Basketball's Amoeba Defense: A Complete Multiple System (Coaching Classic)

Complete Multiple System of Basketball Defense. A basketball guide that teaches the skills you need to lead your team to victory by showing your defensive squad how to stop today's best offensive patterns.

Says Al McGuire, CBS: "Cincinnati is really well coached. (They play the)Amoeba Defense...their defense is their offense."

Says Curry Kirkpatrick of Sports Illustrated: (The Amoeba is a)..."Marvelous junto of a defense..."

Says Philadelphia Inquirer: "Opposing guards bringing up the ball yelled 'man' but the guys along the baseline were shouting 'zone'..." CREATE YOUR OWN DEFENSE USING AMOEBA FUNDAMENTALS Once you've mastered Amoeba principles, you can:

Dust off that old favorite defense and add Amoeba techniques.

Start in any defensive formation - then slide into the Amoeba.

Add Amoeba options to any successful defense to give it new effectiveness.

AMOEBA FUNDAMENTALS CAN BE ADAPTED TO ANY ZONE OR MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE

Fran Webster is a former Defensive Basketball Coach at the University of Pittsburgh and the originator of the "Amoeba" multiple defense system.. With him as a high school coach, Webster's teams won 70 percent of their games over a 16-year period.

Although his high scholl record is quite impressive, it was at the college level that Webster introduced the classic "Amoeba" defense. First at Westminster(PA)College and later at the University of Pittsburgh, he spent 12 seasons refining his unique winning system.

Webster has received numerous awards for his coaching skills and has been inducted into five Halls of Fame.

Says Scholastic Coach Magazine: "One of the great defensive thinkers of our time..."