Stuff Good Players Should Know: Intelligent Basketball from A to Z

by Dick DeVenzio

STUFF Good Players Should Know may very well be the best book ever written for basketball players. It is conversational and easy to understand, yet filled with subtle insights into the game of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933538511
• ISBN13: 9781933538518
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Bridgeway Books
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for Coaches Too

I'm a high school coach and absolutely loved this book. I've read lots of basketball books for players and coaches and this is among the best - succint advice that is easy to understand. The book's format is ideal as the mini chapters make for easy reading and re-reading. I bought copies of this book for all of our returning players who are "into" basketball. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is committed to being a better basketball player or any coach who is committed to being a better coach.

One of the Best

This should be given to and read by every young basketball player as early as possible. Anyone who doesn't like this book has never coached young players. Very very helpful.

One of the best

I'm a basketball fanatic, I love every aspect of the game. I watch it as a spectator, I coach, I ref, I organize, I do whatever to help the game advance. I also read a lot. I bought this book few years back and read it, I loved every minute of it. Every page had something interesting, some piece of advice. I knew most of it, I got a different perspective on a lot of things and a lot of ideas. Unfortunately, I forgot about this book in my bookshelf. I came across last week and started reading it again, it's still as good as it was the first, second and third time I read it. It's something I will likely come back to every now and then, just like some other excellent basketball books. Highly recommended for everyone who loves basketball.

Everything you always wanted to teach, but didn't have time for

Coaches: You may try, but you can't teach every principle and golden rule in this book. So give it to them on their birthday's and they might surprise you by making the play you wanted them to make, without teaching it to them. Coach Dick "stuff" Devenzio did. Players: surprise your coach by knowing and performing what he wants, before he even tells you. As a player I would have liked to keep this book in my sportsbag, as a coach I would have liked to have written this book myself.