Pounding the Rock - Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School (Hardcover)

Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships. Head coach Marc Skelton tells the thrilling story of an entire season, as the Panthers seek to improve on an early exit from the playoffs the year before. But this is a story which extends far beyond the basketball court. It's a profile of a school that, against the odds, educates kids from the poorest district in the country and sends the majority of them to college; of an unusual coach who studies the game with acute intensity and demands as much of himself as he does of his players. At the very centre is a squad of young men who battle against difficulties in life every day, and who don't know how to quit. Pounding the Rock is exhilarating, heart-pounding sportswriting of the very highest calibre.

General

Imprint:	Yellow Jersey Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Marc Skelton (Author)
Dimensions:	222 x 144 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-78729-005-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sports training & coaching > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Basketball Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > Social mobility Books > Biography > Sport
LSN:	1-78729-005-0
Barcode:	9781787290051

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