We're Going To Miss You

I haven't been able to get my mind off Coach Wooden
since yesterday so let me repeat a few things Rick Reilly
of Sports Illustrated has written about the man.

'There's never been a finer man in American sports than
John Wooden, or a finer coach.'

'There has never been another coach like Wooden, quiet
as an April snow and square as a game of checkers; loyal
to one woman, one school, one way; walking around
campus in his sensible shoes and Jimmy Stewart morals.'

'Of the 180 players who played for him, Wooden knows
the whereabouts of 172.'

'He believed in hopelessly out-of-date stuff that never did
anything but win championships ... No long hair, no facial
hair. 'They take too long to dry, and you could catch cold
leaving the gym,' he'd say. That one drove his players
bonkers.

One day, All-America center Bill Walton showed up with a
full beard. "It's my right," he insisted. Wooden asked if he
believed that strongly. Walton said he did.

'That's good, Bill,' Coach said. 'I admire people who have
strong beliefs and stick by them, I really do. We're going
to miss you.'

Walton shaved it right then and there. Now he calls once a
week to tell Coach he loves him.'

Reilly takes the time to go visit John in his Encino condo
which is one reason he understands the man so well. Plus
it's entitled him to hear the story first-hand about how
Coach taught "Lewis" the hook shot.

That would be Lew Alcindor, i.e. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Now
that's an impact don't you think? We know that shot as the
'Sky Hook', and it helped Kareem amass 38,387 points in the
NBA which makes him the career scoring leader. That'sthe
kind of impact a coach who wants to teach good shooting can
have.

If you're that coach or parent you're going to love Coach Tom
Nordland's newest creation, Swish 2: Learning and Coaching
The Swish Method.

This 2 hour DVD is crammed full of everything Tom has
figured out about shooting since coming out with Swish 1
nine years ago. Swish 1 has the basics. Swish 2 has all the
detail and practical teaching drills plus imparts Tom's
wonderful philosophy on learning.

A coach or interested parent can literally learn how to teach
shooting off this DVD, and a mature player can use it to self-
teach and constantly be improving.

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Shoot for the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Many of you already have Swish 1, but if you don't, or
you've worn out your copy don't worry you can still get it
for your library. Don't forget how good the section on free
throw shooting is. You can order it at:

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