Basketball Books

It teaches the fundamentals for only little kids though You can learn shooting dribbling individual defense passing rebounding team offense team defense diet old fashioned game

Huskers Handbook: Stories, Stats and Stuff About Nebraska Football By Eric Nelson, Chris Jenson

A sure winner for young adult readers! MJ is a icon that represents the best in sportmanship, life teacher and skill!

Wow. That would be the word I would use to describe this book. Justin Timberlake is truely a talented man. This book is a well written novel.

I just finished this book tonight, and it's one of the best sports autobiographies I've read in ages, and I read most of them. Wayne Embry is a pioneer, and a man that overcame a tremendous amount of racism and adversity in his life to become a power player (GM) of 2 NBA ballclubs.
I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Embry in passing at camps, and he was a kind gentleman. I always admired him but never knew all that he went through. To be fair in my review, I must say that in reading the book, he seems at times overly-sensitive in his analysis of some situations, especially those with Cavs ownership, and that he often seems to have felt slighted, when he may have just been a casualty of an underachieving ballclub, and NOT the victim of racism.
Either way, the man is an intellect, and also found success in business as a big-time McDonald's franchisee and sat on the BOD of several Fortune 500 companies, as well as a trustee of his alma mater, Miami of Ohio. A man who has been married to the same woman for almost 50 years. A man of conviction.
I say this for Embry, whether or not you agree or disagree with his views, he pulls no punches. He tells it like it is, and does not sugar coat things in this book. There's nothing worse than shelling out $20 or $30 for a book, and then you get nothing but cliche nonsense, or the same old fuzzy stories you already knew from the sports pages or internet.
This book is a must for old-time/vintage NBA fans or those who wonder what it's like to be a GM of a team. Wayne Embry was not only a physical specimen, but a cerebral giant of a man, and this is one helluva read. Kudos, Big Wayne. Regards, James R. Acho, Esq. www.cmda-law.com

The book was brand new and came in earlier than expected couldn't have asked for anything better!!!

Now in a newly revised, expanded, and updated edition, Inside Women's College Basketball: Anatomy Of Two Seasons is a candid and revealing behind-the-scenes look written by five reporters who followed the sport for most of the 1990s. From the intense campus politics of recruiting to the shrewd wisdom of head coaches to the talent of star players and the amazing 1999-2000 national championship, Inside Women's College Basketball is a fascinating read and especially recommended for devoted followers and fans of the sport.

This book was produced in the earliest WNBA days and features many players that no longer play the game, including Debbie Black and Teresa Weatherspoon. The stickers are great, and it is a fun flash back for the WNBA fan who has everything! Don't buy it though, if you are looking for stickers of players who started after 1999. Really!

Over three hundred pages of USA coaches clinics transcripts with plenty of diagrams. 39 USA coaches give insights on various topics. Concludes with Legends interviews which include discussions with Bill Walton, Ray Meyer, Guy Lewis, Ed MacCauley, George Ireland, Pete Newell and Jack Hartman.

You can tell that these clinic sessions cover a considerable period of time, from recently to several years ago. References to or discussions of teams and players indicate some of the sessions were fairly recent and some go back several years. There is still a lot of value in the older stuff, though.

Over 30 pages by John Wooden include his pyramid of success, quite a bit of theory, philosophy, and instruction, and 2 detailed (minute by minute) practice schedules including one from January 14, 1975.

Plenty of information by various coaches on

A) various offenses (including Ron Felling on Indiana motion offense, Roy Williams on Kansas offense, Pete Gillen of Zavier on attacking the match up zone, Coach K on the Duke Offense & others on zone attack and man attack, etc.),

B) defenses (including Matchup Zone, and zone, man, pressure, zone press, are among the defensive schemes discussed by various coaches),

C) and transition (plenty on pressure, pressing, fast break and transition),

D) and special situations (such as out of bounds plays) are covered.

There are also articles (clinics) on such topics as sports psychology (& bench coaching), motivating, organizing practices, shooting techniques and drills, rebounding, developing post players (including one on this topic by Rick Majerus).

There is enough material here for a coach's manual (lots of play and drill diagrams) and also plenty to help the individual player. However, the book is primarily organized according to Coaches and then topics. Some coaches cover 3 or 4 topics (Wooden more than that).

The schemes and philosophies are not always compatible with each other. You'll find different ideas about when to shoot the 3, try to penetrate, double team, pull a player out of the game, etc.

Yes, there are a few womens' teams coaches, including Muffet McGraw on Fast Break.

I expect this won't be the last book in this series that I will purchase.

Ar-Day Wilson

Isiah Thomas Pocket Magic

This book was based on Isiah Thomas, which was a basketball player. Isiah didn't have a lot of money growing up. In 1981the Pistons drafted Isiah Thomas. In 1982 Isiah started in his first NBA All-Star game.

I think Isiah is a good roll model. He is sweet, kind, friendly, responsible, and smart. He likes basketball he says it is his hobby.

The conflict was that Isiah's mother raised him and eight other children by herself. She didn't make a lot of money.

They solved the conflict because Isiah went to the NBA and made 400,000 a year. He bought his mother a house in Chicago. When he visited he would take his mother out of the bad parts of Chicago.

I would recommend this book to people who like to read about people's lives. Another reason why I would recommend this book would be no matter what situation your in you can always come out on top.