My Basket-ball Bible

  • Kansas City, MO: Smith-Grieves Co. Publishers, 1928
By [Basketball] Forrest C. Allen
Kansas City, MO: Smith-Grieves Co. Publishers, 1928. Very Good/Very Good -. Kansas City, MO: Smith-Grieves Co. Publishers, 1928. Sixth Edition. Octavo. 447 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rather worn with heavy chipping and rubbing and extensive tape repair to verso, remains intact. Boards show light shelfwear and gilt quite dulled. A Very Good copy in a Very Good minus dust jacket.

Detailed and far-reaching study of the game from the "Father of Basketball Coaching." Best known as the Head Coach at the University of Kansas, Forrest "Phog" Allen played under James Naismith there as well. Here he dives in to individual and team offensive and defensive strategies, discusses "Inspirational Coaching," and devotes the final 150 pages to treating athletic injuries. Scarce in dust jacket.

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