Basketball skills & drills

Resource Information

The work Basketball skills & drills represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Basketball skills & drills

Statement of responsibility

Jerry V. Krause, Craig Nelson ; foreword by Mike Krzyzewski

Title variation

Basketball skills and drills

Creator

• Krause, Jerry, 1936-

Contributor

• Krzyzewski, Mike
• Nelson, Craig, 1984-

Author

• Nelson, Craig, 1984-
• Krause, Jerry, 1936-

Author of introduction

• Krzyzewski, Mike

Subject

• Basketball -- Coaching
• Basketball -- Coaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Basketball -- Training
• Handbooks and manuals

Genre

• Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Handbooks and manuals

Language

eng

Summary

Before you can make that winning buzzer beater, you need to master fundamental skills in all phases of the game. The fourth edition of the best-selling instructional resource Basketball Skills & Drills provides the perfect blueprint for building the foundation that all well-rounded players and championship teams need. With complete coverage of individual skills and team play, youll find 103 developmental drills covering everything from stance and footwork to scoring plays and transitions. Enhanced with an online video library featuring 42 clips demonstrating the drills in action, youll have the optimal guide for mastering these fundamental skills: Player positioning Footwork - Moving without the ball - Ball handling and court vision - Shooting Perimeter moves - Post moves Rebounding - Team offense - Team defence. Recognizing that individual skills are effective only when used within the team concept, the book also covers team principles for both ends of the court. Tactics for offense, including special situations for out-of-bounds plays, will improve spacing, ball and player movement, shot selection, and scoring. Defensive tactics emphasize positioning, pressure, and various systems to apply in each zone of the court. At all levels of basketball, success comes with mastery of the basic skills. Basketball Skills & Drills is your best-selling guide to becoming that dominant force on the court

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

796.323

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult