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The Coaches Playbook

The full coaches playbook and manual for coaching Upward Basketball provided by the national office.

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BECOME A COACH

Volunteering your time as an Upward Basketball coach is truly a rewarding experience. While basketball knowledge is important, it's not everything. If you're interested in becoming a coach, please get in touch.

STARTING LINEUPS

Each week, your starting line-up will be generated by the league commissioner and uploaded here.

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HOW TO SET YOUR ROTATIONS

One of the most challenging parts of being a coach at Upward is understanding the wrist-band system and also how to set your game-day rotations. Download the Rotation Training below to better understand how.

2024 Season Training

Our Sunday 12/3/2023 and Monday 12/4/2023 training sessions were a success. Here's the training manual.

STAR TRACKER

Every game, coaches distribute different color stars to each of their players. This post-game ritual is one of the main core values that sets Upward apart. You can track your stars by using the form below.

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LEARN THE RULES

Upward Basketball is unique in that we play by a set of rules that allows skilled players to be challenged while also creating an environment for our new players to learn the game. 

DEVOTIONS

Each practice, our coaches spend a designated half-time period in a group huddle with their team and focus on a message provided to us by the Upward national office, called a devotion. Devotions typically touch on a moral topic and utilize a story from the bible to help illustrate the message.

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VOLUNTEERS

Our referees at Upward are all volunteers. We also work with a network of parents and students that help create a positive game day experience for every player.

PLAYER RANKINGS

COACHES PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PLAYER RANKINGS HERE

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