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Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball: Only the Essential Drills, Practice Plans, Plays, and Coaching Tips! | 
| Authors: Keith Miniscalco, Greg Kot
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 9053
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 169
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0736073833
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323077
EAN: 9780736073837
ASIN: 0736073833
Publication Date: September 2008
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Product Description
Longtime coaches Miniscalco and Kot share their experiences and provide advice the reader can rely on from first practice to final shot. From evaluating players' skills and establishing realistic goals to using in-game coaching tips, it's all here - the drills, the plays and the fun. Develop a team's dribbling, passing, shooting and rebounding skills with a collection of the best youth drills. For plays and sets that young teams can actually run, readers will turn to the offensive and defensive playbook. To get the most out of every practice, readers will follow the ready-to-use practice plans. This book has everything the reader needs for a rewarding and productive season. So before stepping into the gym, this book is a must read. It'll remove the stress and show just how enjoyable the experience of coaching youth basketball can be.
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 Great Skill Building Tool November 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, as a tool for teaching fundamentals and basics, you can't ask for more. Book takes drills from basic and progress upwards. Uses visual and written discriptions. Best one I have used.
 Well written, easy to understand and effective. October 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I highly recommend The Survival Guide to Coaching Youth Basketball to new and experienced youth (grade 3-8) basketball coaches trying to get ready for the upcoming season. As a youth basketball coach for the past six years I always find the two weeks before the season to be the most stressful time of the year.
As most of us juggle work, family and coaching we can feel overwhelmed and unorganized for the upcoming season. The Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball is the first book I have read that gets right to the point - how do I get my young kids ready for the basketball season quickly and effectively?
If you are a new coach with little personal playing experience or a veteran coach looking for a way to recapture that teaching 'magic' this book is worth reading. Greg Kot and Keith Miniscalco have written their book in an easy to understand and well organized manner. They do not get overly technical nor do they insult your basketball intelligence.
Buy the book, take a few hours on a Sunday (after football of course) with notepad and pen and you will be better prepared for the season.
Survival Guide Review August 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As a parent who has a couple of kids playing youth and high school basketball, I have found the Survival Guide for Youth Basketball both a quick and informative read on the fundamentals for coaching kids. It is a great source of information and philosophy that coaches and prospective coaches can/should use to help with the coaching of young players.
One of the best qualities of this book is its ability to explain the rational of the various drills and suggested practice routines. Coaches can use these to help explain to young players (and their parents) the necessity of learning the fundamentals before going on to the more advanced aspects of the game. This is especially useful as most young players want to focus on their scoring and shooting, at the expense of good ball handling and defensive skills.
The book has numerous drills, practice routines, and schedules that can be easily understood and incorporated by both novice and experienced youth basketball coaches. The diagrams also really help illustrate the points that the authors are trying to make.
Some of the other neat aspects about the book include:
*The "Coach's Clipboard", which summarizes and helps to reinforce the key points of each chapter in the book
*The "Drill Finder" matrix, which allows the coach to easily find the specific drill(s) needed to help develop specific basketball skills
*Offensive and defensive plays and sets that can be used and understood by beginning players
The single best attribute of this book is that it provides a proven roadmap to all those parents who are getting ready to jump into a coaching role. It is a quick an informative read, and will be used by coaches as their primary reference guide for instructing young kids.
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