WBCA's Defensive Basketball Drills

WBCA's Defensive Basketball Drills by Women's Basketball Coaches Association


Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2001ISBN is 9780736038041 / 0736038043
Paperback7 x 10 inches, 202 pages

Tenacious and technically sound defense is what makes the top women's basketball teams of today stand out from the crowd. WBCA's Defensive Basketball Drills offers a superior collection of defensive drills and tactics to help your team shine in this key facet of the game.

WBCA's Defensive Basketball Drills contains 92 drills and strategies chosen by the top collegiate coaches throughout the United States. The drills and strategies teach you specific aspects of individual and team defense. The easy-to-follow format includes detailed diagrams and clear instructions that will help you execute drills and run more effective practice sessions.

These elite coaches have shared their most effective defensive drills, making this book the only defense manual you'll need. Legendary coaches such as Tennessee's Pat Summitt, Old Dominion's Wendy Larry, Illinois' Theresa Grentz, Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw, and Georgia's Andy Landers are among the contributors to the book, which is compiled by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Each drill describes the purpose, procedure, key coaching points, and possible variations to increase difficulty or competitiveness. The drills are grouped according to a key skill or feature of the defense, making it easy to sharpen your defense to stop even the strongest offensive attacks.
-----------------------The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels.
The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches.

The mission of the WBCA is:...to promote women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport of women's basketball and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as a sport for women and girls
The WBCA provides education for coaches, and promotes the coaching profession with awards for coaches and players. While many of the awards are related to basketball activities, the WBCA recognizes the need for academic as well as athletic excellence and recognizes academic excellence with their Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll.