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Basketball · Level 8: Expert · Sub-level 8.1

Coaching Philosophy

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 23 October 2026 · markdown

Why we coach, player-centred coaching, winning and development, talking to players, fair play, coaching styles, team culture, great coaches, famous coaching ideas and building your own philosophy.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Why we coachTake a test

  1. Values guide every later decision.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. A philosophy on paper can be checked against real choices.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. Coaching exists for the people being coached.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. In hard moments the answer is already decided.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Stated values set the standard for behaviour.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  6. A youth team and a pro team need different things.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. Players follow what a coach does, not only what is said.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. Think, write, share, then review.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. Coaching courses put the athlete first and results last.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. A philosophy grows with experience.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 2Player-centred coachingTake a test

  1. Growth and well-being lead the choices.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. Answering builds understanding and decision-making.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. A say in decisions builds ownership.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. Players work harder for goals they helped choose.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. The whole person matters, not only the athlete.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  6. Understanding the purpose improves effort and transfer to games.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. Shared choice builds ownership while the coach keeps the plan.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. Play, ask, then play again.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. Discuss, agree, plan, check.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. Reflection turns a loss into learning.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 3Winning and developmentTake a test

  1. What wins at 12 is not always what builds a player for 20.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. Development needs real game experience.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. Easy steals hide poor half-court skills on both sides.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. The scoreboard is one measure, not the main one.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Pro teams are judged on results.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  6. Kept under the basket, they miss ball-handling and shooting.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. Tactics that win now may not build players.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. The older and higher the level, the more results count.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. Plan, tell, keep to it, review.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. Number 9 played about a fifth of what the others did.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 4Talking to playersTake a test

  1. A clear target makes the next try better.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. The correction is wrapped in positives.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. One clear focus is easier to fix.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. A private talk keeps trust and dignity.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Feedback works best while the moment is fresh.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  6. Listening tells the coach what has really been learned.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. It names exactly what to do differently.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. Stop, name, show, check.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. Vague, then specific, then specific with a model.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. It names what went wrong in the shot.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 5Fair play and ethicsTake a test

  1. Respect for rules and opponents comes with the will to win.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. Players learn sportsmanship by watching.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. Deceiving officials breaks the spirit of the game.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. No game is worth a player's health.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Young players imitate the adults around them.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  6. Coaches are responsible for a safe team.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. Winning that way is not winning fairly.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. Calm, ask, accept, move on.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. Respect, then restraint, then abuse.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. Win or lose, the handshake shows respect.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 6Coaching stylesTake a test

  1. All instructions come from the coach.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. The coach sets problems and asks questions.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. Quick, clear orders fit moments with no time to discuss.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. Teaching, games and time-outs ask for different approaches.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Players are left largely to themselves.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  6. Fear drives many children out of sport.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. Players solve the problem with the coach's questions.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. From command to discovery.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. Less time means more direct instructions.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. A question leads the player to the answer.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 7Team cultureTake a test

  1. Culture is how a team behaves when nobody is watching.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. Early standards become the team's normal.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. Standards stick when players own them.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. If rules bend for some, others stop believing in them.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Shared routines bind a group together.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  6. What gets praised gets repeated.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. One standard for all protects the culture.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. Agree, practise, hold, review.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. The strongest culture is enforced by the players.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. Peers holding peers to account is the strongest sign.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Test 8Great coachesTake a test

  1. UCLA won ten titles from 1964 to 1975.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  2. Six with Chicago and five with the Lakers.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  3. His Celtics won in 1957 and every year from 1959 to 1966.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  4. He won nine, with five different clubs.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  5. Tennessee won from 1987 to 2008 under her.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  6. San Antonio won in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  7. The Duke coach led the national team for three Games.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  8. 1957, 1991, 1999, 2015.

    Source: General basketball reference · applied

  9. Eleven, nine, five.

    Source: General basketball reference · applied

  10. Golden State won four times in eight seasons.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

Test 9Famous coaching ideasTake a test

  1. As Phil Jackson's assistant he taught the triangle in Chicago and Los Angeles.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  2. Princeton beat bigger teams with cutting and passing.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  3. A stonecutter's hundred blows crack the rock, not the last one alone.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  4. He believed details decide games.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  5. His North Carolina teams spread the floor and kept the ball.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  6. It became a famous Celtics tradition.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

  7. Fundamentals done correctly add up over a season.

    Source: General basketball reference · applied

  8. 1957, 1964, 1991.

    Source: General basketball reference · applied

  9. 1891, the 1960s and 70s, the 2010s.

    Source: General basketball reference · applied

  10. His Pyramid of Success stacks personal qualities.

    Source: General basketball reference · recall

Test 10Building your own philosophyTake a test

  1. Many models give more to choose from.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  2. Reflection keeps a philosophy alive.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  3. A philosophy must suit the coach and the team.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  4. Players' needs come before a coach's habits.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  5. Notes reveal patterns over time.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  6. Film shows habits a coach does not notice live.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · recall

  7. Values stay; the weight on results rises.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  8. What, why, change, test.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  9. From reading to doing with support.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

  10. Tactics change; values do not.

    Source: FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy · applied

Sources

FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, FIBA Mini-Basketball and general coaching references; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIBA rules belong to the Rules category.

  • FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3, coaching philosophy80
  • General basketball reference20