Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, Revised Printing [Paperback]

Dean Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 1998

This book contains the secrets, strategies, and techniques that produced the greatest winning tradition in college basketball and will produce results and successes for coaches and players at all levels. This book is a brilliant distillation of the game. The reader will learn the thoughts, insights, techniques, and strategies that guided the University of North Carolina to victory after victory over a span of thirty years. This book is timeless, tested, and proven to be the playbook of a winning coach.

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This book contains the coaching blueprint and philosophy of the man who won more college-level games than any other basketball coach in history!

* Contains analytical and innovative coaching strategies
* Includes Bob Spear's special section on the Shuffle Offense
* Includes new, updated photos
This book contains the secrets, strategies, and techniques that produced the greatest winning tradition in college basketball and will produce results and successes for coaches and players at all levels. This book is a brilliant distillation of the game. The reader will learn the thoughts, insights, techniques, and strategies that guided the University of North Carolina to victory after victory over a span of thirty years. This book is timeless, tested, and proven to be the playbook of a winning coach.

Dean Smith led the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina to 879 wins over 30 years of coaching.

About the Author

Dean Smith led the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina to 879 wins over 30 years of coaching.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings; 1 edition (December 18, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205291198
• ISBN-13: 978-0205291199
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 9.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is My Bible, December 18, 2000

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This review is from: Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, Revised Printing (Paperback)

I coach a high school team and this book has become my bible. Everything contained within this book is helpful. The sections on Man to man pressure defense is excellent. We have adopted the Shuffle Offense for our half court offense this season. Whenever I have some free time I read and re-read this book and everytime I pick up something new. This is a must have for the serious basketball coach.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, July 2, 2001

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George Rose "Gergy" (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, Revised Printing (Paperback)

This book is a must for all coaches. It explains the Carolina system. Which history has proven has been a good system. The book explains alot. It answers questions that you have not even thought of yet. The special section by Bob Spear of the Air Force Academy was wonderful. It explained the shuffle offense to perfection. If you are a coach and looking for an offense to run, read this section on the shuffle. You will like this offense and all the variations that are well explained in this section. The one thing that could be explained more is the famed Carolina 4 corners. They could have discussed it more, and given more examples of how it works. That is the only negative of the book. The motion offense and it's rules are explained in great detail. If you are looking for a zone offense, take a look at the triple post offense. The different defenses are explained very well. Smith's famous run and jump defenses are diagrammed and explained in great detail, along with their other defenses This book shows you how you can set up your style for your team. I am constantly referring back to this book during the season.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is it!, March 11, 2004

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Eliseo Thorrens (Deerfield, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, Revised Printing (Paperback)

I have been thoroughly impressed with this book. I coach my daughter's junior high team and had spent countless hours on the Internet looking for the perfect site to give me coaching insite. Since this book arrived in the mail, I have not been to any other resource. This book intuitively guides you on how to reach kids of all ages. The emphasis placed on an unselfish brand of basketball will tell you everything you need to know about why this man was so successful coaching college basketball. Each chapter is a valuable lesson on the game with the first half dedicated to offense and the latter portion to defense. Each section has a "how to teach" and "how to drill" every concept covered. He also explains what will be easy to pick up and what will be difficult to master for kids at all levels. His knowledge comes not only from coaching the great Tar Heel teams but from running annual camps geared towards teaching kids 10 and up. I wish he was still holding these camps because I would want my daughter or son to experience his instruction. If you're about to take on the challenge of coaching junior high basketball (boys or girls), do yourself a favor, read and re-read this book; it will give you confidence you're doing things the right way. It is excellently written by the legend himself.