Why she plays : the world of women's basketball /
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 ne...
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press
©2008.
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| Urunga tuihono: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1dgn533 |
Rārangi ihirangi:
- 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