Crashing the Borders: How Basketball Won the World and Lost Its Soul at
ISBN: 9781439101780 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unflinching, timely, and authoritative, Crashing the Borders is the beginning of a much-needed conversation about sport and American culture. For those who care about both, this book will be the must-read work of the season. The game of basketball has gone global and is now the world's fastest-growing sport. Talented players from Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa are literally crashing the borders as the level of their game now often equals that of the American pros, who no longer are sure winners in international competition and who must compete with foreign players...
Unflinching, timely, and authoritative, Crashing the Borders is the beginning of a much-needed conversation about sport and American culture...
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73,14 zł |
Madmen's Ball: The Continuing Saga of Kobe, Phil, and the Los Angeles Lakers
ISBN: 9781600781988 / Angielski / Twarda / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Los Angeles Lakers' three championship dynasty teams--the Jerry West-led teams of the 1960s, Magic Johnson-led teams of the 1980s/1990s and the current Shaquille O'Neal-led squad--are thoroughly examined with special interest paid to the tumultuous 2004 season. Color and b&w photo inserts.
The Los Angeles Lakers' three championship dynasty teams--the Jerry West-led teams of the 1960s, Magic Johnson-led teams of the 1980s/1990s and the cu...
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107,67 zł |
Hoosier Honor: Bob Knight and Academic Success at Indiana University
ISBN: 9780275934477 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. College student-athletes are often a study of failure--a failure in graduation, in setting priorities, in having dreams fulfilled. Over 65 percent of all college athletes might not graduate. Only a handful of NCAA schools combine excellent basketball with a consistent level of graduation. One aim of this book is to help current college athletes to graduate by documenting a success story--Indiana University. The volume does not focus on Indiana's basketball success but instead its academic success under the seventeen-year tenure of Coach Knight. The author first details the failure of... College student-athletes are often a study of failure--a failure in graduation, in setting priorities, in having dreams fulfilled. Over 65 percent ... |
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301,46 zł |
The Dandy Dons: Bill Russell, K. C. Jones, Phil Woolpert, and One of College Basketball's Greatest and Most Innovative Teams
ISBN: 9780803218772 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a small Jesuit university in San Francisco to two national titles. The Dandy Dons describes for the first time how the unprecedented accomplishment of the Dons, led by coach Phil Woolpert and future hall-of-famers Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, paved the way for black talent in major college basketball and transformed the sport.
James W. Johnson traces the backgrounds of the coach and players, chronicles the heart-stopping games on the... In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a...
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Top of the World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics' Amazing One-Year Turnaround to Become NBA Champions
ISBN: 9780306818585 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I'm on top of the world " shouted Kevin Garnett after the Boston Celtics demolished the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers for a league-leading seventeenth NBA championship. Peter May chronicles the amazing run of the team, who went from having the second-worst record in 2007 to leading the pack in 2008.
Drawing on interviews with the players, Coach Doc Rivers, and General Manager Danny Ainge, May charts the pivotal moments of the Celtics' magical season. From rebuilding the team to capping off their stunning year with another championship, Top of the World brings readers every key... I'm on top of the world " shouted Kevin Garnett after the Boston Celtics demolished the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers for a league-leading sevent...
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127,07 zł |
The Complete Book of Offensive Basketball Drills: Game-Changing Drills from Around the World
ISBN: 9780071635868 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. COACH YOUR TEAM TO PLAY BETTER, FASTER, AND WIN, WITH INNOVATIVE DRILLS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE "Simply fantastic The Complete Book of Offensive Basketball Drills is a treasure trove of information from around the world. I can honestly say that I have not seen nor read a more complete drill book on one topic that is better than this. Giorgio Gandolfi has outdone himself." All coaches look for an edge that will help put their team over the top against... COACH YOUR TEAM TO PLAY BETTER, FASTER, AND WIN, WITH INNOVATIVE DRILLS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE "Simply fantastic The Complete Book... |
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116,52 zł |
Indiana High School Basketball's 20 Most Dominant Players
ISBN: 9781438973166 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Indiana High School Basketball's 20 Most Dominant Players relives the passionate memories, thrilling victories, and the sheer dominance of these Hoosier hardcourt idols. With these twenty players combining to win 14 coveted Mr Basketball awards and 28 state championships, Hall of Fame sportswriter Dave Krider truly profiles the best of the best.
Indiana High School Basketball's 20 Most Dominant Players relives the passionate memories, thrilling victories, and the sheer dominance of these Hoosi...
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112,73 zł |
James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball
ISBN: 9781439901335 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rains and Carpenter chronicle how James Naismith developed the original rules of basketball, coached the game at the University of Kansas--establishing college basketball in the process--and was honored for his work at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.
Rains and Carpenter chronicle how James Naismith developed the original rules of basketball, coached the game at the University of Kansas--establishin...
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244,72 zł |
The Butler Way: The Best of Butler Basketball
ISBN: 9780981928937 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Butler Way opens with a discussion of the Butler Way. Barry Collier, a former Butler player, was hired as coach in 1989 and slowly rebuilt a program that has declined since the days of Tony Hinkle. Collier emphasized the Butler way which featured team play. Fans will also be pleased to read about the famed Hinkle Fieldhouse, the greatest coaches, teams, players, and great moments in the storied history of Butler basketball.
The Butler Way opens with a discussion of the Butler Way. Barry Collier, a former Butler player, was hired as coach in 1989 and slowly rebuilt a progr...
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77,46 zł |
American Hoops: U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing
ISBN: 9780803222939 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Those who avidly followed the on-court acrobatics and off-court celebrity of the Dream Team in Barcelona in 1992 would hardly recognize what passed as basketball fifty-six years earlier, when the United States first played the game in the 1936 Olympics. In those early days of men s Olympic basketball, many teams lacked basic skills, games were played in the pouring rain, only seven players could suit up, and the rules allowed only two substitutions and no time-outs. How this slow, low-scoring sport became the breakneck game that enraptures millions worldwide is the story of American...
Those who avidly followed the on-court acrobatics and off-court celebrity of the Dream Team in Barcelona in 1992 would hardly recognize what passed as...
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217,50 zł |
The Phl in the STL
ISBN: 9780981991306 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book celebrates the history and great achievements of those who participated in the great Public High League, which produced some of the best high school basketball ever played in the St.Louis area and the state of Missouri. The players and coaches who competed in the PHL have left a lasting legacy and their contributions to the area basketball scene will never be forgotten. In this publication, the author recapture some of those great memories through the hundreds of photos collected as well as the great stories as told by the former athletes and coaches themselves. The book chronicle...
This book celebrates the history and great achievements of those who participated in the great Public High League, which produced some of the best hig...
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86,09 zł |
Outside the Limelight: Basketball in the Ivy League
ISBN: 9780813546162 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Ivy League is a place where basketball is neither a pastime nor a profession. Instead, it is a true passion among players, coaches, and committed sports enthusiasts who share in its every success and setback. "Outside the Limelight" is the first book to look inside Ivy League basketball and at the boundless enthusiasm that defines it.
With painstaking reportage, Kathy Orton vividly captures the internal fervor of the personalities who champion their gameuall the triumphs and disappointments of an Ivy hoop season. "Scholarships for student athletes?" None, and this is the only Division I... The Ivy League is a place where basketball is neither a pastime nor a profession. Instead, it is a true passion among players, coaches, and committed ...
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Basketball - Die Technikschule: Von den Grundlagen zur Leistungsspitze
ISBN: 9783833465949 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Buch behandelt drei Trainingsschwerpunkte im Basketball: Das Erlernen der Grundlagentechnik. Die Erweiterung des Technikrepertoires durch Sprungwurfvarianten und Bewegungskombinationen. Die taktiknahe Technikanwendung im Mannschaftstraining. Das Buch ist wegen besonderer Vorzge empfehlenswert: Es begrndet die Zieltechnik mit biomechanischen und physiologischen Gesetzmigkeiten und Erkenntnissen der Trainingslehre. Es geht in die Details, indem es die Schlsselstellen ("Kernelemente") der einzelnen Basketballfertigkeiten kennzeichnet und ihre Bedeutung fr die optimale Technik erklrt. Es...
Das Buch behandelt drei Trainingsschwerpunkte im Basketball: Das Erlernen der Grundlagentechnik. Die Erweiterung des Technikrepertoires durch Sprungwu...
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133,68 zł |
The Boys of Winter: Wisconsin's State Basketball Champions, 1956 & 1957
ISBN: 9780759692480 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,93 zł |
The Boys of Winter: Wisconsin's State Basketball Champions, 1956 & 1957
ISBN: 9780759692497 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,04 zł |
Hoops Heaven: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
ISBN: 9780981716688 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A little bit of hoops heavenright here on Earth. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009 and Hoops Heaven is the official commemorative book for the milestone event. The 50th anniversary book will be a compilation of the games greatest players, coaches, contributors, referees and teams and their representation in the 80,000-square foot
A little bit of hoops heavenright here on Earth. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, is celebrating ...
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129,24 zł |
Return of the Gold: The Journey of Jerry Colangelo and the Redeem Team
ISBN: 9781600376375 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Six years after Michael Jordan won his last NBA championship, American basketball hit rock bottom. The perception of NBA players reached an all-time low. Team USA lost three times, disgracing the nation at the 2004 Olympics. With great historical sweep, bringing in the voices of all-time greats like Jordan, Bill Russell, Julius Erving and Jerry West, the book will show how American basketball bottomed out. It will chart the path of Jerry Colangelo, a great sportsman who set out to change the stained image of USA Basketball. And with great insight and fresh detail, it will show how two of the...
Six years after Michael Jordan won his last NBA championship, American basketball hit rock bottom. The perception of NBA players reached an all-time l...
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68,83 zł |
94 Feet and Rising
ISBN: 9781441543868 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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163,08 zł |
94 Feet and Rising
ISBN: 9781441543851 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,58 zł |
The Blockade
ISBN: 9781441585097 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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163,08 zł |