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    Bball Basics for Kids: A Basketball Handbook
    Bball Basics for Kids: A Basketball Handbook
    Bball Basics for Kids: A Basketball Handbook
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    Bball Basics for Kids: A Basketball Handbook

    By Coach Bobby Kaplan

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    It is not difficult to learn to play basketball. Thats more, it can be really fun! Bball Basics for Kids is a step-by-step handbook featuring Hoops, a playful, basketball-loving friend who shows kids of all ages the most important skills of the game.

    Coach Bobby Kaplan knows basketball. He applies his experience of having coached more than a thousand games to teach kids the basics of a sport that combines individual skills with the skills of teammates. For those who are just beginning to learn the game, Coach Kaplan shares practical tips on the fundamentals:

    Dribbling and passing

    Shooting and rebounding

    Playing defense

    Improving footwork on the court

    Included is a history of the game, inspirational stories, warm up exercises, a glossary of basketball terms, and a sixty-minute self-improvement practice plan to help young players refine their skills.

    Bball Basics for Kids not only teaches the basics of a great game played by millions around the world, but also educates young players about the enduring values of cooperation, respect, trust, sacrifice, and perseverance.

    Bball Basics offers the unique opportunity for any basketball program to customize the handbook with their own personal photos.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 31, 2012
    ISBN9781462043712
    Bball Basics for Kids: A Basketball Handbook
    Author

    Coach Bobby Kaplan

    Bobby Kaplan has been coaching elementary, middle, and high school students for over forty years. His teams have played and won numerous championships before Knicks games at Madison Square Garden and before Nets games at the Izod Center. He also owned and directed a basketball academy summer camp in New York State and abroad. Coach K has recently published his second book, HOOPSTERS , which is up for three national childrens book awards. HOOPSTERS: Episode 1 Dont be a Bul ly (hoopstersbooks.com) is the first in a planned series of books to help kids deal with contemporary situations. HOOPSTERS utilizes cartoon-like characters within a sports venue to convey its message. The central theme is to promote sound values for children while providing helpful coping skills when dealing with lifes everyday challenges and conflicts. The vivid, adorable animated Hoops and his friends communicate to the reader in simple easy-to-read, script-like style text. Dont be a Bul ly informs, defines, and offers solutions to a most serious problem facing todays society and, especially our youth. The background is sports but the issue is universal.

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      Bball Basics for Kids - Coach Bobby Kaplan

      Copyright © 2012 Coach Bobby Kaplan

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means,

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      expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views

      of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4620-4373-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4620-4371-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914545

      iUniverse rev. date: 8/7/2012

      Bball basics

      is dedicated to all the volunteer

      coaches who work so hard for our

      children … you know who you are …

      I salute you!

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      Image431.JPG Bball basics is fun and easy to read. I practiced the drills and got a lot better.

      Image439.JPG The boys in my class could not believe it—after practicing the shooting drills, I made more foul shots than they did!

      Image446.JPG I kinda knew how to play basketball already, but Bball basics raised my game to a new level.

      Image454.JPG I made my eighth-grade team with the help of Bball basics.

      Image463.JPG The pictures in the book are of kids just like me—not actors or pro stars—I liked that!

      Image470.JPG Stretching before a game gets me ready to play. The stretching pictures in Bball basics helped a lot.

      Image478.JPG My brother and I read Bball basics together. It was good to have someone to practice with.

      Image486.JPG HOOPS is so cute. He was fun and made the game easier to learn.

      Image493.JPG My friend and I are on the same team. We taught our teammates the Bball basics way of shooting—and we all got better.

      Image503.JPG I feel real good about myself—I practiced the Bball basics dribbling drills and could now dribble well with both hands.

      Image510.JPG I can’t believe that my picture is in a real book! I’m so happy that my coach customized Bball basics for my team.

      Image525.JPG I can sure dribble all over … thanks to Bball basics.

      Image517.JPG

      Why I wrote this book

      A friend of mine asked me to recommend a basic basketball book for his nine-year-old grandson. I said, Give me a day or so to do some research.

      I went online and found numerous books supposedly covering basketball fundamentals for kids. However, most books on the market were targeted to the more mature teenage audience—not for a child just learning how to play the game.

      I chose a few potential books geared for the beginner and delved a little deeper into the material covered. I was disappointed with both their content and their presentation. They were either infantile in their approach or so complex that an experienced basketball coach would have a hard time understanding what they were saying.

      I then remembered that in 1994, when I was the owner/director of a sleep-away basketball camp, I produced a basic basketball handbook that I gave out to campers attending my summer camp. I rummaged through my stored boxes and found a copy. I reviewed my handbook and concluded that it would be a good beginners’ book. I gave it to my friend who then presented it to his grandson.

      A few days later, my friend, who is very knowledgeable about the game, told me that his grandson loved the book so much that he even took it to bed with him, falling asleep while reading it.

      I gave the handbook to others with kids and received similar reviews. Many people suggested and encouraged me to publish my handbook.

      After many rewrites and additions Bball basics took shape.

      Bball basics presents a step-by-step, easy-to-read, fun way to teach the fundamentals of the game of basketball.

      Enjoy! Bobby Kaplan

      Customize Bball basics for your Basketball Program

      All coaches, administrators, principals, camp directors, youth organizations, parents, etc., will be very excited by this special feature—this book can be personalized for you!

      I have designed Bball basics with a unique feature: You can customize and reproduce this book with your players’ pictures substituted for the pictures included in this book. In addition to the pictures, you can further personalize the contents by adding a page describing your particular program, and it will be placed at the beginning of your book.

      Details of this unique feature can be found in the back of the book (page 117).

      Hi, Kids,

      It’s not hard to learn to play the game of basketball, the most popular game in the world, and it can be lots of fun.

      Bball basics is a step-by-step, easy-to-read book showing how to learn the most important skills of basketball, such as dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, and playing defense.

      Bball basics will also tell you how to warm up correctly and eat right, give you a brief and interesting history of this great game, share some inspirational stories and provide a glossary (a list) of basketball words so you know what they mean.

      My friend Hoops will be helping me explain how to play this game. If you pay attention, try hard, and practice the right way, you can be a good player.

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      Contents

      Chapter 1 Getting Started in Bball

      Let’s go!

      Chapter 2 Ball Handling

      The ball and you are one

      Chapter 3 Shooting

      Expect to make the shot

      Chapter 4 Footwork Basics

      Dance on the court

      Chapter 5 Rebounding

      Sweep the boards

      Chapter 6 Defense

      Shut them down!

      Chapter 7 Overtime

      Go to the next level

      Chapter 8 Time Out

      Some extra goodies

      Chapter 9 Inspirational Stories

      A Final Word Huddle-up

      Bball basics Glossary of Basketball Terms

      Customizing Bball basics for Your Basketball Program

      Acknowledgements

      CHAPTER 1 Getting Started in Bball

      Let’s go!

      Basketball is a fast-moving game played by over five hundred million people all over the world. Basketball combines your individual skills—how well you play—with the skills of your teammates. All members of the team must work together for one common goal. On offense, when your team has the ball, means doing everything together to help score baskets. On defense, when the other team has the ball, means doing everything together to stop the opposing team from scoring.

      Basketball may seem like

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