Today, I’d like to share with you my list of coaching books I’ve gathered over the time and which are well worth the read. A lot of you have been asking me on which books I’d recommend for getting a good start into coaching or for drills.
These are all books which are written in English. I still got a bunch of German books, which I didn’t list here. So, here it is … the list of basketball books in my shelf, which will be updated frequently.
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52-Week Basketball Training
by Chip Sigmon |
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Basketball Skills & Drills – 3rd Edition
by Jerry Krause, Don Meyer, Jerry Meyer |
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Basketball: Steps to Success – 2nd Edition (Steps to Success Sports Series)
by Hal wissel |
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Successful Coaching – 3rd Edition
by Rainer Martens |
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Basketball Offenses & Plays
by Kenneth Atkins |
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Coaching Basketball
by Jerry Krause |
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NBA Power Conditioning (Basketball)
by NBA, William Foran, NBCCA |
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Coaching Basketball Successfully 2nd Edition (Coaching Successfully Series)
by Morgan Wootten |
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Coaching Basketball Technical and Tactical Skills
by American Sports Education Program |
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The Basketball Player’s Bible: A Comprehensive and Systematic Guide to Playing
by Sidney Goldstein |
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Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness: Special Book/DVD Package
by Lee. E. Brown |
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The Women’s Basketball Drill Book (The Drill Book Series)
by Women’s Basketball Coaches Association |
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101 Strength And Conditioning Exercises And Drills for Basketball (Coaches Choice)
by Thomas Emma |
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101 Agility Drills (101 Drills)
by Patrick McHenry, Joel Raether |
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Five-Star Basketball Drills
by Howard Garfinkle, Will Klein |
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More Five-Star Basketball Drills
by Howard Garfinkel |
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Let’s Talk Defense: Tips, Skills & Drills for Better Defensive Basketball
by Herb Brown |
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John Wooden’s UCLA Offense: Special Book/DVD Package
by John Wooden, Swen Nater |
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WBCA’s Defensive Basketball Drills (Womens Basketball Coaches Association)
by Women’s Basketball Coaching Association |
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Basketball Guard Play (Spalding)
by Steve Alford, Ed Schilling |
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Own the Zone: Executing and Attacking Zone Defenses
by Don Casey |
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The Complete Guide to Coaching Girls’ Basketball: Building a Great Team the Carolina Way
by Sylvia Hatchell |
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Coaching Basketball For Dummies
by The National Alliance For Youth Sports, Greg Bach |
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Complete Book of Drills for Winning Basketball
by Ken Lumsden |
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Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, Revised Printing
by Dean Smith |
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Basketball Drills, Plays and Strategies: A Comprehensive Resource for Coaches
by Clint Adkins, Steven Bain, edward Dreyer, Robert A. Starkey |
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Encyclopedia of Defensive Basketball Drills
by B. Page, Burrall Paye |
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Basketball for Women (2nd Edition)
by Nancy Lieberman |
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Leading with the Heart: Coach K’s Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
by Mike Krzyzewski |
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Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
by John Wooden, Steve Jamison |
I’m always on the look-out for new books, so if you have any recommendations, please let me know.
“The Smart Take From the Strong” by Pete Carrill should be essential reading for any coach.
Thanks Matt, I’ve added it to my list of books to buy!
-Eitel
Winning Defense by Del Harris – amazing. A more advanced book but great stuff.
Make the big time where you are – motivational
Play their hearts out: A coach, his star, and the youth basketball machine – AMAZING BOOK on youth/grassroots basketball in America.
Nice one, I will be trying to get my hands on some of these.