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A HIERARCHY OF ADVANCED SKILLS FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL These advanced drills and skills by Dr. John Tauer aim to provide the following for your basketball players: The hierarchy of advanced drills is suitable for advanced offensive skills since this is an excellent teaching progression. You’ll be able to identify the common mistakes youth players often make and those areas that can often be challenging to your youth basketball players. This is made possible by means of youth demonstrators in the video. Additionally, this video will prove insightful for you as a coach as you try to train your players because Dr. Tauer is well experienced having had a successful career as a player, coach, youth camp director, and a psychology professor. These drills build on the Individual Skills drills by Dr. Tauer. With these advanced drills, you will be able to train your youth basketball players to be on top of their game at different levels by means of a sequence or progression of offensive moves. The drills also focus on how players are quick to reach when they catch the ball. Some of the areas they cover include: Shots fake. Change-of-direction moves. Proper footwork on jab steps. Individual defense. The importance of changing speeds. How to be efficient with every move they make. How to create separation from defenders. The importance of using both hands for dribbling and shooting. You will be able to use the progression of offensive moves to implement off the ball movements such as ‘pass and screen away' and ‘pass, cut, and fill'. You will also be able to successfully teach your youth basketball players to read the defense by means of simple and effective drills. Other unique features of these advanced drills include: You will be able to watch demonstrations performed by youth players to help you understand the areas that might be challenging to your youth players as well as certain common mistakes they are prone to make. The progression of these drills increases in their complexity whining different skill areas. You will be able to use drills that focus on the individual needs of your youth players as well as the needs of the team. Due to Dr. Tauer's expertise in sports psychology, you’ll find these coaching and teaching points very helpful. In the video, Dr. Tauer highlights those areas that you need to watch as you train your youth players. These areas include: To help them easily create separation from the opposition’s defense. To ensure greater effectiveness with their moves. To also finish effectively across the basket. Additionally, Dr. Tauer highlights how coaches can use positive feedback to encourage their players. This way, the players will be able to achieve greater results. He also explains how you can make these drills both challenging and competitive while training your youth players. Lastly, you will be able to train your youth players by incorporating several basic skills into each of the drills. This way, your youth players will be able to build different skills sets at once.

Basketball Culture Versatility and Adaptability: Keys to Sustainable Excellence There is more to winning than just having great players who excel at basketball skills. Dr. John Tauer, the head basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas, understands that it takes great teammates and great character to win championships. Tauer, who is also a psychology professor, has won two Division III national championships at St. Thomas and while he has had some great players, he believes it has been the versatility and adaptability of his players that have contributed to a winning culture. In this 85-minute basketball culture video, Tauer discusses how he developed a culture of winning at St. Thomas. He also dives into some of the practice drills that he uses on a daily basis. These drills emphasize some of the most basic skills – passing, catching, and defense for example – that are fundamental to the game of basketball. Developing Basketball Culture and Fundamentals In his program, Coach Tauer has three goals and they have little to do with basketball directly. He reveals each goal and explains how these help to develop a winning culture. Dr. Tauer talks about what it means to be great and how players that cultivate a vision of excellence can grow within the program. Growing players and their mindsets helps each individually and, as a result, the program as a whole. Practice Drills Coach Tauer reviews six drills that his teams use daily to work on the skills that are fundamental to the game. Some athletes may have greater skill sets than others, but none can achieve at a high level if they cannot pass and catch the basketball. You will see some unique methods for teaching basic skills like Coach Tauer’s 3-on-3 1/2/0 Dribble Offense Drill. The drill will help get players in an attacking mindset and teach them how to take advantage of a defense. The drill is also a great way to encourage team chemistry as the offense creates scoring opportunities for everyone on the floor. Coach Tauer takes things a bit deeper bringing an understanding to the game that goes well beyond the court. Players have to understand the “why” behind what they do. If they do not, they may never reach their full potential as both a basketball player and as a person. Applying what Dr. Tauer teaches in this video will help your players understand what it means to be an athlete of great character, a great teammate, and a champion. Building such a culture can help you build a program that can achieve and maintain success. Rent this basketball culture DVD today.

A HIERARCHY OF INDIVIDUAL SKILLS FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL Dr. Tauer for over 16 years, has worked with thousands of youth basketball players by means of his own directed summer basketball camp programs. Over the years, he has developed a series of drills based on hierarchy and progression that has been tested and proven to be very effective in training youth basketball players. These skill progressions challenge the players to become better and to play at the highest level in their career. It also rewards them since as they complete these drills, they improve their skill set and become better basketball players. The individual skills by Dr. Tauer are designed to be rewarding, competitive and at the same time, fun for the youth basketball players. It is no doubt a great resource for both coaches and parents. Additionally, this progression-based skills instruction is an age-appropriate one as it focusses on youth basketball players. The drills focus on the individual skills of the youth basketball players in your team which is fundamental to basketball. These include: Ball-handling. Other unique features of the video by Dr. Tauer include: Tauer's expertise in sports psychology makes it so easy for him to blend both coaching and teaching points in this video. You and your players will be able to watch live clips of youth basketball players and you will be able to discover the areas your players might find challenging as well as those common mistakes youth basketball players often make. Every major skill areas are worked on by means of a teaching progression that uses a hierarchy of drills. These drills increase gradually in difficulty and complexity as the players become better with each drill. You will also be able to incorporate or tailor these drills to meet the individual needs of the youth basketball players in your team as well as the needs of the team. Throughout the video, Dr. Tauer explains how you as a coach can make these drills both competitive and challenging for your youth basketball players. He also provides valuable coaching tips on how to give positive feedback to your youth basketball players to encourage them to do better and become successful at every level. This video is one of the most insightful videos that can be found anywhere. Dr. Tauer has a lot of experience when it comes to basketball. He not only was a successful basketball player but is a great basketball coach. He also has been able to work with thousands of players in his youth programs.

John Tauer: Building a Championship Culture A winning basketball program is so much more than fundamental basketball skills and strategies. Too often, coaches focus upon these much more than developing a winning culture. In this video, you will hear from Dr. John Tauer, head basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas, who shares his philosophy of building a championship program. It’s something he knows a lot about having played in, been an assistant coach, and been a head coach in the NCAA Division III Final Four. Coach Tauer discusses philosophy, universal offensive principles, and practice drills that can improve any team no matter the style of play. Coach Tauer is also a psychology professor and brings a very unique approach to building a championship program. Managing Team Culture Developing a winning culture is an intentional process that must be a focus of each and every day. Coach Tauer explains a number of different strategies that he uses to develop a team-first attitude. Learn how Coach Tauer gets players to motivate themselves to be great See ideas for expanding your program’s goals beyond numbers to include things such as being a great person and striving for excellence Learn Tauer’s acronym I.N.C.H.E.S. and how these principles help your program grow Learn how Tauer defines the DNA of his team’s culture Discuss three critical concepts for how to make your players feel connected to the team Principles of Offense Coach Tauer applies several principles of team culture into offensive play. You will learn how to establish non-negotiables as Tauer does. The same goes for emphasizing certain statistics and teaching players about good and bad shot selection. You will see eight offensive concepts that Tauer uses to improve offensive performance. They can be used to improve your offense regardless of the type of offense you run. Practice Drills for Offense To teach the offense and establish a mindset, Coach Tauer demonstrates five 4-on-4 drills you can use in practice. The great thing about these drills is that they can be adjusted to reinforce whatever offensive principle you want. Watch as Coach Tauer challenges players in practice using a unique teaching strategy. Build your own program and winning tradition with the help of one of the best. Coach Tauer’s motivational secrets and offensive philosophy can help you develop a culture of winning.