Playing the Post: Basketball Skills and Drills [Paperback]

Burrall Paye (Author), Burrell Paye (Author), Jeff Jones (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1996

Features 68 illustrated drills that help players develop basic skills and challenge more advanced players to refine their high and low post moves.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Coach Paye provides a comprehensive text that will be valuable to post players and coaches at all levels."

Dave Odom Head Basketball Coach Wake Forest University

"Coach Paye has made a science of post play. He breaks it down into great detail with easily understood explanations and descriptions."

Steve Robinson Head Basketball Coach University of Tulsa

"An excellent blueprint for players and coaches to follow in developing post play on both ends of the floor."

Bill Foster Head Basketball Coach Virginia Tech

"Playing the Post is an outstanding instructional guide and practice tool. Read it and use it to play better offensively and defensively in and around the paint."

Kevin O'Neill Head Basketball Coach University of Tennessee

About the Author

Through more than 30 years of coaching and studying basketball, Burrall Paye has become one of the game’s finest teachers. He may be best known for his highly successful, systematic approach for developing post players.

Coach Paye has won more than 61 different basketball championships, had four undefeated regular seasons, and enjoyed winning seasons for 36 of the 37 years that he has coached. He has won 34 different coach-of-the-year awards, including the 1985 State Coach of the Year (Virginia) and the 1985 National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association Outstanding Coach. He has been nominated twice for National Coach of the Year.

Coach Paye shares his expertise through his speaking and writing: He has spoken at major clinics in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Europe, and was the featured speaker at the 1987 National Association of Basketball Coaches convention. His numerous articles have appeared in such magazines as Scholastic Coach, Basketball Clinic, Coaching Clinic, Pro-Keds Digest, and Winning Hoops as well as in three newspapers. He is the author of eight books on basketball, including the Encyclopedia of Defensive Basketball Drills, Secrets of Winning Fast Break Basketball, Winning Power of Pressure Defense in Basketball, Coaching the Full Court Man-To-Man Press, Basketball’s Zone Presses, Secrets of the Passing-Dribbling Game Offense, and Complete Coaching Guide to the Match-Up Zone.

Paye earned his master’s degree in 1965 from the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the National High School Coaches Association and the Virginia High School Coaches Association. He lives in Roanoke with his wife, Nancy, and their son, Patrick. He enjoys golf, travel, and playing competitive softball, Wiffle ball, and touch football.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873229797
• ISBN-13: 978-0873229791
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,025,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Playing the Post : Basketball Skills and Drills, February 6, 2001

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This review is from: Playing the Post: Basketball Skills and Drills (Paperback)

I think first I ought to say something about myself. I live in England, so although I'm 24 and have been playing basketball for twelve years, I don't have the coaching/fundamentals a person my age in many other countries would have.

I found the book to be very informative, though it is probably aimed at people younger than myself and/or coaches of younger people.

As a player I found that the most useful sections were those devoted to individual offense and defense. Specifically when introducing a new move, the description is accompanied by clear diagrams describing where your feet should be and where they should be moving to.

I also enjoy coaching, and it is in this respect that I found the book most useful. Every section is accompanied by suggestions of drills which can be used to focus on particular weaknesses. From a coaches point of view, the section on strong and weak side rebounding, and the percentages with which shots taken from a certain area will fall into was of most use to me. This information I haven't found anywhere else.

The book also contains a very basic section on exercise and weight training. The depth in which it discusses this area supports my view that the book is aimed at 11-16 year olds (or even younger!). I would suggest that people older than this should look elsewhere for a more detailed training program

This is not a flaw and though I believe that I was rather older than the intended reader, I found the book to be very useful.