PRIDE+: A Coach's Handbook

by Barry D. Kipnes,
former high school (boys) and college (women) basketball coach

"Pride+" is an acronym for: Promoting your Program, Raising Funds, Improving as a Coach, Dealing with People and Effective Practices. The + is a chapter devoted to "Tips from the Top," which includes contribution from 20 successful coaches on a number of coaching topics. This book covers all the time-consuming but necessary responsibilities, tasks, situations and issues that a coach or athletic administrator confronts on a near-daily basis. You will find the nuts and bolts, hands-on practical information that coaches and administrators need to run a well-rounded, efficient, and successful program. One of the goals of PRIDE+ is to free up coaches and administrators to work on the core areas of their jobs. For coaches, this means more time for player development, team execution, X's and O's, strategy and tactics, practice organization, scouting, and game preparation. Regardless of your sport or level of competition, if your problem or question falls into our acronym, we offer dozens of choices and alternatives. Not only does the book provide information and save time, but we also feel it will help you to head off issues before they escalate into bitter confrontations. PRIDE+ A Coach's Handbook is a book that can definitely help coaches with their individual programs and administrators with their overall multi-sport programs.

101 pages. 2004.