Designed for students to learn the basic skills required to teach or coach basketball. Emphasis is placed on analyzing fundamentals, gaining knowledge of offensive and defensive strategy and becoming familiar with the responsibilities of a basketball program.
Quarters Offered
Winter
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Develop a basketball program.
- Define the various roles of a coach.
- Design a functional offseason/in season conditioning program.
- Describe and explain the components of a successful defense.
- Develop successful offensive strategies.
Course Content Outline
- Designing a Conditioning Program
- Skill Development of the Athlete
- Defensive Systems
- Offensive Systems
- Principles of a Team
- Implementing a Program
Department Guidelines
PO5 should be assessed: Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources.