| Forward | xiii |
| Acknowledgements | xv |
Chapter 1 | Coaches Corner | 1 |
| The coaching attitude and responsibilities | |
Chapter 2 | Player Bench | 12 |
| The players needs and responsibilities | |
Chapter 3 | Parents Expectations | 16 |
| The parents roll and responsibilities | |
Chapter 4 | The Player Categories | 20 |
Category I | Children through the 2nd grade | |
Category II | Children in the 3rd & 4th Grades | |
Category III | Children in the 5th and 6th Grades | |
Category IV | Children in the 7th and 8th Grades | |
Chapter 5 | Practice Schedule Planning | 28 |
Category I | Children through the 2nd grade | |
Category II | Children in the 3rd & 4th Grades | |
Category III | Children in the 5th and 6th Grades | |
Category IV | Children in the 7th and 8th Grades | |
| Practice Facilities | |
Chapter 6 | Fundamental Elements of the Game | 39 |
| Dribbling the Basketball | |
| Ball Passing | |
| Shooting Techniques | |
Chapter 7 | Warm Up Drills | 48 |
| Waist, Torso & Upper Body Warm-up No. 1 | |
| Waist, Torso & Upper Body Warm-up No. 2 | |
| Waist, Torso & Upper Body Warm-up No. 3 | |
| Vertical Body Stretch & Calf-Warm-up No. 4 | |
| Vertical Body Stretch & Side-Warm-up No. 5 | |
| Leg Lunge & Quadriceps-Warm-up No. 6 | |
| Leg Squats and Quadricepts-Warm-up No. 7 | |
| Side Straddle Hop-Warm-up No. 8 | |
| Court Sprint-Warm-up No. 9 | |
| Court Circuit Jogging-Warm-up No. 10 | |
| Vertical Jump-Warm-up No. 11 | |
Chapter 8 | Practices & Drills | 56 |
| "How To" Dribbling Practices | |
| Change Hands while dribbling | |
| Moving Forward while dribbling | |
| Dribbling with either hand while moving forward | |
| Dribbling Drill | |
| "How To" Passing Practices | |
| The Bounce Pass | |
| The Chest High Pass | |
| The Overhead Pass | |
| The Overhead Hook Pass | |
| The Side Pass | |
| The Baseball Pass | |
| The Reach Around Pass | |
| At the Key Passing | |
| "How To" Shooting Practices | |
| Elementary Shooting Drills for the beginning Player | |
| Elementary Shooting Drill Exercise | |
| Free Throw or Foul Shot Drill | |
| Running Passes | |
| Elementary Category I running pass to receiver | |
| Two man parallel running, passing with dribble | |
| Two man parallel running, passing without dribble | |
| Three man parallel running, passing without dribble | |
| Two man weave with lateral passes during crossover | |
| Three man weave with lateral passing during crossover | |
Chapter 9 | Fundamental Shooting Drills | 76 |
| Two step lay-up jump shot | |
| Running lay-up from lateral approach | |
| Lateral lay-up with give and go | |
| Running jump lay-up from straight on | |
| Free-throw or foul shot | |
| Side line shots near three point line | |
| Hook shot against defense | |
| Tap-in Shot Exercise & Drill | |
| At Key passing & shooting | |
| Run-Stop-Jump shot (Straight on & Lateral) | |
| Run-Stop-Jump shot over a screen | |
| Jump Shots & Drills | |
| Fade Away Jump shots & Drill | |
Chapter 10 | Pivots & Feints for Offense | 90 |
| Elementary Pivot Practice | |
| Fundamental Pivot Practice | |
| Elementary Fake & Pivot Practice | |
| Below Basket at Low Post, fake, pivot & put it up | |
| At midpost, fake, pivot and put it up | |
| At high post, fake, pivot, break and put it up | |
| Fundamental Rebounding Exercise & Drill | |
Chapter 11 | Defense Positions & Moves | 98 |
| Double teaming and the match up | |
| Defensive positions for 2-1-2 formation | |
| Weak side-strong side on the floor | |
| Elementary Defense Practices | |
| Guarding stances against offensive player | |
| Elementary Lateral Movement Drill | |
| Fundamental Lateral Movement Drill | |
| Grabbing the Ball Drill | |
| Elementary Zone Defense | |
| Fundamental Zone Defense | |
| Boxing out the Offensive players at the key | |
| Knowing the trap zones | |
| Trapping the Offense | |
| Running Defender forces offensive player toward the side lines | |
| Going up with offense to block the shot | |
| Defending against the fast break | |
| Switching and Talking | |
| Do's and Don'ts | |
Chapter 12 | Playing the Offense | 121 |
| The Fast Break | |
| Do's and Don'ts | |
| Pivot-Break and pass across | |
| Pivot-Break, pass, receiver shoots | |
| Offense/Defense layup practice | |
| Fake, pivot and put it up | |
| Running pivot past defender | |
| Setting a Screen | |
| Setting a Pick | |
| Rebounding Shooting Drill at Low Post | |
| A Game called "21" | |
| Building The Give and Goes | |
| High to Low Post Give and Go-Both Sides | |
| High to Low Post Give and Screen-Both Sides | |
| High to Low Post Give and Go Go-Both Sides | |
| Mid to Mid Post Give and Go-Both Sides | |
| Mid to Mid Post Give and Screen- Both Sides | |
| High Post Give and Goes-Both Sides | |
| High Post Give and Screen-Both Sides | |
| High Post Give and Go Go-Both Sides | |
| High Post Give and Go Options-Both Sides | |
| Review Summary about Give and Goes | |
| Developing a "Set" play | |
Chapter 13 | Strategies & Tactics | 150 |
| Offensive movements and positions of responsibility | |
| Full Court Presses and how they work | |
| Half Court Presses and how they work | |
| Attacking the Full Court Press | |
| In-bounding formulas for out-of-bounds plays | |
| In-bounding from under the basket-Box | |
| In-bounding from under the basket-Line | |
| In-bounding from under the basket-Reverse | |
| In-bounding from the side court-Line | |
| In-bounding from the side court-tandem 4 across | |
| Team Offensive Formations | |
| Give and Go | |
| Basic Pick and Roll | |
| Shuffle Cut-misdirection by feint | |
| Slice around post-Single break to lane | |
| Slice around post-Two above high post crisscross | |
| Backdoor by Forward | |
| Slice play: Guard & Forward on strong side | |
| Clear out for Pivot Man | |
| Rotational Offensive Pattern | |
| Jump Ball Tactics | |
| The Offensive Box Formation | |
| The Deffensive 1-1-1-2 Formation | |
| Do's and Don'ts | |
Chapter 14 | Selecting Player Positions | 179 |
Chapter 15 | Scheduling Players During Games | 182 |
Chapter 16 | Game Statistics | 186 |
Chapter 17 | Basic Rules of the Game | 191 |
| About the Author | 209 |