Stang, Eric
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In Basketball Scouting Techniques 3rd Edition, author Eric Stang pulls from more than twenty-five years of coaching and scouting experience to offer b
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oth a basic and comprehensive look at the different approaches to team and player assessment—from youth basketball to professional basketball levels. Detailed chapters like “Opponent Scouting,” “Gathering Intel” and “Modern Basketball Positions” offer basic and in-depth breakdown on not only how to gather valuable information on a team or player, but how to apply it. Coaches from all levels and people looking to become a scout, can use this information to formulate game plans, prepare staff and players for the opposition, and apply successful methods for evaluating basketball talent. For the last several decades, scouting has played a vital role in basketball. The right information can effectively determine a team’s success or failure both on and off the court. This 3rd edition helps eliminate the guesswork from this process and provides both basic and comprehensive breakdowns of proven assessment methods for both teams and players. This book gives readers foundational information to reinforce some techniques they are already familiar with and some techniques they are not. It is not designed to give you an insider information on what NBA teams do to evaluate basketball talent. Every NBA has its own techniques and methods for evaluating talent that is private for competitive reasons. However, this edition provides you with foundational knowledge that scouts at all levels, including the NBA will need to know.
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