THE PLAYERS
This will depend on the number available and the maximum number allowed in each case. However, if we are talking about young players, the coach should bear in mind the following:
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Anyone interested should be allowed to play; if necessary, two or more teams can be formed so that everyone has a chance;
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There should be enough players per team to allow the activities to be carried out in the right conditions, but not so many as to make if difficult for all the players to participate;
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The level of all the players on one team should be similar. This is much more beneficial for all the players than including players of different levels on one team;
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If possible, mini-basketball teams (and sometimes teams made up of 13/14-year olds) should be made up of players who already share other activities (for example, children from the same class who usually play together, etc.).
THE PLAYERS OBLIGATIONS
Coaches should think about their players obligations and ultimately decide which ones they consider most important. During which months is the activity carried out? How many days a week will the tram train? How many games will be played? Will the players have to travel? and so forth.
These are key considerations because in many cases, the players obligations are not made sufficiently clear or the coach establishes obligations that all or some of the players are not willing to fulfill. Sooner or later this will create a serious problem that will affect the way the team works.
The coach should establish obligations suitable to the team they are training rather than others that may perhaps be more appropriate for another type of team but not theirs.
The conditions of the commitment should be reasonable, based on the players age and other characteristics, but the most important thing is that, to a greater or lesser degree, the athlete makes a commitment and fulfills it. For this reason, it is not appropriate to organize a team in which the players will train or play only when they feel like it or when they have nothing better to do. Neither should unrealistic obligations be established that cannot be met.
In many cases, it would be a good idea for the coach to talk with the players, involving them in the decisions to be made concerning the obligations they are to accept. If the coach and the players decide on this together, the players will feel more committed.
However, it is true that the coach will establish minimum obligations that they consider essential, especially with teams made up of 13/14- year olds and even more so with 15/18 year-olds. If, for example, coach feels that the team should train at least three days a week and if coach considers this feasible, coach should propose this to the players and, as the case may be, to their parents, explaining their purpose ing that the players commit themselves to training on the days specififed.