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August 20, 2009 at 5:51 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
An easy-to-read collection of 36 instructional tips that, when understood and applied, will help players at any level of competition become the very best basketball players that they can. Includes sections on four critical areas of play. The first, mental and physical game, advances ideas such as playing the percentages, and understanding plyometrics and intelligent workouts. The second section is on developing your offensive skills, and shows you how to use the dribble, how to get your shot off quickly, when to shoot (and not shoot) and more. The third section is on defensive skills, and includes information on using your hands on defense, smart pressure, defending the fast break, etc. The final section, developing your other skills, offers advice on getting recruited, footwork, effectively utilizing space on the court, and more. Ideal for athletes, parents, and coaches.
Customer Review: Not for the experienced players
How useful you find this book, depends on how good you already are. Not very useful for me.........
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August 20, 2009 at 7:16 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Coaches Jerry Krause of Gonzaga and Curtis Janz of Oklahoma Christian combine forces with renowned physical education and human performance specialist James H. Conn, Ph.D. to present this ground-breaking and easy-to-apply resource on how to systematically develop the abilities of basketball players from as early as age 4, through age 18. Identifies what "developmentally appropriate" skills should be taught and when is the best time to teach them in order to maximize ability, understanding, and enjoyment. Covers coaching philosophy for youth sports, changing the game for younger players, planning practices for younger players, as well as fundamental skills for lower elementary (grades K-3), upper elementary (grades 4-6), middle/junior high school (7-8), lower secondary (grades 9-10), and high school (grades 11-12). Ideal for coaches, teachers, and parents of athletes at any age and ability. Features over 150 photographs and illustrations. Produced in cooperation with the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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August 18, 2009 at 3:06 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The first major history of the most popular women's team sport in the United States.
Over the past decade, women's basketball has exploded onto the national sports scene. WNBA and NCAA television ratings have sky-rocketed; movies, magazines, and clothing lines showcase female players. But as the authors of Shattering the Glass show, women's basketball has a much longer history, reaching back over a century of struggle, liberation, and gutsy play.
Shattering the Glass offers a sweeping chronicle of women's basketball in the United States, from its invention in the late nineteenth century to its dominant position in sports today. Offering vivid portraits of forgotten heroes and contemporary stars, it also provides a broader perspective on the history of the sport, exploring its relationship to changing ideas of womanhood, efforts to expand women's economic and political rights, and definitions of sexual equality.
Based on original interviews with players, coaches, administrators, broadcasters, and extensively illustrated, Shattering the Glass provides a moving, gritty view of the game on and off the court, and an empowering story of the generations of women who have shaped women's basketball.
Customer Review: Outstanding history of women's basketball!
This is a comprehensive and well written history of women's basketball at all levels from high school, industrial, AAU, college, pro. Great stories from its stars of yesterday and today, with many quotes and personal glimpses from players and coaches from every level and many major teams. The authors clearly understand the significance of Title IX and its significance to every female scholar-athlete and attempt to convey its continued importance with repeated references to it.
Highly recommended for any fan of the game, and a MUST READ for young girls and women who want to appreciate the pioneers of the game they play.
Customer Review: A "Must Read" for Anyone Interested in Women's Basketball
This is a carefully and well-written book that provides an excellent and thorough history of women's basketball. The book is a good blend of some of the unknown players/coaches/teams and the usual suspects. While the book focuses on basketball, the authors do a great job of placing the sport into the social/political dynamic of the times. They trace the continuing tension between women's expected roles and behaviors with the seemingly contradictory skills and attributes that athletic competence requires. They also don't flinch from discussing the presence of lesbians in and the impact of homophobia on the sport. I'm just an ordinary fan and enjoyed this book thoroughly. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in women's basketball.
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August 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Iowa six-player girls’ basketball was the most successful sporting activity for girls in American history, at its zenith involving more than 70 percent of the girls in the state. The state tournament was so popular—regularly drawing fifteen thousand fans, more than the boys’ tourney—that officials declined a lucrative broadcasting offer from ABC’s Wide World of Sports rather than forfeit the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union’s control of the game. The Only Dance in Iowa chronicles the one-hundred-year history of this Iowa tradition, long a symbol of the state’s independence and the people’s rural pride. Max McElwain shows how, well before the passage of Title IX in 1972, Iowa six-player girls’ basketball was, as Sports Illustrated gushed, “a utopia for girls’ athletics.” He also demonstrates how, ironically enough, the fallout from Title IX in many ways led to six-girl basketball’s demise.
Through interviews, careful ethnography, and detailed historical analysis, McElwain exposes the intricate political, sociological, and historical dynamics of this cultural phenomenon. His book reveals how six-girl basketball, flourishing with the passionate support of Iowa’s small towns, school districts, and media, came to represent the state’s strong traditional beliefs and the public school system’s determination to maintain its identity in the face of national educational trends. The Only Dance in Iowa is as much a study of this disappearing culture as of the game it claimed as its own.
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August 16, 2009 at 11:54 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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
Customer Review: Webster--Simple & ingenius
It is very rare to see such insight preserved and distributed. I applaud the publisher for keeping Webster's theories and work alive.
Customer Review: Loaded with drills, well illustrated, superior coach's guide
This is the best kep secret of coaches around the nation - and in Europe, too. As the first and best guide to combination - zone and man-to-man - defensive systems, the drills alone, if put to use, tend to improve a player's defensive skill. It's a good total system, too. It's complicated at times, but the book covers all the bases. This material really can be used all levels of the game. No padding.
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August 16, 2009 at 5:36 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Was there really professional basketball before the NBA? Indeed there was and, as this book describes, it was a rugged game but one that continued to evolve swiftly from its invention in 1891. The Original Celtics were at the vanguard of this creation and development. The team began as a local group of young Irishmen from the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City in 1914, but through shrewd acquisitions of top players the Celtics were transformed into the most powerful basketball team of their time. In the period from 1919 to 1928 the team won over 700 games with fewer than 60 losses and was clearly the most influential team in the first half-century of basketball. This book chronicles the team, the players, the league seasons and that era of professional basketball, an era largely neglected by historians of the game. The Celtics are one of four teams enshrined in the James A. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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August 15, 2009 at 12:31 am · Filed under Uncategorized
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August 14, 2009 at 10:36 am · Filed under Uncategorized
From 1892 when students of basketball inventor Dr. James A. Naismith brought the game to Minnesota to the latest seasons of the Timberwolves, Lynx, and Golden Gophers, Minnesota Hoops is the definitive history of the state’s most-played sport. Marc Hugunin and Stew Thornley travel through the years to offer little-known facts and thrilling stories of the games, the courts, the personalities, and the plays.
Sit courtside as center George Mikan leads the Minneapolis Lakers to win six league championships in seven years. Follow the stories of early barnstorming and YMCA teams, with players as passionate about the win as those with multimillion-dollar contracts are today. Watch in awe as Gopher women’s superstar Lindsay Whalen dominates the court with spirit and finesse. Discover friends and family in the season-by-season records of girls’ and boys’ state high school tournaments. Triumph with the Lynd high school state tournament winners of ’46, hayloft hoopsters who practiced in a barn. Rise to the top with Kevin Garnett as he signs with the Timberwolves at eighteen, then is named the NBA’s MVP at twenty-seven.
In Minnesota Hoops Hugunin and Thornley present all the facts and bust longstanding myths to offer an unparalleled history of the sport that they love for hardcore fans and novices alike.
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August 12, 2009 at 2:17 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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August 11, 2009 at 4:43 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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