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The links below are designed to provide you with the information you will need to become a better Basketball coach. Just as you strive to encourage and develop the 'total athlete,' we hope this information encourages and helps you develop the 'total coach' in you.

 

Table of Contents

I.  Basketball
 
 
 
 
 
II. General Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Download the entire Basketball Coaching Guide as a Microsoft Word Document or PDF file — Click on the appropriate icon below
 


Download the Basketball Quick Start Guide — Click on the icon below

 

Acknowledgements

Special Olympics wishes to thank the professionals, volunteers, coaches and athletes who helped in the production of the Basketball Coaching Guide.  They have helped fulfill the mission of Special Olympics:  to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people 8 years of age and older with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
 
Special Olympics welcomes your ideas and comments for future revisions of this guide. We apologize if, for any reason, an acknowledgement has been inadvertently omitted.
 
Contributing Authors
 
Dave Lenox, Special Olympics, Inc.
Ryan Murphy, Special Olympics, Inc.
 
Special Thanks To the Following for All of Your Help and Support
 
William Brown, Basketball Sport Resource Team Member
Leon Burwell, Basketball Sport Resource Team Member
Floyd Croxton, Special Olympics, Inc., Athlete
Wanda Durden, (formerly) Special Olympics, Inc.
Vickie Forsyth, Basketball Sport Resource Team Member
Harold Holland, Basketball Sport Resource Team Member
John Moreau, Basketball Sport Resource Team Member
Michael Mundy, Basketball Sport Resource Team Member
Paul Whichard, Special Olympics, Inc.
Sailaja Akunuri
Special Olympics Maryland
Special Olympics North America
Video Clips Starring Athletes from Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County
     Terrel Limerick, Special Olympics, Inc., Athlete
     Bobby — Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County Athlete
     Bobby — Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County Athlete
     Joe — Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County Athlete
     Max — Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County Athlete
     Rachel — Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County Athlete
     Ricardo — Special Olympics Maryland — Montgomery County Athlete
     Jacky Loube, Special Olympics, Inc. — Basketball Technical Delegate
 
 
 
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