Basketball category: 1106 books
by Suzy Beamer Bohnert
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a basketball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a free throw? Why are...
Breaking Barriers
A History of Integration in Professional Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Today, it is nearly impossible to talk about the best basketball players in America without acknowledging the accomplishments of incredibly talented black athletes like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant. A little more than a century ago, however, the game was completely dominated by white...
Basketball's Game Changers
Icons, Record Breakers, Rivalries, Scandals, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
A brand new, fast-paced, fully illustrated history of basketball through its flashpoints, innovations, and innovators
The third book in the Lyons Press Game Changers sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities, rules, strategies, rivalries, controversies,...
Boys Among Men
How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The definitive, never-before-told story of the prep-to-pro generation, those basketball prodigies who from 1995 to 2005 made the jump directly from high school to the NBA.
When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college—as young basketball prodigies...
by Ivy Valentine Pate
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
CJ gets his very first basketball from Dad on Sunday, but can’t go to a real basketball court until the following Saturday. He decides to practice inside the house every day until he can get to the court. Can CJ stay out of trouble at home for a whole week until the big day?
CJ’s New...
My First Book of Basketball
A Rookie Book (A Sports Illustrated Kids Book)
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
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,...
by Z.B. Hill
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Fans everywhere watch both local games and games played in the NBA. Millions of people around the globe play pick-up games with friends, while professional basketball players have become celebrities who are recognized everywhere. Fans from...
by Diane Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
The University of Kansas basketball team has the most winning seasons of any team in college basketball. The history of KU basketball goes back 115 years. This volume describes many unbelievable game-stopping moments in the history of the game, as well as the most inspiring coaches and players and...
Don't Put Me In, Coach
My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national championship game....
by Rob Price
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Basketball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date basketball-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide....
Beyond the Rules
Techniques, Tips and Best Practices for Scholastic / Collegiate Basketball Officiating
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
No matter what the vocation or endeavor, it is the people who go beyond what is expected of them who ultimately achieve the loftiest goals.The standards for excellence sit on a much higher plane than the benchmarks for competency, and everyone makes a choice, either consciously or by default, the path...
Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay)
Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.
The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son...
by The National Alliance For Youth Sports
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
So you’re thinking about volunteering to coach youth basketball? Great! You’re in for a fun, rewarding experience. Whether you’re new to the sport and looking for some guidance or you’re a seasoned coach hunting for some fresh tips, Coaching Basketball For Dummies will help you command the...
The Boys of Dunbar
A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The inspiring true story of a remarkable coach whose superb undefeated high-school basketball team in 1980s Baltimore produced four NBA players and gave hope to a desperate neighborhood and city—“a feel-good story that is timely as well as true” (Glenn C. Altschuler, Florida Courier).
As...