“BasketCases: How Youth Basketball Parents Can Lower Their Blood Pressure and Keep Their Sanity” is now officially published!!! I received 10 advance copies of the book today, and although I am absolutely biased, it looks phenomenal. I’m thrilled with how the book looks and reads. Big thanks especially to Mike Gonzo for concepting and designing the cover, Wade Gardner for his illustrations, Clay Schotzko for his interior book design, Michele Bassett for her proofreading, NBA Referee Ken Mauer for writing the foreword and his support from the beginning of this project nearly four years ago, Tom Collins for designing a great web site, my wife Staci for her support, Milt Adams and the publishing team from Beaver’s Pond Press for deciding to publish the book and many other supporters, including San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, KARE 11 Sports Anchor Randy Shaver, NBA Referee Steve Javie, Ron Weill, Eric Martin, Jeff Gould, Kim Odens, Buddy Hemric, Jeff Stottlemyer, Jay Howard, Brian Lam, Dan Novack, Neal Fox, George Robinson, Jerry Johnson and several others I probably overlooked.

Now the job gets harder. I am busy contacting youth basketball associations to make presentations at board meetings and parents meetings. I had a good visit with the Lakeville South Boys BB board tonight and have another board meeting tomorrow. As I said to the board this evening, every parent, coach and official associated with youth basketball needs to read a copy of BasketCases. It’s that simple. It’s a great resource, specifically for those three audiences.

BasketCases received a nice mention in Charley Walters’ Sunday column in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In case you missed it, here is a link to the column: http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_10400320

 

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