The Basketball Book

Author : Wayne Stewart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493072774

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The Basketball Book of Why (and Who, What, When, Where, and How) by Wayne Stewart Pdf

How was basketball born? Why is the area in the paint and around the free throw circle known as the key? When did the NBA begin play? What team was arguably the worst NBA squad ever? Who was the highest drafted college player who never played a single game in the NBA? This book provides over 100 questions and detailed answers concerning the traditions, rules, and history of basketball. Organized by the sport’s three eras—its birth through 1945, the NBA from 1946 through 1999, and the game today—it answers questions about the sport at all levels, from college games to the Olympics. A bonus chapter provides a who, what, when, where, why, and how of basketball—the perfect resource to settle arguments or to answer challenging trivia questions.

Author : John William Scott
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Basketball
ISBN : 0205319378

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The Basketball Book by John William Scott Pdf

John Scott, former professional player, college coach, and instructor, brings over three decades of research and experience to clearly illustrate every facet of the game of basketball. The Basketball Book goes well beyond teaching the skills and drills that make a successful instructor, coach, player and team. This unique and comprehensive text is an outstanding resource for anyone interested in basketball. The text teaches the Sure Shot Shooting System, the Triple Threat Scoring System, Three Point Shooting, Foul Shooting, and Fast Break Fundamentals. It provides additional coverage on methods of increasing jumping ability, sportsmanship, motivational strategies and much more. This is the most comprehensive book on the market.

Author : Bobbie Kalman,John Crossingham
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778731391

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Slam Dunk Basketball by Bobbie Kalman,John Crossingham Pdf

An introduction to the game of basketball, focusing on the various player positions.

Author : Bill Simmons
Publisher : Espn Books
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780345520104

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The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons Pdf

An opinionated tour of the past, present, and future of pro basketball, written by ESPN's "Sports Guy" columnist, shares insights on everything from major NBA events and underrated players to how Hall of Famers should be selected.

Author : Jackie MacMullan,Rafe Bartholomew,Dan Klores
Publisher : Crown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781524761790

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Basketball by Jackie MacMullan,Rafe Bartholomew,Dan Klores Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by a major ESPN film series, this is an extraordinary oral history of basketball—its eye-opening untold history, its profound deeper meaning, its transformative influence on the world—as told through an unprecedented series of candid conversations with the game’s ultimate icons. This is the greatest love story never told. It has passion and heartbreak, triumph and betrayal. It is deeply intimate yet crosses oceans, upends lives and changes nations. This is the true story of basketball. It is the story of a Canadian invention that took over America, and the world. Of a supposed “white man’s sport” that became a way for people of color, women, and immigrants to claim a new place in society. Of a game that demands everything of those who love it, yet gives so much back in return. To tell this story, acclaimed journalists Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew and Dan Klores embarked on a groundbreaking mission to interview a staggering lineup of basketball trailblazers. For the first time hundreds of legends, from Kobe, Lebron and Steph Curry to Magic Johnson, Dr. J and Jerry West, spoke movingly about their greatest passion. Former NBA commissioner David Stern and iconic coaches like Phil Jackson and Coach K opened up like never before. Those who shattered glass ceilings, from Bill Russell and Yao Ming to Cheryl Miller and Lisa Leslie, explained what it really took to lay claim to their place in the game. At once a definitive oral history and something far more revelatory and life affirming, Basketball: A Love Story is the defining untold oral history of how basketball came to be, and what it means to those who love it.

Author : Sports Illustrated Kids Editors
Publisher : Time Home Entertainment
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781547843336

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My First Book of Basketball by Sports Illustrated Kids Editors Pdf

My First Book of Basketball, the sixth book in the best-selling Rookie Book series from Sports Illustrated Kids, coaches young kids through the game of basketball with a visual retelling of a professional basketball game--from the jump ball to the game-winning basket! Dribbling, passing, traveling, shooting, dunks, and more are all explained using a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text, a full glossary of terms, and awesome graphics. Illustrated "Rookie" characters--a girl, Gabby, and a boy, Sprat--appear on every page, providing fun facts and simple explanations to help kids better understand the game. Perfect for emerging readers from preschool up, My First Book of Basketball is meant to be a shared reading experience between parents and their little rookies before, during, and after the game.

Author : James Naismith
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803283709

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Basketball by James Naismith Pdf

James Naismith was teaching physical education at the Young Men's Christian Association Training College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and felt discouraged because calisthenics and gymnastics didn't engage his students. What was needed was an indoor wintertime game that combined recreation and competition. One evening he worked out the fundamentals of a game that would quickly catch on. Two peach half-bushel baskets gave the name to the brand new sport in late 1891. Basketball: Its Origin and Development was written by the inventor himself, who was inspired purely by the joy of play. Naismith, born in northern Ontario in 1861, gave up the ministry to preach clean living through sport. He describes Duck on the Rock, a game from his Canadian childhood, the creative reasoning behind his basket game, the eventual refinement of rules and development of equipment, the spread of amateur and professional teams throughout the world, and the growth of women's basketball (at first banned to male spectators because the players wore bloomers). Naismith lived long enough to see basketball included in the Olympics in 1936. Three years later he died, after nearly forty years as head of the physical education department at the University of Kansas. This book, originally published in 1941, carries a new introduction by William J. Baker, a professor of history at the University of Maine, Orono. He is the author of Jesse Owens: An American Life and Sports in the Western World.

Author : Bill Simmons
Publisher : ESPN
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780345520104

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The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The NBA according to The Sports Guy—now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more! Foreword by Malcom Gladwell • “The work of a true fan . . . it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.”—The Atlantic Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining basketball addict known to millions as ESPN’s The Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA. From the age-old question of who actually won the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain to the one about which team was truly the best of all time, Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for all—every major pro basketball debate. Then he takes it further by completely reevaluating not only how NBA Hall of Fame inductees should be chosen but how the institution must be reshaped from the ground up, the result being the Pyramid: Simmons’s one-of-a-kind five-level shrine to the ninety-six greatest players in the history of pro basketball. And ultimately he takes fans to the heart of it all, as he uses a conversation with one NBA great to uncover that coveted thing: The Secret of Basketball. Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), The Book of Basketball offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game’s finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.

Author : Dave Anderson
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0688067484

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The Story of Basketball by Dave Anderson Pdf

Presents an overview of the history of basketball from its beginning in 1891 and profiles some notable players of modern times.

Author : Gail Giggons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0060292245

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My Basketball Book by Gail Giggons Pdf

Author : Ben Detrick,Andrew Kuo
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781647003005

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The Joy of Basketball by Ben Detrick,Andrew Kuo Pdf

A vibrant, unconventional, highly opinionated guide to the triumphs, joys, struggles, and heartbreaks of the modern era of the game, for every obsessive basketball fan who loves to hate hot takes The Joy of Basketball celebrates the meteoric rise of basketball over the last quarter century by ignoring the bland, traditionalist binary of wins or losses. Instead, the book's focus is on everything else. Using text, charts, and illustrations that upend conventional jock wisdom, the book details the most incredible players in history, draft flops, long-limbed oddballs, superteams, the international talent wave, brawls, scandals, the rapid evolution of contemporary gameplay, coaching, fashion, crime, positional erosion, tragic tales, memes, and the sacred Kardashian Blessing. Bouncing between witty graphics and keen sociopolitical observations, The Joy of Basketball is a subversive sports manifesto camouflaged as a colorful reference book for your coffee table.

Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Basketball
ISBN : 0399217932

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All about Basketball by George Sullivan Pdf

Gives an overview of the history and the rules of the game of basketball, along with discussion of various plays and profiles of famous players.

Author : Fred Van Lente,Joe Cooper
Publisher : Ten Speed Graphic
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781984856180

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The Comic Book Story of Basketball by Fred Van Lente,Joe Cooper Pdf

A fast-break history of basketball--from its humble beginnings to its all-time great players--featuring engaging true tales from the court and vivid, dynamic illustrations. Whether it's millionaire pros facing off in an indoor arena full of screaming fans or a lone kid shooting hoops on an outdoor court, basketball is one of the most popular and widely played sports in the world. The Comic Book Story of Basketball gives you courtside seats to the history of hoops. It chronicles the sport from its beginnings in a YMCA in Massachusetts to its current status as a beloved international game for men and women of all ages. Learn the true stories behind the college game, the street game, the women's game, and the international game, with legendary players and coaches like Dr. J, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Steph Curry profiled throughout.

Author : Jon A. Oliver
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 073604910X

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Basketball Fundamentals by Jon A. Oliver Pdf

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Author : Cecilia Minden
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781602793941

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Basketball by Cecilia Minden Pdf

Learn about the connection between math and basketball..