Coaching Youth Basketball

Coaching Youth Basketball is an excellent introduction to youth coaching and teaching young basketball players valuable skills. It provides all the information you need to coach effectively and help 8- to 14-year-old athletes learn and enjoy the game.

This third edition features the games approach to coaching basketball, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and parents, planning and conducting practice, and coaching during games.

Developed by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s number one coaching education program, Coaching Youth Basketball provides volunteer coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete instructions on how to fulfill that role.