Tag Archives: Basketball for Girls

Five Drills/Concepts for Emphasizing Rebounding

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Coach Sivils

Regardless of your style of play, rebounding is an essential component to winning basketball games! Here are several concepts and drills to build excellent rebounding habits. Assign an Assistant – Emphasize! Sounds too easy? Try this approach and see the … Continue reading →

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Fine Tuning Your Team’s Position Play to be Available Soon!

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Coach Sivils

The next book in the Fine Tuning Series, Fine Tuning Your Team’s Position Play, will be available soon on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For those who like eBooks, it will be some time before this book is available in … Continue reading →

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Zone Defense versus Man-to-Man Defense

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Coach Sivils

Since the game of basketball was created, man-to-man defense has been around. It was not long after the creation of the game the zone defense made its debut and the argument thus started, which was a better defense to use? … Continue reading →

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Basketball for Girls! Is Coaching Girls Different From Coaching Boys?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Coach Sivils

The bulk of my career has been spent coaching boys but I have coached girls basketball on three different occasions as both a head coach and an assistant coach. Each experience was an interesting opportunity and I learned a great … Continue reading →

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