ISBN-13: 9781847971876 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str.
Acomprehensiveguide tothe fundamental skills that every player needs to master in order to play basketball successfullyProviding a thorough description of each skill and technique, this volumethen presents helpful coaching points that emphasize common mistakes.It provides several learning drills for each of the skills, which progress from beginner level through to the intermediate and more advanced levels, thus catering for the needs of players of all abilities.Catching and passing the ball, dribbling, shooting, rebounding, individual movessuch as defensive stance and fakesas well as combination play between two or three players, and team-attacking and team-defense are all addressed in considerable detail. The book also covers organizing basketball events, developing a coaching philosophy, coaching evaluation, the most important rules of the game, and the concept of "total training," which embraces the technical, physical, tactical, psychological, theoretical, biological, and artistic building blocks of the modern coaching process."