Coach Wooden, more than anything else, is a teacher. Basketball just happens to be his subject. This book outlines a pattern, a theory, a strategy, and a course for how to develop as a basketball player and as a person. It organizes and dispenses the knowledge that Coach Wooden has accumulated over a lifetime in the game of basketball. It gives the reader an understanding of the delicate balance of the simple reality of the game and the incredibly demanding effort and dedication needed to master basketball. This timeless book will help everyone who is interested in improving their life and their basketball game. This book is so well thought out, well planned, well organized, and well written that it is perfectly applicable thirty-two years after its first publication. Reading it will make you feel like a member of the team.
- ISBN10 0024294705
- ISBN13 9780024294708
- Publish Date 5 January 1988 (first published 1 January 1980)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
- Imprint Macmillan USA
- Edition 3rd edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 452
- Language English