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The complete vision for adopting a contemporary approach to basketball

Alex Sarama's new book provides tangible strategies that have the potential to transform the basketball world.  These transcend to the front office, athletic performance, physical therapy, analytics, and virtually every area of an organization.

Transforming Basketball exists to bridge the gap between research and practice. Within this book, readers can learn more about the true essence of skill, how to incorporate skill acquisition research into player development, the potential of the constraints-led approach, and much more! 

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What's in the book?

  • QR codes linking to interactive materials, such as practice videos and podcast episodes, to bring the book to life.

  • Guest author contributions from leading figures in the skill acquisition and basketball community. This includes contributions from seven NBA personnel working as either coaches or front office staff.

  • The one-stop resource for understanding all the theory behind an ecological dynamics framework and constraints-led approach in basketball.

  • Numerous practical take-aways for coaches and practitioners to instantly improve their players and team.

  • A series of illustrations to help make sense of contemporary skill acquisition research and remove any barriers presented by the complex language within the field.

  • A chapter containing 15 activities with numerous constraint ideas for coaches of all levels to immediately implement.

  • A ‘Vision of the Future’ chapter including contributions from industry leaders in the fields of skill acquisition, athletic performance, front office, coaching, nutrition and mental performance.

  • Case studies to understand how these ideas are practically applied in specific scenarios with players at all levels.

  • Principles of play to help coaches get to grips with the importance of intentionality and aligning a theoretical framework with offensive and defensive principles.

  • Understanding the concept of a ‘rate limiter’ and the Transforming Basketball Player Development Framework.

Alex’s approach connects with players in positive ways that makes an impact with their development. Alex is creative with how he adopts a constraint-led approach, designing unique small-sided games with purposeful constraints. These activities are the next frontier for basketball coaches interested in incorporating evidence based ideas into their practices.

Will Weaver 

Assistant Coach Brooklyn Nets

 The Transforming Basketball approach has been a game changer for our program.

It has completely changed the way I think about offense. I wish I could have come across these ideas earlier in my career to get more wins for our University.

Kevin Easley

Head Coach, Life University

 Transforming Basketball is an incredible resource for coaches of all levels to deepen their understanding of contemporary coaching methods.

Alex has been a great inspiration for us and we cant wait to use conceptual offense concepts this year!

Matt Cline

Assistant Coach, Mizzou University

What's Inside Transforming Basketball?

INTRODUCTION

Exploring an Alternative Approach

ECLIPSING THE STATUS QUO

An Industry Built on Myths and Misnomers

WHAT IS SKILL

Designing Approaches Informed by the Complexity of Human Movement

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO

The Power of Perception

WHY LEARNING IS NOT LINEAR

Implications for Coaches and Practitioners

CASE STUDIES

Applications of a Constraints-Led Approach in Basketball

CONTEMPORARY PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

The Undiscovered Moneyball?

PRINCIPLES OF PLAY

Connecting Offense and Defense to a Theoretical Framework

TRANSFORMING ACTIVITIES

Adopting Contemporary Methods at All Levels of the Game

VISION OF THE FUTURE

Transforming Basketball Through a Contemporary Approach

WHATS NEXT?

How you can move basketball into a new era. 

Meet the Author

Alex Sarama shares contemporary skill acquisition ideas for coaches, practitioners, organisations and federations all over the world. His focus is on helping coaches combine their personal and practical experiences with the empirical evidence which exists within the field of skill acquisition. Many of the ideas that Alex shares are based upon the constraints-led approach (CLA) underpinned by ecological dynamics (EcoD).

Alex has consulted for a variety of NBA, NCAA and professional teams. His work has been adopted by coaches at all levels of the game, with the delivery of coaching clinics and player camps in over 40 countries. This has included running coach education events for the German, Polish, Saudi Arabian, Swedish, Czech and Norwegian Basketball Federations.