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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 5085093, member: 6696"] Don't form shoot with 1 hand or from 3 feet away. It's stupid. Drive me friggen nuts. 6-10 feet and with both hands--just, ya know... slow and formy. I like to focus on strong-hand position on the ball; I've found it takes care of many issues with the off-hand. Shell drill all the time. 3 on 3, 4 on 4, 3 on 4, etc. Do everything you can to change the conditions so they have to learn to play, not just the rules of the shell game you created. Don't teach skills in isolation for long. Make it a small-sided game and enforce rules to make the kids play that way. (ie. 3 v 3, left side of the court only, 3 dribbles max, and you need to use an off-ball screen once or the bucket doesn't count). MS kids love to be competitive in practice. Make everything a game someone or a team wins that you can. Winning is not important at this age. Don't play a zone like every other coach. Stick with man because it will 1000% pay off come HS. Play even minutes through 3 quarters even if you're losing. Whoever played the best that day gets minutes the 4th quarter. Specifically teach how to pass with 1 hand off a catch or a dribble. Coaches seem to never do that for some reason. [/QUOTE]