The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills: A Baffled Parent's Guide

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Presents 125 step-by-step illustrated drills that can keep your players moving, motivated, and most of all, have fun. This work covers the basic skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting with the "games approach" that enhances team communication and decision-making skills. Other drills focus on improving court movement, defense, and rebounding.

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No coach can ever have enough drills. Great Basketball Drills is the solution to a coach's worst nightmare: five minutes into a planned hour-long practice, players are bored, distracted, and standing around. It is the perfect complement to The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Basketball purchased by thousands of new coaches, and a wonderful resource for any coach looking to plan an active, interesting, and fun practice. Great Basketball Drills arms coaches with advice on creating the right blend of drills and offers the keys to holding the attention of 6- to 14-year-old players. Coaches will also find a unique troubleshooting chart that shows how to isolate specific problem areas and choose drills to correct them. Developed by an elementary school physical education teacher with more than 30 years as an instructor and coach, these 125 drills are really simple games that teach shooting, passing, movement, and dribbling - games designed to keep practices fresh and kids moving and excited. The games teach both basic and advanced skills.These games - clearly outlined in one- and two-page spreads provide players with the opportunity to react to situations that will occur during competition, thus providing a more realistic setting than standard drills. Games for example, are designed to find a way to keep possession of the ball, head in a particular direction with the ball, make an intelligent pass, or score a goal. Players learn and refine their skills without the tedium of rote passing, dribbling, and shooting exercises. Traditional basketball drills usually call for players to wait in line before getting the opportunity to touch the ball, for example making a chest pass or a layup then returning to the end of the line. Jim Garland's "games approach" gets all players involved and moving - and teaches not only how to make that chest pass, but also develops the player's decision-making skills. It's fun - and it's better suited to teaching a child how to deal with situations in a real basketball game. Great Basketball Drills uses the same hands-on, positive coaching approach encouraged by all the Baffled Parent's Guides.

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"A real must."--Morgan Wooten, head coach, DeMatha Catholic High School "A great addition to any youth basketball coach's library. I know we'll be using these activities in our basketball camps."--Greg Murrell, director, Motion Concepts Sports Camps So, you've finally settled into your role as coach. Now you're looking for ways to make practices more active and rewarding. Great Basketball Drills includes 125 step-by-step illustrated drills that will keep your players moving, motivated, and most of all, having fun. Coach Garland covers the basic skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting with the "games approach" that enhances team communication and decision-making skills. Other drills focus on improving court movement, defense, rebounding, and screening. You'll even learn a thing or two about coaching style, and how to make improvement the goal of team practices rather than winning or losing. Use Garland's Ten Commandments of Practice to improve your players and your team Pinpoint problems with the Troubleshooting Chart Find answers to common problems in the Q&A section Get tips on creating a positive attitude, building team spirit, and getting along with parents Make your practices fun and rewarding Match your drills to age and ability "Coach Garland has done a great job designing a way for kids to learn basic skills while having fun."--Mike Edge, clinician, Motion Concepts Sports Camps "Equips coaches with the ability to understand and present skills and movement in a clear and enjoyable manner."--Rob Bailey, recreation supervisor, Harford, Maryland "Breaks down the basic skills of basketball to a simple plan for learning."--Spike Griffith, youth coach, North Harford High School

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Table of Contents

Introduction1. Creating an Atmosphere of Good HabitsPromoting Teamwork and a Positive EnvironmentInvolving Parents and PlayersImproving Basic SkillsWinning and Losing2. Organizing PracticesPractice ScheduleProductive PracticesKeeping Kids' AttentionTen Commandments of PracticeTime ManagementTroubleshooting ChartQuestions and Answers3. Space and Movement Drills4. Dribbling Drills5. Passing Drills6. Shooting Drills7. Defensive Drills8. Screening Drills9. Rebounding DrillsGlossaryIndexAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author

Details ISBN0071381414 Author Jim Garland Pages 169 Series Baffled Parent's Guides Language English ISBN-10 0071381414 ISBN-13 9780071381413 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2001 Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional Subtitle A Baffled Parent's Guide Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Short Title BAFFLED PARENTS GT GRT BASKETB Residence Street, MD, US Birth 1948 DOI 10.1036/0071381414 AU Release Date 2001-11-16 NZ Release Date 2001-11-16 US Release Date 2001-11-16 UK Release Date 2001-11-16 Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Publication Date 2001-11-16 DEWEY 796.323077 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 125 Illustrations We've got this

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