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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you said your son felt behind in basketball.  The main reason that kids your son's age usually feel that is that they can't dribble well.  Next is that they can't catch a hard pass (it will squirt through their hands).

Most people don't realize how quickly kids can learn to dribble well enough to play.  If your kid wants to try it, you can google some dribbling drills and they can work on them in the driveway or at the park.  My kid walked a half mile to school when he was in elementary, and he dribbled a ball on the way there and back for a coupe of years.  The key thing is to learn to dribble with both hands while looking up.  If you want to speed up the process, buy some of those plastic goggles that block the bottom of the kid's field of vision -- then they won't be able to sneak looks at the ball.  Once kids can dribble, you can work on them using their off hand to protect the ball. Get a foam bat and try to knock the ball away while they are dribbling -- they can use the off hand to deflect the bat.  Move from dribbling stationary to walking then to running.  Have them learn to retreat dribble and work on pounding the ball really hard for part of their practice (makes ball harder to steal).

For shooting, your kid can learn basic mechanics (which will put them ahead of 95% of elementary kids) from YouTube.  Google the "swish method" and follow it.  Also -- when practicing shooting, your kid should be making 70-80% of their shots.  If they aren't, they are too far out and they are making themselves worse or at best wasting time.

HTH.[/quote]

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