> GB132 >Basketball Steps to Success > Hal Wissel >   354 pages > 2012
  • Is it possible that a single book can provide all the instruction you need to conquer these basketball roadblocks? First you must know exactly how the skill or tactic is properly performed. Check! Then you need to attempt it again and again, with corrective advice through those trials until you get it right. Check! Next comes practice. Lots of practice, with drills designed to make performance of the skill or tactic efficient and effective. Check!
  • In Basketball: Steps to Success, Coach Hal Wissel covers the entire progression of technical and tactical development needed to become a complete player. From essential footwork to key principles of defense, this guide details the skills and tactics needed to excel in today’s game. Shooting off the catch and creating shots off the dribble, running two- and three-player offensive plays, and many more topics in the book will prepare players to succeed in every situation on the court.
> GB131 > Basketball for Women > Nancy Lieberman > 249 pages > 2012


  • Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman explains how to become a complete player in the new edition of her book. Lieberman shares what she has learned throughout her legendary basketball career and explains that striving for greatness means never backing down from challenges no matter the obstacle.
  • In Basketball for Women, Lieberman covers shooting technique, defense, passing, and training she has used throughout her extensive career. The book includes more than 100 drills for player development and plays for offensive, defensive, and special situations that can be implemented into today's fast-paced game


> GB130 79 > Bee Ball Basketball Handbook > Vic Pruden

  • A developmental game for boys and girls under 13, Bee Ball is designed to help them learn those skills which are essential to effective team play, particularly decision-making.
  • To accommodate their physical abilities, the basket is lower, the ball is smaller, and the court is smaller. With the lower basket and small ball, participants can more easily learn technically-sound movement patterns for shooting, passing, and dribbling.
  • Playing on a smaller court that is better-proportioned to their size and strength allows players to execute a pass the length of the court.
  • A Bee Ball team consist of 4 rather than 5 players. Thus, without compromising the demands of team basketball, the complexity of what is to be learned is lessened. Furthermore, having fewer players on the court provides more space and more opportunity for each player to handle the ball.


> GB128 79 > More Five-Star Basketball Drills > Howard Garfinkel > 172 pages > 2004


  • Before there was a Nike or Adidas camp for the nation's elite high-school players, there was Five-Star. Now in its 37th year, Howard Garfinkel's Five-Star camp has produced hundreds of NBA and Division 1-A college players, including such superstars as Michael Jordan, Isaiah Thomas, and Vince Carter. In More Five-Star Basketball Drills, the author offers readers his one-of-a-kind, exclusive guide to the superstar camp's most successful drills, straight from the personal notepads of some of the nation's most successful professional and college coaches.
  • Coaches and players looking for a proven hoop drill program will find: More than 100 fundamentally sound and easy-to-execute drills. An inside look at Five-Star's sure-fire plan for improving one's game and exclusive photos from the camp's illustrious history.


> GB127 79 > NABC Drill Book Vol. 1 > Jarry Krause > 199 pages > 1998
  • The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has long been respected as the premier coaching organization of the sport, and its membership includes some of the most illustrious figures and foremost teachers in basketball history. NABC Drill Book, Volume 1 contains over 100 of the best drills for improving a team`s offense and defense - including improving transitions between the two.
  • Included here are drills from the following great teachers of the game:
  • Bob Knight, Pete Newell, John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Steve Alford, Roy Williams, Tex winter, Dave Odom, Rick Samuels, Dick Davey, Lute Olson, Jerry Tarkanian, Wimp Sanderson, Jerry Krause, Tubby Smith, James Seward, Denny Crum and many more!
> GB126 79  > Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball > Keith Miniscalo & Greg Kot > 169 pages >  2009

  • From evaluating players' skills and establishing realistic goals to in-game coaching tips, it's all here - the drills, the plays, the fun.
  • Develop your team's dribbling, passing, shooting, and rebounding skills with the Survival Guide's collection of the game's best youth drills.  For plays and sets that young teams can actually run, flip to the Survival Guide's offensive and defensive playbook.  And to get the most out of every practice, follow the ready-to-use practice plans.


> GB125 79  > Basketball > R. William Jones, Hans Dieter Krebs, & Manfred Stroher > 222 pages > 1998



> GB124 79 > Basketball > Borislav Stankovic, Hans Dieter Krebs, & Manfred Stroher > 229 pages >  2004


> GB123 79 > Basketball: 60 Years of Fiba Rules > Manfred Stroher > 260 pages > 1991


> GB122 79  > Guardians of the Game: A Legacy of Leadership > James Krause > 206 pages > 2008  


  • Phog Allen, John Wooden, John Thompson, Dean Smith, and Mike Krzyzewski. Legends in college basketball. Men whose stories help chart the fascinating tale of what’s become a huge industry.
  • An official publication of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, Guardians of the Game: A legacy of leadership traces the development of college basketball using the words and deeds of those who have lived the experience - the coaches, players, sports writers and executives - while offering an inside look at such stories as the UCLA dynasty, the trailblazers such as John McLendon and the always interesting Bob Knight.
  • A necessity for every basketball coach and sports fan, Guarding of the Game brings to life the heroes and the villains of the developmental process and the coaches who have helped create such an intriguing history.
> GB121 79 > Team Concepts in Basketball : Part 4 > Dale Bradshaw
A yearly training plan for high school basketball: pre-season, competitive season, and post-season.

> GB120 79 > Team Concepts in Basketball: Part 3 > Dale Bradshaw > 35 pages
Free throws, jump balls, organization, administration, delegation of duties, yearly teaching plan, and motivation through stats.

> GB119 79 > Team Concepts in Basketball : Part 2 > Dale Bradshaw > 41 pages
Defence, goals & principles, team defence, full court, all purpose example, mid-court drills, offensive, defensive.

> GB118 79 > Team Concepts in Basketball : Part 1 > Dale Bradshaw > 45 pages
Philosophy, choosing the team, and offence.

> GB117 79 > Inside College: New Freedom, New Responsibility > Henry Moses > 229 pages    
  • To help you deal with the challenges and make the most of your college years, Henry Moses, Harvard's dean of freshmen, offers practical information and wise insights based on more than 20 years of experience in advising students.
  • Among the subjects covered in depth are: dormitory life, relationships with professors and classmates, rules and regulations, course work, grade, faculty and administration, social life, extracurricular activities, keeping an open mind, choosing a major, and shaping your own education.



> GB116 79  >  The Edge: The Guide to Fulfilling Dreams, Maximizing Success, and Enjoying a Lifetime of Achievement > Howard Ferguson > 53 pages > 1983
  • A book of messages from successful people collected by Howard E. Ferguson who is a successful wrestling coach, businessman and salesman of Lakewood, Ohio.
> GB115 79 > A Coaches Life > Dean Smith, John Kilgo, & Sally Jenkins > 331 pages > 1999

  • Largely conforming to the standard sports autobiography, former University of North Carolina basketball coach Smith recalls his career and the way it dovetailed with the evolution of college basketball over the second half of this century into a big business and media zoo. 
  • The writing is talky and easygoing, punctuated by sly humor “I liked the ‘60s, but I liked them a lot better after we won a few ball games.Of meeting Michael Jordan, who played for him at UNC, Smith casually notes: “I know i’m supposed to say he was surrounded by a golden light, but the truth is, he wasn't.” 
  • The son of schoolteachers, Smith writes sincerely about teaching his young, talented players . In a chapter called “I may be wrong but!”, Smith reveals some of the personal and political beliefs he so tightly guarded during his career. 
  • He articulates his faith in God and his political disagreements with the Christian Coalition (relevant because Smith was long the most popular man in a state that elects Jesse Helms to the Senate) and his discomfort with athletes who appear to believe that God cares who wins a basketball game. Although Smith indulges in some stock homilies and bromides about "life fundamentals", he comes off as a man with compassion, modesty, and honesty, as well as a competitive drive.

> GB114 79 > Winning Every Day Game Plan For Success > Lou Holtz > 216 pages > 1998  
  • After turning around the fortunes of college football programs at several universities, Holtz landed the top job in his profession in 1986 when he was named head coach at Notre Dame. His 1988 Notre Dame team won the college national championship (a story chronicled in his book, The Fighting Spirit), and Holtz posted winning seasons until he retired at the end of the 1996 campaign. During his coaching career, Holtz was known as an exceptional motivator, and he translated that skill from coaching to professional speaking after his retirement.
  • In this book, Holtz outlines the principles that he believes helped him achieve success, such as a positive attitude, dealing with adversity, adapting to new situations and making a commitment to excellence.
  • Holtz illustrates his points with numerous anecdotes drawn from his coaching days and also includes a fair number of jokes.
  • In the end, however. what Holtz has produced is a work no better or worse than most other motivational business books. Improvement-minded Notre Dame fans are the ones most likely to be motivated to by the ex-coach’s efforts.


> GB113 79 > Losing Season: A Memoir > Pat Conroy > 400 pages > 2002 
  • Pat Conroy, one of America's premier, has penned an extraordinary memoir, a deeply affecting coming-of-age reminiscence about family, love, loss, basketball--and life itself.
  • During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Conroy become part of a basketball team that was ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs were a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominated his life--and a crucible for becoming his own man.
  • With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966-77 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning...and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated.


> GB112 79 > Coaching High School Basketball : A Complete Guide to Building a Championship Team > Bill Kuchar > 132 pages > 2005
  • In Coaching High School Basketball, Hall of Famer Bill Kuchar presents an indispensable instruction manual for experienced and rookie coaches alike. A combination of classic tactics and new, cutting-edge strategies, this one-of-a-kind handbook provides easy to read diagrams and instructions, plus dozens of practice drills to reinforce fundamentals and teach innovative moves. Readers will learn how to: Master Kuchar's "double motion offense", locate, protect, and infiltrate zones. Defend against the fast break, use last-second plays for when the game is on the line. Make the most of out-of-bounds plays. Scout and evaluate junior high school talent and get college coaches to scout their games.


> GB111 79 > Coaching Youth Basketball: The Guide for Coaches, Parents and Athletes > John McCarthy Jr. > 197 pages >  2006
  • In this book, youth league team coaches and parents will see how to teach the game and help younger players develop their basketball  abilities.


> GB110 79 > Guide to Basketball Facilities FIBA Basketball Promotion > 269 pages

> GB109 79 > Basketball Steps to Success > Hal Wissel > 354 pages > 2012
  • Learning and teaching basketball skills and tactics can be challenging. Executing them in competition can be troubling. Mastering them can be a career-long quest.
  • Is it possible that a single book can provide all the instruction you need to conquer these basketball roadblocks?
  • First you must know exactly how the skill or tactic is properly performed. Check! Then you need to attempt it again and again, with corrective advice through those trials until you get it right. Check! Next comes practice, lots of practice, with drills designed to make performance of the skill or tactic efficient and effective. Check!
  • In Basketball: Steps to Success, Coach Hal Wissel covers the entire progression of technical and tactical development needed to become a complete player.
  • From essential footwork to key principles of defense, this guide details the skills and tactics needed to excel in today’s game. Shooting off the catch and creating shots off the dribble, running two-and-three player offensive plays, and many more topics in the book will prepare players to succeed in every situation on the court.


> GB108 79 > NBA Coaches Playbook: Techniques, Tactics & Teaching Points > Giorgio Gandolfi > 337 pages > 2009
  • The Phoenix Suns Steve Nash shines in running the break, but how do his teammates know where to go to get open to receive his passes? Orlando’s Dwight Howard is a tremendous talent in the post, but how has he improved and added new dimensions to his game? And how is it that Utah’s Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer run the screen-and-roll as smoothly as Jazz legends John Stockton and Karl Malone did years before?
  • Coaching. Yes, even in a league loaded with superior athletic talent, the teaching, tactical maneuvers, and strategies provided by NBA coaches are second to none. And as younger, sometimes less mature and less experienced players from all over the world have entered the league, those coaching skills are more diverse and better honed than ever before.
  • Now NBA Coaches Playbook takes you into the practice sessions and sideline huddles with detailed Xs and Os and more from the game's best at maximizing performance on the court. Let the likes of Phil Jackson, Mike D'Antoni, Avery Johnson, Stan Van Gundy, George Karl, Eddie Jordan, Mike Dunleavy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and many other head and assistant coaches provide you with new insights to benefit your own team and individual players.


> GB106 79 > Basketball Skills & Drills > Jerry Krause, Don Mayer, & John Mayer > 248 pages > 2008    
  • From precision passing to high-percentage shooting, Basketball Skills & Drills has you covered for fundamental skills in all phases of the game.


> GB105 79 > Patriot Hearts > John Furlong & Gary Mason > 329 pages > 2011  
  • When John Furlong emigrated from Ireland in 1974, the customs officer greeted him with "Welcome to Canada. Make us better" -- an imperative that has defined Furlong's life ever since. A passionate, accomplished athlete with a track record of community service,Furlong was a volunteer for Vancouver's 2010 Olympic bid movement when it began in 1996 and then spent the next 14 years living and breathing the Olympics. Furlongand his organizing team, including 25,000 volunteers and many partners, orchestrated a remarkable Winter Games. Patriot Hearts  is the story of how they did it.
  • Working with Globe & Mail columnist Gary Mason, Furlong recounts the lead-up to the Games and describes how he handled seemingly insurmountable setbacks -- such as the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, a global recession and the washed-out snow at Cypress Bowl -- to achieve a runaway success and, ultimately, a pivotal moment of nationhood.


> GB104 79 > Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball > Keith Miniscalo & Greg Kot > 169 pages > 2009   
  • From evaluating players' skills and establishing realistic goals to in-game coaching tips, it's all here - the drills, the plays, the fun.
  • Develop your team's dribbling, passing, shooting, and rebounding skills with the Survival Guide's collection of the game's best youth drills.  For plays and sets that young teams can actually run, flip to the Survival Guide's offensive and defensive playbook.  And to get the most out of every practice, follow the ready-to-use practice plans.


> GB103 79 > “Quotes” and Quotations (Volume 2) > Jeff Davis > 151 pages > 1991
  • The reader will find page after page of motivational and inspirational thoughts and aspirations of people in their struggle with professional ambitions, experiences and sense of humor which they may find useful for their own preparation of professional skills, inspirational and motivational needs, for comfort and entertainment or whatever occasion arises.


> GB102 79  > “Quotes” and Quotations (Volume 1) > Jeff Davis > 155 pages > 1991
  • The reader will find page after page of motivational and inspirational thoughts and aspirations of people in their struggle with professional ambitions, experiences and sense of humor which they may find useful for their own preparation of professional skills, inspirational and motivational needs, for comfort and entertainment or whatever occasion arises.


> GB101 79 > Soft Touch: A Sport that Lets You Touch Life > Don Linehan > 109 pages > 1976
  • A look at basketball stressing the poetry of movement and excitement of energy found in the sport.

> GB100 79 > Why Good Coaches Quit - And How You Can Stay in the Game > John Anderson & Rich Aberman > 212 pages > 1999
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