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The book follows nba greats and there are many player stories in the book and their unique basketball training paths developed by the author with interesting insight into the mentality and dedication of the players. On the court and inside the heads of basketballs best players idan ravin gotham books, 2014 246 pages. Idans debut childrens book, it takes patience, draws on more than a decade of experience training nba and wnba superstars and explores the themes he developed in his first work, the hoops whisperer. The answer to all of these questions is idan ravin. The hoops whisperer hardcover on the court and inside the heads of basketballs best players. This is a selfhelp book for the basketball player, but ravins. How to build the body of an nba baller mens fitness. Idan wrote this autobiography to describe his life as a allstar caliber basketball trainer for the top pro ball players in the world.
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