From basics such as dribbling and blocking to the skilled high-flying slam dunk, Basketball in Action will start kids off on the road to the NBA. Children will learn the basics of shooting, passing, and dribbling as well as how to make a layup. Other important information includes:
-- the layout of a basketball court
-- enforcing the rules through a referee
-- defensive and offensive moves
-- warm-up games to test your skills
When college and professional sports teams win major championships or provide their fans with truly memorable seasons, those fans want to celebrate in every way possible. Sports Publishings instant books are jam-packed with eye-popping full-color photos, along with stats, game recaps, stories, columns, and profiles from the pages of some of Americas greatest daily newspapers. Featuring the writings of some of the industrys finest sportswriters and photos that can be found in no other place, these books are most often the first titles available on the market after a team has won a championship or completed a memorable season, helping fans keep the celebration alive after the roar of the crowd has faded.
The game of basketball was invented in New England and it's also where it came of age. In small gyms and big arenas, in city playgrounds and rugged field houses, the game took on a shape and a culture long before the NBA, long before television, long before it became the game we've come to know today.
In Our Game: The Story of New England Basketball, acclaimed author Bill Reynolds recounts this history beautifully. Reynolds tells how one sport came to capture so many hearts in a relatively short period of time.
All of the wonderful memories, stories and people that helped to shape the game in New England over the last 115 years find their place in Our Game, from summer leagues and playground stars to the famed Bob Cousy, himself.
Customer Review: Accessible to basketball fans of all backgrounds.
Award-winning columnist Bill Reynolds presents Our Game: The Story of New England Basketball, a history of basketball in its birthplace of New England. From the inception of the sport over a hundred years ago to its popularity in the modern day, from small gyms to city playgrounds, rugged field houses, and gigantic arenas, Our Game chronicles how the sport captured people's hearts and minds, shines brief spotlights on legendary players, and evolved so greatly since its humble beginnings. Black-and-white photographs and an index round out this engaging chronicle, accessible to basketball fans of all backgrounds.
Customer Review: A Love Affair with Basketball
New England basketball IS basketball: where it started; where it spread; and where it remains beloved. This perfectly written and lively chronicle by the reknowned sports writer Bill Reynolds is a tribute to the men and women, boys and girls, and phenomenal coaches who gave us the game as we know it today.
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101 Strength and Conditioning Exercises and Drills for Basketball provides players and coaches with a broad variety of basketball-specific training options that will allow them to compete effectively and injury-free in today's physical and fast-paced game. Covers flexibility and warm-up exercises, conditioning drills, balance and core drills and exercises, strength training exercises, speed drills, agility/quickness drills, and explosiveness drills. Each drill or exercise is thoroughly explained with objectives, equipment requirements, instructions, and helpful coaching points. Contains over 115 diagrams and illustrations.
Most Tennesseans will have a problem finding the town of Linden on a map, yet it was here in the 1950s when the towns nicknameless team won three straight state high school basketball championships. This feat is unparalleled in high school sports history, according to historians at the National Federation of State High School Associations. Little Linden was the ultimate giant killer. Little schools defeating the highly-favored big schools occasionally happened. Milan of Hoosiers fame, Hebron in Illinois, and Cuba in Kentucky each did it once, but Linden did it three straight years. Author Gene Pearce writes about more than basketball. He puts the reader right in the middle of a small Southern town that had few things to cheer about other than its basketball team. The book is about down-home values and discipline by a coach who had the trust of parents. A dollar was hard to come by in the Fifties, but it would buy all the gas a family would need for a week, if it had a car. Today's youth will learn that Friday night was the most important night of the week. The gym was the place to be and the place to be seen by young and old. The modern high schooler will learn how it was to live without cars, computers, cell phones, Tivos, and iPods. "Linden is probably the most dramatic high school basketball story in our country's history," said Fred Thompson, former U.S. Senator from Tennessee. A native of nearby Lawrenceburg, Thompson remembers playing against Willie Hudson-coached teams.
The fever that is college basketball on Tobacco Road started from a small outbreak in Raleigh, North Carolina, when Indiana basketball legend Everett Case became the coach at N.C. State University. He restarted the dormant construction of Reynolds Coliseum, and for 50 years, it was one of the most important basketball arenas in the country. Through the years, the Wolfpack has own two NCAA championships and 10 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, while giving the sport of college basketball some of its brightest color, from the plaid jackets worn by Norm Sloan to the unbelievable athletic ability of David Thompson to the mouth of Jim Valvano, who spewed one-liners at the speed of hummingbird wings. There have also been dark days during State's 50-year history as a member of the ACC. Now emerging from a decade of neardormancy, N.C. State basketball has a long history of producing stars, comebacks, and even a few villains, all of which of are detailed by Tim Peeler in Legends of N.C. State Basketball.
