Top Notch Basketball Coaching Books...
References for Creating Your Playbook...
Developing Your Coaching Library...
Coaching Basketball by Jerry Krause.
Excellent book edited by Jerry Krause that covers
every facet of the game. Topics are discussed by the greatest coaches in the history of the game... John
Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Ralph Miller, Bob Knight, Chuck Daly,
John Thompson, Rick Pitino, Denny Crum, Dean Smith, Jud
Heathcote, Lute Olson, Al McGuire, Jim Valvano, Rick Majerus,
Fred Taylor, Morgan Wooten, Hubie Brown, and many others.
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Coaching Basketball Successfully by Morgan
Wootten. Coach Wootten is one of the most successful high school coaches ever, with a coaching record of 1,274-192 during his 46-year career (DeMatha High School), winning five national championships. Wootten, a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame, shares his blueprint for success in this book.
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Basketball: Multiple Offense and
Defense by Dean Smith.
Hall of Famer Coach Smith discusses the free-lance passing
offense, his legendary 4-corners offense, the shuffle offense, 1-4 offense, "T-game", basic cut-movement game, fast break offense, press-breakers, and special situations. Defenses include pressure man defense, the run and jump defense, the "40"and the "50" defenses.
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Basketball: Steps to Success
by Hal Wissel. Coach Wissel is a great teacher of the game, and assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies, and it the owner of Basketball World, which runs many camps and clinics. For players learning the fundamentals, and coaches who want to be better teachers of the fundamentals.
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Becoming a Basketball Player
by Hal Wissel. Another great book from Coach Wissel. Mike Krzyzewski, Head Coach, Duke University says: "Hal Wissel is an outstanding teacher. In his book, "Becoming A Basketball Player" he gives the player a sound plan on how to become better. It is well conceived and easy to follow. I recommend it to players and coaches at all levels."
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Basketball Skills and Drills
by Jerry Krause, Don Meyer and Jerry Meyer. Excellent book for learning and teaching the game. Each chapter discusses one of the fundamental skills, and then provides the drills needed to develop those skills... body control, cutting, screens, ball-handling, passing and catching, dribbling, shooting, outside moves, post moves, defensive skills, rebounding, team offense and defense. A practice planning guide is included.
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Five-Star Basketball Drills
by Howard Garfinkel. Excellent book full of the drills that are used in the elite Five-Star Basketball Camps, a program whose
graduates include over 100 NBA players... enough said! An excellent resource for drills.
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101 Strength and Conditioning Exercises & Drills for Basketball by Thomas Emma. Booklet containing all the conditioning and training exercises and drills that coaches need. Emma was a three-year basketball starter (captain his senior year) at Duke University, was later drafted by the Chicago Bulls, and has a Masters degree (Columbia University) specialized in this area, and has written several other books as well.
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