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NBA Coaches Playbook: Techniques, Tactics, and Teaching Points [Paperback]

National Basketball Coaches Association (Author), Giorgio Gandolfi (Editor)
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September 9, 2008

The Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash shines in running the break, but how do his teammates know where to go to get open to receive his passes? Orlando's Dwight Howard is a tremendous talent in the post, but how has he improved and added new dimensions to his game? And how is it that Utah's Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer run the screen-and-roll as smoothly as Jazz legends John Stockton and Karl Malone did years before?

Coaching. Yes, even in a league loaded with superior athletic talent, the teaching, tactical maneuvers, and strategies provided by NBA coaches are second to none. And as younger, sometimes less mature and less experienced players from all over the world have entered the league, those coaching skills are more diverse and better honed than ever before.

Now NBA Coaches Playbook takes you into the practice sessions and sideline huddles with detailed Xs and Os and more from the game's best at maximizing performance on the court. Let the likes of Phil Jackson, Mike D'Antoni, Avery Johnson, Stan Van Gundy, George Karl, Eddie Jordan, Mike Dunleavy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and many other head and assistant coaches provide you with new insights to benefit your own team and individual players.


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"NBA Coaches Playbook is a great tool for coaches at all levels of the game. It's filled with easy to read, solid basketball information on key points of the game, and clean easy to follow diagrams. You will also pick up many practical organizational and practice preparation ideas from some of our best coaches. We've provided each member of our staff with a copy. Everyone can learn from this book." --P.J. Carlesimo, Oklahoma City Thunder

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"NBA Coaches Playbook is exceptional! It covers every facet of basketball, from individual and team drills to strategy and coaching philosophy. I recommend it to basketball coaches at all levels."

Steve Smith
Head Basketball Coach, Oak Hill Academy

"The basketball knowledge and experience available in this book are outstanding! You'll use this fundamental basketball information throughout the season, year after year."

Van Chancellor
Women's Basketball Head Coach, Louisiana State University

"Technical instruction, practice tips, drills, offensive attacks, special plays, and defensive tactics, all from great basketball minds that know what does and doesn't work. NBA Coaches' Playbook is a must-have in any serious coach's library."

Rick Pitino
Men's Basketball Head Coach, University of Louisville


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (September 9, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0736063552
  • ISBN-13: 978-0736063555
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars There's a reason these guys coach in the NBA, October 8, 2009
This review is from: NBA Coaches Playbook: Techniques, Tactics, and Teaching Points (Paperback)
This book has some of everything in it: game strategy, program organization, teaching ideas, coaching philosophy, defense, offense, you name it.

Better yet, it is readable! It comes with diagrams that are understandable and not so complicated that nobody can understand what is being shown. Some coaching books I have read have outstanding information, but the manner in which it is described is so complicated that it becomes an exercise in translation to understand the information. Coaching is about making the complicated simple. This book does that.

Beginning coaches can get stuff from this book and so can veterans. It is a valuable resource for any coach.

Kevin Sivils - author of Game Strategy and Tactics for Basketball
Game Strategies and Tactics for Basketball: Bench Coaching for Success
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Needs more visuals., February 15, 2010
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I like this book a lot. The only problem is that I bought it as a person who never played basketball growing up. If you're unfamiliar with the game as I was you may find yourself wishing this book had more visuals to accompany the text.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Buy!, December 16, 2009
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This book is fantastic according to my 18 year old son who is a true basketball fanatic.
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