Why she plays : the world of women's basketball / Christine A. Baker ; foreword by Becky Hammon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Christine A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basketball for women--United States--History.

Basketball for women.

Basketball players--United States--Biography.

Basketball players.

Women basketball players--United States--Biography.

Women basketball players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Baker sets the stage with a quick look at current statistics and trends in women's basketball nationwide, noting the profound changes in the last thirty-five years. A series of exclusive interviews then takes us into the heart and soul of the sport. Her subjects are players and coaches, from neophytes to stars such as Dawn Staley and Nancy Lieberman; from legendary coaches such as Jody Conradt to the masterminds of USA Basketball and the 1996 Women's Dream Team; from Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation, to tomorrow's Olympic athletes. A richly detailed, all-encompassing

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why She Plays; Part one: Youth Basketball; 1. Heck Yeah, I'm a Tomboy!; 2. The Fun Factor; Part two: High-School Basketball; 3. You Can't Measure Heart; 4. The Crème of the Crop; Part three: College Basketball; 5. Three Divisions, One Association; 6. Conradt, Goestenkors, and the Pursuit of Perfection; 7. The Approach of a Coach; 8. A Dance Is Still a Dance; Part four: The WNBA; 9. Over Ten Years and Going Strong in the wnba; 10. The Superstars and the "Special" Treatment; Part five: USA Basketball

11. The United States versus the Rest of the World12. The Best in the World; Part six: Media Coverage and Women's Basketball; 13. The Slippery Slope of Gender Politics; 14. Unique but Alike; 15. Her Place of Peace; Epilogue: Building the Perfect Player; Appendix A: High School Participation by State; Appendix B: The Structure of USA Basketball; Notes; Suggested Reading

Notes:

"A Bison original".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198).

ISBN:

1-281-95826-3

9786611958268

0-8032-1865-6

OCLC:

312933496