COACHING GIRL'S BASKETBALL
SUCCESSFULLY
JILL PRUDDEN
ISBN:
0736056114
2006 232 Pages
US Price: $19.95 plus S&H
About Coaching Girls' Basketball Successfully...
Learn to coach girls’ basketball from one of the most
successful U.S. high school coaches. In Coaching Girls’ Basketball
Successfully, veteran coach Jill Prudden explains the methods she has used
to win more than 700 games and send dozens of female players to the collegiate
level, including Olympian Jennifer Azzi.
Packed with insights, plays, and drills, this comprehensive book presents the
tactics for leading an effective program as it specifically relates to girls’
teams. Not only will you find the skills and drills to help your team improve on
the court, but you will also discover the foundational issues of developing a
philosophy, motivating, evaluating, and communicating with players and staff.
Sample forms, charts, and checklists help you organize and manage teams on a
daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal basis.
Through Prudden’s expert guidance and compelling anecdotes, you will learn to
identify and put into play the unique team dynamics of girls’ basketball.
Coaching Girls’ Basketball Successfully will show you how to build a winning
program and team, year in and year out.
About the author...
Jill Prudden is the head girls’ basketball coach and
assistant athletic director at Oak Ridge (Tennessee) High School and a physical
education teacher at Robertsville Middle School. Over the course of her coaching
career, she has won more than 700 games and earned 3 state titles, 5 state
runner-up finishes, 18 regional championships, and 22 district titles.
Under Prudden’s guidance, Oak Ridge has appeared in USA Today’s final
national rankings several times. She has coached 45 players who have received
college scholarships, including Olympian and professional player Jennifer Azzi.
USA Basketball and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) have
selected Prudden for various coaching duties, including court coach for the 2001
USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Trials and coach for the 1997 WBCA
all-star game. She also served as the USA basketball coach at the 1998 World
Youth Games.
A three-time Tennessee Coach of the Year and seven-time East Tennessee Coach of
the Year, Prudden is a member of the WBCA, the USA Basketball Youth and Cadet
Committee, and the McDonald’s High School All-American Selection Committee. She
was inducted into the Oak Ridge Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Knoxville
Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. In 1998 Prudden received the Sports Hall of Fame
TSSAA Distinguished Service Award.
Prudden resides in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she enjoys jogging and golfing
and is involved with compassion ministries.
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