Practical Modern Basketball (3rd Edition)

Book Description
This book is a must-have for every coach and player! Covers the fundamentals and style of team play, emphasizing the delicate balance between the simplistic reality and incredibly demanding effort of the game Includes a new introduction by Bill Walton Includes new, updated photos Coach Wooden, more than anything else, is a teacher. Basketball just happens to be his subject. This book outlines a pattern, a theory, a strategy, and a course for how to develop as a basketball player and as a person. It organizes and dispenses the knowledge that Coach Wooden has accumulated over a lifetime in the game of basketball. It gives the reader an understanding of the delicate balance of the simple reality of the game and the incredibly demanding effort and dedication needed to master basketball. This timeless book will help everyone who is interested in improving their life and their basketball game. This book is so well thought out, well planned, well organized, and well written that it is perfectly applicable thirty-two years after its first publication. Reading it will make you feel like a member of the team. John Wooden was a teacher and coach at UCLA for 27 years.

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This book is a must-have for every coach and player! * Covers the fundamentals and style of team play, emphasizing the delicate balance between the simplistic reality and incredibly demanding effort of the game * Includes a new introduction by Bill Walton * Includes new, updated photos Coach Wooden, more than anything else, is a teacher. Basketball just happens to be his subject. This book outlines a pattern, a theory, a strategy, and a course for how to develop as a basketball player and as a person. It organizes and dispenses the knowledge that Coach Wooden has accumulated over a lifetime in the game of basketball. It gives the reader an understanding of the delicate balance of the simple reality of the game and the incredibly demanding effort and dedication needed to master basketball. This timeless book will help everyone who is interested in improving their life and their basketball game. This book is so well thought out, well planned, well organized, and well written that it is perfectly applicable thirty-two years after its first publication. Reading it will make you feel like a member of the team. John Wooden was a teacher and coach at UCLA for 27 years.

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John Wooden was a teacher and coach at UCLA for 27 years.


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This book contains the basketball coaching philosophy and strategic thinking of one of the greatest coaches, teachers, and floor generals of modern times. Coaches and players looking for insight into what it takes to get to the championship level will find this book an invaluable road map for developing the thinking, habits, instincts, and skills necessary to be a winner. This book endures and remains a classic because it not only teaches the fundamentals of the game, but at a deeper level it speaks to the attitudes, goals, and values worthy of pursuit in competitive sports and in life. It shows the coach how to bring out in athletes the selfless commitment necessary to build team unity. This book will teach coach and player how teamwork and unselfish team play and team spirit are the foremost essentials for a successful team.


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