Created by a mom for moms and anyone else, Mom's Guide to Basketball is a handy game-time reference guide that explains the basic rules and terms of basketball for on-the-go sports moms. What is a "backcourt violation" or "double dribble"? Where do "guards" and "forwards" play? These and many other terms, explanations and quick facts are provided in Mom's Guide to Basketball. Court graphics for player positions and common referee signals are also colorfully detailed. This handy game-time guide is laminated and folds like a map to store in a purse or breast-pocket for the next game!
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Vicki Poretta, the mother of two children, resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her husband and family. She created the Mom's Guide series for moms, dads, and anyone else who need a handy reference guide at various sports events in which sports-crazy kids play. In a fun, easy, and educative way, these publications serve an informational need in the "soccer mom" culture of our day.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mom's Guides Score for Sports-Moms,
By "jrourke@radiuscapital.com" (Dallas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mom's Guide to Basketball (Paperback)
Mom's Guide to Basketball is an excellent pocket guide to the basic terms and rules of basketball, complete with court diagram and referee illustrations of frequent calls. It's part of the Mom's Guide to Sports series (soccer, baseball, etc.) which I've found invaluable for my sports-mom friends in the bleachers as we watch our kids. In Mom's Guide to Basketball, all those terms are quickly explained, like "backcourt" violation and "three-second" violation. Well written without the burden of trying to read an entire book, the Mom's Guide to Basketball pocket guide scores with my friends in the stands. And for the price, you can't beat it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very, very, very basic,
By Stacy Sloan (Independence, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mom's Guide to Basketball (Paperback)
Honestly, the information contained in this single page folded "flyer"...it's not an 8 page "paperback" as described...could be found in greater detail online with a simple Google search. I feel a little embarrassed for forking over $3.50 for it. I would have never purchased it if I had picked it up at the store and it could easily be mistaken for one of those "take one" flyers you see stacks of in retail stores. I could easily type the entire contents of the flyer in this review in about 10 minutes. I'll give it two stars because it is in a handy format and if you are COMPLETELY unfamiliar with basketball it might come in useful. Be warned though, I THOUGHT I was pretty clueless about basketball...but if you've been to even a few games, this book is way, way, way too basic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Basketball primer,
By Stepmom-to-be (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mom's Guide to Basketball (Paperback)
Unlike some people, I was not a basketball aficionado until circumstances forced me to stay awake at the games. The Mom's Guide to Basketball is small so I can sneak looks at it during the game, concise so I don't have to hunt around for the term I'm looking for and complete to the point where I don't have to ask what the boys did every time they do something. It would now be helpful if mom could do a guide to understanding refs who make bad calls.
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