PLAYING THE POST: BASKETBALL
SKILLS AND DRILLS
BURRALL PAYE
ISBN: 0873229797
1996 256 Pages
US Price: $16.95 plus S&H
About Playing the Post:
Basketball Skills and Drills...
Play big in and around the paint! Learn from one
of the most successful high school basketball coaches how to score, pass,
rebound, and defend better in the free-throw lane area.
It's all here--from pivot moves and targeting to spins and taking out the
defender. Playing the Post: Skills and Drills details everything players
and coaches need to know to create a strong inside game. The 68 drills and
exercises are designed to help new players develop basic skills and more
experienced players refine their moves. Plus, the skills and drills are great
for perimeter players who want to improve their play around the basket.
The book presents a systematic approach for developing a winning post play.
It features 10 principles for scoring from the post, 12 drills for scoring
from the high and low post, 8 drills to improve rebounding, 2 principles
for setting and reading eight types of screens, 7 drills to improve post
passing, 24 techniques for defending the post position, and 10 advanced moves
for outstanding post play.
Paye includes 86 diagrams and 27 photos that illustrate the techniques and
show readers how to do the drills correctly.
Playing the Post will help readers build a dynamic game from the inside
out.
What they are saying...
"Paye presents an excellent blueprint for players or coaches to follow in
developing post play on both ends of the floor. Well illustrated and basic
enough for players of all ages to grasp."
-
Bill Foster, Head Basketball Coach, Virginia
Tech
"This book has something for developing post players at all levels. The skills
that Coach Paye teaches are musts for coaches and players who are serious
about the game of basketball. I'm going to use it myself!"
-
Steve Smith, Head Basketball Coach and Athletic
Director, Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, VA
About the author...
Through more than 30 years of coaching and studying basketball, Burrall Paye
has become one of the game's finest teachers. He may be best known for his
highly successful, systematic approach for developing post players.
Coach Paye has won more than 61 different basketball championships, had four
undefeated regular seasons, and enjoyed winning seasons for 36 of the 37
years that he has coached. He has won 34 different coach-of-the-year awards,
including the 1985 State Coach of the Year (Virginia) and the 1985 National
Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association Outstanding Coach. He has
been nominated twice for National Coach of the Year.
Coach Paye shares his expertise through his speaking and writing: He has
spoken at major clinics in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Europe, and was the
featured speaker at the 1987 National Association of Basketball Coaches
convention. His numerous articles have appeared in such magazines as Scholastic
Coach, Basketball Clinic, Coaching Clinic, Pro-Keds Digest, and Winning Hoops
as well as in three newspapers. He is the author of eight books on basketball,
including the Encyclopedia of Defensive Basketball Drills, Secrets
of Winning Fast Break Basketball, Winning Power of Pressure Defense
in Basketball, Coaching the Full Court Man-To-Man Press,
Basketball's Zone Presses, Secrets of the Passing-Dribbling Game
Offense, and Complete Coaching Guide to the Match-Up Zone.
Paye earned his master's degree in 1965 from the University of Tennessee.
He is a member of the National High School Coaches Association and the Virginia
High School Coaches
Association.
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