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Becoming a Successful Basketball Coach
Coach Rodriguez initially learned how to play basketball on the playgrounds and streets of East Chicago, Indiana. He was 13 when he first picked up a basketball. For him it was an immediate love affair with the game. He was fortunate to have developed his skills through the tutelage of two legendary coaches, Coach John Moledet, and Coach John Baratto, both of East Chicago Washington High School. In his junior year he was the starting guard for the Washington team that won its first Indiana High School Basketball State Championship. In his Senior year he was named a pre-season All-American candidate. Rodriguez began his coaching career at the elementary school level and proceeded from there to coach high school freshman, & Junior Varsity basketball teams. His career culminated with a head coaching position with the Army Navy Academy.
page 5: Introduction: For every young coach who is striving to be the best possible basketball coach, this book will help you to achieve that goal. ....... Don’t let things surprise you in a game. Be prepared by having utilized your practice time efficiently and effectively. Ultimately the development of the players on your team will determine whether you will be successful.
page 22: Dribbling: Along with passing, a player must be able to dribble. When the fine art of dribbling is mastered, the player will be able to move as fast with the dribble as if he was running without the ball. The skill set requires that the player can dribble with his dominant and off hand with equal precision. The ball is not dribbled by the palm of the hand, or the fingertips but rather by the pad of the fingers. This allows for complete control of the ball.
page 37: The shot begins before the player catches the ball. What helps a scorer is the pass from their teammate into what we call the pocket. As the player gets free for a shot, he has his hands in the ready position from the belt to the chest. He shows the passer where he wants the pass. He shows his hands in the ready position as he cuts around a screen or gets in the clear. Once the shooter has the ball in the pocket, it is easy for him to lift with a dip from the knees into the shot.
page 52: As important as offense is, defense is just as important if not more so. Ultimately it is defense that wins games. You can play a team that is equal to you or better than you on offense but the team with the better defense will win the game.
page 85: One of the defenses I consider the best is the matchup zone. With this zone the offense is confused as to whether this is a zone or man-to-man. The difference is that the defenders are not confined to a specific area but are free to defend in the overload.
A Must Book For New Coaches
This book will help the person who is trying to become a better coach to learn the fundamentals of the game. The book is a guide as to how to teach the basics with descriptions and illustrations of the skills to be mastered.
The book is replete with illustrations, drills, and instructions which will help anyone become a better coach.
A must book for any coach at the elementary through high school level.
The Earl Christy Story (The Story of a Super Bowl Champ)
Read the incredible and improbable story of Super Bowl Champ, Earl Christy. Although he didn't play football until college, he became a star player at Maryland Eastern Shore before making it to the pros with the New York Jets. See what he had to overcome in his life as he suffered through the deaths of his beloved grandmother, young wife, and daughter. Follow him as he goes from teaching in the Chicago School System to having his own TV show and finally to Jerusalem where he experienced all of the locations of Jesus's life.
Earl is a member of the New York Jets team that upset the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. He has the distinction of having caught the opening kickoff and returning it for 25 yards to begin the game. Super Bowl III is considered the greatest upset in Super Bowl history. He was a free agent, walk on player who was a defensive back, kickoff, and punt return specialist. After football, Earl became a sports broadcaster in Chicago with his own TV program, The Earl Christy Sports Show. He is the inventor of Sports-A-Cise, an exercise board game, a former gym teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, and a motivational and inspirational speaker. Earl was honored in Africa by being named a Chief of the villages of Nyagbo, Ghana, Africa. Throughout his lifetime, he has maintained a friendship with his quarterback, Joe Namath. He is currently an ordained Archbishop.
"I read every word of this book and have learned new things about Earl and his journey through this life. I have enormous love and respect for the man he is and consider our friendship a gift from God. I sincerely believe you'll enjoy having a part of Earl to share in your life too."
Joe Namath, MVP, Super Bowl III.
page 13: One day at the age of five while I was busy with my baseball duties, I was introduced to a visitor by the name of Edward Bond. Uncle took me over to this man," Earl this is your father."´
page 14: Around the time I was nine years old I learned that the young woman, I knew as my aunt Mary, who lived at Grandma's house, was actually my mother.
page 32; After the AFL championship game, I looked for Joe Namath and instinctively ran up to him and hugged him. He hugged me back with a big grin on his face I asked him, "Joe, how do you feel? Are you alright? Does your knee hurt?" "It never hurts" laughed Joe, "not when you win." The win propelled us to Super Bowl III.
page 46: .... tragedy struck again. Joyce, my wife died in a car accident. She was on her way to visit her mother when a car crashed into hers. I was home with the children when the doorbell rang.
page 64: We prepared for our journey to the slave castles of Elmina and Cape Coast. They were standing symbols of the time when Africans were captured and imprisoned in dungeons until they were loaded onto slave ships and sent west to be sold into slavery. It was difficult to be there, to see where my ancestors were imprisoned.
You Take Ruben - Autobiography
Ruben Rodriguez overcame poverty to earn a Masters' degree in education from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He tells his story of life in poverty and violence on his way to becoming a respected educator. He tells how sports and basketball were a catalyst to a better way of life. He began his career with the National Teacher Corps in Chicago, and it culminated with his teaching at the Army-Navy Academy in Carlsbad, CA. Follow him as he helps his high school team win its first State Championship, teaches in the Chicago ghetto, travels to Africa, meets Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez, and Joe Namath and Earl Christy of the Super Bowl Jets.
He was named an All-American high school basketball candidate, Educator of the Year by Who's Who in America, and Volunteer of the Year in Indiana. Along the way he was fortunate to meet many fascinating people including Michael Jordan, New York Jets super Bowl Champions Joe Namath and Earl Christy, and Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez.
page 5: I didn’t get to know my mother; she ran away from my father when I was only six months old. I met her when I was eight.
page 33: I just practiced by myself. I remember one cold, frigid day all ten of my fingertips were cut from the cold and the pounding of the basketball. The cuts were deep and painful. Even though it hurt, I taped up each finger and through the pain of each bounce of the ball, I continued to play. So determined was I that I wouldn't let the excruciating pain stop me.
page 99: The week before my dad died, I didn’t have the emotional strength to go into his room. Try as I may I had nothing left. At the end of that week, I came home early to see him and spend some time with my father... I walked into his room to see how he was doing and discovered that he had just died.
