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Selected and Annotated Bibliography

Allen, Forrest C. - Better Basketball, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1937.

Baisi, Neil - Coaching the Zone and Man-to-Man Pressing Defenses, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961.

Baratto, John and Krajewski, Bob - Coaching Junior-High School Basketball, M. R. Studios, East Chicago, Indiana, 1960.

Bee, Clair - Basketball, Townsend Publishing Co., New York, 1939

Bee, Clair & Norton, Ken - Basketball Fundamentals and Techniques, Ronald Press, New York,1959.

Bee, Clair & Norton, Ken - Individual and Team Basketball Drills, Ronald Press, New York, 1959.

Bee, Clair & Norton, Ken - Man-to-Man Defense and Attack, Ronald Press, New York, 1959.

Bee, Clair & Norton, Ken - The Science of Coaching, Ronald Press, New York, 1959.

Bee, Clair & Norton, Ken - Zone Defense and Attack, Ronald Press, New York, 1959.

Bonder, James B. - How to be a Successful Coach, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1958.

Brown, Glenn C. - Secrets of the Zone Press, School Aid Co., Danville, Illinois, 1962.

Bunn, John W. - Basketball Methods, Macmillan Co., New York, 1939.

Bunn, John W. - Scientific Principles of Coaching, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1955.

Bunn, John W. - The Basketball Coach: Guides to Success, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961.

Bunn, John W. - Basketball Techniques and Team Play, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1964.

Carter, J. Ted - Patterned Fast-Break Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New York, 1971.

Cathcart, Jim - A Multiple-Continuous Offense for High-School Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1968.

Ciciora, Dale & Sweet, Virgil - Specific Drills for Basketball Fundamentals, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1966.

Cimbollek, Bob - Basketball's Percentage Offense, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1972.

Cousy, Bob & Power, Frank G. Jr. - Basketball Concepts and Techniques, Allyn and Bacon, Newton, Massachusetts, 1970.

Davis, Bob - Aggressive Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1969.

Dean, Everett S. - Progressive Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1950.

Doane, Gene - Basketball's Explosive Inside Power Game, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1978.

Dobbs, Wayne & Pinholster, Garland - Basketball's Stunting Defenses, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Clifts, New Jersey, 1964.

Driesel, Lefty - Secrets of Offensive Basketball, Meteor Publishing Co., Charlotte, North Carolina, 1966.

Dwyer, Bob - How to Coach and Attack the Zone Defenses, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963.

Earle, Jimmy - Coaching the Flip-Flop Basketball Offense, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1969.

Earle, Jimmy - Complete Book of 1-3-1 Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1969.

Eaves, Joel - Basketball's Shuffle Offense, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1960.

Esposito, Michael - How to Coach Fast-Break Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1959.

Esposito, Michael - Game Situation Strategy In Basketball, School Aid Co, Danville, Illinois, 1966.

Fuller, Bob - Basketball's Wish-Bone Offense, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1974.

Fuller, Bob - Basketball's Man-Zone Defense, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1977.

Grawer, Richard - Secrets of Winning Post-Play Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1980.

Gullion, Blair - Techniques and Tactics of Basketball Defense, Bardgett Printing and Publishing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1951.

Gullion, Blair - 100 Drills for Teaching Basketball Fundamentals, Bardgett Printing and Publishing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1953.

Harkins, Harry L. - Successful Team Techniques in Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1967.

Harkins, Harry L. - Seven Championship-Tested Basketball Offenses, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1976.

Harkins, Harry L. - Win with Pressure Game Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1978.

Harkins, Harry L. - Coach's Guide to Basketball's 1-4 Offense, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1980.

Harris, Delmer W. - Multiple Defenses for Winning Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1971.

Harris, Delmer W. - Coaching Basketball Zone Offenses, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1976.

Healey, William A. - High School Basketball: Coaching, Managing, Administering, Interstate Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois, 1962.

Healey, William A. - Basketball's Rotation Offense, Interstate Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois, 1964.

Healey, William A. & Hartley, Joseph W. - Basketball's Ten Greatest Offenses, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1970.

Healey, William A. & Hartley, Joseph W. - The Winning Edge in Basketball: How to Coach Special Situation Plays, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1973.

Healey, William A. & Hartley, Joseph W. - Basketball's Ten Greatest Defenses, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1975.

Jucker, Ed - Cincinnati Power Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1962.

McCracken, Branch - Indiana Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1955.

McGuire, Frank - Defensive Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1959.

McGuire, Frank - Offensive Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1959.

McGuire, Frank - Team Basketball Offense and Defense, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1967.

Meyer, Ray - Basketball as Coached by Ray Meyer, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1967.

Pinholster, Garland F. - Encyclopedia of Basketball Drills, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1958.

Pinholster, Garland F. - Illustrated Basketball Coaching Techniques, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1960.

Pinholster, Garland F. - Coach's Guide to Modern Basketball Defense, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1962.

Pinholster, Garland F. - Pinholster's Wheel Offense for Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966.

Ramsay, Jack - Pressure Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963.

Rupp, Adolph - Rupp's Championship Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1957.

Smith, Dean - Basketball Multiple Offense and Defense, Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, Massachusets, 1999.

Vanatta, Bob - Coaching Pattern Play Basketball, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1959. 

Wooden, John - Practical Modern Basketball, Ronald Press Co., New York, 1966.

Wootten, Morgan - Coaching Basketball Successfully, Leisure Press, Champaign, Illinois, 1992

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