Basketball (Sport Psychology Library) [Paperback]

Kevin L. Burke (Author)

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Series: Sport Psychology Library | Publication Date: October 10, 2002

If you've ever watched a champion make that impossible three-point shot in the game's final seconds, you know that the mind game is fundamental in the sport of basketball. Concentration, teamwork, relaxation, confidence, and a sense of fair play are the mental skills that make a great all-around basketball player. Former legendary Louisiana State University basketball coach Dale Brown and highly acclaimed sport psychologist Kevin Burke team up as co-authors to provide readers with proven sport psychology techniques to assist players, coaches, and parents in a player's development on the court.

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Coach Dale Brown, one of the outstanding personalities in college athletics, began his 44-year coaching career as a high school wrestling, football, and track coach. In 1981, Sporting News and the NBC Sports staff named Brown the National Basketball Coach of the Year. In recent years, Coach Brown has become an author and motivational speaker. He served as an assistant coach for 5 years at Utah State and 1 year at Washington State University before becoming head coach at Louisiana State University. In the 25 years before Brown's arrival, LSU won a total 288 games and went to 2 NCAA tournaments. Under Brown's coaching, game attendance soared and the Tigers won 448 games and appeared in 13 NCAA tournaments. His 1986 team was the lowest seed (11th) to ever advance to the Final Four. Only one other coach in the Southeastern Conference won more games than Brown, whose team won or were the runners-up at the SEC conference 8 times during a 14-year span. Coach Brown is the only SEC coach to appear in 15 straight national tournaments, and he was voted SEC Coach the year multiple times. He was also selected as the Louisiana College Basketball Coach of the Year 7 times.

Dr. Burke is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Sport Sciences at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Burke has assisted professional, college, high school, and recreational athletes from various sports as a sport psychology consultant and is a Certified Consultant. Dr. Burke has been an intercollegiate basketball official and is a past member of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials. He completed twenty-three seasons as an interscholastic basketball official in which he was certified at the state's highest level, served as a state evaluator, and as the Vice-President of the Southern Basketball Officials Association, International Association of Approved Basketball Officials Board 323. He was selected by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association as an All-Star official.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Fitness Info Tech,West Virginia University (October 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885693370
• ISBN-13: 978-1885693372
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #486,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I bought this for a friend who had no access to books for a few months......... He asked me to send him something that he would enjoy and could learn to be a better coach from. Last I heard, he absolutely LOVED and learned a ton from this. Time will tell....!