Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion by Larry Bird


Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion
Title : Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion
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ISBN : 0201142090
ISBN-10 : 9780201142099
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 128
Publication : First published March 1, 1985

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.

Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion Reviews

  • James

    I read this when I was a kid and was convinced I was going to be an all-star when really I was barely able to dribble. Still, a fun book with some good basic advice, from what I recall.

  • Jonathan Willis

    The book I'm going to talk about today is Bird written by Larry Bird and John Bischoff This book is about Larry Byrd and everything he knows about basketball things such as defense, rebounding and passing. Also, how to be a better teammate and look for open shots.

    The reason I love this book is because it helps me look at basketball in a whole new way. I can pick up pieces of what I've learned in this book and put them in my game. It also helps me see things I wouldn’t have seen before on the court like open teammates and strategies to get open. It also taught me how to be more patient and aggressive on offense and defense when timed correctly. My skill has improved greatly because of the knowledge this book holds and that is why I love this book.

    If you loved this book you'll love the basketball encyclopedia book which contains loads of information on the sport. Information such as where it originated, who created it and how it's played. You also get a lot of information on the best basketball teams of their times such as Isaiah Thomas and the bad boys era (Detroit Pistons) and many more things.