Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Coaching - Basketball

When fall rolls into winter, most sports fans in Nebraska long for spring football. But Coach Tim Miles has given hibernating fans a reason to cheer through winter for the first time in twenty years. Since taking over the men's basketball program in 2012, Miles has gone from being relatively unknown outside college coaching circles to a big name on the national stage as an up-and-coming, funny, and fan-friendly college coach.

Miles scores big with Nebraska's fans with his social media acumen--he tweets during halftime--and his fan interaction--he applied (and failed) to become the...

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...

In this candid autobiography, Syracuse head coach and long time college basketball fixture Jim Boeheim reflects on his life, his teachers, and the game he loves.

Jim Boeheim walked onto the Syracuse campus as a freshman in 1963 . . . and never walked off. A man who has been written off at various stages of his career and criticized for being disagreeable, Boeheim has experienced it all--triumph, despair, redemption; controversy, heartbreak, and scandal; championships, epic disappointments, colorful personalities, NCAA investigations.

His combative personality helped ignite what...

Will lightning ever strike twice? Can David beat Goliath a second time? These questions haunt everyone in the small town of Milan, Indiana, whose basketball team inspired Hoosiers, the greatest underdog sports movie ever made. From a town of just 1,816 residents, the team remains forever an underdog, but one with a storied past that has them eternally frozen in their 1954 moment of glory. Every ten years or so, Milan has a winning season, but for the most part, they only manage a win or two each year. And still, perhaps because it's the only option for Milan, the town believes that the...

Are you embarrassed by your basketball skills? Tired of missing those crucial shots? Wish you could steal the ball more often?

Whether you want to (1) shoot more accurately, (2) play better defense, or (3) discover how to be a more powerful player, this book will get you there.

Are you afraid you're too short to ever succeed at basketball?

You can play a great game, even if you're not a giant. Superior speed and agility can overcome a lack of height. I've...

Are you embarrassed by your basketball skills? Tired of missing those crucial shots? Wish you could steal the ball more often?

Whether you want to (1) shoot more accurately, (2) play better defense, or (3) discover how to be a more powerful player, this book will get you there.

Are you afraid you're too short to ever succeed at basketball?

You can play a great game, even if you're not a giant. Superior speed and agility can overcome a lack of height. I've...

Are you embarrassed by your basketball skills? Tired of missing those crucial shots? Wish you could steal the ball more often?

Whether you want to (1) shoot more accurately, (2) play better defense, or (3) discover how to be a more powerful player, this book will get you there.

Are you afraid you're too short to ever succeed at basketball?

You can play a great game, even if you're not a giant. Superior speed and agility can overcome a lack of height. I've...

Are you embarrassed by your basketball skills? Tired of missing those crucial shots? Wish you could steal the ball more often?

Whether you want to (1) shoot more accurately, (2) play better defense, or (3) discover how to be a more powerful player, this book will get you there.

Are you afraid you're too short to ever succeed at basketball?

You can play a great game, even if you're not a giant. Superior speed and agility can overcome a lack of height. I've...