As one of the greatest basketball post players, Swen Nater, has written the definitive guide to coaching your team's post player to greatness in Unstoppable: Developing a Great Basketball Post Player. This book goes into great detail in how a post player fits into your team, correct positioning for the post to receive the ball, how to teach your post to find open space, how to seal at the low post, how to control the boards, and much more. Coaches around the country are raving about the details provided in this book and is a must for any serious basketball coach who wants to coach their post player to be the best.
What's inside:
Chapter 1: What Value Is a Post Player to My Team?
Chapter 2: How Can I Improve My Post Player’s Ability to Catch the Ball?
Chapter 3: Why Won’t They Pass the Ball Into the Post?
Chapter 4: How Do I Teach My Post Player to Get Open?
Chapter 5: How Do I Teach My Post Player to Seal at the Low Post?
Chapter 6: How Can I Teach the Drop Step?
Chapter 7: How Do I Teach the Fundamentals of Post Play?
Chapter 8: What Post Moves Should I Teach My Post Player?
Chapter 9: How Do I Get My Post Player to Dominate the Boards?
Chapter 10: How Do I Get My Post Player to Be a Defensive Force Around the Hoop?
Chapter 11: Unstoppable Post Plays
What others are saying:
Like Swen's college coach, John Wooden, I believe in the importance of the quick and proper execution of the fundamentals of the game and also believe, had I not placed primary importance on those basics when coaching, we would not have realized the success we did. While much has been written on the general subject, few have focused on the fundamentals of post play-and certainly not to the extent and degree of detail Swen Nater has in this book. If I were coaching today, I would strongly consider using his techniques in my teaching. I highly recommend this book for all coaches, at all levels, that is, if they truly want to develop a very good post player.
-Morgan Woorten, Retired Head Basketball Coach, DeMatha Catholic Migh School (MD) Moismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer
I was thrilled to have read Swen Nater's Unstoppable Developing a Great Basketball Post Player. I have worked with Coach Pete Newell in his Big Man Camp and his Tall Women's Camp, and I watched the drills that Swen talks about from UCLA Coach John Wooden when my brother David Meyers played for the Bruins. This book provides a great opportunity for athletes to learn how to play a fundamentally sound inside game no matter what size they are
-Ann Meyers Drysdale, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer
As a college basketball coach (13 years at the NCAA Division I level and 20 years at the Division II level), I have always found it fascinating that there is such a lack of consistent teaching of basic fundamentals regarding past play. I had the honor of learning from one of the best. Lute Olson, about the true basics of becoming a dominant post player. Swen Mater hits on every one of these, provides tremendous insight, and shares past personal experiences, making this book not only a training type manual for proper past play but also an enjoyable read. He explains every facet of post play necessary to master in order to play or teach this position. His experiences as a youth, as a college player for the great John Wooden, and as a professional lend considerable credibility to his work. This book is a must-have for all post players and coaches. I guarantee you will learn something you did not know prior to reading it
-Tom Billeter, Head Men's Basketball Coach Augustane University, 2816 NCAA Division National Champions, 2816 NARC NCAA Division II Conch of the Year
Swen Nater is a spectacular human being. He brings so much to this world in the way of life wisdom and service to others, and now he has given us a book that helps us grow this wonderful game of basketball. This enjoyable read is also practical and full of insight. I highly recommend you take the time to absorb this strong teaching from one of our best Bruins.
-Cori Close, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, UCLA
Being a successful basketball coach for over three decades, I highly recommend Swen Nater’s Unstoppable: Developing a Great Basketball Post Player. All basketball coaches and players should read this book. Swen shares the qualities and fundamentals needed to be an outstanding post player. A great post player himself, Swen details what he learned playing against some of the best post players in the history of the game, as well as what the great John Wooden taught him at UCLA. Take your game to a higher level by devouring the wisdom of this book!
-Jim Johnson, Retired Head Boys Basketball Coach, Greece Athena High School (NY), Over 400 Career Wins
If you want to understand and learn how to play the game and then apply it to actual game improvement, then Swen Nater’s Unstoppable: Developing a Great Basketball Post Player is a must-have. Throughout his career, Swen has learned from the best and now he is sharing the next level of the game for all post players. I will be buying his book for my son.
-Nancy Lieberman, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, Second Female Assistant Coach in the NBA (Sacramento Kings)
If I were a martial artist, I would want to be taught by someone who trained under Bruce Lee. As a basketball coach, I want to be taught by someone who played for and learned from Coach John Wooden. Not only was Swen Nater an excellent player who learned to excel at the highest levels, he is the best basketball teacher I have ever met. For those of you who have ever said, “I wish I could go back to when basketball was fun,” I’ll say this, you can! Swen Nater makes you think, and he makes it fun. His understanding of and love for basketball, along with his competitive spirit and immense practical insights, are beyond rare. His ability to communicate them, even more so! I will certainly be putting the teachings in this terrific book into practice, and I greatly anticipate seeing the results in my players and teams as I do.
-Patrick De Smet, Head Boys Basketball Coach, Issaquah (WA) High School
