Great basketball players like Tim Duncan and Dwyane Wade draw oohs and aahs with their spectacular moves. But before those players developed their superstar flair, they built a solid base of fundamental skills in all phases of the game. Basketball Skills & Drills provides a perfect blueprint for building the foundation that every well-rounded player needs. This special book and DVD package demonstrates each key skill: -Player positioning -Moving without the ball -Shooting -Passing, catching, and dribbling -Perimeter moves -Post moves -Defense -Rebounding The skills and 90 drills, coaching tips, and DVD reinforce the skill instruction, emphasize key points, and explain how to correct common errors. And since individual skills are effective only when used within the team concept, the book also covers key team principles for both ends of the court. Tactics for offense, including special situations such as out-of-bounds plays, will improve spacing, ball and player movement, shot selection, and scoring. Defensive tactics emphasize positioning, pressure, and various systems to apply in each area or level of the court. To be an all-star, you must be fundamentally sound. Basketball Skills & Drills is your guide to becoming a complete player--one who can change the game with great moves and smart play.

Designed specifically for young people, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help them develop their basketball skills. Fun, educational and challenging, all the drills are illustrated with photographs or line drawings and cover the essential skills, including: warming up ball handling passing dribbling shooting and rebounding team tactics and game principles. As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the players.

The Only Resource You Need for a Standout Season All basketball coaches can use some fresh ideas for practice drills, game plays and strategies. Whether you are coaching beginners who need a place to start, or a successful team that just needs polish, Basketball Drills, Plays, and Strategies is a resource you can trust to produce positive results on the court. With over 160 drills and plays, this book covers every aspect of your season. It will help you run efficient and effective practices and improve your game in live competition. Step-by-step instructions, accompanied by diagrams and illustrations walk you and your players through every step of the way. Areas of the game that are covered in detail include: • Fundamental skills like dribbling, shooting, passing, and rebounding • Offense and defense • Inbound and tip-off plays • Presses and press breaks • Conditioning drills Because each drill and play includes adjustments to make things easier for beginners and more difficult for advanced players, you will be able to rely on this resource throughout your coaching career no matter what level you are working with. So don't let time run out—start preparing for your next season today!

Written by a teacher and basketball coach with decades of experience, this handbook offers 125 games that will keep practices fresh and kids moving and excited. 15 photos. 125 line drawings.

PASSING DRILLS One of the core fundamentals in the game of basketball is passing. Passing inсоrроrаtеѕ tеаmwоrk and if your team can’t pass, it likely won’t win. You cannot expect to bе a gооd passing tеаm if you don’t work оn it daily. Using basketball раѕѕing drillѕ iѕ a grеаt wау to imрrоvе уоur tеаm'ѕ раѕѕing аbilitу, whiсh iѕ essential in basketball and it will help you eliminate and lower your team’s turnovers per game. Thе kеу tо bесоming a rеаllу gооd passing tеаm is bу having ѕоmе drillѕ that ѕimulаtе rеаl gаmе like situations аnd teach your players thе tуреѕ оf раѕѕеѕ thаt they will nееd tо make in a gаmе. Thiѕ book dоеѕ juѕt that and will help to imрrоvе both your рlауеrѕ аnd tеаm'ѕ раѕѕing. Surely, you do some of the same fundamental drills that everyone does, but how do you turn your group of players into an elite passing team? To improve passing, your players must work on it consistently. The Passing Drills playbook is loaded with drills that put your players in game-like situations where they are forced to make the correct decisions and make accurate passes. This book gives you over 1000 pages and 16 different categories that we break every drill down into. Whether it’s improving your team’s PNR passing, one more pass concepts, outlet passes, or post-entry passes, and more, this book has you covered. The library of passing drills will be the only resource for team passing that you will ever need and, more importantly, it will immediately help your program win more games. Features: 1078 Pages 16 Different Passing Drill Categories Over 400 Different passing drills for you to choose from You cannot expect to be a good passing team if we do not work on it in daily The key to becoming an outstanding passing team is by having some drills that simulate real game like situations and the types of passes that players will need to make in a game. This book does just that Improve your players and your team’s passing

This is the 12:th Basketball Drills book covering Passing Drills.

Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden once said, “People say Morgan Wootten is the best high school basketball coach in the country. I disagree. I know of no finer coach at any level—high school, college, or pro.” Morgan Wootten has retired from coaching, but his knowledge of the game remains unsurpassed and keen as ever. Coaching Basketball Successfully contains a wealth of Wootten’s timeless wisdom. And, in this third edition, Wootten adds even more value—the coaching experiences, methods, and tactics of his son Joe, a successful high school coach himself. Loaded with insights, instruction, drills, and Xs and Os, Coaching Basketball Successfully is the best single resource on making the most of your program, team, and players each season.

101 Defensive Basketball Drills presents 101 drills that are designed for coaches at any level who are interested in developing defensive-minded teams.

Offers a variety of basketball drills designed to strengthen team and individual rebounding skills.