I'm a new basketball coach at a middle school can anybody give me some tips of what to do?
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Teach Basketball Not Football And Be Loud
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Relax, and take a deep breath. You have practiced all season for this and now it will pay off. This is something you can do, otherwise you wouldn't have made it this far. Picture in your mind your team making every shot perfectly, playing excellent defense and winning the tournament. Remeber, cliched as it may sound, If you can concieve it and believe it, you can achieve it.
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Work hard and then harder practice and practice some more!\nThen pester coaches for good teams near you until they have to give you a try out or see how much you want to play.  Then the rest is up to you!\nBest wishes
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I also teach middle school and was having some problems at the beginning of this year.  I had some loud mouthed boys who forced me to be a b*tch to keep control of the class.  As a result I felt that my relationship with the "good" students was suffering.  What I did to fix this was create an incentive.  Since my problems were mainly behavior problems, I created a game called "Hot Shots".  Everyday the class worked as a team to earn points for good behavior (ex. staying quiet in transistion times, doing things the first time they're asked, keeping their mouths shut when I'm talking,etc....essentially, what they should be doing anyway)  Everytime they did something good I put a point on the board.  When they started to become obnoxious or not do what was asked of them I'd take a point away.  I also hung a Nerf basketball hoop over the door in my room.  For the last five minutes of every class I drew names out of a container and that student got to go the back of the room and shoot a hoop.  If they made it I gave them another point.  One student got to shoot for every behavior point they had earned that day.  We had a big score board on the side of my classroom where I kept track of all my classes scores as well as a count down of how many days were left of the game (we started with 30 school days...that was too long, i recommend 15-20 days) at the end of those 30 days the class with the highest score won an icecream party.  We also started off the whole game by talking about our class as a basketball team (since most 8th graders can relate to basketball).  We talked about how everyone has to play a part and work their hardest for the team to be successful.  The phrase "We win as a team, we lose as a team" became our class motto.  And we also dicussed that just like with a basketball team, we need a coach, and for the time that they are in my room, I am the "coach", so I call the shots.  It has made an amazing improvement in the room.  The kids hold each other accountable because they don't want to lose to another team, they listen to and respect me more, and my rapport with them has improved tremendously.  It gives us something common other than "school stuff" to get excited about together, which allows them to open up to me about additional things.  Maybe something like this would work for you.  Good luck
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my girlfriend has played ball almost all of her life. she said that the biggest thing you should work on is running. you run springts like crazy. and you are timed. most coaches give 10-20 seconds to run full court twice. even if you suck at shooting or anything else, if your fast, coach will at least use you to get the ball down the court. after that comes shooting and layups. you dont have to have perfect handling on the ball because they will prolly keep whateva pt guard they have. just make sure you are a good runner, and can shoot jump shots and layups
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Get involved in a summer league and/or camps. Go to all open gyms the coach holds!!! They want to see dedication! Run. Lift weights.
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Watch them play, and analyze their game.  Talk to teams that have played them.  Know what their coaches generally call.  Know what makes them have their reputation as unbeatable.\n\nDon't let any thing that your learn discourage you.  Train and practice as hard as you can.  Make your offense and defense incredibly strong.  Get in the mindset that you can win.  That you will win.  Play hard, think harder.
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Contact the coach and he/she will help you! It depends on what team.
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*Work on your freethrows(being down low you will get fouled a lot)\n*Work on quick feet(although you are big you need to be quick so you can move to the ball faster)\n*Take about 500-1000 mid-range jumpers a day(work on getting the right form, keep the ball above your chest)\n*Keep the ball low and work mostly on your off hand ball handles\n*Make sure you keep your pivot foot while spinning, and when you pump fake make sure you show a real shot fake, not that fake ball show.\n*Beat your man down the floor(again quick foot work), establish position early and don't give in to the man guarding you. Get deep into the post area.\n*Don't flop, don't dip into the defense, and go up STRONG no matter what.\n\n*THE BEST THING TO DO IS DO CARDIO, STRENGTH TRAINING, AND QUICKNESS DRILLS. ALSO DO A LOT OF CATCH AND SHOOT DOWN IN THE PAINT
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The coaches will be looking for fundementals.  Make sure that you do everything the right way and make good throws.  If you need to, overexaggerate things like catching flyballs with two hands, and fielding groundballs in front of you.
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The Plan - Impressing the Players on the Team: Play one-on-one vs. each player on the team. If you're good, than you'll impress your teammates, who will be behind you, and the coach might reconsider.\n\nThe Icing on the Cake - Impressing the Coach: Now play an intimate game of one-on-one with the coach. Show him how you understand how the ball goes into the hole. Show him your "game".  After this, I guarantee that you would start, every game!\n\nBack-up Plan - If the above fails: Now show your teammates that you're a "team player" and display your passing, dribbling, positioning, and versitality.  After this, the guys will bow to you one of their starting positions.
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Try to call someone advance to practice with you and learn how to intercept pass and stuff,and also try shooting from a close range at first and gradually get futher and futher as u improve
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frst get 2 a gud coach & get ur shootin action ryte\nnext start from da near shots & get ur free throws perfect   (u knoe witout jump)\nthen start practicn\n\n\nall this wil take at least a month if ur a starter\nanyway u gotta perfect ur shootn action b4 startn 2 practice
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Check out:                                                                                             http://associatedcontent.com/content.cfm?content_type=article&content_type_id=4176                                     http://basketball.lifetips.com\nAnd, if you can, let us know how your team made out against the team with the 6 foot player. Thanks.
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overall: after every game, ask your coach bout your mistakes and how you can improve. shooting: you have to do a lot to improve..oh, ask your coach/friends on how to bend your hand too.(different people, different positions so try all of them then use the one that you think is best!)  talking to your coach: write what you want to say somewhere that you can see, then give it to her or read it out.\ni hope it helps!!
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Its good that you are in varsity ball. Keep on playing very good and keep the effort. Sooner or later when you have games you wont know but some of the coaches from colleges will be there. More likely they will wait until you are a senior. Good luck!