Jr. NBA - Canada

The Coach's Guide (pdf) has 12 practice plans at the Rookie level (ages 5 to7). Each practice has a character goal (value of the game). See appendices for warm-up and drill descriptions (also links to videos).

For comparable curricula see Jr. NBA U.S. (Rookie level), Mega Hoops FUNdamentals, SNYB (FUNdamentals).

• Practice #1 - Positive attitude
  • Parent/player meeting
• Practice #2 - Sportsmanship
• Practice #3 - Teamwork
• Practice #4 - Respect
• Practice #5 - Leadership
• Practice #6 - Health and fitness
• Practice #7 - Confidence
• Practice #8 - Friendship
• Practice #9 - Hard work
• Practice #10 - Communication
• Practice #11 - Responsibility
• Practice #12 - FUNdamentals

Appendices

• Appendix A - Dynamic warm-up
  • high knees, butt kicks, carioca, defensive slides, run backwards, leg swings, frog jumps
  • also see Jr. NBA Warm-up, Youth Dynamic Warm-up
• Appendix B - Drills
  • see Jr. NBA, e.g.
    • Shooting games, Ballhandling games
    • Conditioning - Escape game, Layups - Jr. NBA bowling
  • see Favourite drills for kids