Developing Players
MAKE THE
PLAYER BETTER.
The coach's side of player development — how to teach every skill on the floor and read what a kid needs next. School and youth levels. The companion to the player Skills tracks. If your job is the five on the floor more than the one in front of you, that's Coaching a Team instead.
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$24/mo · $199/yr
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What's Inside
EVERY SKILL,
AND HOW TO TEACH IT.
Each skill has a school version and a youth version — the 9-year-old's first rep and the 17U player's polish are different jobs. Pick the one that matches the kid in front of you.
Teaching the game
How to actually teach basketball — the why under every rep, past the clip drills. What to say, what to show, when to stop and fix it, when to let them play through it.
Reading a player
Evaluating the four sides of a player — skill, IQ, motor, body — and reading what walks in from outside the gym. Different reads for the kid still forming and the one chasing a roster spot.
Teaching the offensive skills
Ball handling, passing, finishing, post play, shots off the dribble, getting open, offensive rebounding — taught from a first grip drill to chained moves at game speed.
Teaching the defensive fundamentals
Stance and containment, pressuring the ball, closeouts, post defense, off-ball positioning, denying the cutter, defensive rebounding — the base under every stop.
Coaching athleticism
The footwork and athletic base under every skill — pivots, jump-stops, slides, drop-steps, closeouts.
Building a skill-development program
How to coach a single skill well, then run that work across a whole roster without losing anyone.
Pairs With The Skills Courses
THE REPS THEY DRILL,
THE WAY YOU TEACH THEM.
The Shooting, Playmaking, and Athleticism courses put a player through the reps and a coach watches their film. This track is the bench side of that work — how you teach the skill and read what a player needs next. Run them together: they do the reps, you coach the room.
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$24 a month, or $199 a year, cancel anytime. Read what you need on Sunday, use it at practice on Tuesday.
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