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  1. Another simple thing is to teach them to box out, offensively and defensively. If they box out on offense, they will get more rebounds, which means more shots which should mean more points. At that age level, the junk points add up quickly. This was going to be my suggestion as well and it might be the quickest way to get more baskets. At that age level it doesn't matter who has the size for rebounds as much as it's about who gets into the right position. Work a couple of drills in that teach the kids to rebound the basketball above their head and then to go straight back up with the ball instead of being scared that someone will block there shot. One drill that I always run is to have the kids start in a line at one of the elbows facing the basket. The lead man runs at the basket, jumps (like a layup) and throws the ball off the backboard. Each player in line then continues behind him doing the same thing until one person (usually the last person) catches and makes a layup. Once you run it a couple of times you can see the speed of the drill pick up. It is designed to teach them to attack the basket after a shot + catch the ball above their heads + dont let the ball hit the ground + do not bring the ball below your shoulders when you get the rebound. The second drill would be the old "Mikan" drill where the player stands under the basket and makes shots left and right for 60 seconds. --- As for your offense, I have found that my best shooters will get their shots off, but the lesser ones have problems obviously. Something I am experimenting now is running an offense that allows the lesser players to always receive the pass from the baseline so that they are facing the basket when catching the ball and all they have to do is shoot. Too many times the kids are catching with their back to the basket and cannot get into proper shooting stance before a defender is on them.
  2. I'm back with a quick update. I'm coaching again this year in a different league (5th grade boys). I have two stars who also play on some travel teams during the offseason so naturally they have practiced more and are better than the rest of the kids. But through our first two games we have hit some cold scoring stretches. Mostly it's due to turnovers, but I came across this thread I started and it reminded me to get back to the ball handling basics. Through our first 7 practices we have done very little shooting drills and mostly defense, rebounding and passing. But this reminded me to step up the ballhandling drills and get the kids to work on catching the ball and shooting instead of letting them do what comes natural now, which is catching the ball and panicing.
  3. Without a doubt, the players who can get shots off when open will be better. But what I was getting at is the muscle development and ability to develop proper form in shooting and how the kids who seem to dribble more and better develop this form quicker and have more range on their shots.
  4. It could just be a coincidence, but I have noticed that kids in the age ranges of 8 to 10 who dribble better have more range on their shots when using proper form. I recently coached a 9/10 year old age group using 10 foot baskets and most of the 9 year olds have to push the ball with both hands to get it towards the hoop. The kids on my team who were better dribblers seemed to be the better shooters. Some may argue that the 10 year olds are older and thus they're bigger and stronger and thats why they dribble and shoot better, but I have also noticed that the REALLY good dribblers are that much better outside shooters. Does anyone think there could be a link between becoming a good dribbler and getting more range on a proper formed jump shot? My theory is that the kids are developing the needed muscle memory when dribbling that helps them act the form of shooting the ball with the fling of the wrist instead of pushing with their chest muscles. If this theory were true then I'm going to have my kids next year do nothing but dribbling and passing drills for the first 4 practices and then let them start to shoot the basketball from beyond 5 feet. Just some random thoughts.
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