Coaching Basketball Successfully 2nd Edition (Coaching Successfully Series) [Paperback]

Morgan Wootten (Author)

Book Description

Series: Coaching Successfully Series | Publication Date: August 8, 2003

Post more victories this season and every season with advice from high school basketball's ultimate winner!

In Coaching Basketball Successfully Morgan Wootten shares his full arsenal of coaching wisdom on topics ranging from player communication and motivation to Xs and Os. The new material on zone offense, quick-hitting plays off the secondary break, man-to-man and trapping defenses, and situational in-bounds plays is sure to make this second edition even more popular than the original work (which sold more than 75,000 copies). This latest edition includes guidelines for physical conditioning, recommendations for job interviewing, advice on conducting summer camps, and a master plan for handling game situations. And sprinkled throughout the book are many of Wootten's “thought for the day” phrases the coach has found especially effective in motivating and communicating important lessons to athletes.

Wootten amassed the most successful high school coaching record ever (1,274-192) during his 46-year career at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. His coaching has been praised by the game's best all-time coaches: John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Pat Riley, Rick Pitino, Lute Olson, Dean Smith, Chuck Daly, and others.

Now, in Coaching Basketball Successfully, Wootten shares the wealth of knowledge that produced a .869 winning percentage, 5 national championships, a National Basketball Hall of Fame induction, and hundreds of high-achieving student-athletes.

Just as Wootten is considered the best high school basketball coach, legendary UCLA coach John Wooden is considered the best college basketball coach. So when Wooden states that Wootten's “Coaching Basketball Successfully is as fine a teaching aid on the development of a high school team and program as I have ever read,” he speaks with authority on the quality and appeal of this book.

This edition of Coaching Basketball Successfully proves that you can improve on a classic. With expanded offensive and defensive tactics and new personal insights from one of the game's greatest coaches ever, this book is sure to be a winner for many years to come.

Editorial Reviews

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"""This is the most comprehensive basketball book that I have read. Coach Wootten covers every aspect of establishing and maintaining a successful basketball program and reveals the essential elements of his phenomenal success."""
Rick Pitino
University of Louisville

"""Morgan is such a great teacher. He has always amazed me with his ability to organize and teach."""
Mike Krzyzewski
Head basketball coach, Duke University

"""Morgan Wootten has made a tremendous contribution to the coaching profession through his book" Coaching Basketball Successfully," A must-read book for many years to come."""
Lute Olson
University of Arizona

"""Coaches, players, and fans will enjoy and learn from Wootten's engaging and information-filled book."""
Dean Smith
Former head basketball coach, University of North Carolina

"""This book should be every aspiring coach's bible."""
Pat Riley
Head coach, Miami Heat

"""Outstanding effort! Not to be missed."""
Chuck Daly
Former head coach, Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
Head coach, 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team

"""All of us in the coaching professions should be grateful that Morgan Wootten made his tremendous experience available to us in this book."""
Bob Knight
Head basketball coach, Texas Tech University
From Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director
"""The Great One (Wootten) retired a few years ago, but his truth goes marching on."
From Powerbasketball.com
"""If you are looking to further your knowledge from one of the greatest coaches to ever coach the game, this is awesome. Coach Wooten's philosophy on the game of basketball is wonderful. His ability to teachplayers and make his teams great was incredible. There is more inside this book than I expected.
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Review

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""This is the most comprehensive basketball book that I have read. Coach Wootten covers every aspect of establishing and maintaining a successful basketball program and reveals the essential elements of his phenomenal success.""

Rick Pitino
University of Louisville

""Morgan is such a great teacher. He has always amazed me with his ability to organize and teach.""

Mike Krzyzewski
Head basketball coach, Duke University

""Morgan Wootten has made a tremendous contribution to the coaching profession through his book Coaching Basketball Successfully. A must-read book for many years to come.""

Lute Olson
University of Arizona

""Coaches, players, and fans will enjoy and learn from Wootten's engaging and information-filled book.""

Dean Smith
Former head basketball coach, University of North Carolina

""This book should be every aspiring coach's bible.""

Pat Riley
Head coach, Miami Heat

""Outstanding effort! Not to be missed.""

Chuck Daly
Former head coach, Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
Head coach, 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team

""All of us in the coaching professions should be grateful that Morgan Wootten made his tremendous experience available to us in this book.""

Bob Knight
Head basketball coach, Texas Tech University

From Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director
""The Great One (Wootten) retired a few years ago, but his truth goes marching on.

From Powerbasketball.com
""If you are looking to further your knowledge from one of the greatest coaches to ever coach the game, this is awesome. Coach Wooten's philosophy on the game of basketball is wonderful. His ability to teach players and make his teams great was incredible. There is more inside this book than I expected.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 2 edition (August 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736047905
• ISBN-13: 978-0736047906
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Basketball > Coaching
  • #83 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "REAL" Bible for coaching basketball., August 8, 2000

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Tony Nasso (Upstate New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching Basketball Successfully (Paperback)

This book does much more than just teach the game of basketball, it shows coaches how to prepare their kids to be successful in life. And does an excellent job at both. His experience and record speak for themselves, the man definitely knows the game. But I feel his expertise at the X's and O's is just icing on the cake. I first discovered Mr. Wootten's masterpiece about five years ago while preparing to coach a Y.M.C.A. travel team (my first gig). It was the main source I used to develop my program. I recieved rave reviews from both the parents and the Y.M.C.A. Over the past five years I have endorsed the book in social settings(when the subject arose) but hadn't seen the book since then. In the meantime I've had an increased yearning to coach basketball, which I've gone back to school to accomplish. Today I found out, it was Mr. Wootten's book that caused me to believe I was born to coach.I recently landed an Assistant Coaching job for the Varsity Women's basketball team at the Div.III school I'm attending. Preparing for the upcoming season I deciced "Coaching Basketball Successfully" was the first book I'd reread. Very quickly I realized where my passion to coach came from. The coaching philosophy paper I had to write the previous semester was eerily similar to many of the ideas in Coach Wootten's book. Since the copy I'm reading now is from the library, I intend to buy my own copy and one each for both the Men's and Women's Head Coach here at my school. Coach Wootten's wonderful book optimizes the true meaning of the word COACH..,and sparked a fire in my soul, to be the positive influence and guide that a coach is supposed to be. Exactly what our children deserve.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the best coaching book i have ever read., June 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Coaching Basketball Successfully (Paperback)

This book is an essential. It gives you everything you need to build a successful high school basketball program. It gives you good information on what a coach needs to do and how to be successful basketball coach.It is by far the best book for the aspiring basketball coach!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading, January 10, 2002

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Dave (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching Basketball Successfully (Paperback)

Morgan Wootten is probably THE most successful high school basketball coach, and his book is one that I believe coaches at all levels can benefit from. I have found that the principles, plays and strategies he has written to be very beneficial in my own development as a coach. Plays and diagrams are simple and complete, and his focus on developing his kids as both individuals and players is great reading. This book is one you will want to take your coaching and your team to "the next level."