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You volunteered to coach the basketball team, but are you really ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball has the answers.
Yes, the wildly popular and entertaining coaching guide is back in a new, updated, and expanded second edition. Longtime coaches Keith Miniscalco and Greg Kot return to share their experience and provide advice you can rely on from first practice to final shot. From evaluating players’ skills and establishing realistic goals to using in-game coaching tips, it’s all here—the drills, the plays, the fun.
Develop your team’s dribbling, passing, shooting, and rebounding skills with the Survival Guide’s collection of the game’s best youth drills. For plays and sets that young teams can actually run, flip to the Survival Guide’s offensive and defensive playbook. And to get the most out of every practice, follow the ready-to-use practice plans.
So worry not, coach. Survival Guide has helped countless coaches have rewarding and productive seasons—and a lot of fun along the way!
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Publication date : August 20, 2015
Edition : Second
Language : English
Print length : 200 pages
ISBN-10 : 149250713X
ISBN-13 : 978-1492507130
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Reading age : 18 years and up
Dimensions : 7 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #74,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #22 in Basketball Coaching (Books) #26 in Exercise & Fitness For Children #42 in Children’s & Youth Sports
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