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Author: Mike Krzyzewski
Publisher: Business Plus
Published: 2006-10-10
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 075951674X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a collection of short but extraordinarily powerful essays as to how Coach K of Duke inspires, motivates, and teaches his basketball players about the game of life, both on and off the court.
Author: Jane Weierbach
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781433801358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tuck is stressed out. His parents are divorced, he misses his father, and he has moved to a new house and school. When he decides to try out for the basketball team, the neighborhood boys won't let him use 'their' court to practice. With so many problems, Tuck is having a hard time feeling confident and dealing with his upsets. Then Walton shows up. Taking on the role of coach, Walton teaches Tuck not only how to play better basketball, but also how to manage his anxiety and self-doubt. Soon Tuck is feeling in control of his life and focusing his energy on what he loves most...basketball!Using a positive, interactive approach, this book includes informative study guides, exercises to develop confidence and relaxation skills, and self-quizzes, all designed to help kids learn to coach themselves through everyday worry and stress.
Author: Pat Williams
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
Published: 2006-03-07
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0757303919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →John Wooden is an American icon. Since he announced his retirement thirty years ago, “Coach” remains one of our country's most popular and heroic figures. What John Wooden accomplished as basketball coach at UCLA will never be repeated—eighty-eight victories in a row, ten national championships—but what makes his legacy even more amazing is how he did it: with honor, integrity and grace. In his research for How to Be Like Coach Wooden, Pat Williams recounts well over 800 interviews. The result is an inspiring motivational biography about a great hero of basketball and one of the most amazing leaders in history. How to Be Like Coach Wooden is the next dynamic book in the How to Be Like "character biography" series, which focuses on drawing out important lessons from the lives of great men and women. In this book, readers will learn from Coach Wooden, a beacon of honesty, goodness and faith. Wooden cared about winning in basketball, but he cared more about winning in life.
Author: Bob Hurley
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 030798687X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The famed basketball coach of St. Anthony's High School in Jersey City traces his decades-long career, citing his championship coaching strategies and memorable players from the team's seven undefeated seasons.
Author: Buster Olney
Publisher: Espn Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 034552411X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Relates the story of college basketball coach Don Meyer, who struggled through a car accident that left him an amputee and a bout with cancer, and went on to set a record for all-time wins by an NCAA basketball coach.
Author: George Dohrmann
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2012-02-07
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0345508610
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A tour de force of reporting” (The Washington Post) from a Pulitzer–prize winning journalist that examines the often-corrupt machine producing America’s basketball stars “Indispensable.”—The Wall Street Journal “Often heart-breaking, always riveting.”—The New York Times Book Review “Tremendous.”—The Plain Dealer Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting• Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports Using eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths, journalist George Dohrmann reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” epilogue by the author, Play Their Hearts Out is a thoroughly compelling narrative exposing the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory. One of GQ’S 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century • One of the Best Books of the Year: Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus Reviews This edition includes an exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis.
Author: Mike Krzyzewski
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2010-01-30
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0446537004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The inspiring leadership book from the legendary basketball coach, now featured in the acclaimed Hulu series The Bear, The Duke University's former head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has proved himself a leader both on and off the court. He led the Duke Blue Devils to five straight Final Four appearances, culminating in back-to-back championships in 1991 and '92. He received five National Coach of the Year Awards -- and many of the players he coached in college went on to NBA stardom! Now Coach K offers the insights he used to coax peak performances from his team, relying on lessons he learned as a captain in the U.S. Army, sportsmanship, respect, and a genuine gift for leading with the hear.
Author: John Wooden
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780071424912
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An autobiographical portrait of UCLA basketball coach John Wooden highlighting his career and personal life and insights on how his top players shaped and changed the NBA.
Author: Bill Simmons
Publisher: ESPN
Published: 2010-12-07
Total Pages: 754
ISBN-13: 0345520106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Barry Jacobs
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781894963268
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mike Krzyzewski is the preeminent college basketball coach of his generation. He has led Duke to three national titles and his Blue Devils are consistently ranked among the top teams in the nation. In Coach K's Little Blue Book, Krzyzewski is revealed as more than a basketball strategist. He is a motivator, mentor, leader, and deep thinker with an intuitive feel for the game. He offers fascinating insight into such former Duke stars as Grant Hill and Christian Laettner, opponents such as Michael Jordan and Vince Carter, as well as rival hall-of-fame coaches Bobby Knight and John Wooden. In sharing Coach K's views on winning, teamwork, family, leadership and, what Krzyzewski calls, the game of life, author Barry Jacobs unearths the passion, intelligence and humanity that have made Krzyzewski a national icon. Book jacket.
