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Coaching - Responsibilities

Coaches are expected to effectively communicate with the League. Specifically, coaches are required to read and (if necessary) respond to League e-mail on a timely basis, and are responsible for knowing the information in them. Coaches are expected to behave in a responsible and mature manner.

2009-2010

2009/11/12 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: Coaching Clinic Thursday Nov 19 7:00 - 8:30 Chatsworth Avenue School Forest Park Av Gym. - Outline
2009/11/12 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Equipment pickup Saturday Nov 21 9:00 - 10:15.
2009/12/01 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: Introduction/Expectations Letter. - Clinic team letter  League team letter
2009/12/08 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: 1. Opening gyms & emergency contacts  2. Report scores.
2010/01/06 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: New emergency contact / Opening gyms.
2010/01/13 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: Photo Days Jan 23-24; forms at gyms this weekend.
2010/01/13 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Sportsmanship, Fair Play, and Running up the score.
2010/01/21 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Rescheduling Games.
2010/02/24 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: Photos at gyms this weekend, pumps for league coaches.
2010/02/26 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: Possible Cancellations.
2010/03/01 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Bye games, consolation games, playoffs, and playing to the end of the year.
2010/03/01 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: End of season awards.
2010/03/01 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Please Report Scores!
2010/03/01 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches All: Photos at MHS, RNHS.
2010/03/04 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Photos at MHS, RNHS this weekend.
2010/03/09 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: 1. Consolation and playoff games, playoffs. 2. Awards.
2010/03/09 e-mail to coaches - LMBA Coaches League: Equipment: keep, or dropoff Sunday March 21 5:00 - 6:15.

Coaching - Coaches Contact Information

Coaching - Practice Schedule

Coaching - Game Schedule

Coaching - League Game Rules

Coaching - Resources

BOOKS

Coaching Youth Basketball: The Guide for Coaches & Parents
Betterway Coaching Kids Series
By John P. McCarthy Jr.
Paperback, available at local libraries and through Amazon.com.

Basketball Basics: Drills, Techniques, and Strategies for Coaches
By Howard Marcus
Paperback, available at local libraries and through Amazon.com.

WEB SITES

The Coach's Clipboard
Basketball coaching web-site for coaches and players, featuring an extensive free library of articles, plays, offensive and defensive strategies, player tips, animated play diagrams, video clips of player skills and drills, and a detailed basketball playbook.
http://www.coachesclipboard.net/

The Basketball Highway
A community that allows a coach to search for relevant information and resources. Features articles, drills, plays, and links.
http://www.bbhighway.com/

Michael Wells Basketball Coaching Information Web Page
Coach Michael Wells offers a complete list of links to other sites containing basketball coaching information and some coaching articles.
http://members.aol.com/coachmjw/pp22.htm/