Basketball skills & drills /

Provides photo-illustrated instructions and drills for basketball players, covering ball handling, shooting, offense, and defense; and including a DVD.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krause, Jerry, 1936-
Other Authors: Meyer, Don, 1944-2014, Meyer, Jerry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2008]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Basic body control
  • Quick stance
  • Quick starts, steps, turns, and stops
  • Quick jumps
  • Basic body-control drills
  • 2. Advanced body control
  • Concepts of moving without the ball
  • Basic moves or steps without the ball
  • Screen moves
  • Drills for moving without the ball
  • 3. Ballhandling
  • Passing and catching
  • Passing principles
  • Types of passes
  • Catching principles
  • Communication of passing and catching
  • Dribbling
  • Basic ballhandling drills
  • 4. Shooting
  • Field-goal shooting
  • Shooting mechanics
  • Types of shots
  • Free-throw shooting
  • Shooting drills
  • 5. Outside offensive moves : playing the perimeter
  • Fundamentals of live-ball moves
  • Fundamentals of dead-ball moves
  • Perimeter drills
  • 6. Inside offensive moves : playing the post
  • Post-play fundamentals
  • Post skills
  • Post or inside moves
  • Post drills
  • 7. Individual defense
  • Fundamentals of defense
  • Essentials of defense
  • On-the-ball defense
  • Off-the-ball defense
  • Post defense
  • Special defensive situations
  • Pressuring shot
  • Defensive drills
  • 8. Rebounding
  • Rebounding tools
  • Motivating players to rebound
  • Rebounding rules
  • Defensive rebounding
  • Offensive rebounding
  • Rebounding assessment
  • Rebounding drills
  • 9. Team offense
  • General offensive principles
  • Player positions and responsibilities
  • Offensive team tactics
  • Drills for team offense
  • 10. Team defense
  • Defensive court levels
  • Defensive categories
  • Drills for team defense
  • Drill finder.