The great Nowitzki
basketball and the meaning of life
Book - 2022
"The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the great players in basketball history. With a devastating fadeaway and unexpected agility, the Dallas Mavericks superstar helped to pioneer the modern three-shooting game and became a global ambassador for the sport. Award-winning novelist and sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger traveled with Nowitzki for more than seven years, seeking the secret of his success and longevity. In novelistic detail, Pletzinger tells the dramatic story of how a lanky kid from the German suburbs became a top-five all-time scorer and NBA champion. He profiles the revolutionary training methods developed by Holger Geschwindner, Dirk's enigmatic mentor and coach, whose philosophical insights on performance, creativity, and freedom shaped Dirk's game"--
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| Language: | English German |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2022]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The great Nowitzki : |b basketball and the meaning of life / |c Thomas Pletzinger ; translated by Shane Anderson with photographs by Tobias Zielony. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b W.W. Norton & Company, |c [2022] | |
| 300 | |a 433 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Translation of: The great Nowitzki : das aussergewöhnliche Leben des grossen deutschen Sportlers. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: The finish line -- Dirk Nowitzki -- The path -- Fadeaway -- The goal -- It's a circus -- Old man game -- Epilogue: The finish line. | |
| 520 | |a "The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the great players in basketball history. With a devastating fadeaway and unexpected agility, the Dallas Mavericks superstar helped to pioneer the modern three-shooting game and became a global ambassador for the sport. Award-winning novelist and sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger traveled with Nowitzki for more than seven years, seeking the secret of his success and longevity. In novelistic detail, Pletzinger tells the dramatic story of how a lanky kid from the German suburbs became a top-five all-time scorer and NBA champion. He profiles the revolutionary training methods developed by Holger Geschwindner, Dirk's enigmatic mentor and coach, whose philosophical insights on performance, creativity, and freedom shaped Dirk's game"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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