Youth Basketball

Steve Nash Youth Basketball Program

For ease of use, the complete SNYB program manual (253 pages) has been split into individual chapters and lesson plans, grouped in three sections - Coaches Manual, Lesson Plans, Athlete Development Model. Also see the Index for SNYB drills.

Section 1 - Coaches Manual

• Title page & contents
• Coach overview
• Long-term athlete development model
• Athlete development pyramid
• Teaching techniques
• Teaching tips
• Practice planning
• Facility safety checklist
• Fair play
• Teaching life skills
• Encouraging healthy lifestyles
• Individual fundamental skills development
  • Fundamental movements
  • Footwork
  • Passing and receiving
  • Ball handling / familiarization
  • Dribbling
  • Shooting
  • Lay-ups
  • Rebounding
• Offensive / defensive concepts
• Teaching the game
• Officials overview
• Modified rules

Section 2 - Lesson Plans

12-week practice plans at the FUNdamentals and Learn to Train stages using a games approach and loading.

• Introduction and practice plan template

a) FUNdamentals stage (girls 6-8, boys 6-9)

• Title page
• Lesson 1
  • animal walks, Pac-man, ball awareness, tossing and catching, frog shooting
• Lesson 2
  • basic movements & stopping - stopping (jump, stride), stop and go, run rabbit run, red-light green-light, 3 on 3
• Lesson 3
  • ball-handling (toss-catch, familiarization) - experimental toss, tossing with movements, ball familiarization, ball-handling relay, memory chain
• Lesson 4
  • dribbling - stationary, music dribbling, volcanoes and valleys, mouse trap, shake what your momma gave you
• Lesson 5
  • dribbling - roller derby, wolves & sheep, crows & cranes, castles, pressure tag
• Lesson 6
  • passing and receiving (chest pass) - wall, partner, square, pass the buck, star
• Lesson 7
  • passing and receiving (bounce pass) - partner, crocodile, partner pass and move, ultimate
• Lesson 8
  • shooting (BEEF) - frog, around the world, dice, golf
• Lesson 9
  • pivoting - pivot drill, pivot and pass, pivot relay race, basketball hockey
• Lesson 10
  • triple threat & jab step - random stops, military drill, self toss, help
• Lesson 11
  • defensive stance - scatter stance, ready position, tracing the ball, zig-zag slides
• Lesson 12
  • dribbling (change of direction) - wave, speed, dribble around teammates to score, change of direction dribbling relay, keep-away, memory

b) Learn to Train Stage (girls 8-11, boys 9-12)

• Title page
• Lesson 1
  • footwork (stopping, change of direction), dribbling (stationary), passing (partner), shooting (wall, dribble and shoot)
• Lesson 2
  • stopping (jump, stride), change of direction, run rabbit run, red-light green-light
• Lesson 3
  • ball-handling - toss-catch, familiarization, ball-handling relay, memory chain
• Lesson 4
  • dribbling - frozen dribble tag, static, follow the leader, music dribbling, mouse trap, dribble elimination
• Lesson 5
  • layups - steps, basic layups, two-line layups
• Lesson 6
  • passing and receiving - partner (chest, bounce, overhead, push), on the move (shuffle), keep-away
• Lesson 7
  • shooting (BEEEF) - self, wall, partner mirror, teams competition
• Lesson 8
  • footwork (pivoting) - pivot drill, protect the ball, pivot relay race
• Lesson 9
  • triple threat, jab step, ball fake - random stops, military drill, monkey in the middle, jab and dribble
• Lesson 10
  • defensive stance - scatter stance, tracing the ball, zig-zag slides
• Lesson 11
  • dribbling (change of direction) - change direction, zig-zag dribble, speed/control dribble, run rabbit run with a ball, dribble game
• Lesson 12
  • jump shot - self shooting (one dribble), pop-out, dribble jump shot, around the court

Section 3 - Canada Basketball Athlete Development Model

• Title and contents
• Overview
• Long-term athlete development model
• 10 key factors of LTAD
• 10 S's of training
• Teaching the game
• Active start
• FUNdamentals stage
• Learn to train stage
• Train to train stage
• Train to train, phase 2
• Train to compete stage
• Learn to win stage
• Train to win stage
• Active for life stage
• Athletes with a disability
• Strategic initiatives
• Glossary, bibliography, acknowledgments