COACHING YOUTH BASKETBALL Second Edition by Stuart Wade: A Guide for First-Time Coaches

Coaches have an enormous impact on young people and on the adults those young people become. Stuart Wade knows this well. With the second edition of Coaching Youth Basketball, his keen and clear understanding of the "hardware" of coaching (practices, plays, strategies), as well as the "software" of coaching (dealing with parents, disappointments, expectations), is on full display.

Organized as a roadmap from first meeting to last game, Coaching Youth Basketball provides clear, practical, and game-ready advice on offensive sets, defensive schemes, clock management, and substitution patterns, among other tangible tools.

Aware that every coach will find the approach that suits them and their team, Stuart wisely offers multiple templates (for both practices and games) that can be employed and adapted, as needed. Perhaps the most challenging part of being a youth coach is meeting each player at their individual skill level. Stuart advises fellow coaches to embrace this challenge while offering time-tested strategies to coach in a system while coaching your player.

This welcome, timely, and necessary book is destined to become a go-to resource for first-time youth basketball coaches and more experienced coaches looking to refresh or refine their approach.