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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.
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
Coaching Under-12s
What to teach, what not to teach, game night, parents
Coaching Girls' Basketball
Communication · physical preparation · retention · pathway
Coaching Conversations Q&A
Real mailbag questions · 4 sections · practical answers
The Trials Playbook
Before, during & after · criteria · evaluation · feedback
Parent Communication Toolkit
5 templates · pre-season letter · 24-hour rule · feedback scripts
Session Design
Master plan · the one-minute rule · discovery learning · real understanding
Coaching Templates
Player Edge questionnaire + printable U12, U14 & U16 session plans · ready to use
Coach Wellbeing Toolkit
The five weights · the plus-four rule · leave it at the gym
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
Culture Building
10 building blocks · turnaround sequence · specific practices · parents
Game-Based Practice & The Constraint-Led Approach
Hold–Recreate–Replay · constraint toolkit · Newell's framework · level-specific
Mental Performance
E+R=O · 3-stage framework · the 75% problem · keyword tool
Pick & Roll
Coverage systems · Spain PnR · analytics · teaching progressions
Shooting Development
The good miss · mechanics · shot quality analytics · parent dimension
Transition Offence & Defence
Efficiency case · drag screen · sprint-back hierarchy · practice formats
Off-Ball Screening
7 screen types · communication architecture · 4 defensive principles