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!
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Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball Second Edition
Keith Miniscalco Greg Kot
Human Kinetics
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miniscalco, Keith, 1962Survival guide for coaching youth basketball / Keith Miniscalco, Greg Kot. -- Second edition. pages cm 1. Basketball for children--Coaching. I. Kot, Greg. II. Title. GV886.25.M56 2015 796.32307'7083--dc23 2015015774 ISBN: 978-1-4925-0713-0 (print) Copyright © 2015, 2009 by Human Kinetics, Inc. All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying, and recording, and in any information storage and retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. The web addresses cited in this text were current as of June 2015, unless otherwise noted. Acquisitions Editor: Justin Klug; Developmental Editor: Anne Hall; Managing Editor: Elizabeth Evans; Copyeditors: Jan Feeney and Jacqueline Eaton Blakley; Cover Designer: Keith Blomberg; Photographs (interior): Jason Allen; Visual Production Assistant: Joyce Brumfield; Photo Production Manager: Jason Allen; Art Manager: Kelly Hendren; Associate Art Manager: Alan L. Wilborn; Illustrations (cover and interior): © Human Kinetics; Printer: Versa Press We thank Resurrection College Prep High School in Chicago, Illinois, for assistance in providing the location for the photo shoot for this book. Human Kinetics books are available at special discounts for bulk purchase. Special editions or book excerpts can also be created to specification. For details, contact the Special Sales Manager at Human Kinetics. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper in this book is certified under a sustainable forestry program. Human Kinetics Website: www.HumanKinetics.com United States: Human Kinetics P.O. Box 5076 Champaign, IL 61825-5076 800-747-4457 e-mail:
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