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April 29, 2009 at 11:37 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
This digital document is an article from Coach and Athletic Director, published by Scholastic, Inc. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1516 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Five-man motion offense: pass & cut series with screening.(BASKETBALL)
Author: John E. Kucela
Publication: Coach and Athletic Director (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 74 Issue: 8 Page: 18(5)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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April 29, 2009 at 10:48 am · Filed under Uncategorized
A Journey in Overseas Basketball is a 356-page chronicle with a full-color cover, 20 pages of photographs, in an attractive first edition, printed by Town Crier Publishing of Pella, Iowa.
Customer Review: A charming "hoops" book outside the mainstream
Adkins was an excellent high school and DIII college basketball player whose career was as a coach, administrator, and player agent for American players for overseas basketball. Journey in Overseas Basketball is probably not the basketball book you buy for your 10-year old son or daughter who has just fallen in love with the game. But if you are a life-long hoops junkie, and have worked your way through books by Wooden, John Feinstein, and the autobiographies of Russell, Kareem, and Bill Bradley (all of which I have), then you will almost surely enjoy this book. The personal stories of many players you have heard little or nothing about, as well as the more famous names of basketball, the very interesting, nuanced (but seldom arcane) descriptions of how the various international, professional leagues work, woven into the author's very interesting autobiography and personal philosophy give the book a disingenuous charm.
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April 27, 2009 at 9:13 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Withing these chapters players learn how to focus their mind on believing in their physical abilities; they learn how to successfully battle the natural ups-and-downs of insecurity and self-doubt; ultimately, they learn how to perform under pressure.
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April 26, 2009 at 6:13 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
A guide for volunteer basketball coaches - especially those coaching girls in 4th - 8th grades - provides an easy to follow approach to coaching and managing your team. You'll gain confidence in your approach to practices and games; and you'll enjoy watching your players improve. Coach Michael O'Halloran, father of four daughters, shares his key learnings from coaching 14 different basketball teams. His "Never Forget They're Kids" approach to coaching places an emphasis on learning, having fun and creating memorable experiences for players. You'll learn tips on how to plan the season, how to orchestrate your first meeting with parents and players, and how to plan for practices. Other topics covered include: defensive and offensive teaching points, rebounding know-how, plays, teaching shooting, a driveway workout for players, your approach on the bench, and how to keep players engaged over the course of the season.
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April 26, 2009 at 3:04 am · Filed under Uncategorized
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April 25, 2009 at 7:47 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Customer Review: I watch a lot of basketball
I wish Rick's scouting report was still being published as I find it an extensive and insightful read into the abilities and career longevities of the players. This book and the others like it are just excellent.
Customer Review: A paradigm for free markets and assembling winning teams
Rick Barry wrote eight books covering eight NBA seasons, basically for general managers and coaches. They provide scouting reports by one of the games 50 greatest players. Written in B-Ball jargon Barry provides readers with a keen insight into athletic talent and its application or mis-application whichever the case. After perusing all eight books, I looked up the first five players drafted in every year back into the late seventies. Lo, I found that unless your team had one of the first three players taken in the entire draft your team did not win the NBA title. Furthermore I concluded that, after 13 years of holding season tickets for the Bullets, the teams that won most often have 8-9 good players vs those that lose who have only 3-4 good players. But, the pivotal player who carries the team must be present for ultimate success to be realized. To draw a comparison, I learned years ago that there were one million high school football players. These reduced to 70,000 college players and then condensed further to 1200 NFL players. These remaining players averaged 3-4 years in the league, but the top 100-125 played for 10-15 years. The team who had the most of these head-and-shoulders better players won the championship. I believe this model holds true in all sports at all levels. It fits with a basis tenet of chaos theory and also with Mike Hart's book "the 100: A Ranking of the 100 most influential people in history." Thus I maintain that it's a model for how free markets and their unfettered, spontaneous ordering arrange civilizations. This leads into why western civilization has succeeded in raising living standards more for the common man in contrast to command and control economies. Too bad Rick B. and Jordan Cohn stopped after the '97 season. It was great stuff for contemplative fans.
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April 24, 2009 at 6:02 am · Filed under Uncategorized
The Tao of the Jump Shot takes the reader on a journey through inner and outer mastery of the jump shot. But it is much more than a book about basketball. It describes how to move with grace, prize every action, and experience the beauty of life through the simple act of getting a ball through a hoop.
Customer Review: Jumpshooting into Eastern Philosophy
Now, I have to admit I have a pretty poor jump shot. Additionally, I consider myself a follower of the Tao - a walker who attempts to find the Way. Thus, this book seemed like a good fit for me.
It has some good ideas: The idea of centering oneself in the flow of a game, the practice of mechanics to the effect that you can do it without knowing your doing it. Finally the idea that effort is a thief in disguise (almost any basketball player over 30 will attest to this fact).
The problem stems from two things. Mahoney is not a very good writer and he tries to pack too much information into this slim volume. You may say that its longer the Tao Te Ching, which effectively provides larger amounts of information; but, Lao Tzu, Mahoney is not! At times he then tries to further connect the Tao and the jump shot with modern physics but comes off sounding like those John Gribbin grumbles about in "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat": "Fritjof Capra's `Tao of Physics' having spawned imitators who understood neither the physics nor the Tao."
If you are looking for a work to help you learn to shoot or understand Eastern philosophy, this isn't it! But, if you are looking for an easy read that can give you some information on either, this might be it. And, for better or worse, I played basketball yesterday and shot around 40%.
Customer Review: the book is a path to the sublime
well thought-out and well written...the author merely designates the jump shot but it is really an implicit comparison to a way of life. with the aid of cohesive metaphors and illuminating paradoxes the book allows the western mind to comprehend the art of "letting go". a concept which is not only difficult to learn, but also it is all too often misinterpreted as a form of inactivity. the author explains the shooter should be absorbed in what he (she) is doing, and not how he (she) is doing. the book serves to counterbalance our culture often relies solely on rational thinking. i'm buying a second book because i highlighted so many things in the first. i own a dozen or so books on taoism this one is by far the best at communicated to the western mind that inherent in everything is the natural tendency to act harmoniously with the rest of the universe. this is one introspective and intelligent author that just happens to also coach basketball. my only wish is that he would coach my son.
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April 23, 2009 at 12:45 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Drawn from the archives of the Lafayette Journal and Courier, this officially
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April 22, 2009 at 4:39 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Guard Play covers the skills and attributes necessary to be a successful point guard or shooting guard. Not only does it present the finer points of shooting, passing, ballhandling, moving without the ball, free throws and defense, it discusses intangilbles such as leadership, toughness and confidence. Steve Alford was Indiana's high school Mr. Basketball in 1983 and an All-American at Indiana University, where he led the Hoosiers to the NCAA championship in 1987. He played on the gold medal 1984 U.S. Olympic team and later in the NBA for four years before becoming the head coach at Manchester College and later at Southwest Missouri State University. He is currently head coach at the University of Iowa. Ed Schilling was a four-year started at Miami of Ohio where he set a Mid-American Conference record with 17 assists in one game. He was head coach at Logansport (IN) High School for four years before becoming an assistant to John Calipari at UMass in 1995.
Customer Review: Thin on basketball, thick on religion
Believe it or not, this book is basically an attempt to convince you that devoting your life to Christ will make you a better basketball player. I don't have a problem with anyone who writes such a book, or anyone who wants to read it. But the book's description ought to be honest about the book's agenda. If you skip the stuff about religion, the book has very little useful information about basketball.
Customer Review: Too many anectodes, not technical enough
I was expecting a book getting very technical about the guard play, with numerous drills and practice examples. I've found a very short book, full of life anectodes from the 2 authors. It could really be improved with more pictures, diagrams, etc...
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April 20, 2009 at 1:05 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
This chronicle of the storied history of the University of Cincinnati basketball program is filled with anecdotes from and about its star players, coaches, and colorful characters. The coaches include Bob Huggins, who took over the program in 1989 and led the Bearcats back to prominence with a 1992 Final Four appearance; his predecessor Tony Yates, a former star Cincinnati player who was eventually fired as the coach; Ed Badger, who went on to coach and scout in the NBA: Gale Catlett, who left UC for West Virginia; Ed Jucker, who coached the Bearcats to their two national championships: and Tay Baker, the only man to coach at both UC and crosstown rival Xavier University. Among the star players featured in the book are, of course, Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Jack Twyman; 2000 National Player of the Year Kenyon Martin, and All-Americans such as Nick Van Exel, Danny Fortson and Steve Logan. Author Michael Perry also recounts some of the program's most memorable games and moments, including recaps of the most exciting Crosstown Shootouts against the rival Xavier Musketeers. Tales from the Cincinnati Bearcats Hardwood will be a comprehensive trip down memory lane, providing insight into the Huggins era and, for those who did not start following the team until the 1990s, a nice history lesson about one of America's top basketball programs.
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