Basketball was originally designed to be a team game, but today's players are growing up in a culture that focuses on the individual. In Teamwork, Mike Huff calls coaches and athletes to return to basketball's essence, by focusing on The 7 Essentials of Teamwork: communication, leadership, humility, roles, team spirit, a winning attitude, and collective responsibility. The lessons in this book will enable coaches to teach life lessons that help players become winners on and off the court.

The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history—and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever—reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoir.A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with the San Antonio Spurs—and lo...

Coaching Youth Basketball is challenging in many ways for the adults who undertake the task. While many club and youth league coaches have a good understanding of how to play the game of basketball, these same coaches often struggle to find ways to teach the skills, tactics and strategies need to have success in the sport of basketball.201 Drills for Youth Basketball provides the solution to this challenge. Included in this 400+ page manual are drills for:--Man-to-Man Defen...

Coach Steve Biddison has coached basketball for over 20 years where he has not only become known as a very innovative defensive coach, but a coach whose teams execute the half court offensive game to perfection. Four times he has taken over programs that had not had a winning record in years and each time turned them into a playoff team in his first year with the program. Most notable was the year he took over a program that had only won two games the previous year and four games over the ...

How to add fun to your practices, teach fundamentals and life lessons, and motivate your team to play winning basketball. Volunteering to coach a youth basketball team can be a difficult challenge. With the knowledge gained from this book, you'll be confident at practices and games. You'll know what to do. Your players will reap the rewards and play their best basketball.Here's what you'll learn:- The "Secret Sauce" to winning at youth sports - 7 things every coach should k...

Coach Steve Biddison has a history of turning basketball programs around. Four times in his career he has taken over teams who had losing records and turned them into a playoff team. Coaching From the HEART is a detailed account how he works to change the mindset of players who are used to losing and turn them into winners.Using the acronym of HEART, Coach Biddison explains how Hard Work, Enthusiasm, Attitudes of Confidence, Relationships, and Talent gells a program together to for...

Derrick Rose is a collection of articles, interviews, and features that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, as written by the award-winning journalists who followed the Chicago Bulls superstar's yearlong saga of injury and recovery, and his short-lived return for the 2013–2014 season.Chicago's vibrant and discursive sports culture has perhaps never been more fully on display than during Derrick Rose's lost season. Following his gut-wrenching knee injury in...

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, ev...

You can’t claim to know every aspect of basketball when you start as a coach. You have collected some clips here and there: something from the coaches you had, no matter what level you played at. You have seen matches, heard comments discussing with friends. That is your knowledge, we have to begin from that; organizing it, correcting it, deepening it in order to transmit it.Driving a team is much more than having knowledge about basketball. It means know how to convince, communica...

Have you always dreamed of becoming a great basketball player? If so, you have come to the right place. This guide provides you with a complete blueprint on how to become a good all-around basketball player. The tips and strategies presented here will cut down your learning curve and get you pointed in the right direction.Being a good basketball player involves many things. Not only do you want to become a good shooter, but you need to also focus on other aspects of your game such ...

Free throws and lay-ups win games but the 3-point shot is the great equalizer. Since the shot's introduction to the game in the 1980's, the 3-point shot has allowed the skilled but smaller player once again to become a factor in the outcome of the game. Fans love it! Players love it! Some coaches not only love it but have so embraced the 3-point shot it is what their offense is built around.Every team will face a program with either one great 3-point shooter or relies on the 3-poin...

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 tw...