Basketball: Steps to Success - 2nd Edition (Steps to Success Sports Series) [Paperback]

Hal Wissel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 26, 2004 | Series: Steps to Success Sports Series

Master all the important skills of basketball and take your game to the next level. Basketball, Second Edition: Steps to Success provides in-depth, progressive instruction in techniques and tactics, including detailed tutoring on shooting and 111 drills featuring a scoring system to gauge your progress.

As you build your skill base, you'll learn how to make all the right moves in game situations, whether it's executing the correct footwork when defending screens or making the right pass for a winning basket. Highly regarded coach, teacher, and clinician Hal Wissel will help you execute each technique proficiently and consistently on the court.

Improve your game. Basketball, Second Edition: Steps to Success will help you develop the total package of tools to achieve your goals on the court.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hal Wissel is an astute basketball architect. This book will help players improve and will enable coaches to teach the game better."
Jack Ramsay, PhD
ESPN basketball analyst
Basketball Hall of Fame
"Hal Wissel demonstrates to the world why he is recognized as one of America's top-rated basketball clinicians. A must-read for players and coaches at all levels of play."
Hubie Brown
ABC basketball analyst
Basketball Hall of Fame

Review

“Hal Wissel is an astute basketball architect. This book will help players improve and will enable coaches to teach the game better.”

Jack Ramsay, PhD
ESPN basketball analyst
Basketball Hall of Fame

“Hal Wissel demonstrates to the world why he is recognized as one of America's top-rated basketball clinicians.... A must-read for players and coaches at all levels of play.”

Hubie Brown
ABC basketball analyst
Basketball Hall of Fame

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 2 edition (August 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736055002
• ISBN-13: 978-0736055000
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Hal Wissel has a wealth of experience in the National Basketball Association as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, and New Jersey Nets. Hal was also director of player personnel with the Nets and scout and special assignment coach with the Milwaukee Bucks.

As a collegiate head coach, Wissel compiled more than 300 wins. He turned losing programs at Trenton State College and Lafayette College into conference and division champions respectively. Wissel led Florida Southern College to four straight trips to the NCAA Division II tournament and three straight trips to the Division II final four ('80, '81, and '82), winning the Division II national championship in 1981. Wissel coached Fordham University into the 1972 NIT Tournament and also coached the Dominican Republic national team in 1975.

Wissel founded Basketball World and CoachWissel.com, instructional ventures featuring basketball camps, clinics, books, and DVDs. Basketball World's highly successful Shoot It Better Mini Camps are conducted worldwide for players from youth level to NBA and WNBA level.

Wissel received a bachelor's degree from Springfield College, a master's degree from Indiana University, and a doctorate in physical education from Springfield College. Wissel's best-selling book Basketball: Steps to Success has been translated into eleven languages. Wissel is also the author of Becoming a Basketball Player: Individual Drills, which has been made into a DVD. Wissel has also produced five basketball shooting DVDs.

Wissel's honors include being named Coach & Athlete magazine's Eastern Coach of the Year in 1972; Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year ('79, '80, and '81); and Division II National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1980. Wissel has been inducted into the Florida Southern College Athletic Hall of Fame, the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame, and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.

Hal and his wife, Trudy, reside in Suffield, Connecticut, and have five grown children and one granddaughter.