Educational Books
Book 1 - Becoming a Great Shooter, $5
Let nationally renowned coach Don Meyer help your players
learn how to become a GREAT shooter! This easy-to-read
booklet gives beginning, intermediate and advanced players a
chance to improve their shooting strokes.This illustrated guide
provides expert instruction on everything from lay-ups to free
throws.As an added bonus,Coach Meyer has included an extra
page on his favorite shooting drills.Many coaches have ordered
copies for every player on their team.
Book 2 - Offensive Low Post Play, $5
What do the two leading scorers in the history of college
basketball have in common? They both were Lipscomb
University low post players!! Learn the “secrets” that
allowed these players to be such a force around the basket.
By following this illustrated guide, you can start developing
that dominate inside player that you have always wanted.
Teach your post players how to get open, seal, improve their
hands and score around the basket with this easy-to-read
booklet.A must for every coach.
Book 3 - Offensive Perimeter Play, $5
Any player who plays facing the basket can benefit from
this great booklet. Give your players an opportunity to
become better dribblers and passers. Teach them how to
safely feed players and increase your inside scoring
opportunities. This illustrated guide covers a variety of
subjects all designed to improve any perimeter player. Let
them learn from a coach and program that has produced
numerous All-American guards and forwards over the last
several years.
Book 4 - The Mental Approach, $5
Over sixty-five motivational poems, essays and sayings are
contained in this handy booklet. Great for many occasions, it
is perfect for the coach who is looking for just the right thing
to say to his or her team.
Book 5 - Basketball Fundamental Drills, $5
This book will help you understand, adapt, and implement
the basic techniques and fundamentals used to teach the
defensive and offensive systems of the Bison program.
This series of drills draws the best from John Wooden, Tim
Grguvich, Pat Riley, Pete Newell and other great coaches to
teach the keys to proper execution. These drills are easily
modified to fit your pace and style of play.
Book 6 - The Lipscomb Program Book, $20
Includes spring program, summer program, pre-season
conditioning, strength training, academic enhancement, players’
roles and goals, practice plans, explained drills, team meetings,
individual player fundamentals, scouting, game plan form, coach’s
game sheet, notes on game play, coach’s thoughts during season,
ideas for next season and much, much more! All this from a
program which has averaged 33 wins a season from mid-1980-
the 1990s.A must for every coach.
Book 7 - Coach Meyer’s 2002-2003 Practice Plans,
Notes and Journal, $20
Detailed daily plans, records, observations of individual and
team fundamentals, mental approach and player and team
developmental needs.
Book 8 - Northern Wolves 2002-2003 Player
Notebook, $20
Handouts and notes compiled by Sundance Wicks, four year
starter, senior captain, and team leader of the Wolves. Areas
covered are mental approach, fundamental checklist, team
defense, team offense, special situations and game planning.
Book 9 - The Point Guard Mentality, $5
Thoroughly details the development of point guard Steve Smiley, team
captain, conference assists-to-turnover ratio leader, and MVP of conference
tournament. Special section on developing point guards by the collegiate
record holder for career assists, Jerry Meyer
Book 10 - Coach Meyer's Drills for the Wolves, $5
Detailed information by Wolves assistant Randy Baruth, fully explaining the
drills used to teach the game on both ends of the floor. Included are the
Wolves Team Trademarks, the Creed of the Pack, perimeter workout, winning the
games within the game, Wolves rebounding, and many more.
Book 11 - Playing for Coach Meyer, $20
Steve Smiley, point guard and team captain for the Wolves, details his
five-year playing career under Coach Don Meyer. This book shows the bond
that develops between a player and a coach as they both grow in the team
concept. Included are over 20 pieces written by former players, coaches
and administrators who have worked with Coach Meyer that will give you an even
deeper appreciation for the impact that a coach can have on people's lives.
The Don Meyer Coaching Academy Notebooks, $20
(each)
The Don Meyer Coaching Academy Notebooks
Notes, thoughts and diagrams from Coach Meyer’s Academy
held each spring at Northern State University. The Coaching
Academy utilizes guest clinicians and Coach Meyer and the
Wolves players use on the court demonstrations to teach
fundamental skills and team techniques. These notebooks give
an in depth look at the philosophy and fundamentals used by
Coach Meyer and his staff to teach every phase of the game.
- 1998 Pat Summitt
- 1999 Rick Majerus
- 2000 Tubby Smith
- 2001 Pat Summitt
- 2002 Dick Bennett and John Wooden
- 2003 Sherri Coale and Morgan Wootten
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2004 Herb Sendek & Mike Dunlap
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2005 Bill Self & Jerry Krause
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2006 Tubby Smith & Jerry Krause
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2007
Rick Majerus (available August 2007)