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Larry Bird, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the three years 1984–1986 and the Boston Celtics’ star since 1979, shares his insights on one of America’s favorite games. Now completely updated to include statistics and photographs from the 1987-88 season, Bird on Basketball puts fans right on the court. With over 100 dramatic action photos, charts, and diagrams, this how-to guide covers all the building blocks of the game—passing, shooting, defense, dribbling, and rebounding—from a champion’s point of view. But as every fan knows, Larry Bird doesn’t just play basketball—he wins. Bird pounds the boards, charges fearlessly to the hoop, and plays a bruising brand of defense. Yet his true strength is his mastery of the game’s subtle elements. In Bird on Basketball he emphasizes the little things that add up to big victories with tips on moving without the ball, rebound positioning, court sense, being a team player, and training. Bird on Basketball is an all-out effort to give fans and students of the game an inside look at how basketball should be played.

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About the Author

Larry Bird has been the Boston Celtics’ star player since 1979 and led the team to its sixteenth NBA championship in 1986. John Bischoff is a freelance writer and project director for the Phoenix Projects.

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Paperback: 119 pages
Publisher: Phoenix Projects; 1st edition (December 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0910109001
ISBN-13: 978-0910109000

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,016,566 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Larry Bird, like other NBA stars, whips the basketball around the court as if it were a Yo-Yo whose string is wrapped around his middle finger. Read the first page

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open man closest, rebound position, dribbling hands, good shooting position, rebounding position, average shooters, man with the ball, defensive rebounding, defensive man, shot motion, offensive man, scoring play, shooting hand, reverse pivot, percentage shot, offensive player, chest pass, bounce pass, crossover step

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Larry Bird, Bird Effect, Robert Parish, Boston Celtics, Thursday Run, Bill Russell, Boston Garden, French Lick, Saturday Run, Saturday Jog

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5.0 out of 5 stars MY REVIEW, September 26, 2005

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This review is from: Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion (Paperback)

A good book for learning basketball basics as well as a few other things useful on and off the court.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good instructional book about the best all-around player in NBA history, April 26, 2007

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This review is from: Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion (Paperback)

[That'll get some 'haters' attention!] Bird,
not 'Be Like Mike Jordan' is the best ever.
So he didn't have Jordan's athletism? This
book will explain why Bird was 'the man'
for 13 years. After which he helped lead his
US Olympic team to the Gold on the first
(so-called) 'Dream Team.' Without him they
wouldn't have won it! This book breaks down
every faucet of winning basketball like L.B.
and Red's videos do as well. Jordan was about
as great but I'll take Birdman by three inches,
which is how much taller he was over Jordan.
Joradn had the advantage of a better bench and
Tex Winter's triangle, which is why he was in
six NBA Champiosnhips as compared to Bird's 5.
My Alltime NBA Team:
Centre - Bill Russell
F - Larry Bird
F - Julius Erving
G - Michael Jordan
G - John Stockton
6th - Detlef Schrempf
7th - Kevin McHale
8th - Kevin Willis
9th - Craig Ehlo
10th- Artis Gilmore
11th- Dan Issel
12th- Eric Piatkowski
[Hey, you can't PICK ALL Stars. You gotta have quality role players,too!]

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5.0 out of 5 stars great, August 14, 1997

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Want to learn fundementals on how to play better basketball this is the book for you

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