Coaching Youth Basketball (Paperback)

by American Sport Education Program (Author) "If you are like most rookie coaches, you have probably been recruited from the ranks of concerned parents, sport enthusiasts, or community volunteers..." (more)
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Product Description
An introduction to coaching philosophy, and to teaching basketball skills, this book contains 32 illustrated practice drills, with all the information needed to coach effectively. Step-by-step techniques are included, identifying each drill for beginner, intermediate or advanced players. The text provides a self-test for coaches to examine their basketball knowledge; it describes how to teach basketball techniques and strategies, and explains how to detect and correct the common errors young basketball players make; it outlines practice drills for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players, and illustrates basketball skills, tactics and drills, including footwork, ballhandling, shooting, rebounding, and defensive play. The book, which has been developed by ASEP, America's sport education programme, gives coaches advice on their major responsibilites, how to become an effective coach, how to communicate with young athletes, how to plan and teach sports skills sequentially; how to prevent and care for injuries; and how to protect themselves from legal liability.

From the Publisher
"I recommend Coaching Youth Basketball without reservation. It is an ideal book for beginning basketball coaches."

Brook B. Crawford President Basketball Congress International --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 141 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; 2nd edition (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873228928
• ISBN-13: 978-0873228923
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,504,784 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Youth Basketball Coach's Primer...Fundamental and Flexible, October 10, 2000

By A Customer

I picked up this book last night at a local library, hoping to find one or two new drills for my 6th Grade Girls basketball team. From the look of its cover, I expected that the focus would be on "beginner level" coaching and player development, such as how to dribble, shoot, and defend. Although the book started slowly, with explanations of coaching philosophies and how to work with children (valuable information,of course), I was pleased to find a series of drills and skill development tools that I could use at the 6th Grade level. The drills were coded as appropriate for "Beginner", "Intermediate", and Advanced" levels of play, with several of them building on the prior in such a way that when you, as a coach, have different skill levels on your team, you could use whichever level was appropriate for the player(s) working on the skill/drill. There are also a number of practical sections on "Error Detection and Correction" that can help coaches identify when skills need some "fine tuning" with recommendations as to how to go about it within the framework of the skill/drill being taught.

I would recommend this book to other coaches looking for simple, yet effective methods of instructing basketball fundamentals for players at different levels of skill and understanding of the game.