A Hierarchy of Skills for Youth Basketball

For the past 20+ years, Dr. Tauer has directed his own summer basketball camps, working with thousands of young players. Armed with this rich experience, Tauer has developed a time-tested series of 'hierarchical' skill progressions that challenge and reward every player.

In this youth basketball video, Dr. Tauer focuses on building individual skills that are the hallmarks of basketball fundamentals, including:

• ball-handling
• shooting
• passing
• catching
• rebounding

Unique features of this video include:

• A teaching progression using a hierarchy of drills for each major skill area.This hierarchy of drills increases in complexity to help coaches tailor drills based on individual and team needs.
• A blend of coaching and teaching points that incorporate Tauer's expertise in sport psychology.
• Live clips of youth players allow you to watch the common mistakes and areas of challenge for young players.

Throughout the video, Tauer shares valuable coaching tips, highlights positive ways to provide feedback and encouragement, and explains how to make drills more competitive and challenging.

Dr. Tauer's experience as a successful college player and coach, as a long-time director of youth camps for thousands of players and as a psychology professor, make this one of the most insightful videos ever made for youth basketball!

120 minutes. 2010.

This presentation builds on Dr. Tauer's Individual Skills video. His advanced skills instruction focuses on teaching young basketball players a sequence of offensive moves that will allow them to be successful at every level.

Dr. Tauer's drills include a focus on the quick decisions players must make when they catch the ball. It covers:

• proper footwork on jab steps
• shots fakes
• change-of-direction moves
• the importance of changing speeds
• individual defense
• how to create separation from defenders
• the importance of dribbling and shooting with either hand
• how to be more efficient with every move

In addition, Dr. Tauer provides simple ways to implement off the ball movements such as "pass, cut, fill" and "pass and screen away" concepts, along with simple and effective ways of teaching young players how to read the defense.

Unique features of this video include:

• A teaching progression through a hierarchy of drills for advanced offensive skills. This hierarchy of drills increases in complexity within and across each skill area to help you tailor drills based on individual and team needs.
• A blend of coaching and teaching points that incorporate Dr. Tauer's expertise in sport psychology.
• All demonstrations are performed by youth players, allowing you to watch the common mistakes and areas of challenge for young players.

Throughout the video, Tauer points out areas to watch for in coaching young players:

• to be more efficient with their moves
• to create more separation from the defense
• to finish effectively around the basket

Tauer also highlights positive ways to provide feedback and encouragement, explains how to make drills more competitive and challenging and shows how to incorporate multiple basic skills into each drill - thus building several skill sets at once.

This video is a great resource for coaches, parents, and young players!

96 minutes. 2010.