My daughter loves athletics and I used to play Bball in 9th grade. But I am not sure on how I could teach her good techniques. She also loves soccer and tennis.
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A 5 year old girl is too young to play real basketball but you can really teach her fundamentals.\n\nI'd suggest you must have a soft junior sized ball so she can handle it well. Teach her how to hold the ball, then dribble with 2 hands and later with 1 in stationary position. Then have a small goal, which she can practice to aim and perfect her shooting stance.\n\nCatch ball can harm those little fingers. Play with caution.\n\nSleep early. Eat vegetables. Drink milk. Height cannot be taught in basketball.
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A good way to get younger kids to do things is to show them by example. Take them to a college softball game or a good high school game. Tell them to watch the hitters. They will start to mimic the players. Also a good drill to do is to hit volleyballs or basketballs. This forces them to power through the ball. Then when they hit the softball it seems easy. It helps if you deflate the balls a little bit.
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I wish you had indicated where you are on the planet.  Certainly your daughter has interests and your son may also have preferences.  Start with what they like to do.\n\nIMHO if you are initially willing to spend time doing what they like to do with them, I believe you'll meet the people who will become their peers and teammates in local-based activities.
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i am one year year younger then you but i will still give you my suggestion. help your parents at home or go and do some sports. or you can just go have a ball (have a lot of fun) with your friends.
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I would love to answer your question but I need to know the age of your daughter and what you want her to learn from the activities.  It would help to know what you do for fun.  Young girls like walks where they seek neat things like the chrysalae of butterflies or where you can talk about clouds and how they are made, that sort of thing.  Older girls like to learn crafts like beading, knitting, scrap booking, making collections.  Some like to learn games or draw pictures (learning colors to learning perspective)...it just all depends on the age of the child, your interests and what you want her to learn from the activity. We all want our daughters to develop confidence, able to share, to learn honesty and be a good sport to actual expertise as she gains confidence in her work, to name a few attributes.
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I played basketball when I was in high school and I won the Player of the Year Award. My suggestion to you would be that you completely focus on defensive drills. Simple things such as defensive slides (which I hated), boxing out, and closing out.  I know from experience that the best players in high school are always the best defensive players. Defense will get you respect from coaches and teammates. To me playing defense was more fun than shooting because you got the chance to embarrass your opponent by blocking him or stealing the ball from him.
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You do not need to learn many moves, you only need a few.  For instance, this one kid on my team would put the ball through so many players' legs and make them look stupid.  He would turn like  he was shielding the ball, then flick the ball between his legs and through the defender's legs.  It was his only move.  We all knew he was going to do it, but the defenders on the opposing team didn't.  Learn a basic stepover move, and ask your teammates about anything that they like to do.
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Don't be too strict...don't let them run with the ball...but if they lift there pivit foot once don't sweat it...Let them touch each other but don't let them intentionally do it...if something is questionable let it slide...At that age the kids are just now learning the game...and calling every little thing won't help anything...all it'll do is make it a stop and go game...which no one will enjoy
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I am a freshmen girl that ran xc and track. That is a really good time for an 11 year old. Personally, I think that is far too young to run at her best time. She seems committed though, which is great and will help her out a lot. Just tell her to push herself in practice, and it will definitely pay off, especially at the end of the season. I know this from experience, because I dropped from a 2:48 to a 2:24 in the 800 in one season!
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if your daughter played for 5 years she should have no problem getting on the team just tell her to play her best. If they have more than one day for the tryouts make it to all of them. The coaches want someone who they know will show up and want to play. My son just tried out for a traveling team. he also played for about 5 years but the team he played for before traveled but he did not need to try out so he just finished three days of tryouts for the team and we are now waiting to find out if he made it. Good luck to your daughter they are looking for kids that are enthusiastic about playing
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no no no they r terrible answers ... a 13 year old wow .. well it is good to see  that the young ones r out doing sports.. tantrems normaly come from somthing she has done on the field that she thought she could of done a better job.. i have been their at 21 i was the same i grew out of it slowly..  she will learn to put all her anger and \nevery thing into what we call peak performance.. speak to her nicely don't yell at her i promise she will deff become a great sportsperson..\nSHE IS STILL A KID  ...  good luck.. give her  a little breather and keep incourageing her and she will be fine...
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Try persuading the ones in charge of your sports to allow girls to play "boy sports". If that fails, go to another school.
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As a coach, I recommend doing something competitively away from basketball.  Tennis is also a good sport because it is similar to basketball in athletic movements.  In tennis, you do a lot of shuffling, back pedalling, side to side movements...as in basketball.  It will only improve your footwork and quickness.  Also, sometimes it is good to get away from your 'main' sport for awhile....otherwise you can feel burnout and boredom.  You can still do things with a basketball like ballhandling and shooting during tennis season.  The individual aspect of tennis is also a good builder of mental toughness and learning about yourself, winning and losing.  Playing another sport or two will not hurt your chances of becoming a better basketball player.  Sitting around doing nothing at all during the summer is what will not help your skill level.
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My kids did this last year at school.  Some suggestions from their class:\n\n*How to tie your shoes\n*How to play an instrument\n*How to locate a place on a map\n*How to hit a baseball\n*How to play a game\n\nHope this gives you some ideas.  Good luck!
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I am at school at the moment and i can give you a list of the sports we do:\n\n1. Cricket\n2. Rugby Union (more in High schools than Primary)\n3. Rugby League (played in both)\n4. Soccer\n5. Tennis\n6. Water Polo (Big at my school because we have a couple of good'ns)\n7. Australian Rules Football sometimes\n8. Netball\n9. Basketball (Once again, some very good students so very big.)\n10. Atheletics + Swimming\n11. Touch Football\n12. Grade Sport*\n\n*This involves students selecting a sport or recreation activity that they would like to participate in each week. (Bushwalking, Tennis, Ping Pong, Touch Football etc.)\n\nThere are so many more but this covers the standard ones.
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Play team basketball with boys at your neighborhood court. Pratice everyday by working on both left and right hand lay ups, dribbling, free throws, and shot 500 or more shots a day and run for endurance.
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depends what you're hitting? No but seriously you don't...i'm a tennis coach and I've introduced so many kids around the age of 4 to tennis...on this one...don't listen to your mom and just pick up the racket and do it ....