| In my 24 years of coaching basketball at the intercollegiate level, I've had the opportunity to work with a number of outstanding players. In the process, I've observed that several factors affect the level of success that these individuals are able to achieve. Two of the primary factors are the on-the-court system in which they play and the steps used to ensure that the players are able to execute the system as planned. Accordingly, one of the main reasons I wrote this book is to provide coaches at all competitive levels with the information they need concerning fast break basketball and a comprehensive tool for teaching this information. |
| Coaching Fast Break Basketball(2nd edition) presents an overview of every dimension of fast break basketball. It has been written to provide coaches with a discussion of specific situations in which their teams, regardless of their relative size or speed, can take advantage of their opponents by fast breaking. |
| If you coach against zone defenses, this book is designed to enable you to see how the various zones work and how to effectively devastate them with fast break basketball. Furthermore, this book discusses how pressing defenses operate and why the fast break disrupts the style of those teams using them. This book also explains which fast break to use if your team has relatively poor ball-handling skills and discusses the fast break options for teams with guards who are good ball handlers. In addition, this book presents step-bystep methods for teaching the fundamental components of fast break basketball, including filling the lanes, two-on-one principles, three-on-two situations, and four-on-three techniques. |
| Coaching Fast Break Basketball(2nd edition) explains how to fast break from any situation that occurs during the game. Profusely illustrated, the book features dozens of diagrams which show how to fast break from various types of fast breaking circumstances, such as missed field goals and made baskets, as well as procedures for fast breaking from the freethrow line. Coaching Fast Break Basketball(2nd edition) also reviews the two-guard break, the sideline break, and the controlled break. In addition, this book describes ways to employ the fast break against man-to-man and pressing defenses. How to fast break from various zone presses, a relatively recent dimension in fast break basketball, is also covered thoroughly. Collectively, the information presented in this book shows how to fast break in a way to fit any philosophy or style of play. Complete conditioning programs for preseason, in-season, and post-season are also included to help prepare players physically for the demands of fast break basketball. Finally, the book includes drills which have been specifically designed to facilitate perfecting the skills and techniques involved in the fast break. |
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