Lee Taft est un des coachs américains les plus renommés dans le domaine du développement athlétique des sportifs. J'ai voulu vous proposer une interview de Lee afin de vous faire découvrir sa vision de l'entraînement et du développement des joueurs de basket-ball.
L'interview est en anglais. La traduction sera proposée dans les prochains jours.
SF: Hello Lee, can you introduce yourself and tell
a little bit about your background?
LT: Hi
Stevy ! Thanks for having me be apart of your Basketball Program. Let me
start out by introducing my family. My wife Jenn of 20 years, My daughter
Jae-16, Bailee-14, and son Brennen-6. They are just a crazy about sports as i
am !
I have been involved with coching for roughly
25 years as a sport coach (basketball, football, track...) and a strength and
conditioning coach. I grew up in a family of coaches and teacher and had such a
strong foundation of the basics in coaching it was so much easier for me to
enter into the profession. I own a complany called Sports Speed Etc with my
wife Jenn. I have lectured, owned
facilities, and produced many training DVD’s over the years. But my true
passion is coaching basketball. I currenly have a girls travel basketball club
call the Iniana Charge. We have a 7th-9th, and 10th/11th grade teams. Lots of
work but I enjoy it all so much !
SF: You are a worldwide specialist in
movement/athletic development for athletes. What are the main movements you try
to improve on athletes, especially in Basketball? In what order do you usually
start?
LT: I try to get my basketball players to
understand the importance of a strong balanced stance. This stance must be
consistent regardless of if shuffling, crossing over, or retreating. By having
a good athletic stance the athletes can easily and quickly apply force in any
direction by using repositioning steps to quickly produce force into the ground
and push the body in the direction of travel they wish to go. I call it
“Staying in the Tunnel”.
I try to teach the athletes how to be
prepared to react in any situation. I like them to move in any direction the
instant they have to react. I like to use visual cues like me pointing or
dropping a tennis ball for them to chase. I also like to call out commands like
right or left, or color. From these movements I get to assess and begin
focusing on their limitations. So the drills are actually on going assessments.
SF: I know you like letting the natural movement
occurs in athlete. Can you explain us this idea?
LT: Yes! Long before there were trainer’s
people in general moved naturally. They react to a situation and move
accordingly. My entire philosophy is based on this concept. I try to put
athletes in positions where their natural instincts to chase and escape take
over. Basketball is a perfect example of this concept. When an athlete reacts it immediately knows
to fight or flight. The movements used with allow the athletes to quickly move
into “combat” or away from it.
SF: What are the main problems you usually observe
in young athletes? How do you correct bad movements?
LT: The biggest issues I see with young
kids are very little foundational skills are established. What this means is-
if kids do not learn to develop general coordination patterns such as skipping,
leaping, hopping, backpedaling, multi-planar jumping, and so on…they never are
able to master more advanced or specific skills. The foundation of movement is
critical. I think all kids should learn to jump rope, skate board, skate,
hurdle, gymnastics… these skills teach balance, quickness, coordination, body
awareness. More advanced skills are easier to perform due to this foundation.
SF: According
to you, what are the priorities for the development of young basketball
players?
LT: When first starting out with young kids they must be able to catch and dribble. They are hand-eye coordination and will contribut to tracking skills. When a player tracks the ball well they can catch easily and dribbling will eventually become automatic. I beleive shooting, passing develops with kinesthetic awareness and understanding of depth, pace, leading, touch... Kids will develop these skills with lots of practice and experience. Experience will tell them how to make adjustments. Finally, i feel kids should play 2on2 and 3on3 games. They learn to penetrate and kick, work together, screen for one another. Get to open spots, and attack the basket.
SF: What do you think about young basketball player
development in the USA
compared to Europe?
LT: USA plays too much ! We do not put enough time into skill development and practice versus playing time. Playing is important but our playing is too structured and geared more toward winning trophies versus scrimmage to get better. Many kids who play AAU do not get much better becasue they don’t ever practice. I think more time could be spent on watching the game and breaking down tactics. I don’t think many of our players ‘see’ the game real well. Film study on tactical play would benefit us much more.
SF: As a coach,
what is your playing philosophy for youth teams?
LT: Teach, teach, teach !! Young kids do not need to be playing structured game nearly as much as they do. More 2on2, 3on3 and breakdown skills is needed. I do think kids need to play so they have fun and get to compete- but there are travel teams at 8yrs old going all over the country playing big tourneys. They should be learning how to play more.
I
don’t beleive in zone or full court pressing for young kids. Simply because the
stronger kids survive not neccessarily because they are better- they are just
bigger and faster. Young kids can’t make the correct pass due to strength to be
zones, and presses so it ends up being all turnovers and bad play.
Teach
man to man, motion offensives so they learn to pass and cut, pass and screen,
penetrate, help on devensive. The basics of basketball should be the focus when
young to protect the game.
SF: During
youth training, do you mainly use individual technical drills, small sided
games (1-on-1, 2-on-2, 3-on-3), or 5-on-5 games?
LT: I use them all. But there is a teaching point for all the drills. I dont do random drills. Each drill has a purpose and I try to teach why we are doing something to the players. 1on1 up through 5on5 all have good reason to be used. Coaches just have to know why.
SF: Do you
think it is important to start playing basketball at a young age to become a
professional player? What is the ideal age?
LT: I think it helps but I don’t think it is always the case. The more skills a young player develops the easier it is as they get older. If coached/taught properly basketball teaches so many great skills and developmental patterns. That is why I think only playing 5on5 is not good when developing. Small sided games and skills development will set a great foundation for future growth. Being a professional player starts with a skills foundation (unless you are 6’8 and can dunk easily;) haha!
SF: Thanks a
lot for your answers. Do you have anything else to add?
LT: Basketball is a great game for all kids to learn- even if they do not choose to play it competitively. Athletes can learn and develop so many great skills. They most important thing to do with young kids is to help them build the love of the game so they want to work hard at it as they get older. If it is made to difficult and hard at a young age many kids drop out- make it fun and they will stay with it.
Please
check out www.LeeTaft.com so you can see my DVD’s
on basketball training and much more !
Thanks Stevy !
Lee
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