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...