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Coaching Team Basketball: A Coach’s Guide to Developing Players With a Team-First Attitude
To be #1, your team has to play as one How many times have you heard, "There is no I in team"? Still, U.S. basketball continues to be dominated by individual play, which has led to a number of embarrassing upsets on the world and Olympic courts. From middle-school to the NBA, there are no championships without teamwork--and there's no teamwork without good coaching. Get away from the flash and start building your successful team today with this one-of-a-kind, step-by-step guide that helps you
224 pages, Paperback
First published September 26, 2006
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June 27, 2008
I felt like I was a pretty good basketball coach before I read this book. However, this book completely changed the way I coach. Period.
If you have ever had poor team chemistry, selfish players, selfish parents, or a team that wasn't focused on a single goal, then read this book and do what it says.
Don't justify skipping over (not doing) some of the things in the book based on your own expertise. Institute every team component explained in the book. There are a couple of them that I wondered whether middle schoolers would buy into. But I figured, If I want my players to be coachable, then I should be coachable, too . What I found was that middle schoolers need this stuff more than anyone (and high schoolers), because a vast majority of them don't know how to be a great teammate or how to be a positive verbal leader. Plus, they really like being on a team where everyone likes each other, works hard, and puts the team first--oh, and wins, too.
The players have bought in, they believe in the system, in each other, and in the direction we're going. I can tell you that you should do it all--every bit of it--as each piece complements the whole concept of team play. You'll be glad you invested the time and energy in a proactive manner to build your team.
If you have ever had poor team chemistry, selfish players, selfish parents, or a team that wasn't focused on a single goal, then read this book and do what it says.
Don't justify skipping over (not doing) some of the things in the book based on your own expertise. Institute every team component explained in the book. There are a couple of them that I wondered whether middle schoolers would buy into. But I figured, If I want my players to be coachable, then I should be coachable, too . What I found was that middle schoolers need this stuff more than anyone (and high schoolers), because a vast majority of them don't know how to be a great teammate or how to be a positive verbal leader. Plus, they really like being on a team where everyone likes each other, works hard, and puts the team first--oh, and wins, too.
The players have bought in, they believe in the system, in each other, and in the direction we're going. I can tell you that you should do it all--every bit of it--as each piece complements the whole concept of team play. You'll be glad you invested the time and energy in a proactive manner to build your team.
August 6, 2011
Short, to the point, and backed by serious statistical analysis, Tom Crean makes coaching a winning team seem easy. The recipe is simple enough. Trouble is, in basketbll as in life, the simplest things can be difficult. Well worth a read for anyone who believes and cares that there's "no i in team".
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