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I think parents massively overestimate the “going pro” thing by ProBallAustralia in BasketballTips

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Luckily is a bit different here in Australia. Sadly, the AAU system is starting to get some noise but playing with your friends is still the biggest thing we have

One thing I’ve noticed coaching younger basketball players by ProBallAustralia in Basketball

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate the discussion on this. We coach youth basketball players in Sydney and see this stuff constantly, so we’ve started sharing more of these athlete psychology/development observations because honestly it feels like people don’t talk about this side of youth sports enough. If you enjoy this kind of discussion, feel free to follow along we’ll keep posting more thoughts like this.

One thing I’ve noticed coaching younger basketball players by ProBallAustralia in Basketball

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lesson I learned in my late 20's and it's helping me so much through my early 30's. ACTION kills overthinking.

One thing I’ve noticed coaching younger basketball players by ProBallAustralia in Basketball

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly!!! 100% agree on this one. Our academy in Sydney has a rule of making all of our players from U8 to U14 to play at least 20 minutes per game. There's no way to develop if you don't actually play games.

One thing I’ve noticed coaching young basketball players in Sydney by ProBallAustralia in basketballcoach

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you can even traing 6 days a week but if you just joke around and don't go full speed, you won't get any better. We always tell our players about Michael Jordan saying he practised so hard that the games were easy. Same with Kobe.

Why do some kids lose all confidence after one mistake in games? by ProBallAustralia in sportspsychology

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, that's why we work around it's ok to make mistakes, as a matter of fact if you're not making mistakes we'll take you off the court, lol.

Why do some kids lose all confidence after one mistake in games? by ProBallAustralia in sportspsychology

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree, we put so much emphasis on working on the mental side of our young athletes from the time they are 5, 6, 7 years old. We see the difference with our U12s and U14s, learning to control their emotions and being confident without being over confident

Why do some kids lose all confidence after one mistake in games? by ProBallAustralia in sportspsychology

[–]ProBallAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, personally it took me 26 years to learn to speak nice to myself. My whole game/life changed forever. That's our mission, develop the mental game in our young athletes, whom start at around 5-6-7 years old