The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills

by Jim Garland

Book Overview

The newest addition to the highly successful Baffled Parent's Guide Series.

Written by a teacher and basketball coach with more than three decades of experience, Great Basketball Drills offers 125 games that will keep practices fresh and kids moving and excited. Here is a fun, engaging alternative to traditional rote drills, with games designed to teach basic skills, sharpen reflexes, and build confidence and decision-making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071381414
• ISBN13: 9780071381413
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Greg

As a curriculum director of summer sports camps for Basketball I highly recommend this book to all coaches. It challenges players to learn proper techniques, but more importantly it challenges players to think about their decision making, and to understand concepts of vision and space. (Difficult for many, so lets help make it easier). The book is ideal for working with youth players, the philosophy behind the book and the drills are fantastic.

Physical Education Teacher...what is H.A.'s profession

Just out of curiosity, I would like to know the back ground on the person who reviewed this book named H.A. It is obvious that he or she did not have a background in education or youth developement. Having worked with over thousands of students I can safely say that H.A. doesn't have a clue on what kids can really understand. If it is over your head then you have no business trying to teach it to the kids. Feel free to reply or email..

Owner/director of youth camps...great tool for any age.

As a director of youth basketball camps I found Dr. Garland's book priceless. There are few books written on space and movement like this one. You can never have enough drills to reinforce movement on and off the ball. The illustrations could help even the begginner level coach have a taste at success.There are a great deal of inexperienced coaches and parents that could bennifit from this book. I use it and it works.

An Extremely Valuable Basketball Coaching Book!

Basketball books I have read by the dozen. None like this one though. Jim Garland's approach to teaching the game is totally unique. How many times have you seen kids at basketball practices standing in lines waiting for their turn? How many times have you seen teams with one or two players who move around on offense while the others stand watching? These drills involve kids constantly in the skills and concepts of the game without ever waiting in lines. Garland's drills teach coaches how to get those players to move intelligently on the court, help teammates get the ball in good places, see open players, and how to play defense within a team concept. What's amazing is that the drills are so well thought out, they do the teaching for you. Most drills are a game within themselves but as players strive to "win" the drill, they are improving in their understanding of the very concept you were trying to get across. The descriptions are remarkably simple. The progressions are masterful. And the diagrams are extraordinarily user friendly. Garland's Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills is a must for any youth coach! 5 stars!