup of your team and what they are good/bad at, post again. We'll be able to give more specific advice. 

 

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My daughter is 9. Plays with 3rd and 4th graders

Tell them to hold the ball in practice when you're talking. Nothing irritates me more than dribbling while I'm talking. Takes a couple practices but they get the hang of it. 

We play 6 minute quarters so try to make sure everyone gets the same amount of run. At the 3 minute mark we sub. I needed help keeping track of who's in and who's out. So you might need some help in that department. 

We play against some teams that don't sub and play their best players most of the game and it's sad.  I have no respect for these types of coaches and their egos These are kids. Let them play. This isnt AAU.

Stay positive.  Smile and have a good attitude.  Don't yell at the refs.

 

 

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