Play Better Basketball

The definitive guide to taking hardcourt skills to the next level. Coaches Dawn Smyth and Kathy Brook break down the complicated game of basketball into its core elements and offer aspiring hoop stars clear and practical tips and techniques to help transform their individual and team game. With the strong foundation of core skills presented here, basketball players can engage in exciting team systems while continuing to learn the intermediate and advanced individual skills that will propel them to elite-level scoring threats and never-back-down defenders. Play Better Basketball focuses on individual skills as executed in a team environment. It introduces seldom taught mental drills that will teach players how to read opponents in order to react in a way that will put the odds of success in their favour. With step-by-step photography, Play Better Basketball shows players and coaches how to blend sublime skills with cutting-edge team systems to create smart, skilled, consistent and all-around effective players.