For Coaches

Basketball Program Playbook for Coaches

Built on tried and true strategies, this book helps you as a coach organize (and stay organized) your overall approach to leading your team, both on and off the court. Below you'll find a description of each section; at the bottom of this page you can see sample forms you'll find in this book.

Book Details:

• Paperback
• Bound
• 363 pages
• ISBN: 979-8999449214

This book is available on Amazon (for fast and free shipping with Amazon Prime).

The 1% Approach (click here for more information)

This book introduces you to the basic concepts by which these tools are organized, including The 1% Approach. This approach helps you keep your team's season goals top of mind, with easy tracking, and integration within the rest of the tools. This approach includes:

• Identifying 3 areas for growth.
• Determining how you will measure growth.
• Tracking your growth, percent by percent, throughout the season.

Practice Plans

Included in the playbook are 60 days of practice plans, helping you organize your daily efforts, track progress, and plan for game day. Included in each practice plan is:

• Goals & Priorities
• Minute-by-minute practice plan
• Blank court diagrams
• Post-practice assessment
• Player-lead assignments

Game Plans

Each book includes game plans (up to 32 games for the season) to help you properly prepare. Each game plan form includes:

• Key message and stat goals
• Starting lineup and matchups
• Your offensive and defensive sets
• Key information on your opponent (personnel, offensive/defensive analysis)
• Blank court diagrams

Film & Scouting Reports

The playbook includes 32 film & scouting reports to prep for each game. This comprehensive but succinct review allows you, your assistants, and even your players to properly assess your competition, plus this tool is an excellent opportunity to build your players' Basketball IQ (this tool is also included in the playbook for players). Each report includes:

• Assessment and analysis for teams' sets, offensive/defensive plays, shot charts, and player stats.
• Scouting analysis for matchups, defensive strengths, and weak points.
• Blank court diagrams for sets you will use.

Post-Game Review

After each of your games, this playbook provides a post-game review form that you, your assistants, and your players can all use. This review includes:

• What went right? What went wrong?
• Offensive and defensive improvement areas.
• Assessment of leadership, bench demeanor, and other non-stat performance areas.

Player Tracking

Each book allows you to simply and effectively track your players, based on non-stat performance, including:

• Tracking players' 1% goals throughout the season.
• Reviewing practice performance/effort, week by week.
• Reviewing game performance/effort, game by game.