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Basketball Basics, Don J. Odle

Ayres Special Collection

It has been an interesting experience to me to observe how people learn. Many times we have seen high school and college athletes who play just like their older brothers...they have learned through imitation. Some of our college ball players have certain habits in footwork and as we question them further they respond that their high school coach taught it that way. We have tried to record in this book many experiences with basketball players hoping that the readers of this book might learn something to help them improve some technique of the game or some technique of life.

Basketball Around The World, Don J. Odle

Ayres Special Collection

Basketball Around the World is divided into two parts. The first includes the span of basketball, the history of basketball, the result of a survey of basketball around the world, and a report of Olympic basketball, including experiences coaching the Chinese Olympic Team. The second part deals with the techniques, strategy, and administration of basketball. By including local and international experiences of the game, Basketball Around the World is presented.

Basic Basketball, Don J. Odle

Ayres Special Collection

This book is written with the intention that it may be of some help to a group of men who are dealing with our most valuable possession...our youth. It is by no means written with the idea that it represents an exhaustive book of reference. It is therefore just the compilation of a few ideas that have been formulated in the author's mind for the past several years as a player and a coach.

This book is dedicated to a group of young men who meet every Monday night to thank God for the opportunities that they have in athletics …