COMPETITIVE BASKETBALL PRACTICE: FUNDAMENTALS Paperback – July 28, 2025

Every basketball coach wears two basketball hats--as a teacher and a coach. The coach teaches during basketball practice and coaches during the basketball games. Of course, teachable moments happen during games.Teaching basketball is no different from teaching any other high school subject. All teaching must start at the beginning. With the subject of basketball, the beginning is with the basketball court, the rules of the game, the lexicon of basketball subjects, and the basic physical activity. Those four areas constitute the fundamentals of the game.A basketball game consists of two major parts--offense and defense. Every basketball player executes the role of a defender on defense and the role of an opponent on offense. The fundamentals teach basketball players how best to execute those major roles and all the other roles required by offense and defense.Basketball roles vary in responsibilities and floor location. During a 32-minute basketball game, a player executes hundreds of roles that change at the blink of an eye.A basketball game executed fundamentally sound is a thing of athletic beauty. A basketball game absent sound fundamentals is sloppy and athletically unpleasant. Read more