Youth basketball is all about simple, fun drills. Whether it's basketball shooting drills, passing drills, or dribbling drills for kids, it's all about them not even realizing how much they're learning about ball handling skills, shooting form, or even basketball positions and rules. The trick for coaches is to leverage what kids already know and build on their knowledge with simple coaching tips.

This video features fun basketball drills for kids, perfect for 8 year olds. They're great basketball drills for beginners!

Here are the youth basketball drills in order:
:06 Team Tag
1:30 Mascot Tag
3:00 Snake
4:12 Island Hopping
5:33 Gates Dribbling
6:38 Spelling Bee
8:10 The Floor Is Lava
9:26 Globetrotters
10:30 Hit the Cone
11:37 Ducktails
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