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[QUOTE="Gutter King, post: 5193495, member: 4789"]
You have 16 kids, one coach, and inconsistent practice time?  That's a recipe for disaster.

With all that working against you, you just have to keep establishing the fundamentals.  If you can get a couple of kids to drive the paint to the area in front of the FT line that will open up additional teaching moments.

Teach them the footwork of a good first step asap, then coaching new kids starts to get easier.

I fully encourage running plays in middle school, so long they have enough fundamentals...you want to get the point of leveling up their BBIQ as soon as you can, particularily on offense.  Kids need to have simplified intent on offense, or they will just pass/dribble around the 3pt line and never get anywhere.

I show my 7th grade girls tape of Cam, when I'm teaching new skills (floaters, off ball movement, manipulating physics).

Don't be afraid to give your kids homework....tell them to let you know their favorite player and have them watch 10 minutes a day of their highlights.  Just keep them engaged with bball, just like you would with any other subject like Math or Reading.
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