Winning Basketball for Girls [Paperback]

Faye Young Miller (Author), Wayne Coffey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1992

In this definitive guide to girl's basketball, star player and respected coach Miller covers all facets of the sport, including basic skills, strategy and conditioning. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions and photographs provide young players with all the direction they need to hone their skills and become competitive athletes. 100 photographs; 20 line drawings; 6 charts.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA-- This practical, how-to manual focuses on conditioning, footwork, rules, offensive and defensive moves, and drills for a multitude of skills intended to help young women improve their game. The writing style is enthusiastic and motivating. Along with instructions, Miller gives the reasons behind her recommendations, thus offering a better understanding of why a particular area of expertise or practice is important. Over 120 black-and-white photographs and diagrams are scattered throughout the manual. Update your collection with this edition, even if the old one (Facts on File, 1984) is still around. It's sure to be popular.
- Pat Royal, Crossland High School, Camp Springs, MD
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Checkmark Books; Revised edition (June 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816027765
• ISBN-13: 978-0816027767
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,078,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need to learn, June 1, 2011

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T. Stewart "T. Stewart" (Auburn WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Winning Basketball for Girls (Winning Sports for Girls) (Paperback)

I really enjoy this book "Winning Basketball for Girls" written by Faye Young Miller and Wayne Coffey, and published in 1992. This book was fun to read and it has interesting background stories.

Although the beginning is pretty boring before the sisters Kayla and Dory come into the team, it starts getting interesting, because the team becomes more cheerful and connected.

The author used many methods of influence; one of them is association, as in "working together" --before the team got together everything seemed boring and awkward. This method was used to make this book more intense and interesting about the team working together to make the members connect. When I read the reviews it sounded more negative, I think because it seemed the people who read the book were older people

I recommend this book for any girl who loves to play basketball and wants to learn basketball, because this book has everything that you want to learn about basketball and how to learn it.

Senior English Student 2011