Easy Basketball Coaching Instructions for Ages 8-10
When children are between the ages of 8 and 10, they are at an ideal age to learn the basics of basketball.
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Basketball rules for traveling and offensive fouls can be complex for beginners and kids. Improve your game with middle school tryout drills and understand the physics behind player hang time.
Good Basketball Shoes for Flat Feet
If you or a family member has flat feet, you're not alone. Doctors say up to 25 percent of the population has a low arch, also known as flexible flat feet, while some people have inflexible, or stiff, flat feet.
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How to Use Tennis Balls for Basketball Dribbling Drills
Performing a basic dribble with a large, rubber basketball is fairly easy. Dribbling a smaller, less bouncy tennis ball is not. Learning to dribble a tennis ball, therefore, can refine your coordination and dribbling skills, leading to better ballhandling on the basketball court.
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How Many Calories Are Burned Playing Basketball for 30 Minutes?
Basketball can be a great aerobic exercise that also tones your muscles. The calories you burn playing basketball for 30 minutes varies from person to person and type of basketball activity.
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What Is the Difference Between Tennis Shoes & Basketball Shoes?
The sports of tennis and basketball involve quick stopping and starting as well as lateral movement. The shoe you choose should offer durability and support during play. Wearing a tennis shoe for basketball or vice versa, though, will not enhance your play.
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Basketball and Elbow Pain
Whether you're an NBA All Star like Lebron James or just an amateur playing hoops at the park, elbow pain can hurt both your physical and mental basketball game. In 2010, LeBron James told the Associated Press that he cannot avoid thinking about his elbow pain during a game.
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Throw-in Basketball Rules
The game of basketball has many rules to help maintain control and keep the game flowing smoothly. Players must abide by them and in order to understand the game, it's important for fans to learn the rules. Some rules, especially those regarding the throw-in, can be confusing.
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Basketball Drills That You Can Do Inside Your House
You don't need anyone or anything except a ball to improve your basketball-handling skills. There is more to basketball-handling proficiency than dribbling and shooting. In fact, the way you move the ball when pressed by opponents can make or break your success as a basketball player.
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Kindergarten Basketball Drills
Basketball can help kindergarten-age children get some exercise while learning a new skill. According to Keven A. Prusak, author of "Basketball Fun and Games: 50 Skill-Building Activities for Children," basketball drills for children in kindergarten should focus on learning the game rather than competition.
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Basketball: The Cone-Dribbling Drills
Dribbling and ball-handling skills are vital if you want to be a good basketball player. To develop and perfect your skills, repetition and practice are your allies. There are no shortcuts if you want to be the best. And one of the best ways to practice dribbling is with cone-dribbling drills.
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Basketball Rules & Hand Signs
A basketball official’s job is not only to make judgment calls on what happens during the course of the game but also to make sure players, coaches and the scorekeepers understand what those calls are. That’s why basketball referees use hand signals to indicate certain fouls or violations.
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What Is the Size of a Youth or Junior Basketball?
To ensure youth basketball players are successful and safe while playing the game, you'll need to provide them with the proper equipment. Among the items needed for basketball is the right sized ball for the age and size of the children partaking in the game. Basketballs come in a variety of sizes and weights.
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Basketball Rules on Reaching
Learn the truth about 'reach-in' fouls in basketball. We debunk the myth surrounding this common basketball rule and provide clarity on what constitutes a foul.
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Basketball Warm Up Drills for Kids
As a youth basketball coach, before each game or practice, it’s important to review the plays and to make sure everyone knows their role. Just as important; however, is a team warm-up. Conducting a few basketball-specific drills helps your young players prepare mentally and physically.
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Middle School Basketball Tryout Drills
Basketball drills are an important part of practice for a middle school team. "The drills should allow you to see each player's offensive and defensive abilities, how physically fit a player is and how they interact with others," says Clark University women's basketball coach Pat Glispin.
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Basketball Rules for a Jump Ball
The jump ball has been a part of every basketball game since the creation of the sport -- Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891 at Springfield College in Massachusetts.
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Basketball Substitution Rules
The rules of basketball allow an unlimited number of substitutions by players during the course of the game. Substitutions are often used by coaches to provide ideal matchups against the other team, to give players rest when they are tired or to get players out of the game who are in foul trouble.
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Basketball Defense Rules
In basketball, playing defense means trying to stop your opponent from scoring. The rules of basketball spell out how and under what circumstances the defense can attempt to stop offensive players. The majority of personal fouls are called over illegal contact by defenders.
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Rules for an Offensive Foul in Basketball
The offensive foul is a judgment call by the referee, and it often generates a protest from the player cited and his coach. Although the rules for an offensive foul are clear in rulebooks, not every offensive foul is the same, and it can depend on the positioning of the defensive player.
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Rules for Timeouts in Basketball
Timeouts in basketball are provided under the rules, in order to give players a chance to rest, give coaches the ability to talk things over with their team, and provide players and coaches a way to stop the clock in late-game situations.
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