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Coaching Youth Basketball
(Coaching Youth Sports)
This work equips youth coaches to prepare their players for competition. It
instructs in the principles of coaching, communication, responsibilities,
safety and methods of teaching.
It helps coaches know how to
teach tactics and skills and then refine those tactics and skills as players
develop. The text presents important tactics and techniques for youth
basketball.
Key features include the
fundamentals of coaching and preparation for the season, and all the tactics
and skills the coach will need to teach are explained and demonstrated
clearly.
From the Publisher
"I recommend Coaching Youth Basketball without reservation. It is an ideal
book for beginning basketball coaches."
Brook B. Crawford President Basketball Congress
International
Book Description
Coaching Youth Basketball is an excellent introduction to youth coaching and
teaching young basketball players valuable skills. It provides all the
information you need to coach effectively and help 8- to 14-year-old
athletes learn and enjoy the game.
This third edition features the games approach to coaching basketball, which
makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you,
the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and
parents, planning and conducting practice, and coaching during games.
Developed by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s
number one coaching education program, Coaching Youth Basketball provides
volunteer coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete
instructions on how to fulfill that role.
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