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BASKETBALL'S BEST
http://www.basketballsbest.com/

Preparing for the end of Games
Passing Technique. Fundamentals for Players
Motivation
Article 1 - Special Situations
Article 2 - Defensive 3-Point Strategy
Article 4 - Ideas for Championship Basketball
Article 5 - Special Strategic Situations
Article 6 - The 2-2-1 Zone Press

BASKETBALL COACH'S NOTEBOOK
http://www.akcoach.com/

The Flex Offense
Shell Drill Variation
Coaching Youth Basketball 2
Fun Shooting Drill
Versatile 20 drill
Simplified Triangle Offense
3-2 Half Court Trap
Fast Break Drill
The Ultimate Drill!
Player Handbook
Player Resume'
Season Plan Outline
Shooting Layups
Player Conduct
10 Steps to Happy Feet
Playing Time Policies
Basic Strategy Guide
Situational Plays
Tip-Off and Jump Balls
Breaking the Full Court Press
Free Throws
Flat Four Offense
Easy Offensive Plays
Desperation Plays
Continuity Plays
Beating the Junk Zone Defenses
Five Fundamental Offensive Plays
Fundamental Offensive Skills
Wildman Press
Press - 3-2 Half Court Trap
Introduction to Pressure Defense
Zone Fundamentals
Pressure Man to Man Defense
Sideline Out of Bounds
Out of Bounds
Man to Man - the basic defense
Fundamental Defensive Skills
Pre-Game Warm-Up Drills
Shell Drill
Lay-Up Drill with Give and Go, Post Exercises
Lay-Up Drill with Multiple Attack Angles
Lay-Up Drill with 11 Elements
Lay-Up Drills
Run the Gauntlet Drill
Fast Break Drill with Follow Up Spot Shots
Fast Break Drill
40 in 4 Layup and Conditioning Drill
Multi-Skill 20 Drill
How to Set Screens
Rebounding
Getting Fit for Hoops
Big Players
Fifteen Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Bench Players
Top Ten Teaching Tips for Coaching Basketball
Dealing With Young Superstars
Selecting Players
How to Get Money for Your Team
Risk Management
Practice - Preparing for Basketball
Teaching Players to Communicate
Player Conduct
Parent Conduct
Parent Management
Making it to the Sidelines: Landing a Job in Coaching
Inspirations
Being Prepared for Sports Injuries
Discipline
What is the most important quality a player can bring to a basketball team?
Designing Your Own Plays
Coaching Youth Basketball
Coaching Resume
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching Interview
Why Not Pass Out a Coaching Evaluation Form?
Coaching Conduct: Winning...and Losing...with Class
Building Character
Assisstant Coach Roles, Pitfalls and Responsibilities
Sportsmanship
Referees
What's the Purpose of a Basketball Program?
Basic Winning Basketball Strategies
Basic Advantages in Basketball
Top Ten Bad Habits in Basketball
Basketball Analogies

Basketball Playbook Plays and Drills
http://home.hccnet.nl/j.e.smit/plays.html

Team Offensive Hints & Tips...
General Team Defence Hints & Tips...
Shooting T.I.P.
Fun Drills

HAVENPORT BASKETBALL
http://www.havenport.com/hosa/hosa.html

Simple continuous offense
Criss cross offense
Inside rotation offense
Four out one in high and low post offenses
3 Out - 2 In Motion Offense
Reasons for causing the ball holder to dribble in a particular direction
The Shell Drill
Eleven Man Drill
Swinging Layup Drill
Bad Pass Drill
High hands Drill
Machine Gun Drill
Money Ball Free Throws and Beat X
ANTICIPATION DRILL
Move and Shoot Drill
Continuity Waltzing Drill
Pass to Wall Targets Drill
Exploiting the defender's vision field limitations while playing without the ball
Advantages to developing many skills
Basketball Arena

Mike Golden Team Drills
http://www.hometown.aol.com/goldmk/hoopdrills1.html

ALLCOACH.com
http://www.allcoach.com/basketball/default_scape.asp

COACHING BASKETBALL IN AUSTRALIA
http://www.ats.com.au:80/~giju2/
Teaching Motion Offense
FAST BREAK ARTICLE (From Scholastic Coach)

TOM LYNCH'S BASKETBALL WORLD
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/6330/

SHOOTING
Conditions for Change
The Fundamentals of Shooting
The Feel Method
Before Each Lesson
Five Lesson Build Up
Troubleshooting Guide

COACHING
Return to the Playground
Youth Program Outline 2-3 Grade
Winning at the Youth Level

JOURNAL OF BASKETBALL STUDIES
http://www.rawbw.com/~deano/index.html

Of Grant Hill and Basketball Relationships
Yes, Virginia, There is a Hot Hand
They Say Defense Wins Championships
Every Shot to Win
Mission Impossibull: Beating the Bulls
How Slow Can You Go?
Tyra Banks! Tyra Banks!
Basketball's Glass Ceiling
Of Point Spreads and Predictions, Using a Kalman Filter
Insight on a Boxscore
The Death of the Hot Hand
You Don't Know Shaq
The Effect of Bad Referees
Dreamin' of the Dream Team
Playoff Home Court Advantage
What Strategies Are Risky?
The Effect of Controlling Tempo
Jordan vs Olajuwon: Who's Better? Using a Scientific Method
Basketball Rah-Rah
Basketball's Bell Curve
Coaching/Scouting
Possession Scoring System
Adjusted or Effective FG%
Methods

COACHING SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachsci/index.htm

Measuring Practice Effort 3.2
Principles of Training
Specificity of Training
Overload and Overtraining
Positive Mental Activity
Measuring Practice Effort
Strength Training
Goal-setting
Fuel and Ergogenic Aids
Altitude Training
The Female Athlete
Imagery in Sports
Learning in Sports
The Young Athlete
Individual Differences
Psychological Activity in Sport
Psychological Dynamics of Performance
Temperature and Performance
Principles of Training 2
Specificity of Training 2
Overload and Overtraining 2
Warm-up, Recovery, and Rates of Movement
Measuring Practice Effort 2.1
Measuring Practice Effort 2.2
Strength Training 2
Fuel and Ergogenic Aids 2.1 - Creatine
Fuel and Ergogenic Aids 2.2 - General
Altitude Training 2
The Female Athlete 2
Drugs in Sport
Coaching Factors
Imagery in Sports 2
Psychological Activity in Sport 2
Mental Factors in Sports
Fatigue in Exercise
The Young Athlete 2
Principles of Training 3
Temperature and Performance 2
Specificity of Training 3
Overload and Overtraining 3
Measuring Practice Effort 3.1
Measuring Practice Effort 3.2

PATTI'S HOOPS PAGE
http://www.pattishomepage.com/hoops/

Build a Better Player
Basketball Things To Read
Things to Read, Edition 1
Things to Read, Edition 2
Things to Read, Edition 3
Coach's Corner

BLUE EAGLE BASKETBALL CLUB (Motion Offense and Shuffle Offense)
http://hoopsclub.com/playbook.htm

HOOPS KING
http://www.hoopsking.com/coach's_clinic.htm

Advantages of the Motion Offense
Screening the Zone
Stop the Penetrating Move
3 on 3 Half Court Defense
4 in 1 Defensive Drill
3 on 3 Screen Out Drill
Lateral Screen
Scramble Defense Drill
Automatic Trap Areas
Competitive Defensive Drill
Around the Horn Drill
Kansas Dril
Advanced Blitz Drill
Search and Put Back Drill
Full Court, Four Chair, One on One Attack the Basket Drill
Kentucky Drill
Knockout
Flex Fastbreak
Flex 1-2-2 Entry

Coaching Well Basketball Journal
http://www.havenport.com/hosa/cjournal.html

1 - 2 - 1 - 1 Zone Press
The Weave Offense
Side Inbound Back Door Play
Three on Two Continuous Drill
Two on One to Three on Three Drill
Self Challenge Shooting Drill
Defending the Dribbler
Complimentary Low Post Moves
Planning for Practice
Return to the Playground
Ten strategies for Mental Success
Improving Player Speed and Drug Testing
The Hot Hand: Miracle, Mastery, or Myth?

BASKETBALL COACHING - IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
http://coachlikeapro.tripod.com/basketball/index.html#Basketball Coaching - In Search of Excellence

Blocker/ Mover Basketball Offense
Basketball Offensive Plays
Basketball Defensive System
Basketball Man-to-man Defense
Basketball Practice Schedule
Basketball Weight Training Program
A Winning Basketball Philosophy
Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
Champion's Mindset
Basketball Team Goals
Basketball Leadership Traits of Great Players
Action Steps for True Champions
Inside the Huddle
Parental Conduct
Positive Parenting
Paul Bear Bryant
Basketball Offensive System

THE COACH'S HOME
http://members.tripod.com/~coacheshome/index1.html#Coach's Home

DUKE'S MAN TO MAN
MATCH UP ZONE
ZONE PRESS BREAK
ZONE 1 OFFENSE
ZONE 2 OFFENSE
ZONE 3 OFFENSE
DOUBLE PICK OFFENSE
SYRACUSE OFFENSE
FLEX BREAK OFFENSE
CLEAR - OUT OFFENSE
FLEX OFFENSE
KENTUCKY OFFENSE
THE ART OF SHOOTING

GREENVALE GRIZZLIES BASKETBALL CLUB
http://greenvalegrizzlies.asn.au/

3 Game - Basic Motion
3 Game - Sets
3 Game - Quick Hitters
3 Game - Trips Option
50+ fully diagrammed and explained drills (in PDF format - 311Kb)
Player handouts on various topics (in PDF format - 201Kb)
Some out of bounds plays (in PDF format - 73Kb)
Two simple team offenses diagrammed (in PDF format - 25Kb)
The Shuffle offense - Basic Cut and Strong-Side Split (in PDF format -39Kb)
Sample weekly training session plans for 26 weeks (in PDF format -90Kb)
Sample player homework sheets (in PDF format - 35Kb)
Drills & out-of-bounds plays from Bob Anderson, Tennessee (in PDF format - 70Kb)
"The Internet - A Resource For Basketball Coaches" (in PDF format - 8Kb) - Xs & Os Vol 4 Iss 4
"Some Defensive Thoughts" (in PDF format - 11Kb) - Xs & Os Vol 5
"Teaching Out Of Bounds Plays To Young Players" (in PDF format -20Kb) - Xs & Os Vol 5 Iss 2
"Screen To Get Open" (in PDF format - 24Kb) - Xs & Os Vol 5 Iss 3
"Inbounding vs Man-Man Pressure" (in PDF format - 19Kb) - Xs & Os Vol 6 Iss 2
"Hands Up If You Want To Play (in PDF format - 20Kb) - Xs & Os Vol 7 Iss 1
Basketball Skills Checklist For U8-U18 Juniors (in MS Excel format - 33Kb)
Basketball Skills Checklist For U8-U18 Juniors (in PDF format -10Kb)
Game Tally Sheet (in MS Word format - 49Kb)

COACH MEYER BASKETBALL WEBSITE
http://coachmeyer.com/

Building Teamwork
Motivating Young Athletes
Creatine - The Facts
The facts about Sweat
Nutrition Needs for Team Sports
UCLA - Conditioning and Fundamentals
...from a Quaker Newsletter...
Kaizen
Food for Thought
Are you motivated?
Must Read Books
Letter from Coach Bennett
Letter from Coach Hoffman
Tape 24 - The Best Things I´ve seen in Coaching
Wolves Basketball Blue Print
Newell´s and Wolves Basketball Team Objectives
Thoughts on Family, Health, Friends and Spirit
20 Practical Ways to love your Wife and Family
Tape 27 - Handout
Tape 25 (handout) Point And Talk - Match-Up Man Defense
Bison Basketball Concepts and Objectives
John Wooden's Seven-Point Creed
Jack Ramsay's Dozen "Absolutes" in Coaching
Bear Bryant's Secret to Success
Lessons learned from lifetime of coaching
Great Thoughts from Great Coaches
Guarding 3's
The Gift that Lives On
This is Why You Coach
Mental Approach: A, B, C's of Coaching Attitudes
You Are a Bison When
Happy Man's Personal Creed
And Then Some...
The First Commandment of Success
Failure List
Carried in Pat Summitt's Daily Planner
To the High School/College Graduate
Coaches and Players with Great Team Attitudes
ACT & SAT Test-Taking Tips
How to Tell a Winner from a Loser
Guard Individual Work Out.
Post Individual Work Out.
Man in The Glass.
Offensive Guard Play: Beating Pressure and Finishing
The Easy and the Hard.
About friends.
I love you enough...
101 Ways to Praise a Child
Each Life Affects Another's
How to establish rapport with your athletic child
What dad doesn't know doesn't count

TOMMY'S BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/ezyduzits12steptools/bball_playbook.html

DRILLS
Hi-Lo Dribble
Knock Out #1
Knock Out #2
Leg Circles Drill
Figure Eights
Figure Eight #2
Push Pull Dribble
Dribble Shot
1 Cone Layup/Shooting
The Guantlet
2 Cone Layup/Shooting
Weave 2 on 1
A Fun Rebound Tip
Front Crossover Dribbling
Dot Drill
Drop N Slap
Free Throw Shooting Drill #1
Free Throw Shooting Drill #2
Lay Up With Outlet Pass
Pass & Layup
Pass, Layup, & Rebound
Pass,Dribble,& Layup
Pass and Break Layup
Pass and Slide
Backwards Line Dribble
Dribble Slide
Cone Weave Crossover
3 Man Weave
2 Line Passing/Dribble
Duke Layups
Triangle Shooting Drill
3 Man Free Throw Drill
Ring Of Fire
3 on 2/2 on 1 Fast Break
Line 3 Way
Rondo
Pass and Chase
Circle Box Out Drill
2 Line Rebound Drill
4 Corner Passing Drill
2 on 2 Help and Recover

GUARDS
A Great Ballhandling Workout
Great Workout Plan
5 Star Shooting Guides for Better Shooting

POST PLAY
Footwork Tips
Good Advice and Drills
Coaching Young Post
Post Play and Drills # 2
Post Play and Drills # 1 by Larry Jackson

OFFENSIVE PLAYS AND SKILLS
The Give and Go
Pick and Roll Drill
Pass and Screen

SIDELINE INBOUNDS PLAYS
Sideline Box
Stack # 1 vs m2m
Sidewinder vs m2m

UNDER YOUR BASKET VS. M2M DEFENSE
Double Stack
Box # 1
Shield
Stack Play # 2
Box # 2
3 UP M2M
Circle Play
Box # 3
Quick 2
Box # 4

FULL COURT
The Mental Aspect of Youth Pressbreaking with a 1-2-2 Pressbreaker
The 1-4 Zone Pressbreaker # 1(text only)
The 1-4 Zone Pressbreaker(diagram)
1-4 # 2 Zone Pressbreaker
1-4 line m2m play
1-4 # 2 m2m
Wildcat m2m Full Court Pressbreaker

MAN OFFENSE
Strong Side Cutter
Weak Side Cutter

ZONE OFFENSE
Double Post
Zone Give and Go
Good Youth Offensive Play
1-2-2 Zone Offense
2-3 vs a 1-3-1 zone
Rotation

DEFENSIVE DRILLS AND SKILLS
Kids Version Of The Triangle And 2 Defense
Kids Version of The Box and 1 Defense
Closeout Drill # 1
2 on 1 Closeout Drill
Half Court Closeout Drill
Full Court Closeout
3 Man Closeout Drill
Team Defense-4 Man Shell
Team Defense-Part 2
Team Defense-Part 3
Team Defense-Part4-Cutters
Team Defense-Part 5-Crosspicks
Team Defense-Part 6-Perimeter Picks
Team Defense-Part 7-Wing Picks
Shell Drill-Closeout
Team Scrimmage Drill
defending a taller post player
3-2 Zone Defense

TRAPPING ZONE DEFENSES
1-3-1 Trapping Zone Press
1-3-1 Backcourt Trapping Zone Press
1-3-1 Frontcourt Trapping Zone Press
1-2-1-1 3/4 CourtTrapping Zone Press
2-2-1 3/4 CourtTrapping Zone Press
Triangle Trapping Drill
Sideline Trapping Drill
Sideline Trap and Pass

COACH WOODEN HOME PAGE
http://www.coachwooden.com/

BASKETBALL TIPS & DRILLS
http://www.eteamz.com/basketball/instruction/tips/

BALLHANDLING: THE BEHIND-THE-BACK DRIBBLE
Ballhandling Coordination
Are you a good ballhandler?
Ballhandling: The Behind-the-Back Dribble
Ballhandling: The Stutter-Step
The Between-The-Legs Dribble
The Crossover Dribble
The stop and go dribble
BALL HANDLING - Dribbling
BASIC DRIBBLING
HOLDING A BASKETBALL
THE BASIC SHUFFLE DRIBBLE
THE CHANGE-OF-PACE DRIBBLE
The speed dribble
Squaring Up Part II
Balance in Team Play
Duplicating Game Conditions
Offensive Sets
Playing with Flow
Playing with Tempo
SET SYMMETRY
THE TRIPLE-THREAT POSITION - IS IT EFFECTIVE?
AN APPROACH TO CUTTING PLAYERS
EMOTIONAL BALANCE
Monitoring Performance
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING
ONE-ON-ONE AND TEAM PLAY BALANCE
PROVIDING FEEDBACK
Sequencing
Square Up
Defensive Rebounding
Fundamentals of the Two-Three Zone Defense
Man-to-Man Defense
Maryland Anticipation Drill
The 1-2-2 Zone Defense
The 2-2-1 Full court press
Duke's Man to Man
Match Up Zone
Defending the Aggressive Attacker
Guarding a 'move player'
Guarding the dribbler
PLAYER CHARACTERISTICS
Playing Deny Defense
Playing Effective Defense
Reading a telegraph
The Three-Man Weave
Clear-Out
Double Pick
Flex
Flex Break
Kentucky
Syracuse
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone Press Break
The Four-Corner Offense
ESTABLISHING A PIVOT FOOT
Driving past an opponent
Initiating and Executing
PINNING
WALKING YOUR OPPONENT
Four on Three Fastbreak Drill
One-On-One Full Court Drill
One-on-One-on-One
Three-On-Two Fastbreak Drill
Two-On-One Fastbreak Drill
One-on-One Dribble Penetration
CATCHING A BASKETBALL
COMPLETING MORE PASSES
Passing
PASSING
PASSING- WRIST
PLAYERS' RESPONSIBILITY
The Center’s Responsibilities
The Point Guard’s Responsibilities
The Power Forward’s Responsibilities
The Shooting Guard’s Responsibilities
The Small Forward’s Responsibilities
SEEING THE COURT
VERTICAL JUMP
"Fatigue Free Throws"
Both Hands
One on Me
Sevens
Superhorse
Three Point
Free Throws
Improving Your Shooting Percentage
Off the Dribble
Shooting
SHOOTING - ESSENTIAL MENTAL CAPACITIES
SHOOTING AFTER ENDING A DRIBBLE
THE BASIC JUMP SHOT
THE STRIDE-STOP LAY-UP
DEVELOPMENT BEFORE COMPETITION
PARENTS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GREAT COACH FOR YOUR LITTLE HOOP STAR?

ILAN KOWALSKY - BASKETBALL COACH
http://members.tripod.com/~i1l2a3n/

Offence for 2 Centers
Offence Drill against Man & Zone
Motion offence when you don't have a Center (5)
Shooting Drill
Defence Drill
1-4 Baseline quick basket against Man
Big man shooting Drills
Post and Guard shooting Drills
Sagi 1
Offence against Man-to-Man
Special Situation
Baseline Out of Bounds basic play
Transition
Full team Drill rapid
Arrow
New offensive and defensive plays from American coaches.

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