What are the year-by-year benchmarks as youth players develop?
I coached HS boys for a decade. At first at an inner-city school where players came in with developed athleticism but no skills. Then I coached at a suburban HS where players had more talent and experience and I didn’t have to focus as much on developing fundamentals.
Now, I’m coaching youth girls, currently 10U. From your experience, what should players be able to do at 8U, 10U, 12U and beyond if they are “on-track” to play HS ball? I don’t have a strong sense of where they should be. It’s like, I was able to teach my HS students to think critically and write different types of essays, but I don’t think I could’ve taught them how to read.
For example, when should they be able to do one-foot layups on their strong side and then later with their weak hand? Shoot 3s with form? Have awareness to pick-n-roll? Any random observations are helpful as I ramp up and play catch-up with 10U and prepare proactively to coach my younger daughter (currently 7U).