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Books Review: June 2009 eBA Best Seller

Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey
By Roland Lazenby

Complex as he is colorful, Phil Jackson has led an improbable basketball life, marching to the tune of his own iconoclastic drummer and managing to win at every level along the way.

He doesn't think like an average jock, nor does he approach his game like one: just ask Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'Neal, who've played better for him than for anyone else.
Roland Lazenby couldn't have come up with a better title for his compelling exploration of what makes Jackson tick and how he evolved into one of the most successful and driven coaches in NBA history; for Jackson, the joy of his game is every bit as cerebral and psychological as it is physical.

His aim, he says, is to help his players "strengthen the muscle of their minds."

Of course, Jackson--part shaman, part shrink, part mentor, part guide--has found some fascinating ways to strengthen his own, including LSD, meditation, Zen, Native American culture, William James's Varieties of Religious Experience, and the Grateful Dead.

They are as much a part of Jackson's evolving core as pounding the offensive boards with the Knicks and warring with Bulls' management. If some of it seems contradictory, it is those very contradictions--more than the seven championship rings as a coach and two as a player--that make Jackson so interesting; they have helped him reshape and redefine the job.

"Somehow," writes Lazenby, "Jackson has managed the very difficult feat of blending fun and discipline and spiritual exploration for his teams, sort of like combining a trip to the dentist with a carnival ride."

No other coach has learned to walk that delicate balance so gracefully. But then, balance is Jackson's operating metaphor: keeping himself--and his teams--in balance while keeping opponents off theirs.

In Mindgames, Lazenby puts together a smart, solidly reported, and balanced portrait of a Zen master with a dark, driven side. He respects Jackson enough to not whitewash him.

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 • Paperback: 450 pages
 • Publisher: Bison Books (April 1, 2007)
 • Language: English

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Basketball DVD Review:

"Scramble Defensive System"
By Roy Williams

Product Description
With Roy Williams, University of North Carolina Head Coach; 2005 National Champions, 4X Time National "Coach of the Year," Winningest Active Coach in College Basketball.

In the rich Tar Heel basketball tradition, defense has always been a foundation. In this DVD, Coach Williams unpacks the entire system.

The numbering system is important and is broken down: 20 = man-to-man, 30 = double team the dribble and 40 = double team the pass.
The 20 series is broken into 22, 23 and 24, depending on the point of pick up. Half court coverage is 32 and 33 = three-quarter court pick up with the double team on the dribble.

Williams aims for a 3-1-1 balance between man-to-man, scramble and zone defense, which is perfect for the coach who wants to disrupt and change the opponent's offense. On the projection screen, Williams diagrams the coverages in the 32 defense.

At the same time, he instructs players to assume the same position as the diagram. Two variations of 32 are presented based on the trap coming from in front or behind. In this live half court session, the defense demonstrates the 32 and 42.
The trap is an effective weapon on sideline out of bounds situations. his is a denial defense that attempts to keep the ball from coming inside.

Taking questions from the crowd, Williams runs the scramble against a number of different offensive alignments. The versatility of the scramble defense is obvious as Williams demonstrates its consistent flexibility.

 • Actors: Roy Williams
 • Region: All Regions
 • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video
 • Language: English
 • Number of discs: 1
 • Studio: Championship Productions
 • Run Time: 49 minutes

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Books Review: Our eBA Best Seller 6 Months Ago

BILL SELF: At Home in the Phog
By: Bill Self with John Rohde

The 2007-2008 Kansas Jayhawks capped off one of the program's most storied seasons by winning its fifth national championship, and
first in 20 years. The Jayhawks success in 2007-2008 has been credited to total team effort and the inspiring leadership of head
coach Bill Self.
During his relatively short head coaching career, Self has established himself as one of college basketball's best by leading Oral Roberts to new frontiers, guiding Tulsa to its best season in school history, turning Illinois into a Big Ten powerhouse and now taking Kansas from a perennially great program to the best in the nation.

In Bill Self's first authorized book: BILL SELF: At Home in the Phog, Self and those who know him best offer an inside look at his
journey into becoming one of the game's most respected and most sought-after coaches. Self explains how he is living a dream - not
only is he a head coach, but he was selected to be the steward of what James Naismith and Phog Allen created. He describes the
excitement of reaching the pinnacle - leading the Jayhawks to a national title.
He gives minute-by-minute details of the contest that sent KU to the national title game. Self has achieved his dream of becoming a head coach. That much is evident. Even though he never dreamed of being the head coach at the University of Kansas, he did aspire to lead a college basketball team to greatness, which is exactly what he is doing. Self's journey proves that even though dreams may change, they can come true.


About the Author In the storied history of Kansas basketball, no coach has a higher career winning percentage at the school than Bill Self. In 2008, in his first trip to the Final Four, Self claimed the national title. He now boasts a 142-32 (.816) record in five years at Kansas and a 349-137 (.718) mark in 15 seasons as a Division I coach.

Self has been to 10 straight NCAA tournaments and advanced to the Elite Eight five times in that span, while directing three different
programs. His Kansas teams have won four straight Big 12 regular-season titles and three straight Big 12 Tournament crowns.
In the decade leading up to the national championship, Self has finished first eight times in three different leagues.
The other two seasons, his teams finished as conference runner-up. A former player (1981-1985) and assistant coach (1986-1993) at Oklahoma State, Self was head coach at Oral Roberts (1993-1997), Tulsa (1997-2000) and Illinois (2000-2003) before arriving at Kansas in April 2003. Self and wife Cindy have a daughter, Lauren, and son, Tyler.


Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Ascend Media; 1 edition (October 10, 2008)
Language: English

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Basketball DVD Review:

Extreme Full Court Dribbling Workout
By Jason Otter

This Workout will give the Coach the right elements to train the player every team NEEDS - a Playmaker and Crunch Time Ball Handler. This DVD will Set You Apart from Your Competition.
The most intense dribbling workout available. Over 75 trips up and down the court in one workout will take your game to another level.

There are many players who can dribble the ball stationary and do a lot it with - EXCEPT go anywhere with it. Coaches need players who can go somewhere with the ball, not someone who can stand around and look cool dribbling. No matter what level of basketball you play at, every team needs someone who can handle the basketball in the pressure situations, can take the ball down the floor and make a play to win the game in the last seconds.

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 • Region: All Regions
 • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video
 • Language: English
 • Number of discs: 1
 • Studio: Hoops King.com Productions
 • Run Time: 60 minutes

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Basketball DVD Review:

"Basketball Shooting: Off the Pass, Off the Dribble and In the Post"

By Dr. Hal Wissel

Basketball Shooting: Confidence, Rhythm and Mechanics is an inside look at one of Coach Hal Wissel's SHOOT IT BETTER Mini Camps for NBA Players and Prospects.

This is a must-have DVD for any player who wants to become a more confident shooter and for any coach who wants to improve his or her ability to coach shooters. Coach Wissel stresses the importance being a confident shooter with good rhythm and mechanics.

Coach Wissel doesn't simply tell players to be confident, but shows them how to develop confidence through the use of positive self-talk and the use of key words that trigger correct mechanics, rhythm and range.

 • Actors: Dr. Hal Wissel
 • Region: All Regions
 • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video
 • Language: English
 • Number of discs: 1
 • Studio: Championship Productions
 • Run Time: 75 minutes

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Basketball Books Reviews

Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend
By: Bill Russell and Alan Steinberg

Red and Me is an extraordinary book: an homage to a peerless coach, showing how he produced results unlike any other; an inspiring story of mutual success, in which each man gave his all, and gained back even more; above all, it may be the best depiction of male friendship ever put on the page. Who would have guessed that such different men could have become such a tightly bonded pair? Few did guess it. Now Russell tells it.

In fact, little known to the public, Auerbach and Russell—one a short, brash Jew from Brooklyn, the other a tall, intense African-American from Louisiana and Oakland—were far more than just coach and player. Through thirteen years of building a sports dynasty together, one that remains among the greatest of all time, their relationship evolved into a rare, telling example of deep male friendship: confident, supportive, understanding, founded in common goals, even as their feelings remained largely unspoken. They stayed close for the rest of Auerbach's life, despite physical distance and far fewer chances to be together. True male friends are always there for each other, whenever the need or occasion arises.

Authors: Bill Russell and Alan Steinberg
Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Harper (May 5, 2009)
Language: English

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Basketball DVD Reviews

M.V.P. (Maximum Vertical Potential) Vertical Jump Program
By: Alan Stein

The M.V.P. (Maximum Vertical Potential) program takes a comprehensive approach to maximizing your vertical jump.
Attaining your maximum vertical jump involves training your entire body and using the Core 4 concept.

The M.V.P. Core 4 program includes flexibility, leg strength, power, and core strength. Each of these components plays an important role in maximizing how high you can jump. If you fail to train a certain area (like most of the other vertical jump programs on the market); you will never reach your vertical jump potential.

Actors: Alan Stein
Region: All Regions
Studio: Hoops King.com Productions
Run Time: 40 minutes
Language: English

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Basketball DVD Review:

"Spalding Basketball Basics: Learn from the Pros"
By Gilbert Arenas

Hosted by sharpshooter Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards, this instructional program draws on the experience of NBA and WNBA players such as Chris Bosh, Jason Kapono and Tamika Catchings to help you improve your basketball skills.

Demonstrating the same techniques and drills the pros use, Gilbert and the crew will help you build a solid foundation in basketball fundamentals -- and have you raring to dominate the hardwood in no time.

Children and youth teams coaches will find in this DVD an excellent basketball fundamentals program to work with their they beginner players.

 • Actors: Gilbert Arenas, Chris Bosh, Bruce Bowen, Raymond Felton, Jason Kapono
 • Directors: Dion Cocoros
 • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
 • Language: English
 • Number of discs: 1
 • Studio: Warner Home Video
 • DVD Release Date: November 6, 2007
 • Run Time: 46 minutes

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Basketball DVD Review:

"Six Effective Entries into the High/Low Motion"
By Coach Bill Self

Coach Bill Self complements his popular High/Low Motion tape with this tape on entries. Self details and demonstrates six entries, each consisting of multiple options and counters for all five players on the floor.

Options include post-ups, 3-point shots, backdoors, and lobs out of a 1-4 and 1-2-2 alignment. This high quality videotape, shot at one of the largest demonstration coaching clinics in the country, is an excellent complement to his High/Low Motion Offense video!

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Basketball Books Review:

"Court Sense: Winning Basketball's Mental Game"
By Coach John Giannini

The best basketball players and coaches are known not only for their success in the sport but for the manner in which they manifest their knowledge and abilities in playing, coaching, and teaching the game.

Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Steve Nash, Diana Taurasi, and other great players past and present share a special grasp of what is needed in every situation on the court and how to maximize their own effectiveness as well as that of their team.

Teams coached by John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Pat Summitt, and Mike Krzyzewski won many championships because of their coaches' amazing ability to teach, motivate, discipline, and unite players to perform to their potential individually and as a group.

Court Sense highlights all those qualities that make players and teams great, and it provides practical ways to improve any intangibles that might be lacking. The first half of the book covers all the basics a player must have in place, on and off the court, in order to excel.

The second half features the six Cs that are crucial to on-court performance: coachability, communication, cohesion, capacity to lead, competitiveness, and concentration.

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Basketball Books Review:
"The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team"
By Coach Mike Krzyzewski

Says Coach K: "In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family... I BELIEVE IN YOU.

These four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try."

In his previous bestselling books, Coach K has guided readers to success the way he has guided his teams at Duke University - - with the power of his inspirational words and phenomenal leadership skills.

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Basketball DVD Review: "Basketball Fundamentals"


By Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach. Since 2001 he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville.

He has also served as head coach at Boston University, Providence College and the University of Kentucky, leading that program to the NCAA championship in 1996.

He has coached on the professional level for the NBA's New York Knicks and Boston Celtics with mixed success.

Pitino holds the distinction of being the only men's coach in NCAA history to lead three different schools (Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville) to the Final Four. In addition, Pitino has achieved a measure of success as an author and a motivational speaker.

In this excellent DVD you study the way to improve your offensive game with the help of one of the most brilliant minds in coaching, Coach Rick Pitino. Learn practice techniques that will help you perfect your offensive moves from America's premier college basketball coach, Rick Pitino. The techniques are demonstrated by professional basketball players Reece Gaines and Walter McCarty along with Erik Brown and Muhammed Lasege. You'll be exposed to the same individual instruction skills that Coach Pitino has used to help many of the game's tot talents reach their full potential while building championship programs.

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Books Review: March 2009 eBA Best Seller

Basketball Card Guide 2008-09


Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide, 2008-09

By: James, III, Dr. Beckett

If You're A Basketball Card Collector, This Is The Book For You !
The Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide is the most comprehensive basketball card price guide available!

Are you a superstar or team card collector? If you are, then Dr. James Beckett and his staff have produced this book just for you! You get extensive lists and prices for all important, popular basketball card sets since 1933.
Most card series listed picture a front and back shot of a representative card.

Includes values for every individual card and complete set listing in three condition grades. Checklist-like listing of every card in the set.
Complete description includes card features and composition of set.

"... This is a great source for the basketball collector. It is the most recent of the annual beckett price guides and provides listings for card sets that can't be found such as classic, scoreboard, chivas de guadalajara, and 5-sport sets. No card is left out has been left out.

This updated book now gives you updated values for some of Kobe Bryant's rarest cards like the Scoreboard Die-Cut and the Chivas de Guadalajara team set Kobe RC edition. This book is recommended to all collectors. ..."

"... Look, we all know that monthly price guides cannot possibly keep up with the explosion of basketball cards produced by all the companies putting out cards today. All they can do is focus on the name cards on the stars. But if you are trying to put together a set of 1957-58 Topps, 1986-87 Fleer or 1992-93 Hoops, then you need to know ALL the cards so you are prepared for dealers whether they organize their cards by number or team or player's name.

With the "Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide" you have your best chance to find out exactly what is out there. True, in practical terms the prices quoted have a chance of being obsolete by the time you track down the cards you want, but the key thing about all of these Price Guides is that they list all the cards, including all the extras, bonsues, special sets and the like.

Whether you are looking for a card of this year's MVP, Allen Iverson or Ernie Calverley (he was on the first basketball card put out by Bowman in 1948), this is the book you want to use to put together your want lists when I head out to the card shows. ..."

Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Beckett Media; 16 edition (December 2008)

Language: English

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Basketball DVD Review: "Duke on DVD by Coach K"

By Coach Mike Krzyzewski

Duke University men’s basketball program has been the model for success in Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s tenure at the helm. Under his direction, the Blue Devils have been perennial contenders for conference and national titles. Now you can harness Coach K’s strategies for team defense, the transition game, and successful practices to make your team better than ever—all on one action-packed DVD.

The Duke Basketball Video Series DVD offers special insight into the key components that made all of those Duke wins, championships, and awards possible. The program transports you right to Cameron Indoor Stadium to see and hear what takes place during Duke practice sessions.

Each segment features Coach K and the Duke team explaining and demonstrating

• key teaching and coaching points,
• individual skill instruction,
• team tactics and execution, and
• practice drills.

Action footage shows how lessons learned on the practice floor are transferred successfully to games. You will find the content captivating and directly applicable to your own improvement or to that of your players.

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Books Review: February 2009 eBA Best Seller

The Complete Guide to Coaching Girls' Basketball
Building a Great Team the Carolina Way


By: Sylvia Hatchell and Jeff Thomas


Coach Hatchell's book is a must-read for every girls' basketball coach. She is fantastic in every phase of the game, and I love watching her teams play. Roy Williams, head men's basketball coach, University of North Carolina, and Associated Press Coach of the Year, 2006.

What does it take to turn a good coach into a great one? You need to be a teacher, a motivator, a guru of X's and O's. Coach Sylvia Hatchell shows you how she manages all these roles and gives you her winning advice to creating a team of champions.

Head coach of the University of North Carolina's women's team, Coach Hathcell combines the Tar Heels' longstanding tradition of basketball greatness with her personal dedication to guiding young women as she teaches you how to:

• Communicate effectively to get peak performances from 11- to 18-year-old girls.
• Teach all the fundamentals of the game and run a productive, high-energy practice.

• Develop a formidable offense and tenacious defense.
• Master 75 of her favorite drills, ranging in difficulty from beginner to advanced.

Sylvia Hatchell, a college coach for 30 years, has accumulated a record of 445 / 187 in 20 seasons at the University of North Carolina. In 2006, her Tar Heels made the Final Four and Hatchell was named the Associated Press Women's Coach of the Year. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (June 22, 2006)
Language: English

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Books Review: January 2009 eBA Best Seller

Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0

By: Rick Pitino with Pat Forde


Rick Pitino is a basketball icon: the only coach in college history to lead three different schools to the Final Four, the winner of
the 1996 NCAA championship, the owner of a sparkling career record, a bestselling author, and a lock for the College Basketball Hall
of Fame. Yet Pitino's journey has not been without life-altering adversity: He's experienced profound personal and professional losses.
In 2001, after three losing seasons as coach and president of the Boston Celtics, Pitino resigned, walking away from the $23 million
left in his contract. And while recovering from the only breakdown in his extraordinary basketball career, Pitino—who had previously
suffered the devastating loss of his infant son, Daniel—endured additional tragedies: His brother-in-law and best friend Billy Minardi,
a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, perished in the World Trade Center attacks of 9/11, less than a year after another brother-in-law had
been fatally struck by a taxi. Pitino writes, "From that point on, my life changed forever. Nothing will ever be the same."


This realization gave Pitino a new perspective. With it, the innovative leader felt the freedom to act even more dynamically than he
ever had in the past. Returning to college basketball, he has rebuilt and revitalized the storied program at Louisville, guiding the
Cardinals to a history-making Final Four appearance in 2005 that stamped him the only coach in history to take three schools that far.
And in 2008, he rallied an injury-plagued Louisville team from a disappointing start and led it to the Elite Eight, setting the stage
for greater success to come.


The failures and tragedies he recounts make this book unique. More than just a recitation of what works and why, it's about how to
succeed after you've failed; how to pick yourself up after being knocked down; and how to reframe yourself and see the world in a new
light. This is a comeback story, a manual for overcoming life's difficulties. Pitino has experienced success as an author with his
tremendously popular books Success Is a Choice and Lead to Succeed, but in Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0, he's crafted a book
that's more deeply personal, more inspiring, more practical, and more powerful than any he's written before.


About the Author
Rick Pitino is the head coach at the University of Louisville. He boasts a 476–168 record, and has led three different teams to the
Final Four (the only coach to do so). He won the NCAA Championship in 1996 with the University of Kentucky and has won the
Southeastern Conference tournament championship five times. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1987. He lives in Louisville,
Kentucky.


Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Collins; 1 edition (September 30, 2008)

Language: English

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Books Review: Our eBA Best Seller 6 Months Ago

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Basketball


By: Robert G. Price


The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Basketball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date basketball-specific training guide in the
world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal
exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round basketball-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve
your performance and get you results.


No other basketball book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book will have
players increasing strength, power, agility, and overall quickness on the court, leading to an increase in rebounds, steals, blocked
shots, and overall defensive efficiency. You will build the strength and power needed to dominate the post and under the basket and
you will build the stamina and endurance needed to go strong until the final whistle.


Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to
professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!


As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping charts which normally sell separately for $20.


About the Author
Rob Price is a first class certified personal trainer and a former fitness consultant at the University of Wisconsin. He is a national weight lifting champion and state bench press record holder. He has helped thousands of athletes all over the world achieve their goals.

Rob is also a contributing author to OnFitness magazine and is the founder of SportsWorkout.com, the #1 Sports-Training website on the
Internet.

Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Sportsworkout.com; 4th. Edition (September 1, 2006)

Language: English

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Basketball News:
New book showcases techniques and tactics from basketball’s elite

NBA Coaches Playbook

Mike Krzyzewski and Rick Pitino attest to the benefits college basketball coaches glean from the pro level. Now college and high school coaches can get advice from top NBA coaches in the NBA Coaches Association’s upcoming NBA Coaches Playbook (Human Kinetics, September 2008). The first of its kind, the playbook offers a collection of proven methods and strategies from the NBA’s elite coaches on maximizing player and team performance.

“Winning basketball was and still is a matter of fundamentals and details, but you also need a tough attitude in order to reach the top,” says Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson.

In NBA Coaches Playbook, 28 successful coaches offer more than 450 Xs-and-Os diagrams and expertise, including tips from Phil Jackson on the fast break, Tex Winter on the triangle offense, and Pete Carril and Eddie Jordan on the Princeton offense.

Each chapter offers technical teaching points, practice drills, tactical nuances, or game-management tools that provide a coaching edge. The book’s “special plays” section should be especially popular among coaches seeking the out-of-bounds and last-second plays that work when the game is on the line.

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Books Review: December 2008 eBA Best Seller

BILL SELF: At Home in the Phog

By: Bill Self with John Rohde


The 2007-2008 Kansas Jayhawks capped off one of the program's most storied seasons by winning its fifth national championship, and
first in 20 years. The Jayhawks success in 2007-2008 has been credited to total team effort and the inspiring leadership of head
coach Bill Self.
During his relatively short head coaching career, Self has established himself as one of college basketball's best by leading Oral Roberts to new frontiers, guiding Tulsa to its best season in school history, turning Illinois into a Big Ten powerhouse and now taking Kansas from a perennially great program to the best in the nation.

In Bill Self's first authorized book: BILL SELF: At Home in the Phog, Self and those who know him best offer an inside look at his
journey into becoming one of the game's most respected and most sought-after coaches. Self explains how he is living a dream - not
only is he a head coach, but he was selected to be the steward of what James Naismith and Phog Allen created. He describes the
excitement of reaching the pinnacle - leading the Jayhawks to a national title.
He gives minute-by-minute details of the contest that sent KU to the national title game. Self has achieved his dream of becoming a head coach. That much is evident. Even though he never dreamed of being the head coach at the University of Kansas, he did aspire to lead a college basketball team to greatness, which is exactly what he is doing. Self's journey proves that even though dreams may change, they can come true.


About the Author In the storied history of Kansas basketball, no coach has a higher career winning percentage at the school than Bill Self. In 2008, in his first trip to the Final Four, Self claimed the national title. He now boasts a 142-32 (.816) record in five years at Kansas and a 349-137 (.718) mark in 15 seasons as a Division I coach.

Self has been to 10 straight NCAA tournaments and advanced to the Elite Eight five times in that span, while directing three different
programs. His Kansas teams have won four straight Big 12 regular-season titles and three straight Big 12 Tournament crowns.
In the decade leading up to the national championship, Self has finished first eight times in three different leagues.
The other two seasons, his teams finished as conference runner-up. A former player (1981-1985) and assistant coach (1986-1993) at Oklahoma State, Self was head coach at Oral Roberts (1993-1997), Tulsa (1997-2000) and Illinois (2000-2003) before arriving at Kansas in April 2003. Self and wife Cindy have a daughter, Lauren, and son, Tyler.


Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Ascend Media; 1 edition (October 10, 2008)
Language: English

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Lenny Wilkens Legacy Basketball Clinic Series - The Basics


By: Lenny Wilkens


DVD Description:
Basketball legend Lenny Wilkens, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, is the engaging and expert host of this pair of instructional videos. Each tape, one focusing on skills of offense and one on skills of defense, follows a no-nonsense format: a friend of Wilkens, NBA coach Dick Helm, presents a brief lesson on a particular skill (such as specific nuances of dribbling or passing), and young athletes are shown performing the skill the way it should be done.

Then it's time for Wilkens to use his "chalkboard." The videotaped action is frozen while Wilkens draws on the screen with a
"telestrator," literally highlighting particular points that require special attention. The coaches present a comprehensive set of
skills, including ball handling, passing, and shooting on the offense tape, and pointers on stance, pressuring the ball, particular
defensive maneuvers, and defensive rebounding on the defense tape.
The camera work is professional throughout, and a booklet that accompanies the tapes serves as both a table of contents for the tapes and a workbook, as it contains pointers on the skills covered in the video presentations. This is an excellent set of instructional tapes and would benefit any players who seriously want to improve their game.


Get in the game with Lenny Wilkens enhanced edition DVD of his classic basketball clinic series. Lenny and Dick Helm show you all you need to know to get your team to the playoffs! Legendary coach Lenny Wilkens teams up with Dick Helm to lay out the fundamentals of one of America's most dynamic and challenging sporting events: basketball.

Wilkens who holds the title as the most successful coach in the NBA (based on his impressive tally of wins) teaches beginner coaches
and players how to run and read the floor handle the ball drive to the basket work with teammates and more. Includes the coach's video
chalkboard. real strength is in its emphasis on teaching basketball fundamentals correctly.
Basketball Skills is an outstanding resource, potentially valuable to novice as well as experienced basketball coaches. It is highly recommended for serious sports collections.

Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Publisher: Studio: Vas (May 18, 2004)

Language: English
Number of discs: 1

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