COACHING RESOURCES

Rapids RCMP Background Check Form

Upcoming Coaching Clinics

 TBA

Progressive Skill Roadmap Summary

Coaching Development Pathway

NCCP Coach Developers are directly responsible for the development of coaches and need to be experts in learning as well as experts in coaching. For basketball, they include: 

• Learning Facilitators (LFs): coach developers who deliver NCCP workshops and clinics
• Coach Evaluators (CEs): coach developers who evaluate Portfolios, Practices and Competition for identified coaching competencies
• Master Coach Developers (MCDs): coach developers who are responsible for training new LFs and CEs

Great Coaching Podcasts

Highly Recommended 

Canada Basketball - Game Plan

• Rapids will pay for your $49.95/five year membership if you are currently or planning on coaching with the Rapids Club.
• Membership Includes: 
  • Practice Planner,
  • Drill Library, Videos,
  • Access to NCCP Coaches clinics,
  • Upcoming Coach Educations Events
  • Coach Resources (Skill Documents)

Basketball Immersion

• Modern Ideas and Methods
• A Constraints-Led Approach
• Small-Sided Games
• Basketball Decision Training
• Offensive and Defensive Principles

 Additional Resources

Please use this list of resources to enhance your coaching style and skills.

• BasketballHQ- training videos
• Better Basketball- teaching videos
• Breakthrough Basketball- drills, ideas, video clip
• Coach Meyer Blog- drills, ideas, video clips
• Coaching Association of Canada 
• Coaches Choice- books and videos
• FIBA players demonstrating skills and drills
• Free Playbook- playbook for on the go
• Hoop Coach- drills, ideas, discussions
• Hoop Thoughts- Info from Coach Bob Starkey
• Hoops U- plays, drills, coaching tools & tips
• In-person Clinics—3 types
  • Coach Education
  • Coach Development
  • Coach Certification
• hudl - video programming / stats
• iScout-stats program
• ITOUCHSTATS-mobile stats keeping app
• Jen Reviews- Collection of Drills
• NBA - Practice Plans, Skills and Drills, Resource Links (videos)
• NBA Jr. WNBA - YouTube - Videos
• Making Ethical Decisions
• NCCP Certification: more organizations today are requiring coaches to be certified—stay in front of the curve
• Practice planning - easy practice planning tool format
• Respect in Sport
• Responsible Coaching Movement
• Rule of Two
• Safety in Sport
• The Coaches Insider- free newsletters, tips and videos