Female athlete learning environments
Who it's for
Coaches developing female players and youth academy groups.
Takeaway
How to build practice environments where players stay engaged, take risks and treat mistakes as part of learning.
Transforming Clinician
Kerri Kuzbyt
Head of Player Development, Scottish Basketball Federation
Glasgow, Scotland
Kerri Kuzbyt leads player development for the Scottish Basketball Federation, heading the U14 male and female National Academy programs. Based in Glasgow and originally from Winnipeg, her coaching focuses on building productive learning environments — grounded in skill acquisition, functional movement and the way young athletes reframe and learn from mistakes.
- Female athlete development
- Skill acquisition
- Functional movement
Experience at a glance
Kerri's coaching background
- Head of Player Development, Scottish Basketball Federation
- Leads the federation's player-development work with athletes and coaches.
- U14 National Academy programs
- Heads the U14 male and female National Academy pathways.
- Female athlete development & functional movement
- Specializes in developing female athletes and reframing mistakes inside productive learning environments.
Kerri's work
Full coaching clinic· 27 min
How to use FOOTBALL to shape your TRANSITION BASKETBALL OFFENSE — Full Clinic w/ Kerri Kuzbyt
Kerri teaches transition offense to youth players through small-sided games that begin with 1-on-1.
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What you can learn with Kerri
Small-sided player development
Who it's for
Youth and academy coaches designing skill sessions.
Takeaway
How small-sided games grow finishing, handling and decision-making under game-like pressure.
Transition offense through game design
Who it's for
Coaches building an attacking, read-based transition game.
Takeaway
How to shape transition offense by starting from 1-on-1 and layering constraints outward.
Coaching in practice
Working with a national federation in Norway
Context
In this Transforming Basketball video, Kerri works with athletes and coaches in Oslo and Bergen as a national federation embraces a more modern, evidence-informed approach to coaching.
Approach
She delivers game-based, constraints-led sessions on court and talks coaches through the reasoning — connecting how practice is designed to how players actually learn.
What coaches can explore
How to introduce game-based practice inside an existing program, and how to bring coaches along with the thinking behind it.
Learn with Kerri
More from Kerri on Transforming Basketball
Official Transforming Basketball videos and podcast episodes featuring Kerri.
On-court clinic· 3 minInside a Modern Basketball Coaching ClinicKerri delivering an on-court constraints-led clinic in Berlin.Watch on YouTubeFinishing game· 2 minBuild a Reliable Floater With This Simple GameA small-sided finishing game led by Kerri.Watch on YouTube
Podcast episode · 28 min
EP126: Q&A with Alex Sarama and Kerri Kuzbyt
A conversation on development versus winning, functional skills and applying the CLA in team environments.
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Bring Kerri to your club, academy or federation for a Transforming camp or clinic. Dates and clinician availability are agreed with our team when you enquire.