Introduction
To equip and empower the world’s next generation of developmental basketball coaches, FirstCoach.In is organizing a unique global training network. FirstCoach.In connects corporations, non-profit organizations, sports academies, schools, and individuals as partners in a vision to train coaches to serve children well. Using USA Basketball’s online resources combined with 3Dimensional Coaching’s principles, FirstCoach.In trains coaches through mentoring, on-site demonstrations, consulting, and Zoomed instruction.
Global Services Provided
Coach Michael Fariss, with local and international leaders, established FirstCoach.In as a non-profit organization to provide mini-basketball coaching expertise for the following entities:
Basketball Camps.
FirstCoach.In consults camp directors on how to teach the skill progressions of the USA Basketball Player Development Curriculum. The camps conduct skill assessments and provide the appropriate drills in eight skill categories of four advancing levels.
FirstCoach.In provides transferable camp curriculum so leaders become equipped to replicate the camps at different times and locations.
Basketball Academies.
FirstCoach.In equips international basketball academies to train coaches to strategically introduce sports with quality age-appropriate instruction and equipment. Players receive, from these coaches, a scheduled and monitored balance of fixed and variable practices. Motivation comes from playing in positive systems, which value developmental progress over win-loss records or trophies. Coaches learn to reinforce good effort, skill mastery, reached potential and character. Players learn to master skills correctly from the start, which develops the most effective muscle-memory and habits.
FirstCoach.In equips basketball academy coaches to give parents information for making wise decisions about sports developmental processes. Before enrollment, parents know the coaches’ teaching philosophies, what instruction their children will get and the costs. Also, parents receive expected short- and long-range training goals with timelines for measuring results.
At the basketball academies, FirstCoach.In provides rookie coaches opportunities to gain valuable and reputable coaching experience in mentored apprenticeships. When athletes complete their playing careers, FirstCoach.In offers paths to gain and showcase marketable coaching knowledge and abilities. Apprentice coaches may earn college credit if they are willing and able to enroll in one of the universities partnering with FirstCoach.In.
To accommodate families and/or organizations’ sports preferences, FirstCoach.In equips sports academies to offer club teams with these two season-length options: continual and interval. Continual club teams train and compete for 10 months a year, usually having athletes who specialize in one sport. Designed for multi-sport athletes, interval club teams train and compete for five months of the year, which includes some summer practices and games.
FirstCoach.In consultants introduce action steps that support academic achievement and build schools’ sports programs. They show schools how to implement systematic basketball-training strategies that attract family support. FirstCoach.In advises schools as they help parents and children decide strategically what sports to play, how much to specialize, how many seasons a year to play, and how to develop advanced skills for high-level competition. Players receive extra sports training in addition to participation in school and club sports. FirstCoach.In consultants refer international coaches and athletes who may benefit from coming to the States for education and/or experiences with professional sports, schools and charitable organizations.
Charitable Organizations.
FirstCoach.In provides charitable organizations with basketball coaching expertise for their community development and youth outreaches.
Former Players’ Career Development.
FirstCoach.In trains former basketball players for international coaching careers, matching them with coaching positions in overseas programs. FirstCoach.In maintains a job board on its website.