Lockdown Defense


Book Description

"A must read for any coach looking to improve his or her defensive approach and training." - Steve Lanpher : Head Coach at Randolph College "If you're looking for help building and thinking about all things defense, you've gotta check out this book. Coach Jagacki is one of the best defensive minds out there." - Stu Hartenstein : Assistant Coach at Dension University "This is the revolution that defense has been waiting for." - Lee Deforest : Head Coach at Florida Coastal Prep Lockdown Defense is a book focused on developing elite defenders. More than just data points and coaching cliches, this book offers advanced techniques, new fundamentals, training cues, in-depth nuance and multiple drills to help develop Lockdown Defenders. In an era dominated so much by offensive spacing and 1v1 schemes, individual on-ball defenders have become crucial to team defensive success. Lockdown Defense is the ultimate book on developing this critical aspect of defense. The book contains 200 pages with over 60 techniques and 28 drills expanding across 10 chapters of individual defense: on-ball, closeouts, post defense, gap defense, rim protection, ball screen defense, recovery techniques, team scheme and toughness. It's time defense had a revolution.




Thinking Basketball


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Are top scorers really the most valuable players? Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does the team with the best player usually win?Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. Explore how certain myths arose while using our own cognition as a window into the game's popular narratives. New basketball concepts are introduced, such as power plays, portability and why the best player shouldn't always shoot. Discover how the box score can be misleading, why "closers" are overrated and how the outcome of a game fundamentally alters our memory. Behavioral economics, traffic paradoxes and other metaphors highlight this thought-provoking insight into the NBA and our own thinking. A must-read for any basketball fan -- you'll never view the sport, and maybe the world, the same again.




Winning Defense


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The key to success for any basketball team is defense, and the heart of most successful defensive systems is half-court man-to-man defense. "Winning Defense" is the ultimate book on this crucial aspect of the game. Much more than a basic primer, this advanced guide explores the intricacies of transition and half-court defense that give winning teams their edge. It's all here: trapping, switching, cutters, screeners, post defense, and defending two- and three-man exercises. Out-of-bound and end-of-game situations. Drills to enhance individual and team technique. A section on rebounding, the finishing touch to any successful defensive effort, and a unique approach to transition defense. Since it's publication in 1993, "Winning Defense" has become the bible of half-court man-to-man defense for serious and successful coaches and players everywhere! Del Harris is one of basketball's most respected, honored, and experienced teachers. He began his career as an elementary coach in Johnson City, Tennessee, and progressed through the high school, college, international, and professional ranks--enjoying great success at each stop. Harris took the NBA's Houston Rockets, who had finished the regular season with a winning percentage below .500 to the finals of the NBA playoffs in 1981 in one of the great Cinderella stories in league history. He also led the Milwaukee Bucks to the playoffs in each of his four seasons as head coach. As the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, he nearly duplicated his 1981 miracle season in 1995, leading a team expected to go nowhere to the playoffs, where they lost in a thrilling six-game Western Conference semifinal series to San Antonio. As a result, he was named1994-95 NBA Coach of the Year. A noted speaker and clinician, Harris has written two previous basketball books and a sports novel for young readers. His is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.







DEFENSIVE BASKETBALL DRILLS


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DEFENSIVE DRILLS The Defensive Drill Playbook was written with one single purpose: to help coaches plan and execute more efficient practices. Dеfеnѕе is the fоundаtiоn оf аnу ѕuссеѕѕful bаѕkеtbаll tеаm. Building a ѕоlid defensive fоundаtiоn iѕ juѕt аѕ imроrtаnt as hаving an еffесtivе offense. By executing thе рrореr fundаmеntаlѕ, rоtаtiоnѕ, and соmmuniсаtiоn ѕtrаtеgiеѕ, уоur tеаm will аntiсiраtе thеir opponents' mоvеѕ аnd prevent thеm frоm scoring. It all starts with the drills. Plan your practices to teach the progression of lockdown defense the same way coach Vann does. Coach Vann has a career winning percentage over .800, and part of his success can be attributed to having a solid defense. Teach it the same way he does. The stance, the slides, the closeouts, and more are all part of the Defensive Drills book, quite possibly the only defensive resource you will ever need. One оf the biggеѕt challenges beginning соасhеѕ fасе is dеtеrmining hоw tо structure рrасtiсеѕ. Thinking ahead аnd planning оut thе ѕеаѕоn are crucial tо a team's ѕuссеѕѕ аnd the реrѕоnаl growth оf еасh рlауеr. Use thiѕ guide to еѕtаbliѕh a bаѕkеtbаll рrасtiсе рlаn that саn bе аdарtеd thrоughоut thе season. You will also learn how to teach your players how to stop the most common offensive actions that they will see during a season. Practice against аll оffеnѕivе ѕituаtiоnѕ ѕо that there are no ѕurрriѕеѕ оn gаmе day and take away what your opponents do best. Slow down great offensive players and win games with your defense. The book is broken down into 36 specific defensive actions with all the drills broken down into each area to make it super easy to find the drill that you want or need when you need it. Each section goes to great length and detail on how to tackle anything that your opponent might throw your way. If you have struggled defensively in the past at any level, let Coach Vann coach you up with his complete Defensive Drills book! Beginning coaches, winning coaches, even Hall of Fame coaches can put the Defensive Drills book to use. Whether you need an individual or team drill or just a new idea for something fresh, Coach Vann has you covered. Get the Defensive Drill book today and find the right drills for your basketball team! Features: 2930 Pages 36 Different specific actions with all drills broken down into each area to make it super easy to find the drill you want or need when you need it We break down all of our drills into specific actions so that you can easily find precisely what drill it is that you are looking for at the drop of a hat This drill book will help you plan more efficient practices and save you time when doing so Improve your team's defense




Business Process Management Workshops


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This book constitutes revised papers from the International Workshops held at the 20th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2022, in Münster, Germany, during September 11-15, 2022. Papers from the following workshops are included: · 6th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Business Process Management (AI4BPM 2022) · 6th International Workshop on Business Processes Meet Internet-of-Things (BP-Meet-IoT 2022) · 18th International Workshop on Business Process Intelligence (BPI 2022) · 2nd International Workshop on Business Process Management and Routine Dynamics (BPM&RD 2022) · 14th International Workshop on Social and Human Aspects of Business Process Management (BPMS2 2022) · 1st International Workshop on Data-Driven Business Process Optimization (BPO 2022) · 10th International Workshop on DEClarative, DECision and Hybrid approaches to processes (DEC2H 2022) · 1st International Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Business Process Management (NLP4BPM 2022) Each of the eight workshops focused on particular aspects of business process management. Overall, after a thorough review process, there were 23 full and 3 short papers selected from a total of 51 submissions. Only one of the short papers is included in the proceedings.




Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball


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You volunteered to coach the basketball team, but are you really ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball has the answers. Yes, the wildly popular and entertaining coaching guide is back in a new, updated, and expanded second edition. Longtime coaches Keith Miniscalco and Greg Kot return to share their experience and provide advice you 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, 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. So worry not, coach. Survival Guide has helped countless coaches have rewarding and productive seasons—and a lot of fun along the way!




The Final Season


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Since the beginning of her career as Lady Vol head coach at twenty-two years old, Pat Head Summitt effectively established the University of Tennessee Lady Vols as the top women’s athletics program in the nation. The winningest coach in the history of NCAA basketball, Summitt overcame one obstacle after another on the road to every victory, but it is the lives she has impacted along the way that tell the story of her true legacy. Forever a role model for young women, expecting nothing but the best from her players and from those around her, her legacy has never faltered—not even during her final season as head coach, when she faced her fiercest adversary yet: the diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.




Basketball Position Metric: the Evolution Is Being Televised


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In sports proper identity is key. We celebrate players, we glorify their existence, we marvel at their talent, and we cherish the moments that they give us. But the game that they are playing goes deeper than the surface we see. Who are they? What are they? Positions were given out to players over 70 years ago and we continue to identify them with just these labels. In doing this, we’ve ignored a huge component that plays a part in the world we live in. And that’s evolution. In this book Rashad takes us on an exciting journey in which he tells the stories of players, identifies them properly, and he dissects the game from where it was to where it is today. He shares never heard before stories of the games’ greatest players, and rearranges the legacies of many with his new position metric.




Corporate Swagger


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Corporate Swagger was realized out of a means to level the playing field. It's for young professionals attempting to navigate the corporate terrain, seasoned professionals looking to sharpen their business chops, or entrepreneurs needing an edge on their competition. This is the underdog's guide to professional success. Until now these have been the most well-guarded secrets of the business game. Not anymore! What you have in your hand is the playbook to reinventing yourself and gaining a competitive advantage in the workplace. This is Corporate Swagger.