Resources

Coaches Guide & Curriculum

Download our Coaches Guide & Curriculum. It has everything you need to understand the player development milestones we are striving to meet by age and stage for our players. It’s also full of coaching best practice tips.

Download the Coaches Guide & Curriculum

Practice Games and Drills

Access our comprehensive 2026-27 Practice Games and Drills Library to help you develop your players and make running practices easier. It is segmented by age, skills, and phases of the game.

Access the Practice Games & Drills Library

Access our drills portal to find the right drill for the age, stage, and level of your team. From shooting to defense, and spacing to warm-ups, we’ve got you covered.

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2026-27 OBA & EOBA Resources

  • OBA Rules & Regulations, 2026-27 | A comprehensive guide that includes registration deadlines, NCCP coaching certification requirements, athlete transfer policies, Ontario Basketball Championships details, gameplay rules, age-specific rules, conduct standards, and much more.
  • EOBA Pre-Season Meeting Slides | The accompanying slides for the pre-season coaches meeting. Includes OVBABO refereeing information, EOBA discipline committee information, important notes for the 2026-27 season, inclement weather policy, and game conflict form information.
  • OVBABO 2026 Rule Changes and POEs | This document provides an overview of the rule changes OVBABO referees will be observing this season and the points of emphasis that they have been instructed to manage.

Coach Mentor Resources

Our competitive Coach Mentors play an essential role in developing coaches in all stages of their coaching journey. Our Coach Mentors have decades of experience in all coaching situations. The following resources are designed to assist our Coach Mentors in supporting the coaching staffs they help develop.

  • 2026-27 Coach Mentor Guide | A comprehensive guide that includes coach mentor objectives, areas of focus, our coaching development philosophy, and other important information.
  • Coach Development Assessment Templates | This document helps guide our Coach Mentors on the types of coaching behaviours we value most and includes a short assessment form to share with your coaches at the beginning, middle, and end of season.

Team Management Guides

  • Getting Started with the Season (2026-27) | A comprehensive guide to getting started with your season, from submitting your roster, to organizing a parent meeting, to running your first practices.
  • Team Manager Role | An overview of the roles and responsibilities of a Team Manager. Also includes a link to an Annual Budget Template.
  • Hudl | Hudl is our video and statistics platform used by our older competitive teams for player development and game scouting. This document provides a comprehensive guide to how to get started and use Hudl.
  • Which League is Right for our Team | A comparison document to help you evaluate if playing in the EOBA and/or OBL is right for your team.

Planning Templates

  • Annual Planning Template | Canada Basketball’s template for comprehensive annual planning, including skills and systems development, rest and recovery, and off-court training.
  • Practice Plan Template | Provides a head start on practice planning, based on guidance from Canada Basketball and the National Coaching Certification Program
  • Player Development Questionnaire | Use this questionnaire to get to know your players better and as the basis for your beginning of season player development discussion with each player.

Podcasts

  • A Quick Timeout | Hosted by Tony Miller, Assistant Coach for Bob Jones University MBB. This podcast focuses mostly on systems and player development.
  • Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast | Hosted by Canada Basketball’s Mike McKay. Mike is renowned as one of the best coach and player development experts in the world. This podcast features Mike sharing his outstanding thoughts on player and culture development, and interviewing Canada’s top coaches. This is one of our favourites!
  • Coach Unplugged | This podcast, hosted by high school coach Steve Collins, features coaches calling in for discussions that are mostly focused on X’s and O’s, as well as practice planning and game management. It’s focused on middle school and high school coaches and teams.
  • Coaching U Podcast | Hosted by Brendan Suhr, a longtime NBA Assistant Coach, this is another of our favourites because of Coach Suhr’s experience and the quality of his guests.
  • Culture Builders | A fantastic podcast focused on leadership and culture development. Podcasts are SHORT (2-3 minutes typically).
  • Hardwood Hustle | Co-hosted by TJ Rosene from PGC Basketball (and a 3 time US National Coach of the Year at Emmanuel College), this is another great podcast focused on a mix of leadership, culture building, and tactics.
  • The Basketball Podcast | Hosted by Chris Oliver, guests include NBA assistant coaches, NCAA coaches, and player development experts. Oliver is the former Head Coach at the University of Windsor and Queens. He’s the founder of Basketball Immersion, a website and camp devoted to Oliver’s approach to decision-based training which focuses on mimicking game conditions in practice.
  • The Hours | Hosted by Tyler Coston and Mark Cascio of SAVI Coaching. An excellent podcast with a focus on both technical/tactical and leadership development.

Coaching Websites

  • Basketball Immersion | Chris Oliver’s website (see The Basketball Podcast above) offers loads of videos, how-to guides, and practice plans.
  • PGC Basketball | One of the best coach and player development sites. A good mix of X’s and O’s as well as insights on leadership and how to think the game.
  • Positive Coaching Alliance | PCA is a US non-profit organization with the mission of creating a positive, character-building youth sports environment.
  • Right Way Basketball | This Ottawa-based organization offers player, coach and team training resources, camps, and clinics.
  • The Wooden Effect | Coach John Wooden’s lessons on teaching, coaching, and character development are timeless.

Videos

  • Bethel Basketball | A treasure trove of practice drills and actions from Coach Doug Novak and the Bethel mens basketball team.
  • Dribble Drive Motion Offense | The founder of the DDMO, Vance Wahlberg, conducts a coaching clinic on the basics of this offense, which teaches players how to think the game, space the floor, and move the ball effectively.

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