The Basketball Coach's Bible claims to be essential reading for basketball coaches, whether they're coaching your daughter's fourth-grade team or a Division I college team. Endorsements are included from both youth coaches and well-known professional and college coaches such as Phil Jackson and Jim Calhoun. Can any book really cover a topic that broadly and do a good job? The resounding answer in this case is yes. Mr. Goldstein starts from the premise that if you learn the fundamentals well, the rest of the game comes along naturally. The first seven short chapters of the book lay out his philosophy of the game and coaching, providing a blueprint to follow.

The remainder of the book has two parts, multipart lessons that focus on individual skills such as dribbling and passing, and another series of lessons on team offense and defense. Each lesson begins with a simple concept and then adds more complex features as your players' skills progress. Charts accompany each lesson and detail the prerequisite skills, time needed, and effort that is required.

This book is one of those rare breeds that live up to its hype. One drawback is that younger players may not have enough practice time to complete all of the drills you would like, but those you do choose will be winners. --Rob Frankland


R.D. Keep, Sports Editor, Oskaloosa(IA) Herald
I don't often endorse books or products but a book came across my desk that I feel is of interest to any man or women interested in coaching basketball at any level. Sidney Goldstein has penned a book titled The Basketball Coach's Bible and it is a must for every basketball coach. The Penn State grad has put together a book that helps the novice all the way up to the veteran. Goldstein has ideas for practice plans, drills, coaching ideas and tips, as well as how to layout a court. the book uses charts and diagrams along with 40 illustrations and is written well. The book is sensational! I highly recommend the book to coaches at any level, from 4th and 5th grade through high school and college.


Scholastic Coach
[A] minutely detailed analysis of all of the fundamentals.


Ontario Basketball Association
One of the most comprehensive basketball books available.


Phil Jackson, NBA
The Basketball Coach's Bible is a great resource.


Jim Calhoun, UConn Coach
I can say, without question, that this is an excellent tool for teaching fundamentals. Congratulations on a job well done.


Bob Huggins
Fantastic! A book like this is long overdue.


The Healdton (OK) Herald
If you are looking for a guide to help you coach better, this is the one you're looking for..


Dale Brown, former LSU Coach
I've never read anything more detailed regarding the fundamentals.


Jim Tade, Brooklyn Park, MN (metro Minneapolis), 8th & 9th Girls
We managed a final record of 19-3 and came in first, second and third in our three in-season tournaments.


Booklist, Dec 1994 Published by the ALA, American Library Association
The need for 'fundamentals' is a rallying cry at every level of competition: these books deliver the goods."


From the Publisher
The author who has successfully coached both men's and women's teams spent three years writing this practical action book so that anyone can coach. Part I discusses and graphically defines the fundamentals. Part II explains how to plan the key to coaching and teach at practice. Part III, the largest part, systematically presents over 200 lessons in 19 sections. Twenty-three pages of Appendices supply other useful coaching information such as: strategies; a practice warm down; game statistics and more.


From the Publisher
The Nitty-Gritty Basketball Series offer a remarkably detailed, painstaking organized approach to teaching and mastering basketball skills. Utilizing the techniques of programmed learning, Goldstein breaks down basketball's many teachable skills (shooting, passing, dribbling, cutting, rebounding, etc.) into their component parts and supplies incrementally more difficult lessons for each task. The lessons themselves, whether at the most elementary level (holding the ball in the fingertips) or the most complex (playing defense in the low post), are practical, well presented, and part of a unified whole. Directions are clear, and diagrams accompanying each lesson, though sometimes dense, are always decipherable. The two "Bibles", one addressed to coaches, the other to players, contain much identical material rearranged to fit the differing audience. There is logic to the rearrangement, though cost-conscious libraries could get by with one volume.the player's guide will attract more readers, but coaches will profit most form Goldstein's dry but comprehensive approach.The need for 'fundamentals' is a rallying cry at every level of competition: these books deliver the goods. Mostly from Booklist review


From the Author
See dozens of reveiws as well as Table of Contents and sample book pages at mrbasketball.net My books are gradually becoming the standard. However, I feel that the videos are needed to fully understand the many new methods presented.


From the Inside Flap
The Nitty-Gritty Basketball Series consists of 9 books and 11 videos at present. We are currently working on 3 additional videos. Visit mrbasketball.net for more information.


About the Author
Sidney Goldstein has played and coached basketball for over 30 years. He has won championships with both mens' and womens' teams. He wrote The Nitty-Gritty Basketball Series, to share his successful teaching methods.


The Basketball Coach's Bible, Chapter 1, A Philosophy of Fundamentals, Copyright 1994 by Golden Aura Publishing
This is a book of fundamentals. It is a step back to the basics and a step forward to improved training methods. It is a place to start and to return again and again. I have tried to explain the fundamentals without skipping steps for coaches at all levels. All lessons in this book can and should be modified and combined to suit your own purposes. No matter what you do, the fundamentals do not change. You will reap great rewards by recognizing, practicing, and applying them to your situation.

FROM THE PUBLISHER