Game Basketball Fundamentals Intangibles Ebook

Review”This is the stuff that separates the great players from the rest!” –Bill Reidy – Veteran High School Coach and Skill Development Instructor

“I wish this book had been available when I started coaching years ago. The reference section alone would have been worth getting the book.” –James Rodgers – Veteran High School Coach

“This book is filled with practical tips & clear or deep perception for the novice or experienced coach. This book is straight to the point. The tips and perceptivities from each chapter will save me seasons of trial and error.” –John DiSchiano – High School Coach

“The chapter on controlling what you may control was perceptive for me as a parent in helping my son deal with the inevitable challenges that crop up in a season or a game. I recognise the achievements my son learned in this regard will support as an adult.” –Sandra Baker – Parent of a Basketball Player

“Anyone reading this will soon realize the Sivils’ counsel regarding reputation (Chapter 10 Character Counts), applies beyond the basketball court to all distinct features of a player’s life.” –Dr. Yvette Perry – Professional Educator and Sports Fan

From the Back Cover”There has never been a book before for coaches, players and fans like The Game of Basketball. For the coach, this book is when it comes to moving a player’s game to a higher level. For the player, the selective information in this book may make the divergence amidst being an intermediate player and a good player or even a great player. For the fan who wants to be grateful for the sport and the subtle differences in meaning or opinion or attitude of the game, this book provides galore of tiny details the intermediate fan is never conscious of.” Rusty Rogers – 2 Time NAIA Div. II National Championship Coach and 2 Time National NAIA Coach of the Year

“Once again Kevin Sivils has formulated a book that ought to be in each coach’s library. Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking that Xs and Os are the holy grail, but Coach Sivils reminds us of the truth articulated by John Wooden over 50 years ago, “It’s not what you do, it’s how well you do it.” I’ve never seen a better compilation of the little things that may turn a basketball player into a “Player”. Coach Doug Porter – Head Coach Olivet Nazarene University Women’s Basketball – 8 Time Coach of the Year

About the AuthorA 24 year veteran of the coaching profession, with twenty-two of those years expended as a varsity head coach, Coach Kevin Sivils amassed 464 wins and his teams earned berths in the state play-offs 19 out of 22 seasons with his teams encouraging to the state semi-finals three times. An eight time Coach of the Year Award winner, Coach Sivils has traveled as far as the Central African Republic to conduct coaching clinics. Coach Sivils primary coaching stint was as an assistant coach for his college alma mater, Greenville College, located in Greenville, Illinois. Coach Sivils holds a BA with a major in physical education and a minor in social studies from Greenville College and a MS in Kinesiology with a specialization in Sport Psychology from Louisiana State University. He also holds a Sport Management corroboration from the United States Sports Academy. In addition to being a basketball coach, Coach Sivils is a classroom instructor and has taught U.S. Government, U.S. History, the History of WW II, and Physical Education. He has served as an Athletic Director and Assistant Athletic Director over the years of his career and has also been involved in a heap of professional athletic organizations. In addition to being the author of this book, Sivils has published fourteen former books including Game Strategy and Tactics for Basketball: Bench Coaching for Success, published by Dog Ear Publishing. Sivils is married to the former Lisa Green of Jackson, Michigan, and the happy couple are the proud parents of three children, Danny, Katie, and Emily. Rounding out the Sivils family are three dogs, Angel, Berkeley, and Al. A native of Louisiana, Coach Sivils presently resides in the Great State of Texas.

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7 of 7 persons found the following review helpful.
For the Modern Game of Basketball
By Jeremy B. Donalson
I started out as a very skeptical reader. I have been in coaching for a good deal of time now and in my cynical mind I think that pretty much everything there is to basketball is out there. However, for a 200 page book, there is immeasurable cognition in this book. I love the differing perspectives Coach Sivils gives in this book. While the book begins with rudimentary such as passing and defense, which are drasti essential for a successful team, he then moves on to tactics and player mentality and additives that are critical to a successful program.

Coaches will agree that this is a very utile and suitable book for the stage our players are at these days. For those that don’t know, basketball is altering because of the dissimilar players that play the game. This book gives coaches, players and fans the necessary psychological result of perception learning and reasoning to make sure they keep up with the pace.

Finally, one of my favored details in this book is when Coach Sivils discusses how players may only do not forget so much. I think as coaches we forget a heap of times that while we may have outstanding ideas, our players may only do not forget so much before we need to integrate repetition to improve muscle memory. Coaches are too many times damaging to their players because we saturate them with too much data to without apparent effort routine for the duration of a game.

Whether you are a full-time coach, parent-coach, player or fan, you will love “The Game of Basketball” by Kevin Sivils for it is clear or deep perception and application to our modern basketball era.

2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Great resource for the “little skills” and “intangibles” of basketball
By vwatts
I have been a fan, player, and coach for most of my life. This is book is a outstanding source of selective information regarding all the little things that the actually good players do that intermediate players don’t seem to even know about. The author even claims it will aid fans be grateful for the game more and I don’t doubt his assert after reading the book.

The chapter on fast break alone has given me sufficient ideas and conceptions to instruct my point guards that will aid us score more on the break and made the book worth the buy price for me. For example, Coach Sivils talks when it comes to spacing and shifting the defense on the break prior to passing so your shooter has an even requiring little effort shot to take.

The book is easy to follow. You don’t have to read it in sequence or order. You may just pick a page and read the conception covered and take that idea with you to exercise the next day. Players may learn a lot from the book as well.

I have read assorted of coach Sivils other books and this one is just as good.

1 of 1 humans found the following review helpful.
Crown Jewel of Sivils Basketball Series
By Ron Sen
Kevin Sivils has written a series of books on basketball, but “The Game of Basketball” is his crown jewel. Coach Sivils presents a comprehensive “how to” approach on basketball fundamentals, with great chapters including both passing and receiving, “the fine art of cutting”, and shooting.

But he presents data in a way that both coaches and players may improve their capacity to “see the game”, as commended by legendary coach Pete Newell.

Players and coaches who read “The Game of Basketball” will gain clear or deep perception into how to prepare, and the “why” and “when to” do it of basketball. All middle school or high school coaches will learn something by reading this book.

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