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When coaching youth sports, it is very important to understand the age group. Each age group has different attention spans, physical skills, and social skills. As a former youth coach, once you figure out what is ideal for an age group, they progress to another age and stage.
The best resource for youth basketball players and coaches is USA Basketball. They have an incredible website that includes USA Basketball Guidelines for each age. Many experts with different areas of expertise spent years developing these tools. It is wise for coaches and parents to learn more about how best to teach a child how to play basketball.
USA Basketball uses ages for the groupings, however many youth basketball programs are organized by grade. To keep it simple and to be able to compare apples to apples, we have assigned the ages to a grade. There will be some exceptions and overlap, but this will be a good starting point.
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Grade ages
Kindergarten / 5 & 6: USA Basketball does not start suggestions for this age group and that is important. Basketball is a complicated sport and it is challenging to coach (and teach) this age for a variety of reasons.
1st Grade / 6 & 7: This is the 1st age USA basketball provides resources.
2nd Grade / 7 & 8
3rd Grade / 8 & 9
4th Grade / 9 & 10
5th Grade / 10 & 11
6th Grade / 11 & 12
7th Grade / 12 & 13
8th Grade / 13 & 14