Sports Guides
Youth Sports Guides for Coaches, Players & Parents
Practical, sport-by-sport advice on running practices, managing a team, buying gear, keeping players healthy, and making the season fun for everyone. Free to read — no account needed.
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Basketball
How to Run Tryouts for a Youth Basketball Team
Why drill lines tell you almost nothing, how to build an evaluation around small-sided play, and how to stop selecting the tallest kids by accident.
8/13/202612
Basketball
Why AAU Basketball Is a Broken System for Youth
Not because the games are bad or the kids don't care — but because the incentives point away from developing players, and almost nobody in the structure is accountable for what happens to a fourteen-year-old.
8/12/202615
Basketball
Why Stephen Curry Is So Good — and Why He's Been So Good for Basketball
The mechanics behind the greatest shooting career ever, what he did to the way the game is played, and the honest argument about what he did to youth basketball.
8/12/202614
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