Coaching Basketball Successfully

by Joe Wootten and Morgan Wootten

Book Overview

Coach Morgan Wootten has redefined the word success in basketball. Over the last four decades at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, he has not only led his teams to an 88% win record, but has also played a key role in the future of his athletes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880114460
• ISBN13: 9780880114462
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A book for the ages.

No matter how many books I have on basketball I always come back to this one.When great coachs explain every insight they used to be successful it can only make you a better coach.

Well worth reading

Morgan Wootten is probably THE most successful high school basketball coach, and his book is one that I believe coaches at all levels can benefit from. I have found that the principles, plays and strategies he has written to be very beneficial in my own development as a coach. Plays and diagrams are simple and complete, and his focus on developing his kids as both individuals and players is great reading. This book is one you will want to take your coaching and your team to "the next level."

The "REAL" Bible for coaching basketball.

This book does much more than just teach the game of basketball, it shows coaches how to prepare their kids to be successful in life. And does an excellent job at both. His experience and record speak for themselves, the man definitely knows the game. But I feel his expertise at the X's and O's is just icing on the cake. I first discovered Mr. Wootten's masterpiece about five years ago while preparing to coach a Y.M.C.A. travel team (my first gig). It was the main source I used to develop my program. I recieved rave reviews from both the parents and the Y.M.C.A. Over the past five years I have endorsed the book in social settings(when the subject arose) but hadn't seen the book since then. In the meantime I've had an increased yearning to coach basketball, which I've gone back to school to accomplish. Today I found out, it was Mr. Wootten's book that caused me to believe I was born to coach.I recently landed an Assistant Coaching job for the Varsity Women's basketball team at the Div.III school I'm attending. Preparing for the upcoming season I deciced "Coaching Basketball Successfully" was the first book I'd reread. Very quickly I realized where my passion to coach came from. The coaching philosophy paper I had to write the previous semester was eerily similar to many of the ideas in Coach Wootten's book. Since the copy I'm reading now is from the library, I intend to buy my own copy and one each for both the Men's and Women's Head Coach here at my school. Coach Wootten's wonderful book optimizes the true meaning of the word COACH..,and sparked a fire in my soul, to be the positive influence and guide that a coach is supposed to be. Exactly what our children deserve.

Outstanding!

Morgan Wootten's book,Coaching Basketball Successfully, is a blue print for running a championship program and is a must have for any high school basketball coach. He reveals his secrets to organizing practices, player development, evaluating programs, and teaching methods.

This book is the best coaching book i have ever read.

This book is an essential. It gives you everything you need to build a successful high school basketball program. It gives you good information on what a coach needs to do and how to be successful basketball coach.It is by far the best book for the aspiring basketball coach!