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Lenny Wilkens Legacy Basketball Clinic Series - The Basics
By: Lenny Wilkens

DVD Description:

Basketball legend Lenny Wilkens, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, is the engaging and expert host of this pair of instructional videos. Each tape, one focusing on skills of offense and one on skills of defense, follows a no-nonsense format: a friend of Wilkens, NBA coach Dick Helm, presents a brief lesson on a particular skill (such as specific nuances of dribbling or passing), and young athletes are shown performing the skill the way it should be done.

Then it's time for Wilkens to use his "chalkboard." The videotaped action is frozen while Wilkens draws on the screen with a "telestrator," literally highlighting particular points that require special attention. The coaches present a comprehensive set of skills, including ball handling, passing, and shooting on the offense tape, and pointers on stance, pressuring the ball, particular defensive maneuvers, and defensive rebounding on the defense tape.

The camera work is professional throughout, and a booklet that accompanies the tapes serves as both a table of contents for the tapes and a workbook, as it contains pointers on the skills covered in the video presentations. This is an excellent set of instructional tapes and would benefit any players who seriously want to improve their game.

Get in the game with Lenny Wilkens enhanced edition DVD of his classic basketball clinic series. Lenny and Dick Helm show you all you need to know to get your team to the playoffs! Legendary coach Lenny Wilkens teams up with Dick Helm to lay out the fundamentals of one of America's most dynamic and challenging sporting events: basketball.

Wilkens who holds the title as the most successful coach in the NBA (based on his impressive tally of wins) teaches beginner coaches and players how to run and read the floor handle the ball drive to the basket work with teammates and more. Includes the coach's video chalkboard. real strength is in its emphasis on teaching basketball fundamentals correctly.

Basketball Skills is an outstanding resource, potentially valuable to novice as well as experienced basketball coaches.
It is highly recommended for serious sports collections.

Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Publisher: Studio: Vas (May 18, 2004)
Language: English
Number of discs: 1

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