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Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)
Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a basketball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a free throw? Why are those men running down the court and charging about wildly? Before you go nuts trying to learn the language of basketball on your own, read Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo to understand the game. Let this book familiarize you with the expressions the broadcasters use on TV and radio; grasp what's happening when those men on the court in striped shirts thrust their arms high above their heads. One hint. They're not beginning a cheer, such as the wave. Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo documents the action you'll see on television or hear on the radio, or in the stands, and the essentials of the game. A handy reference covering the most important phrases and words used in today's game at the pro and college level, this concise dictionary features simple entries. With this resource, readers will never again be at a loss for the meaning of a basketball phrase or feel foolish because they don't know what's going on out on the court.
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Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)
Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a basketball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a free throw? Why are those men running down the court and charging about wildly? Before you go nuts trying to learn the language of basketball on your own, read Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo to understand the game. Let this book familiarize you with the expressions the broadcasters use on TV and radio; grasp what's happening when those men on the court in striped shirts thrust their arms high above their heads. One hint. They're not beginning a cheer, such as the wave. Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo documents the action you'll see on television or hear on the radio, or in the stands, and the essentials of the game. A handy reference covering the most important phrases and words used in today's game at the pro and college level, this concise dictionary features simple entries. With this resource, readers will never again be at a loss for the meaning of a basketball phrase or feel foolish because they don't know what's going on out on the court.
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Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)

Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)

by Suzy Beamer Bohnert
Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)
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Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)

Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Goddess Sports Series)

by Suzy Beamer Bohnert

Overview

Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a basketball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport--or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and colleagues. But what's a free throw? Why are those men running down the court and charging about wildly? Before you go nuts trying to learn the language of basketball on your own, read Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo to understand the game. Let this book familiarize you with the expressions the broadcasters use on TV and radio; grasp what's happening when those men on the court in striped shirts thrust their arms high above their heads. One hint. They're not beginning a cheer, such as the wave. Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo documents the action you'll see on television or hear on the radio, or in the stands, and the essentials of the game. A handy reference covering the most important phrases and words used in today's game at the pro and college level, this concise dictionary features simple entries. With this resource, readers will never again be at a loss for the meaning of a basketball phrase or feel foolish because they don't know what's going on out on the court.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781607028857
Publisher: B&B Publishing
Publication date: 10/07/2008
Pages: 84
Product dimensions: 6.11(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Suzy Beamer Bohnert played sports during her youth, participating in leagues, playing in gyms, and gathering the neighborhood kids to join in pickup games until the streetlights were too dim to light the sporting site.

She launched her writing career as a newspaper sports editor. During that job, Suzy interviewed numerous coaches, athletes, and fans about sports, putting complicated games into simple words. Her books include Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo; Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's Lingo; Game-Day Goddess: Learning Football's Lingo; Game-Day Youth: Learning Baseball's Lingo; Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo; Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo; and the fiction children's book, Binkie Learns to Fly.

An author of many acclaimed books for readers, her award-winners include Game-Day Youth: Learning Baseball's Lingo, a Mom's Choice Award-winner for "Most Outstanding Nonfiction Children's Book"; Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo, named Best Books for Teen Boys by the New Hampshire Library Media Association; Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo, given the Honorable Mention Award for nonfiction in the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards; and the Game-Day Goddess Sports Series, 3-Volume Set, selected as Best Books for College Students by StudentAdvisor.com, a Washington Post Co. Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo, Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo, Game-Day Youth: Learning Baseball's Lingo, and Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo were winners of the Readers' Favorite Five-Star Award.

The recipient of nineteen national awards for writing excellence, including the Hermes Creative, Ragan Communications, and MarCom Awards, she lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband, Randall, and son and daughter, where she helps coach her kids' basketball, softball, and soccer teams.

What People are Saying About This

Erik Konkol

"This book is the ultimate study guide for quickly learning the game of basketball. The history, descriptions, and definitions are concise and easy to remember. A must read for basketball novices who are eager to start talking hoops!"--(Erik Konkol, George Mason University men's basketball coach, 2006 NCAA Final Four semifinalist)

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