Basketball Skills & Drills

Craig Nelson author Jerry V Krause author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Human Kinetics Publishers

Published:1st Nov '18

Should be back in stock very soon

Basketball Skills & Drills cover

Before you can make that winning buzzer beater, you need to master fundamental skills in all phases of the game. The fourth edition of the best-selling instructional resource Basketball Skills & Drills provides the perfect blueprint for building the foundation that all well-rounded players and championship teams need.

With complete coverage of individual skills and team play, you’ll find 103 developmental drills covering everything from stance and footwork to scoring plays and transitions. Enhanced with an online video library featuring 42 clips demonstrating the drills in action, you’ll have the optimal guide for mastering these fundamental skills:

• Player positioning

• Footwork

• Moving without the ball

• Ballhandling and court vision

• Shooting

• Perimeter moves

• Post moves

• Rebounding

• Team offense

• Team defense

Recognizing that individual skills are effective only when used within the team concept, the book also covers team principles for both ends of the court. Tactics for offense, including special situations for out-of-bounds plays, will improve spacing, ball and player movement, shot selection, and scoring. Defensive tactics emphasize positioning, pressure, and various systems to apply in each zone of the court.

At all levels of basketball, success comes with mastery of the basic skills. Basketball Skills & Drills is your best-selling guide to becoming that dominant force on the court.

“Jerry Krause brings over 50 years of coaching expertise to this book to make the fundamental skills of basketball easy to learn. It is a landmark contribution that will benefit all coaches of men’s and women’s basketball. If you want to teach the basics of basketball, this book is a must for all coaches.”

Lisa Fortier-Head Coach of Gonzaga University Women’s Basketball and 2015 WBCA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year

Basketball Skills & Drills has stood the test of time. It has become the gold standard for books on fundamental skills. With this latest edition and the new ebook and video library formats, it will continue to be a classic of basketball basics for coaches and players.”

Mark Few-Head Coach of Gonzaga University Men’s Basketball and 2017 Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year

“The foundation of the great game of basketball never wavers. Players who strive for mastery of the fundamental skills will always be in high demand. The game always belongs to those who can pass, catch, shoot, rebound, and defend. Nobody teaches this better than Coach Jerry Krause.”

Sherri Coale-Head Coach of University of Oklahoma Women’s Basketball and 2017 USBWA Coach of the Year

ISBN: 9781492564102

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 885g

328 pages

Fourth Edition