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Small-Sided Games Book

The ultimate resource for transforming your practices — our best small-sided games and the constraints that make them effective, from Transforming founder Alex Sarama.

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Here's what you'll learn in the free PDF

  • Cutting-edge small-sided games you can run immediately
  • The constraints that make those games accelerate learning
  • Basic principles of play for conceptual offense and disruptive defense
  • Advanced player and team development strategies
  • How to run practices that keep your players coming back
Small-Sided Games

Why small-sided games?

Whether you coach at the youth, high school or collegiate level, it is not just about drills and small-sided games — you need the right constraints for them to be effective.

This free guide breaks down our best practice ideas, showing how the right combination of activities and constraints can give your team a real competitive advantage.

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Built by Alex Sarama

One of basketball's leading voices in modern coaching and skill acquisition.

Alex Sarama is the founder of Transforming Basketball and a leading practitioner in contemporary basketball coaching. His work brings modern skill acquisition principles into practical coaching environments, helping coaches move beyond traditional drills and create more representative, adaptable learning experiences.

Professional experience

  • Cleveland CavaliersNBA
  • Portland FireWNBA
  • FIBAInternational

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