Basketball For Teens

Learn the Inspiring Story of the Atlanta Hawks' All-Star Guard, Trae Young! In Trae Young: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball’s Star Guards, you'll learn the inspirational story of one of basketball's rising All-Stars, Trae Young. Young embodies many of the key characteristics of the modern guard: Quick on his feet, pin-point accuracy from beyond the arc, fierce competitor, and dynamic driver to the rim.

This entry in a brand new line of sports biographies from Matt Christopher takes listeners onto the court with an all-star who reaches for new heights. Blake Griffin is known for being a number one draft pick, Rookie of the Year, Slam Dunk Contest winner, and one of the best power forwards playing today. But he had to fight to make it onto the NBA court at all after sitting out his first pro season with a devastating knee injury. Learn more about the perennial all-star in this comprehensive biography, complete with photos and fun infographics.

A wonderful how to book that focuses on motivation of a young man in American basketball: Everyone has had a failure, or two or even three.... We often equate failures with negative connotations that the person is lazy, they didn't try hard enough, they aren't educated and so on.... Motivation is not usually the outcome in this situation.