Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. The Push for the Playoffs! The end season is in sight. This is a time filled with excitement, anticipation, jubilation, celebration, disappointment, and elimination. At this point in the season, most leagues will see a championship boiled down […]
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High School Basketball: The Final Week of the Regular Season
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. We forgot to tell you at the start of the season, “Don’t blink. You Might Miss It.” A high school season (and career) goes so fast. Here we are the final week of the regular season. They have […]
High School Basketball: What’s the Magic Number?
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. During the final few weeks and days of the high school basketball season, there is always an eye on qualifying for postseason play. Leading up to Selection Sunday for college basketball, all the basketball analysts talk about the […]
High School Basketball: The Final Four Weeks
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. The final four is a big event in basketball. For a basketball team to make the final four is something players and coaches dream of at all levels. We are now looking at the final four weeks of […]
High School Basketball: Focus on ONE WEEK at a time
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. High school basketball can be a full-time commitment for some players. When a player looks at an ENTIRE basketball season, an ENTIRE off-season, or a ENTIRE high school career, it can be overwhelming. That is why it is […]
High School Basketball: One Week at a Time
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. High School Basketball: The Most Important Week of the Season October Basketball Jokes (31 days) October 2nd – October 8th: (8 weeks left) This is a critical time for players to start to really focus on being completely ready […]
High School Basketball: Cutting Down the Nets
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. Cutting Down the Nets Jim Valvano and the 1983 NC State Cardiac Pack ACC Champions and NCAA Champions practiced cutting down the nets at one practice each season. Jim Valvano taught his players to dream. And to not […]
4th Grade Girls Basketball Shot Chart
In November of 2023, we watched a 4th grade girls basketball game. For fun, we kept a shot chart of one of the teams. A shot chart can be a very useful tool for basketball players, teams and coaches. The shot chart was for the 1st half of the game. The halftime score was 12 […]
High School Basketball: The Midway Point of The Season
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. The first day of tryouts seems so long ago. It is now the the midway point of the high school basketball season. A lot of basketball has been played and much more basketball is ahead. It is so […]
High School Basketball: Martin Luther King Week
Youthbasketball123 is a website designed to provide ideas, drills by grade, books, teaching tools, basketball jokes, guest blogs, basketball quotes, and so much. Week #8 Martin Luther King Day is the start of Week #8 for high school basketball in Massachusetts. It is a great time to assess the season up to this poing, both as a player and a team. […]