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The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Girls' Basketball - Paperback
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by Sylvia Hatchell (Author), Jeff Thomas (Author)
"If you're serious about coaching girls' basketball, Coach Hatchell's book is a must-read."--Dean Smith, the winningest coach in NCAA men's basketball history
"Coach Hatchell covers everything you need to know about coaching girls' basketball."--Betty Jaynes, CEO Emeritus, Women's Basketball Coaches Association
OK, you've got the clipboard and the whistle, you've entered the gym, and twelve eager young faces turn to you. Now what? Even if you know little or nothing about the sport and even less about coaching, Coaching Girls' Basketball will lead you step by step through a successful season, from meeting your players and organizing your team, through teaching fundamentals, to making crucial game decisions.
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell helps you master the skills, drills, plays, and game-day tactics that will make you a great coach. She also helps you cope with important issues like treating players equally regardless of ability, unhappy parents, helping all your players experience growth and success, and recognizing the crucial differences between coaching girls and boys. Coach Hatchell shows you how to:
- Prepare for your first practice and first game
- Match drills to ability
- Promote good habits, concentration, and teamwork
- Learn what's unique about coaching girls from age 6 to 14
- Make practices fun, effective, and rewarding
- Improve your players and your team
- Reach all your players
- Be the coach your players will remember
"Learn from the best. Coach Hatchell knows basketball."--Charlotte Smith-Taylor, forward, Washington Mystics; 1995 ESPN National Player of the Year
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"If you're serious about coaching girls' basketball, Coach Hatchell's book is a must-read."--Dean Smith, the winningest coach in NCAA men's basketball history
"Coach Hatchell covers everything you need to know about coaching girls' basketball."--Betty Jaynes, CEO Emeritus, Women's Basketball Coaches Association
OK, you've got the clipboard and the whistle, you've entered the gym, and twelve eager young faces turn to you. Now what? Even if you know little or nothing about the sport and even less about coaching, Coaching Girls' Basketball will lead you step by step through a successful season, from meeting your players and organizing your team, through teaching fundamentals, to making crucial game decisions.
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell helps you master the skills, drills, plays, and game-day tactics that will make you a great coach. She also helps you cope with important issues like treating players equally regardless of ability, unhappy parents, helping all your players experience growth and success, and recognizing the crucial differences between coaching girls and boys. Coach Hatchell shows you how to:
- Prepare for your first practice and first game
- Match drills to ability
- Promote good habits, concentration, and teamwork
- Learn what's unique about coaching girls from age 6 to 14
- Make practices fun, effective, and rewarding
- Improve your players and your team
- Reach all your players
- Be the coach your players will remember
"Learn from the best. Coach Hatchell knows basketball."--Charlotte Smith-Taylor, forward, Washington Mystics; 1995 ESPN National Player of the Year
Sylvia Hatchell has been a college head coach for 30 years, and her University of North Carolina Tar Heel teams have won five Atlantic Coast Conference titles and the 1994 NCAA National Championship. Sylvia was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
Jeff Thomas, a long-time writer and editor, coaches high school and AAU girls' basketball in Richmond, Virginia.
Author Biography
Sylvia Hatchell has been a college head coach for 29 years and won the NCAA national championship in 1994. She is an inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
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