Basketball Foundations With Gb Basketball Coach, Ian Macleod

Develop the skills you need to be a stronger offensive and defensive player

What you'll learn

Gain an understanding of the key areas of basketball

Learn how to teach dribbling, shooting and passing skills to youth athletes

Develop an understanding of working as a team to create scoring opportunities

Understand how to develop attacking and defending skills and strategies

Requirements

An interest in basketball and a desire to improve your knowledge

Description

In this course, Great Britain and Newcastle Eagles Basketball coach, Ian MacLeod will take you step by step through the key components of basketball.Ian has worked with Newcastle Eagles Basketball team in the UK for almost 20 years, as both the Head Coach and now as the Development Manager for the Eagles Community Foundation. He also works as a coach with the Great Britain Junior Basketball team.The course will begin by introducing the basic dribbling, passing and shooting skills that underpin basketball, before learning to apply these skills to develop a strong offence as an individual and as a team..We'll also look at the defensive stance and how to guard against offensive players, using individual skills to 'deny' key players from receiving the ball or moving into the key, and working as a team pressure the offence into taking on difficult shots.We've added in some of Ian's lesson plans for you to learn some of the drills and progressions he uses to teach some of the skills throughout the course, and we'll provide you with some teaching resources to support your players and students to improve their understanding.By the end of the course, you should understand teach basketball to players at any stage of their development.See you on the court!

Overview

Section 1: An Introduction to the Basketball Course

Lecture 1 Welcome from Ian

Section 2: Dribbling

Lecture 2 An Introduction to Dribbling

Lecture 3 Moving Around the Court

Lecture 4 The Cross-Over Dribble

Lecture 5 The Cross-Over Lesson

Lecture 6 Changing the Tempo

Lecture 7 On-Ball Screens

Lecture 8 Punch and Stampede Dribbles

Lecture 9 Punch and Stampede Dribbles Lesson

Section 3: Shooting Skills

Lecture 10 An Introduction to Shooting

Lecture 11 BEEF Shooting Technique

Lecture 12 Layups

Lecture 13 Fakes and Jump Shots

Lecture 14 Fakes and Jump Shots Lesson

Lecture 15 Mid-Range Shooting

Lecture 16 Runners and Floaters

Lecture 17 Runners and Floaters Lesson

Section 4: Passing and Receiving

Lecture 18 An introduction to Passing

Lecture 19 Send and Receive

Lecture 20 Receiving on the Move

Lecture 21 Receiving on the Move Lesson

Lecture 22 Fast Breaks

Lecture 23 Positional Play

Lecture 24 Positional Play Lesson

Lecture 25 Push and Hook Passing

Section 5: Team Offence

Lecture 26 An Introduction to Team Offence

Lecture 27 Finding Space

Lecture 28 Creating Space

Lecture 29 Screening

Lecture 30 Screening Lesson

Lecture 31 Kicking Out

Lecture 32 Linking Actions

Section 6: Team Defence

Lecture 33 An Introduction to Team Defence

Lecture 34 Guarding Distance

Lecture 35 Defensive Styles

Lecture 36 Defensive Styles Lesson

Lecture 37 Under Pressure

Lecture 38 Full-Court Pressure

Lecture 39 Denying

Lecture 40 Denying Lesson

Section 7: Game Play

Lecture 41 An Introduction to Game Play

Lecture 42 Small-Sided Games

Lecture 43 Full-Court Games

Lecture 44 Making Trips Lesson

Lecture 45 Self-Led Teams

New coaches looking to improve their knowledge of the key areas of basketball