Helping players to have fun and building their self esteem is another responsibility of youth coaches. Basketball Coaching Absolutes Accoarding to Rich Grawer Basketball success is predicated on execution of fundamentals. The coach is the teacher. The subject is fundamentals The well conditioned team can always stay competetive. At lower levels winning is more related to good offense.
Players draw confidence from their coach.
The coach should always try to appear organized, alert, knowledgeable, and poised. Breakdown drills are essential to team success. Players need motivation to work on their own but at the coach's pace. Simple is better. Coach Grawer talks about how to run a successful practice as well as the fundamentals of basketball and giving drills to help you work on those fundamentals in Drills and Skills for Youth Basketball.