Fundamentals in .each component of the game is critical to your development!
What stage of development are you in?
This tool-kit was modeled after Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s Long-term Athlete Development Plan (LTAD) in order to cover skill development at any level.
Athletes with disabilities pass through the same stages as able-bodied athletes presented below, but chronological ages and rates of progress may differ depending on the type and degree of disability.
(Source: No Accidental Champions, 2011, as cited in Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s Athlete Development Model Volume 1: LTAD Overview)
Our Tool-kit can be broken up into 7 stages:
Awareness and First Contact - Brand new to the sport
Active Start & Fundamentals - Learning the basics and enjoying the game
Learn to Train - Learning how to improve
Train to Train - Start measuring your improvement in the different aspects of the game
Train to Compete - Working with your team to be the best they can be
Train to Win - Playing at the highest level
Active for Life - You’re a baller. You just want to play.
Breakfast Club Training Principles:
Be focused on your own personal improvement and journey in your daily training.
Understand why you train. (What is your goal?)
What is your training environment?
How many times a week do you practice?
Where? With whom? Who guides your training?
What are the progressions of your training?
What are the step-by-step processes of your training routine?
What are your training barriers?
What are your training opportunities?
Train at home
Train with different teams
Train at different levels
Playing in different tournaments and events.
Tips and Tricks
Juggling builds hand-eye coordination in ways that improve reaction time, reflexes, spatial awareness, strategic thinking, and concentration.
Have a youtube channel for your country where you can share videos, drills, and other videos.
Set-up secondary communication channels for your country (Whatsapp, facebook, instagram, etc.)
Follow other teams, countries and players that you could learn from.