Basketball for Weekend Warriors: A Guide to Everything from Layups to Playground Legends to Leg Cramps [Paperback]

Randy Howe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2005 | Series: Weekend Warrior

The chances of you going pro may be smaller than the chances of you dunking, but no need to sulk on the sidelines just yet: BASKETBALL FOR WEEKEND WARRIORS is here!

Players in touch with their inner Allen Iverson need a mentor like Randy Howe, a sports aficionado who knows the ins and outs of pickup games and adult rec leagues. Howe offers solid advice on improving skills and strategy, while keeping in mind that winning isn't everything. With photos, funny anecdotes, an ode to the playground legends, and side-splitting chapters like "From Dr. Naismith to ShaqFu," "Gluteus Maximus and Other Muscles Just Beggin' to Be Pulled," and "You've Got Game Now, But No Idea Where to Play It," you'll be inspired to lace up those old Chuck Taylors and take it to the hoop.

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About the Author

RANDY HOWE never runs out of excuses for his beloved Knicks, but he does run five-on-five twice a week as well as running his Madison Madness NCAA pool every year. (As you would expect, all donations go to charity...) He is the author of eight other books, including Golf for Weekend Warriors and Softball for Weekend Warriors. He lives in Connecticut just south of King Calhoun and his court.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press (June 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592286070
• ISBN-13: 978-1592286072
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,005,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Randy Howe is a special education teacher at The Sound School in New Haven, CT. He is married to Alicia Solis and has a daughter and a son, as well as a cat and a dog, as well as a white picket fence.

Randy has written more than 20 books for Kaplan and Globe Pequot Press (GPP), as well as five "Brainiac" trivia card box sets. Among his best sellers are "Teacher Haiku," "The Quotable Teacher," "Spelling Bee Brainiac," "Nifty 50 States Brainiac," "Flags of the Fifty States," "First Year Teacher," "Globetrotting Brainiac," "Here We Stand," and "A+ Educators." In 2010, Kaplan will publish "One Size Does Not Fit All," a collection of teacher stories about addressing issues of diversity in the classroom. Randy is the editor. Also looking forward, GPP will publish "1001 Smartest Things Teachers Ever Said."

Randy's website is www.randyhowe.net and there is a group called "The Quotable Teacher" on Facebook. Feel free to join by clicking on Like. On Twitter, he tweets as fitzhowe, but admits that tweeting is not yet a strong suit.

In 1989, Randy graduated from Fox Lane High School. In 1993, he received his BA from Hobart College. In 1995, he was awarded a Masters of Professional Studies by Manhattanville College and in 2001 earned his administrative certification from Teachers College, Columbia University. One year later, he began writing a weekly philosophy column for McGraw-Hill's college division. His first book was published in 2002, as well.