Coaching Youth Basketball - Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1 How did I get myself into this mess?
Let's see if this story sounds familiar. My daughter was in 4th grade and all of my daughter's friends were signing up to play basketball in the local church league, so of course she had to sign up. At the bottom of the registration form it asks the parent, "Would you like to coach?" I put "No" as my answer.

As I was turning it in, I thought about it again and then wrote in at the bottom of the page, "If you can't find anyone else, call me." The rest is history. Of course, they called me, one day before the coaches meeting. Does this sound familiar, or what? Most coaches are volunteers because no one else would do it.

So now that YOU are committed to coaching, what do you do next? You can try to find things at your local library telling you what to do. What I found were books for advanced coaches in a language that I did not understand. I found diagrams that looked more like ancient hieroglyphics, than I care to mention. Needless to say, it was hard to find anything of use.

Next I tried the local bookstore, to no avail. Then I tried the information superhighway, the internet. The real problem here is trying to find it all in one place. Most sites are for more advanced coaches. You can spend hours just finding one idea.

So what do you do? You got yourself into this mess, now let me see if I can help you through it.