YOUTH BASKETBALL GUIDELINES

The NBA and USA Basketball have partnered to develop guidelines designed to promote a positive and healthy youth basketball experience. These guidelines can be found at this site:
https://youthguidelines.nba.com

The USA Basketball Development Model was created to help guide players, coaches, parents and administrators through the sport. The model includes many types of initiatives, tools, resources and offerings, all of which focus on the health and well-being of young people to enhance enjoyment, participation and development in the game.

https://www.usab.com/youth/development/youth-development-guidebook.aspx

The Positive Coaching Alliance mission is to transform the youth sports culture into a Development Zone® where all youth and high school athletes have a positive, character-building experience that results in better athletes better people.  .

http://positivecoach.org/mission-history/

Sports Lingo, a website dedicated to serving as a dictionary for common sports slang. Our basketball glossary -- with over 200 definitions for basketball terms, plus up-to-date sports articles --is a great reference for young players, coaches, and parents: https://www.sportslingo.com/basketball-lingo-glossary/