coachvargas
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Re:Transition from one position to another! - 2007/10/30 01:20
Well, perfect world solution is that training for 10-13 year-olds isn't position specific, or is at least skewed to be included more often the older they get.
In my years, I've seen too many players (boys and girls) who loved the game and actually put in work fall by the wayside because they were post players early on due to their early size or strength, but were positionless without ballhandling/passing/shooting skills.
Anecdote aside, in your situation i think the best thing you can do is have these players do as much open court ball-handling and passing as possible. I personally think that change of speed is the one of the more critical aspects you can teach...if a player can create space this way, they'll quickly improve at attacking the reacting defender.
Also, in terms of what to encourage the kids to do on their own, I personally think that having the kids play "21"(or "rush" or "rough"...whatever it's called by you), only make them take everything outside of the 3-point line. This is a terrific game for teaching 1-on-1 (and 1on2, 1on3 etc.), as well as being a terrific opportunity for the kids to force themselves to be creative with their finishes and pivots.
From a team perspective, with your size, perhaps consider some form of a 4-out 1-in motion, which will allow all of your players to participate, the break downs should help to emphasize appropriate skill development for your old forwards, and it also allows you the opportunity to continue to have these boys work back to the basket within the rotations, which could be a marked advantage for you, partucularly if they're posting up guards due to their match-ups.
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