The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills

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McGraw Hill Professional, Oct 24, 2001 - Family & Relationships - 169 pages
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The newest addition to the highly successful Baffled Parent's Guide Series.

Written by a teacher and basketball coach with more than three decades of experience, Great Basketball Drills offers 125 games that will keep practices fresh and kids moving and excited. Here is a fun, engaging alternative to traditional rote drills, with games designed to teach basic skills, sharpen reflexes, and build confidence and decision-making ability. Great Basketball Drills is a sure bet to end practice boredom.

  • A fun, original games approach to drilling young players
  • 125 simple, skill-building games that keep kids moving
  • Quick-access troubleshooting chart lets coaches easily match drills to problem areas
  • Endorsed by nationally renowned high school coach Morgan Wooten

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Contents

Introduction
1
Organizing Practices
8
Space and Movement Drills
26
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

15 feet 15-foot grid 20 feet 3-point arc activities allowed arms basket basketball becomes beginning blue bounce Chapter circle closed coach communication concept continue count court create space decision defensive pressure designed develop direction dribbling DRIBBLING DRILLS DRILLS Purpose Emphasize Encourage players Equipment foot forward foul line four game spots game spots give goals grid guarding habits hand important improve individual inside involved keep look minutes move movement Number of Players offensive player open space opportunities opposite pass the ball pivot Place play Player Ol points Position players practice quickly rebounding receives repeat the action reverse roles scanning score screen seconds shooting shot side sideline signal sive skills sliding stand step stop successful switch takes teammate techniques tion tries turn understand vision visual wins

About the author (2001)

Jim Garland has been an elementary physical education teacher for thirty-one years. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in physical education. He has coached youth and high school basketball, conducted the Motion Concepts Sports Basketball Camps since 1988, and served as a clinician on local, state, and national levels.

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TitleThe Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills
Baffled Parent's Guides
AuthorJim Garland
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2001
ISBN0071381414, 9780071381413
Length169 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Family & Relationships / Parenting / General
Nature / Ecology
Sports & Recreation / Basketball
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