The Basketball Coaches' Complete Guide to Zone Offenses [Paperback]

John Kimble (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2007

Designed to help basketball coaches develop their entire zone offense package and impact the philosophy on successful methods of attacking zone defenses, the specific zone offenses utilized, alignments/sets that are used, plays and entries that are run, and drills that are used to improve players' skills and performance levels. Covers zone offense concepts, primary and secondary break and half-court situations, the baseline zone continuity offense, the diamond, the heavy and rotation, and the triple-post zone continuity offenses, as well as breakdown drills and the corners trap offense, and more. Contains 300 diagrams and illustrations.

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About the Author

John Kimble has 25 years of basketball coaching experience. Most recently, he served as the head basketball coach at Crestview High School (FL) for 10 years. During Kimble's tenure, the team averages almost 18 wins each season (excluding his first year at the helm). Kimble began his basketball coaching career as an assistant coach at Lexington High School (IL), where he amassed an overall 61-6 record. The varsity team won the conference, regional, sectional, and super-sectional state tournament championships. The following year he took the head coaching position at Deland-Weldon High School (IL) where the varsity accumulated a five-year record of 91-43. He then moved to Florida and worked at the community college level before moving to Crestview High School.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Coaches Choice; 4 edition (May 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585180009
• ISBN-13: 978-1585180004
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,294,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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