What is the best Youth Basketball offense to run?

I am coaching a youth basketball team of 10/11 year olds and am having a tough time getting them to run any type of offense. What would be the best type of youth basketball offense to run and how do i get these kids to pay attention long enough to teach it? As it stands they play basketball in a big mass on the court and they have no spacing. Please help!!!!What is the best Youth Basketball offense to run?
Running an effective youth basketball offense can be dificult at this age. You have to keep your plays simple and if you are having trouble keeping their attention then I would suggest that your plays are too complex for them at this time. Take a look at this page below for an easy youth basketball motion offense that you can run and there also several suggestions for practice drills that will help you implement the offense on game day. Good luck!



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Great question and happy to hear how much you care about teaching these young players the right way to play the game.



Obviously fundamentals are key towards the individual players development, proper technique etc..But you are not alone when it comes to trying to implement a set offense for 11 year olds as a team.



A very simple motion offense we give coaches like you advice on is fairly easy to run and teach. So the 5 players start out in their 5 spots (top key, Right and Left Wing and Right and Left corners) - the point guard passes to either wing and cuts towards the hoop - the player from the opposite wing replaces the passer and the movement occurs like that.



You can run simple - ball screens and down screens out of there and its a lot of back door cuts and movement (which kids like to do) - simple things for them to remember and run.



Shoot me an email on this and I will provide a video for you so you can understand the process a little better - dannym@innovativeathletes.com



Good Luck!