8 edition of The origins of the jump shot found in the catalog.
Published
1999
by University of Nebraska Press in Lincoln
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | John Christgau. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | GV889 .C48 1999 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xii, 220 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 220 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL375622M |
| ISBN 10 | 0803263945 |
| LC Control Number | 98037508 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 39890324 |
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The jump shot created a soaring offense, infectious excitement, loyal fans, and legends. Basketball would never be the same. Rise and Fire celebrates this crucial shot while tracing the history of how it revolutionized the game, shedding light on all corners of the basketball world, from NBA arenas to the playgrounds of New York City and the. Rise and Fire: The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot--and How It Transformed Basketball Forever - Ebook written by Shawn Fury. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Rise and Fire: The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot--and How It Transformed 1/5(1).
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And of course, the legacy of the two-handed jump shot. Today the jump shot is a common way to score away from the basket. Players shoot fade-away jumpers, off-balance jumpers, baseline jumpers, turnaround jumpers, jumpers off screens - all with pinpoint accuracy.
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Debate still continues as to who invented the jump shot. Although in the NCAA collegiate archives, John Miller Cooper, who played at the University of Missouri in the s, is recognized as the person to hoist the first jump shot, in his The Origins of the Jump Shot, John Christgau makes a strong case that Ken Sailors did so in May “Basketball,” the American People's Encyclopedia says, “may dispute baseball's claim as the national game of the U.S., because “basketball” is the only such game that is wholly American in origin.”.
Since James Naismith invented the game with peach baskets in Springfield, Massachusetts, inthe introduction of the jump shot stands as one of the game's most important changes.
John Christgau, who wrote the book “The Origins of the Jump Shot,” found another commonality. “In the farmland, it was a time of stern, strict, religious households,” Christgau said. “Kids. Origins of the jump shot. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, © (OCoLC) Online version: Christgau, John.
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When the sport was invented in Brand: Flatiron Books.Inhe was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. John Christgau, author of the book The Origins of the Jump Shot, said that Sailors’ jump shot technique was the one that modern fans would recognize as the "jump shot.".
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