Free Coaching Guides

Junior Basketball Coaching Guides

Practical coaching guides for the weekend coach — each one distilled from hours of elite coaching research into something you can use at your next session. Free, always. No sign-up required.

Two libraries make up the collection, chosen because between them they cover most of what a junior season throws at you. The Talking Split Library turns nine seasons of Basketball Victoria's coach-education podcast into guides on the calls a coach actually has to make — how to run a session, handle trials fairly, talk to parents, and build a team that wants to be coached. The Basketball Podcast Library draws on 225+ episodes of NBA, WNBA, EuroLeague and college coaches and turns their thinking into guides on the skills and concepts that hold up at junior level — pick-and-roll reads, shooting development, and practice built around real decisions rather than isolated drills.

The Talking Split Library

Distilled from nine seasons of the Talking Split podcast · Basketball Victoria

📖 The Unofficial Book Start here 11 chapters · all 9 seasons synthesised · 90+ coaching actions Read the guide → 🏀 Coaching Under-12s What to teach, what not to teach, game night, parents Read the guide → 👩 Coaching Girls' Basketball Communication · physical preparation · retention · pathway Read the guide → 💬 Coaching Conversations Q&A Real mailbag questions · 4 sections · practical answers Read the guide → 📝 The Trials Playbook Before, during & after · criteria · evaluation · feedback Read the guide → ✉️ Parent Communication Toolkit 5 templates · pre-season letter · 24-hour rule · feedback scripts Read the guide → 🗓️ Session Design Master plan · the one-minute rule · discovery learning · real understanding Read the guide → 🗒️ Coaching Templates Player Edge questionnaire + printable U12, U14 & U16 session plans · ready to use Open the templates → 💚 Coach Wellbeing Toolkit The five weights · the plus-four rule · leave it at the gym Read the guide →

The Basketball Podcast Library

8 guides · synthesised from 225 episodes · NBA to grassroots

📖 Youth Basketball Coaching Guide Start here 225 episodes · 10 dominant themes · practice tools · unique insights Read the guide → 🤝 Culture Building 10 building blocks · turnaround sequence · specific practices · parents Read the guide → 🏀 Game-Based Practice & The Constraint-Led Approach Hold–Recreate–Replay · constraint toolkit · Newell's framework · level-specific Read the guide → 🧠 Mental Performance E+R=O · 3-stage framework · the 75% problem · keyword tool Read the guide → 📋 Pick & Roll Coverage systems · Spain PnR · analytics · teaching progressions Read the guide → 🎯 Shooting Development The good miss · mechanics · shot quality analytics · parent dimension Read the guide → ⚡ Transition Offence & Defence Efficiency case · drag screen · sprint-back hierarchy · practice formats Read the guide → 📐 Off-Ball Screening 7 screen types · communication architecture · 4 defensive principles Read the guide →