Coaching Basketball Successfully 2nd Edition

by Wootten, Morgan

• ISBN13: 9780736047906
• ISBN10: 0736047905
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-08
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

Post more victories this season and every season with advice from high school basketball's ultimate winner!In Coaching Basketball SuccessfullyMorgan Wootten shares his full arsenal of coaching wisdom on topics ranging from player communication and motivation to Xs and Os. The new material on zone offense, quick-hitting plays off the secondary break, man-to-man and trapping defenses, and situational in-bounds plays is sure to make this second edition even more popular than the original work (which sold more than 75,000 copies). This latest edition includes guidelines for physical conditioning, recommendations for job interviewing, advice on conducting summer camps, and a master plan for handling game situations. And sprinkled throughout the book are many of Wootten's "thought for the day" phrases the coach has found especially effective in motivating and communicating important lessons to athletes.Wootten amassed the most successful high school coaching record ever (1,274-192) during his 46-year career at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. His coaching has been praised by the game's best all-time coaches: John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Pat Riley, Rick Pitino, Lute Olson, Dean Smith, Chuck Daly, and others.Now, in Coaching Basketball Successfully, Wootten shares the wealth of knowledge that produced a .869 winning percentage, 5 national championships, a National Basketball Hall of Fame induction, and hundreds of high-achieving student-athletes.Just as Wootten is considered the best high school basketball coach, legendary UCLA coach John Wooden is considered the best college basketball coach. So when Wooden states that Wootten's "Coaching Basketball Successfullyis as fine a teaching aid on the development of a high school team and program as I have ever read," he speaks with authority on the quality and appeal of this book.This edition of Coaching Basketball Successfullyproves that you can improve on a classic. With expanded offensive and defensive tactics and new personal insights from one of the game's greatest coaches ever, this book is sure to be a winner for many years to come.

Table of Contents

Foreword by John Wooden	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Key to Diagrams	x
Introduction	xi
Part I Coaching Foundation
Chapter 1 Developing a Basketball Coaching Philosophy	1	(10)
Chapter 2 Communicating Your Approach	11	(10)
Chapter 3 Motivating Players	21	(10)
Chapter 4 Running a Basketball Program	31	(10)
Part II Coaching Plans
Chapter 5 Season Planning	41	(16)
Chapter 6 Practice Planning	57	(6)
Part III Coaching Offense
Chapter 7 Teaching Offensive Positions and Sets	63	(6)
Chapter 8 Teaching Offensive Skills	69	(12)
Chapter 9 Developing a Quick-Scoring Attack	81	(14)
Chapter 10 Man-to-Man Offense	95	(14)
Chapter 11 Zone Offense	109	(14)
Chapter 12 Clock and Inbounds Situations	123	(18)
Part IV Coaching Defense
Chapter 13 Teaching Defensive Positions and Sets	141	(8)
Chapter 14 Teaching Defensive Skills	149	(6)
Chapter 15 Team Defense	155	(14)
Chapter 16 Fullcourt Team Defense	169	(8)
Part V Coaching Games
Chapter 17 Preparing for Games	177	(6)
Chapter 18 Handling Game Situations	183	(12)
Part VI Coaching Evaluation
Chapter 19 Evaluating Players	195	(12)
Chapter 20 Evaluating Your Program	207	(6)
Appendix A: Sample Staff Meeting Agendas	213	(2)
Appendix B: Sample Monthly Practice Plan	215	(4)
Index	219	(6)
About the Author	225