Breathe new life into your off season workouts by making them fun for your players. Bring back the joy you and your players felt when first discovering how much FUN the great game of basketball is to play Run a 3-on-3 off season league for your players. Combine fun with needed playing time and individual skill development in a competitive 3-on-3 off season league. Author and veteran coach Kevin Sivils outlines a detailed plan on how to make a 3-on-3 league fun, exciting, different and something your players will look forward to in the off season. Topics covered include: The need for change,...

Coaches: Win more games by teaching your players the fundamental skills, intangibles and finer points of the game that other coaches don't know. Help your players eliminate costly turnovers by learning to read the defense, score more points by fine tuning your fast break and improve your offensive attack skills. Players: Take your game to another level by learning the skills and details of the game the elite players know. Learn how character issues can impact a player either positively or negatively. Gain insight into the minds of coaches and learn to think like a coach on the court. Fans:...

Teams play like they practice. Even in ideal circumstances time for practice is limited. Coaches need to make the most of available practice time. Better Basketball Practices contains valuable information in the areas of: * Overriding Purpose * Planning for optimum learning during practice * Planning to plan practice * Setting the tone for practice * Creating organized, efficient and productive practices * Building intensity in practice * Planning for special situations * Planning for late season practice * Ideas about quality practices * Common coaching mistakes in planning practice Includes...

Based on a clinic lecture given at the 2nd Annual TPSCA Convention by the author, the contents of this book outlines basic information needed to create a brand, how promotion works, and many ideas on how to promote both TEAMs and athletic events.

A guide and reference for any author wishing to learn about self-publishing. Basic information every author should know before self-publishing is presented in this volume in an easy to use question and answer format. The author has self-published over 14 books and shares his some of the knowledge and information he had to learn on his own.

The mental side of sports is often overlooked. Goals are powerful motivating tools, providing athletes and teams with direction, focus, a reason to commit and a means to evaluate their performance. Goals allow athletes and teams to deal with adversity, adapt and persevere, to continue to be motivated even when events do not turn out as planned. Goal setting, when done properly helps athletes and teams tap their potential to its fullest. Properly established and utilized goals not only motivate, but provide athletes and teams with a constant source of direction and feedback, allowing for...

The industry of self-publishing has seen enormous change in the past decade. The internet and online retailing via Amazon and Barnes & Noble has given self-published authors access to readers they were previously denied under the old model of publishing. Print-on-demand via companies such as CreateSpace and Lightning Source not only makes self-publishing as a business venture financially possible, it also provides authors with access to distribution to book retailers. CreateSpace and Lightning Source are the two biggest names in the print-on-demand industry and choosing which of the two...

Whether you run the famed Loyola Marymount fast break made famous by Paul Westhead, the Grinnell "system," the "Tiger Ball" break of Olivet Nazarene or just leave your fast break to chance, the concepts in Fine Tuning Your Fast Break: 75 Concepts To Improve Your Team's Fast Break Offense will improve your team's running game The book is organized so each concept can be found easily. The concepts are grouped by areas of specificity such as concepts specifically for point guards, the entire team, etc. Detailed diagrams are included for concepts that benefit from a visual depiction to help...

There is something about teams who play intense, effective and hard nosed man-to-man defense that sets those teams a notch above other good teams. These great defensive teams exude a confidence that other teams often find intimidating. What sets these great defensive teams apart from average man-to-man defensive teams is usually not the overall defensive system. It is a combination of small details, intensity and an emphasis on the team concept. Fine Tuning Your Man-to-Man Defense contains 101 concepts capable of improving any man-to-man defense plus 60 drills designed to teach defensive...

Fine Tuning Your Zone Attack Offense contains 50 zone offensive concepts and an additional 50 drills to teach basic key fundamentals and zone concepts, illustrated in 180+ diagrams. If your zone offense needs some refining or you are interested in creating your own offense, the concepts in this book are the place to start. In addition to zone offense concepts, the author takes a look at common zone defenses and their strengths and weakness. Also included are ideas about the importance of team play, teaching zone offense and additional material. Over 25 years of coaching experience is behind...