Wooden's first-ever instructional basketball book and DVD package provides anunprecedented inside look at the offensive system of this basketball coachinglegend.

The key to success for any basketball team is defense, and the heart of most successful defensive systems is half-court man-to-man defense. "Winning Defense" is the ultimate book on this crucial aspect of the game. Much more than a basic primer, this advanced guide explores the intricacies of transition and half-court defense that give winning teams their edge. It's all here: trapping, switching, cutters, screeners, post defense, and defending two- and three-man exercises. Out-of-bound and end-of-game situations. Drills to enhance individual and team technique. A section on rebounding, the finishing touch to any successful defensive effort, and a unique approach to transition defense. Since it's publication in 1993, "Winning Defense" has become the bible of half-court man-to-man defense for serious and successful coaches and players everywhere! Del Harris is one of basketball's most respected, honored, and experienced teachers. He began his career as an elementary coach in Johnson City, Tennessee, and progressed through the high school, college, international, and professional ranks--enjoying great success at each stop. Harris took the NBA's Houston Rockets, who had finished the regular season with a winning percentage below .500 to the finals of the NBA playoffs in 1981 in one of the great Cinderella stories in league history. He also led the Milwaukee Bucks to the playoffs in each of his four seasons as head coach. As the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, he nearly duplicated his 1981 miracle season in 1995, leading a team expected to go nowhere to the playoffs, where they lost in a thrilling six-game Western Conference semifinal series to San Antonio. As a result, he was named1994-95 NBA Coach of the Year. A noted speaker and clinician, Harris has written two previous basketball books and a sports novel for young readers. His is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she broke records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history. She coached an undefeated season, co-captained the first women's Olympic team, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named Sports Illustrated 'Sportswoman of the Year'. She owed her coaching success to her personal struggles and triumphs. She learned to be tough from her strict, demanding father. Motherhood taught her to balance that rigidity with communication and kindness. She was a role model for the many women she coached; 74 of her players have become coaches. Pat's life took a shocking turn in 2011, when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible brain condition that affects 5 million Americans. Despite her devastating diagnosis, she led the Vols to win their sixteenth SEC championship in March 2012. Pat continued to be a fighter, facing this new challenge the way she's faced every other--with hard work, perseverance, and a sense of humor.

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.

Almost since the day Dr. Naismith invented basketball, the argument over which approach to offense, set plays or continuities versus rules based free-lance offense, has been raging. Motion offense has been used by some of the most innovative and successful coaches in the game, Don Meyer (923+ career wins), Bobby Knight (902 wins), Dean Smith (879 wins) and Mike Krzyzewski - (910 wins - still active) and Coach Dick Bennett, the innovator responsible for the Blocker-Mover version of motion offense. Motion offense's advocates love the offense because: -- once players have learned it, they can attack any defense. -- players love the freedom motion offense gives them to play the game. -- it is difficult to scout. -- there is a high degree of carryover from one season to the next. -- it can be used at any level of play. -- it can be adapted to any personnel, allowing continuity from one season to the next. If motion offense has led to so much success, why don't more coaches adopt the offense? Some reasons include: -- fear of loss of control over the offense. -- confusion over how to teach motion offense. -- concern over how to make adjustments during a game. -- the belief the nature of the offense is too confusing for players (and coaches). -- confusion due to the rules based approach to offense versus the predetermined approach with set plays, quick hitters and continuity offenses. Using Blocker-Mover Motion Offense will allow you to run motion offense and "fix" the problems common to the offense including: -- eliminate standing by increasing cutting and screening. -- generate more good shots by controlling where, how and who takes the shots. -- eliminate bad spacing with Blocker-Mover alignments. -- eliminate player confusion about who should set screens and who should be a cutter. Coaching Basketball's Blocker-Mover Motion Offense: Winning With Teamwork and Fundamentals addresses all of these issues. There are lots of books on motion offense but many do not address the concerns that coaches interested in adopting motion offense have. The Blocker-Mover system provides structure without eliminating the advantages of rules based offense, providing a coach with the means to maintain a degree of control over the offense, a method for easily making adjustments during a game just to name a few of the benefits of Blocker-Mover motion offense. Within Coaching Basketball's Blocker-Mover Motion Offense's 262 pages, including 250+ illustrations and 50+ photographs, 16 chapters address the following: -- Rules for Blocker-Mover motion offense complete with explanations. -- Descriptions of the concepts of the Blocker and Mover concepts -- The strengths and weaknesses of each alignment -- Guidelines for which alignment best fits certain player personnel. -- Approaches to teaching motion offense with insights into teaching Blocker-Mover specifically. -- Drills to teach the essentials of movement, cutting, screening and more that are essential to successfully running any offense. -- Drills specifically designed to teach motion offense. -- Ideas on how to make adjustments to the offense during games. The author, Coach Kevin Sivils, learned the Blocker-Mover offense from both Coach Dick Bennett and Coach Don Meyer and used the offense with success for years as a varsity basketball coach, winning 479 career wins along with 8 Coach of the Year awards. Other books by Coach Sivils include Game Strategy and Tactics for Basketball and Coaching Basketball's Fast Break Attack.

Helps improve individual and team performance. Features 75 drills with key points and diagrams.

THE CONTINUITY OFFENSES PLAYBOOK Have a team with no athletes? Need a way to get them all involved in the offense? It’s called continuity, baby! Use the skill sets of all of your players by teaching them the beauty and effectiveness of continuity offenses. Become that team on the schedule that opponents dread because of the power of their offense. Is your offense stagnant? Is the ball not moving enough within your offense? If the answer is yes, then this is the book for you. Thousands of hours of research went into developing the Continuity Offenses playbook, a collection of 14 different continuity offenses and actions, all full with counterplays and specials built right into them. Continuity offenses have a pattern of movement, cuts, screens, and passes, which eventually leads back to the starting formation. At this point, the movement is then repeated in an effort to cause defensive breakdowns and create the best available scoring opportunities. These offenses are a great way to make the defense work and to get good ball movement. Whether you currently run a continuity offense or you’re thinking about it, there is something in this playbook for any coach looking to expand his knowledge of the game. The book also goes to great length to help you understand the subtleties and intricacies of offenses and the adjustments that you can make as a coach. This book reveals many of the counters and adjustments a coach can make based on how the defense is playing you to assure you can make the right call at the perfect moment. We also give you a multitude of diffеrеnt entries that will hеlр to diѕguiѕе whаt уоu аrе trying tо dо that will ѕеаmlеѕѕlу flоw right into one of your continuity offenses. Each entry play givеs us 3-4 diffеrеnt ѕсоring орtiоnѕ. Your opponents will not know what hit them. The Continuity Offensive Playbook is the complete package. If you are struggling to get the ball moving and putting points on the board, this is the book for you! No matter what level of basketball you coach at these offenses work! Find out all the answers in this 638-page gem! Features: 638 Pages 14 Continuity Offenses Over 300 Quick hitters to counter the defense

Bill Parcells may be the most iconic football coach of our time. During his decades-long tenure as an NFL coach, he turned failing franchises into contenders. He led the ailing New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories, turned the New England Patriots into an NFL powerhouse, reinvigorated the New York Jets, brought the Dallas Cowboys back to life, and was most recently enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Taking readers behind the scenes with one of the most influential and fascinating coaches the NFL has ever known, PARCELLS will take a look back at this coach’s long, storied and influential career, offer a nuanced portrayal of the complex man behind the coach, and examine the inner workings of the NFL.