Playing the Post: Basketball Skills and Drills - Softcover

Dave Odom Head Basketball Coach Wake Forest University

"Coach Paye has made a science of post play. He breaks it down into great detail with easily understood explanations and descriptions."

Steve Robinson Head Basketball Coach University of Tulsa

"An excellent blueprint for players and coaches to follow in developing post play on both ends of the floor."

Bill Foster Head Basketball Coach Virginia Tech

"Playing the Post is an outstanding instructional guide and practice tool. Read it and use it to play better offensively and defensively in and around the paint."

Kevin O'Neill Head Basketball Coach University of Tennessee

Coach Paye has won more than 61 different basketball championships, had four undefeated regular seasons, and enjoyed winning seasons for 36 of the 37 years that he has coached. He has won 34 different coach-of-the-year awards, including the 1985 State Coach of the Year (Virginia) and the 1985 National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association Outstanding Coach. He has been nominated twice for National Coach of the Year.

Coach Paye shares his expertise through his speaking and writing: He has spoken at major clinics in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Europe, and was the featured speaker at the 1987 National Association of Basketball Coaches convention. His numerous articles have appeared in such magazines as Scholastic Coach, Basketball Clinic, Coaching Clinic, Pro-Keds Digest, and Winning Hoops as well as in three newspapers. He is the author of eight books on basketball, including the Encyclopedia of Defensive Basketball Drills, Secrets of Winning Fast Break Basketball, Winning Power of Pressure Defense in Basketball, Coaching the Full Court Man-To-Man Press, Basketball’s Zone Presses, Secrets of the Passing-Dribbling Game Offense, and Complete Coaching Guide to the Match-Up Zone.

Paye earned his master’s degree in 1965 from the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the National High School Coaches Association and the Virginia High School Coaches Association. He lives in Roanoke with his wife, Nancy, and their son, Patrick. He enjoys golf, travel, and playing competitive softball, Wiffle ball, and touch football.