BECOMING A BASKETBALL
PLAYER
HAL WISSEL
ISBN: 1878915002
1990 119 Pages
US Price: $15.95 plus S&H
About Becoming A Basketball
Player: Individual Drills...
Becoming A Basketball Player: Individual Drills offers a sound program
of drills to help players develop in five key areas: ball handling, shooting,
offensive moves, offensive moves off the dribble, and defense and rebounding.
In addition to these valuable offensive and defensive skills, Becoming
A Basketball Player: Individual Drills is also designed to help players
reach their maximum potential, by encouraging them to develop the all-important
personal qualities of desire, self-confidence, and discipline.
Becoming A Basketball Player contains over 40 individual drills
and over 300 illustrations! It includes objectives, procedure, coaching
points, and scoring, as well as daily progress charts to monitor
improvement.
What they are saying...
"This book is an educational masterpiece. Players at all levels need
individual improvement in order to attain the winning edge. Dr. Hal
Wissel ignites the spirit for improvement in an easily comprehensible writing
style using objectives, procedure, coaching points, easy to follow illustrations,
and progress charts."
- Hubie Brown,
NBA TV Analyst, ABC Sports
"Hal Wissel is an outstanding teacher. In his book Becoming A Basketball
Player, he gives the player a sound plan on how to become better. It
is well conceived and easy to follow. I recommend it to players and
coaches at all levels."
- Mike Krzyzewski, Head Basketball Coach, Duke
University
"Hal Wissel is one of the most astute basketball men that I have had the
privilege of working with. I enjoyed his book very much. He writes
as well as he teaches, which makes him the best in the business."
- Frank Layden, President, Utah Jazz, NBA
"Hal Wissel is one of the brightest technicians in the game of basketball.
He has been involved in every area of the game and I have the deepest
respect for his knowledge. His book is dynamite for any individual
who has the dream of becoming a future star."
- Dick Vitale, Television Analyst for ESPN and
ABC
About the
author...
Hal Wissel is Assistant Coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Wissel
has also worked as an assistant and scout for the Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee
Bucks, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks.
Hal Wissel was a head basketball coach on the collegiate level for 24 years,
including 12 years at NCAA Division I schools. Wissel's greatest coaching
success came while he was at Florida Southern College, where he guided his
team to three consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II Final Four and to
one NCAA Division II National Championship title in 1981.
Wissel received his doctorate in physical education from Springfield
[Massachusetts] College in 1970. Hal's coaching honors include being named
Coach & Athlete magazine's Eastern Coach of the Year in 1972, Sunshine
State Conference Coach of the Year in 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, and Division
II National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches
in 1980.
In addition to coaching, Dr. Wissel is the founder and president of Basketball
World, Inc., an organization that conducts basketball camps and clinics and
produces instructional basketball books and videos. Recognized as one of
the world's best basketball clinicians, Wissel conducts his popular Shoot
It Better Mini Camps worldwide for players at all
levels.
Becoming A Basketball Player: Individual Drills is also available
on five individual videotapes or as a comprehensive five-in-one video. For
more information on the videos, click
here.
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