Workshop

Workshop: Coaching Beginners and Youth Basketball

Explore 140 activities for beginners and youth players, with ways to adjust constraints as players develop. Learn how to simplify a game while keeping the decisions players need to make.

  • 140 youth activities
  • Constraint adaptations for different skill levels
  • Spacing, shot selection and advantage games

One-time payment of $249 USD. Accessible on desktop and tablet devices, and our Apple and Android app.

A young player dribbles against a Transforming Basketball coach during a youth session

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Product Overview

Inside the Workshop

  • Lesson list: how to use the workshop and 1-on-1 games
    Lesson list: how to use the workshop and 1-on-1 games
  • Lesson list: youth games and warm-ups
    Lesson list: youth games and warm-ups
  • Game: Newspaper Partner Shooting
    Game: Newspaper Partner Shooting
  • Game: Newspaper Keep it Balanced!
    Game: Newspaper Keep it Balanced!
  • 3-on-3 Changing Directions with “Torpedo Strike”
    3-on-3 Changing Directions with “Torpedo Strike”
  • 1-on-1+1 Jumping Lunges into Influence, Finish vs MIG
    1-on-1+1 Jumping Lunges into Influence, Finish vs MIG

What You'll Learn

  • Adopting a youth focusLearn how to effectively work with U10 or U12 players
  • Using CLA with beginnersLearn about task simplification and how to simplify SSGs
  • Functional over fundamentalDevelop functional skills vs fundamental techniques
  • Player motivationLearn how to run practices that keep players motivated
  • Youth coaching 101Solutions for solving common youth coaching challenges
  • Using constraintsSimple-to-implement constraints that work with any skill level

For Coaches Who Want To

  • Make complex skills emerge through clever constraints
  • Keep all players engaged, regardless of skill level
  • Build fundamental skills without boring drills
  • Create practices that players can't wait to attend

Meet the Creator of This Workshop

Alex Sarama

Alex Sarama has coached and/or consulted for NBA, G League, NCAA and professional teams, worked with 8 National Federations to deliver coach education, and delivered coaching clinics and player camps in over 40 countries.

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