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Basketball Chronicles: Articles on Youth Coaching is a compilation
of twenty-six articles I have written about coaching basketball,
especially youth basketball. I have been coaching youth sports for
twenty-five years. In addition to coaching basketball, I have
coached soccer, baseball, and softball. When coaching, I have found
that some drills and techniques will work with some teams and in
certain years, but may not work with a whole new group of players
in another season. As coaches, we have to learn to be flexible and
adapt. These articles will tend to sound like a biography about my
experiences in basketball, but I have related many events in my
lifetime from watching basketball to coaching this great game.
Featured in these articles are both on-field and off-field topics
that are designed to help the youth coach run a successful season,
whether it is handling the team's parents or reviewing shooting
drills for youth athletes. Based on my experiences, the subjects
discussed in the following articles are overlooked by many coaches,
but could be the secret to success. A number of years ago I
produced a baseball video The 59 Minute Baseball Practice, which
was a compilation of drills that became very popular for youth
baseball coaches. My main goal in making that video is very similar
to my goal in writing this book. I want coaches to put on their
creative hats and invent their own drills, inbound plays, defensive
schemes, and more.
It's the saga of a pro basketball superstar, LD, and his young
protege, Kile, on another team who takes up with a young coed,
Ashley, in an interracial relationship, then takes up with her
roommate, Abbey, after a tragic ending that's no fault of his own.
LD had already joined Kile in his team for Cleveland that actually
plays in the Akron suburb of Richfield after his first year with
Ashley. The two eventually move on to LA after the death of their
friend and player-coach Wally the fourth year where LD becomes
involved in motion picture acting as well as with a blond ingenue
of his own outside of his own marriage as Kile, LD, and Eric move
toward yet another International Roundball Organizational
championship in this parody of pro basketball, the media and
current eventsas LD is pursued by the mob for previous sins while
playing in Indiana and Michigan against his home fans.
For basketball coaches and every person who wants to become the
best they can be This fable takes you on a journey into the heart
of a coach's world. You'll meet Ted Faylor, the renowned Golden
Whistle coach, who is at the pinnacle of his career; and Little K,
his ambitious young student-assistant, who knows he can be a great
coach and is sure he has all the answers. But the novice coach has
a lot to learn and he learns it all the hard way. This learning
leads him to the 10 Golden Nuggets, which hold the secrets to
earning the Golden Whistle - success in basketball coaching and,
more important, in life. When you engage the teachings of the
Golden Nuggets as Little K did, you'll find that you can improve
your coaching, your players, your team, and the lives of everyone
around you.
THE NBA THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SPECTATOR PHOENIX SUNS EDITION
www.nbaspectator.com 262 pages "The NBA Through the Eyes of the
Spectator" is a "One-Size-Fits-All" book that enhances the
education of the uninformed NBA fan. At the same time, it also
serves as a unique and valuable reference book for the informed
fan. NBA rules, terms, strategies and the history of NBA basketball
are presented here in a sometimes humorous, easy-to-read and
simple-to-understand style. "The NBA Through the Eyes of the
Spectator" includes a concise, yet thorough, history of the Phoenix
Suns franchise, year-by-year, from their inaugural season in 1968
through the 2012-13 campaign. Suns trades, draft picks, coaching
changes, and team leaders are all presented, along with attendance
figures, salary information and many fun-to-read anecdotes from
years gone by. After reading this book... YOU... will hopefully
become the person that can answer the questions for people around
you... rather than be the one who asks them. Also included are
entertaining... "behind the scenes..". stories about the 2011 NBA
lockout... the lives of NBA referees and scouts...an amazing unique
chart that details the NBA journey for over 500 active players...
many trivia quizzes to challenge and amuse you... a history of the
evolution of the NBA Draft...plus much more. No longer will you
have to browse through countless websites (some with incorrect
information) or read different books... to become an informed fan
of basketball, the NBA and specifically the Phoenix Suns. It's all
at your fingertips with... "THE NBA THROUGH THE EYES OF THE
SPECTATOR."
In 1964, the Evansville College Purple Aces raced undefeated
through the Indiana Collegiate Conference, posting a perfect 24-0
regular-season record and winning the College Division NCAA
championship. The skeleton of this season exists in newspaper
archives and in books that capture the on-court action, but the
flesh and blood has never been written-until now. This is the story
of Russell Grieger, a starting guard, and his observations,
feelings, reactions, and struggles of that season. It provides a
game-by-game look into the team, showcasing Grieger's teammates,
Coach Arad McCutchan, and Evansville's love for the Aces. The
Perfect Season is an insider's inspiring story of a team whose
motto-"If you're going to go, go big time or don't go at
all"-inspired them to achieve their dream.
I was a friendly dictator for forty seven years. In those forty
seven years I filled more then forty notebooks with my experiences,
ideas, thoughts, readings, materials collected from basketball
clinics, information taken from other professionals (clergy,
coaches, teachers, writers, etc.), motivational materials, and more
with the intent of some day writing a book about what it entails to
be a friendly dictator (head basketball coach)
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