Basketball Plays, Tricks and Gimmicks
by Wm. J. Coste
“ No, the game is far from outscoring your opponents by making more baskets. It involves using tricks and gimmicks.”
Having been a coach for the last twenty-five years has taught author Wm. J. Coste that finding victory in the court takes more than good shooters, great defense, and well laid out coaching sketch boards. It’s also about scoring through deceiving moves and unpredictable swerves.
Basketball Plays, Tricks and Gimmicks offers basketball tricks and gimmicks that are aimed to supplement team deficiencies and help form some steps for personal success. Included are numerous forms and letters for the neophyte coaches. From building a program to practicing tips and hints, from mastering zone defense and man-to-man defense to creating tactics, this book presents tips that will save time and research for those new to coaching basketball.
Coaches are always looking for an edge, and when all things are equal, a book of gimmicks and tricks should be inviting. Basketball Plays, Tricks and Gimmicks is the perfect manual not only for novice coaches, but also for any basketball aficionado.
Just Add Peanut Butter and Stir
by Wm. J. Coste
Raising children is a little more entailed than just investing in a lot of sandwich spread. But compared to the child’s experience, it’s simple. Growing up is rough. Remember the feeling when you discovered your parents had flaws? To some, the experience of rearing will seem natural,easy, and fast. To others, raising little terd blossoms will be a seemingly eternal struggle.
Most successful parents display common traits: they have children, they are older than their children, and they love their children and demonstrate it easily and often. They delight in involving their children with themselves in everything possible, and they provide a constant positive home environment that allows their children proper motivation and constant positive reinforcement. A careful facade of independence will be allowed to the children. The family is all that one ever really has. “You can’t take it with you” is an exception with your children. Your spirit and memory become eternally intertwined. Once you become a parent, your priorities are the family. Expect a myriad amount of problems and some pain. Once they are gone, do not expect paybacks. Their onetime short presence is more than one ever deserves. Their physical absence will be heartfelt, but fortunately, you will always have those memories. Painfully, you will no longer be the focal point in their lives, as you should be. Often it is said, “Every age has its reward.” Surely, my wife and I have experienced just that. But since we’ve had our children, these years have been the best; we assume the approaching ones will be better.
I remember well the feelings that came from experiencing the wonders of life with our children. Much exhilaration was transferred to us in their vigor and their struggle with their young clumsy bodies. We enjoyed the honest anticipation of events in their faces, the exuberance evidenced by their stuttering, and the never-ending questions. Their idealistic thoughts and manners took us on trips away from gray reality. What we reveled in the most was the intimate involvement with their feelings and thoughts. Being there for their needs created the greatest feeling of purpose; surely, this is what it is all about.