By Christine A. Baker
ISBN-10: 0803216335
ISBN-13: 9780803216334
Why does she play basketball? because the enactment of name IX in 1972, that query has grow to be requested of extra women and girls and responded in additional methods than ever sooner than. Christine A. Baker, herself an avid participant and an assistant trainer, pursues a solution during the ranks of the game from adolescence basketball to the WNBA. Baker units the degree with a short examine present information and traits in girls s basketball national, noting the profound adjustments within the final thirty-five years. a chain of particular interviews then takes us into the guts and soul of the game. Her topics are avid gamers and coaches, from neophytes to stars akin to sunrise Staley and Nancy Lieberman; from mythical coaches resembling Jody Conradt to the masterminds of united states Basketball and the 1996 ladies s Dream workforce; from Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the ladies s activities beginning, to day after today s Olympic athletes. A richly precise, all-encompassing portrait of the game, those interviews supply a wealth of perception into the sport, American activities tradition, and, certainly, why Baker performs. (20071025)
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I liked being there because you can see how far they can shoot 18 part one and how fast they play. I like softball, tennis, and soccer, but I like basketball the best. ” I asked her a simple question: When you go to sleep at night and you dream of when you’re grown up, what do you dream? ” “Me too,” I said. ” “But you can’t,” Kristin replied. ” When I was eleven, a very tall man and his wife visited my parents at our rural home in Higganum, Connecticut. As an only child, I learned quickly how to talk with adults and feel comfortable in their presence, but this visit was different.
Mike McManus, former head women’s basketball coach at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York, wants parents to realize that the number-one reason why a child should play sports is for fun. Like Dr. Gould, McManus doesn’t believe in sports specialization at too early an age because the option for fun is destroyed. He believes that thirteen years old is the magic age because then kids begin to understand what they really like and can better decide if they want to specialize in one particular sport.
To work with them for so many years and to see the progress they have made and how they have developed as a team, is probably one of the greatest things that I could take away from the experience,” said Messina. Messina also mentioned the additional pressure some parents tend to put on their kids, particularly at early ages. She said, “I’ve seen a lot of parents want their kids on a certain team. ” In her experience, many parents don’t see the big picture. They don’t realize that it’s really about their daughter learning the game.
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