“IN CREATING STEVE NASH

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YOUNG ATHLETES TO EXPERIENCE

SUCCESS WHILE LEARNING

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS.” TABLE OF CONTENTS

06 Introductory Letter 08 Steve Nash Youth Basketball 10 Basketball in Canada 11 Canada Basketball 12 Canada Basketball “Pathway to Excellence” 13 Steve Nash Foundation 15 Parents/Guardians Overview 17 Actively Supporting your Child 18 Effective Ways to Communicate with your Child 19 Effective Ways to Communicate with your Child’s Coach 21 Opportunities for Involvement 22 Parent’s Code of Conduct 23 Player’s Code of Conduct 24 Equipment Checklist 25 Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) 26 Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) 27 Factors of LTAD 29 Physical Literacy 31 The Stages of LTAD 34 Competition 35 10 S’s of Training 36 Measuring Growth 37 Windows of Optimal Trainability 37 Learning more about CS4L and LTAD 38 Glossary Dear SNYB Supporter,

Thank you for your interest in Steve Nash Youth Basketball. I’m proud to be associated with a platform to bring healthy development tools to Canada’s youngest MVP’s. With the current science telling us that learning is critical from birth to age five, I hope that this program will carry through on the early motor and social skills that can provide lifelong advantages to kids, regardless of their background.

Things have changed a lot since I was first coached in Victoria. But some things have stayed the same: kids — whether nieces, grandchildren, adopted sons, foster children, living with disease or disability or not — need attention. They need someone to encourage them, to tell them they’re deserving of our care, and to be smiled at like only a child can smile. If you’ve been a part of SNYB in British Columbia, you’ll still see those principles of inclusion, leadership and fairness stressed here; it’s exciting that the program has grown to the extent that we can address these issues nationally. So as you read in this Handbook about Participation, Education, Development and Progression, I hope you’ll envision yourself participating, educating, developing and progressing within the role you can play in your community, for the health and happiness of all children.

Thank you again for being a part of this — it really does mean the world.

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Examples of fundamental movement skills include; walking, running, balance, 1. Active Start: Age 0–6. Learn fundamental movements and incorporate jumping, throwing, and catching. For more information on when and where your them into play. This is too early of a stage to begin developing basketball skills. child can learn and practice fundamental movement skills, please refer to Canada Sport for Life’s Physical Literacy parent’s guide at www.ltad.ca 2. FUNdamentals: Age 6–9 (M); 6–8 (F). Learn all fundamental movement skills and build overall motor skills. Learn movement skills through basketball while learning basic basketball skills through modified games. Fundamental Sport Skills While throwing is considered a fundamental movement skill, a child learning At the FUNdamentals stage, Steve Nash Youth Basketball how to make a chest pass is considered a fundamental sport skill. It is important Parents should: to master the movement skills before learning the sports skill so that a child can 4 Consider enrolling your child in a variety of seasonal sport activities. develop and participate in various sporting activities. Throwing is a fundamental 4 Be sensitive to your child’s preferences for activities. movement skill so a child will learn to throw different sized balls, with one or 4 Ask coaches and activity leaders about their training program and if they two hands, and at different speeds as they develop the skill. Throwing becomes follow LTAD principles. a fundamental sports skill when it is applied specifically to a sport. In basketball, Physical Activity 4 Check if your child’s activities address the ABC’s of athleticism: agility, balance, a child may begin knowing how to throwfor Health a basketball, but now theye have to learn coordination and speed. the different types of passes, how to pass accurately,Active and how for Lifwhen to make the 4 Encourage your child in unstructured play outside of formal activities. correct pass. y 4 Turn off the TV, computer and video games. Physical Literac It is important that each child develops physical literacy because it puts them in 4 Promote key values: fun, inclusion, fairness. Fundamental Sporting e a positionSport of advantage. Skills Those who do notExcellenc develop fundamental movement skills will be restricted later in life in terms of recreational activity. It also means that the Fundamental + = 3. Learning to Train: Age 9–12 (M); 8–11 (F). Learn overall sport skills. Begin Movement Skillschild could be left out from playful competition and formal sport activity because they have not developed the basic fundamentals to perform physical activity. learning basic basketball skills while still emphasizing fundamental movement skills.

At the L2T stage, Steve Nash Youth Basketball Parents should: 4Identify sports and activities where your child has fun and can experience success. Focus should be narrowed to 3 sports through the year. Physical Activity for Health e 4If your child has taken a special interest in a late specialization sport such as Active for Lif basketball, make sure they are not over-trained, over-competing, or specializing too early. Talk to the coach or teacher if there are any concerns. y 4Training should make up 70% of your child’s participation time in a given Physical Literac activity while formal competition (i.e. league games) should occupy 30% Fundamental = Sporting e Sport Skills Excellenc of the time. 4Confirm that the coach is trained or certified. Fundamental + Movement Skills 4Continue to encourage unstructured play outside of formal activities. 4Promote key values: fun, inclusion, fairness. STEVE NASH YOUTH BASKETBALL PARENTS GUIDE 30/31 4. Training to Train: Age 12–16 (M); 11–15 (F). Build an aerobic base, develop speed and strength towards the end of the stage, and continue to develop overall FEMALES 23 +/- sport skills. Technical and strategic parts of basketball should be introduced with TRAINING TO WIN MALES 23 +/- HIGH PERFORMANCE a more structured training approach. FEMALES 19–23 +/- TRAINING TO COMPETE SPORT MALES 20–23 +/-

At the T2T stage, Steve Nash Youth Basketball Parents should: FEMALES 15–19 +/- LEARNING TO COMPETE BUILDING 4 In late specialization sports such as basketball, it is acceptable for coaches or CTIVE FOR LIFE MALES 16–20 +/- A PHYSICAL & MENTAL teachers to begin identifying and encouraging “talent” at the Training to Train FEMALES 11–15 TRAINING TO TRAIN CAPABILITY stage but premature specialization is still possible and should be cautioned MALES 12–16 against. Children mature at different rates so it is possible your child may still Y GIRLS 8–11 LEARNING TO TRAIN have undiscovered capabilities in other sports. Parents also need to be cautious AC BOYS 9–12 FUNDAMENTAL that their children are not being over-trained or over-competing because injury SPORT SKILLS GIRLS 6–8 or burnout could occur. FUNDAMENTALS BOYS 6–9 FUNDAMENTAL 4 WARNING: This is the stage when many young athletes quit their sport or GIRLS 0–6 MOVEMENT SKILLS activity due to burnout or excessive pressure from coaches and parents. ACTIVE START BOYS 0–6 4 Team sport coaches should individualize training based on each PHYSICAL LITER child’s maturation. 4 Promote key values: fun, fairness, respect.

5. Training to Compete: Age 16–20 (M); 15–19 (F). Optimize the engine and learn to compete. Athletes should begin to refine all technical and strategic components while being introduced to all aspects of basketball.

TRAINING TO WIN ??? 6. Learning to Win: Age 20–23 (M); 19–22 (F). Establish all of the technical, HIGH PERFORMANCE strategic, physical, mental and ancillary skills and capacities needed to compete TRAINING TO COMPETE ??? SPORT at the highest levels.

7. Training to Win: Age 24+/- (M); 23+/- (F). Optimize performance for LEARNING TO COMPETE ??? BUILDING CTIVE FOR LIFE FOR CTIVE domestic and international competitions. A PHYSICAL & MENTAL TRAINING TO TRAIN ??? CAPABILITY 8. Active for Life: Any age. The transition from an athlete’s competitive career to lifelong physical activity and participation in sport. Reinvest time and energy Y through coaching, management, officiating and active participation. AC LEARNING TO TRAIN ??? FUNDAMENTAL SPORT SKILLS FUNDAMENTALS ??? FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS ACTIVE START ??? PHYSICAL LITER STEVE NASH YOUTH BASKETBALL PARENTS GUIDE 32/33 COMPETITION arena, win, andtheresultsworkcontrarytofactorsbehindLTAD. and howmuchemphasisisplacedonwinning.Coachesoftenfeelpressuredto others. Whethercompetitionishealthyornotdependsonhowitconducted need neither schedules points strategiesratherthenindividualskillsdevelopment. expenseofoffenseandcreativity. retardingthedevelopmentofallplayers. and skillset.Noparentwouldexpect theirchildtobecomeliteratebytaking to a practice, it is beneficial for children not to be rushed beyond their maturation As 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Problems include: One is to learn the fundamental skills first and then apply it in game situations. team. and developingthechildren’sfundamentalmovementsportskillswiththeir game’s rightaway,SNYBbelievesitismoreappropriatetospendtimepracticing get older,abetterbasketballplayer.Asopposedtofocusingonputtingchildrenin program is designed to help your child become, at first, an athlete, and then as they As aparent,itisimportanttorememberthattheSteveNashYouthBasketball thandevelopingatrainingplantostrengthenweaknesses. torunupscores. grammar

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STEVE NASH YOUTH BASKETBALL PARENTS GUIDE 38/39 Lay Up (1 Foot, 2 Feet Power): Peak Weight Velocity (PWV): Ready Position (Stance): Throw In (Inbounds Pass): When A shot taken by jumping towards The maximum rate of increase in A balanced stance where the feet are the ball is passed inbounds from out of the basket and shooting the ball off weight during growth spurt. The age slightly more than shoulder width bounds to restart play after a violation. the backboard. of maximum increase in weight is apart. The foot of the dominant hand called the age at PWV. is slightly forward. Both knees are bent Timeout: A break in play to give the Loose Ball: A ball that is in play, and the player is almost in a seated coach an opportunity to discuss the but not in anyone’s control. Personal Foul: Occurs when a player position. This stance is also known as game with the players. makes illegal contact with an opposing the triple threat position. By widening Maturation: Qualitative system Trainability: The responsiveness player, creating an advantage for that the stance and spreading the arms changes, both structural and func- of developing individuals at different player or his/her team. this stance also becomes proper tional in nature, in the progress toward stages of growth and maturation to the defensive position. maturity; for example, the change of Physical Literacy: The mastering training stimulus. cartilage to bone in the skeleton. of fundamental movement skills and Rebound: A missed shot that reflects Travel: An illegal move in which the fundamental sport skills. off the backboard or rim and is caught Out-of-Bounds: The area outside pivot foot leaves the floor before the by a player. of and including the baselines Pivot: Occurs when a player rotates ball is released for a dribble. The pivot and sidelines. his/her body position, maintaining Set Shot: A shot which a player foot can be moved to shoot or pass, but balance with one foot in constant attempts from triple threat position. the ball must be released before the Pass: When a player in control of contact with the floor. pivot foot hits the ground again. the ball throws the ball to a teammate Scorer: The player who puts the ball for the purpose of controlling or Pivot Foot: The foot that remains through the rim on a shot. Triple Threat Position: The advancing the ball. There are three on the ground while pivoting. The first offensive ready position in which the types of passes that are ideal for young foot that contacts the ground when Shot: A throw at the basket in an player has control of the basketball children: chest, bounce and push. the player stops must be used as the attempt to score. and is in a position to shoot, pass, pivot foot. or dribble. Peak Height Velocity (PHV): The Shooter: A player who attempts maximum rate of growth in stature Practice Session: A designated to score on the opponent’s basket. Turnover: When the offense loses during growth spurt. The age of time for the players to work on skills, possession of the ball. maximum velocity of growth is called techniques and tactics in an effort Sidelines: The lines marking the the age at PHV. to improve. length of the court. Violation: When a player violates a rule, causing a stoppage in play Peak Strength Velocity (PSV): Push Pass: A pass where the ball Sportsmanship: Positive perfor- and resulting in the other team taking The maximum rate of increase in is pushed towards the receiver from mance, attitude and relations among possession of the ball through a strength during growth spurt. The age a triple threat position to the all participants. throw in. of maximum increase in strength is receiver’s target. Steal: When a defensive player legally called the age at PSV. Readiness: A child’s level of takes the ball away from an offensive growth, maturity, and development player in control of the ball. that enables him/her to perform tasks and meet demands through training and competition. STEVE NASH YOUTH BASKETBALL PARENTS GUIDE 40/41 CANADA BASKETBALL AND PROVINCIAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION CONTACTS

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