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Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season
Anyone that is a Duke fan should read this book. It a great look back on how the team handled issues in their season. Go Duke!!
Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season
Book review of "Five-Point Play""Five-Point Play" by Mike Krzyzewski with Donald T. Phillips is an inspirational story of Dukes journey to the 2001 National Championship. Through the book you will find Coach K's schemes that helped lead the team towards their goals. Also the way he connects his players and his own emotions towards the journey in the book is very entertaining.There are many things I enjoyed about the book, but one thing I liked a lot about it was how often he used personal quotes from himself, other coaches, and players to connect you with there journey. Such quotes like at the end of the book after they have won the championship he says, "I just tried to sing my own song for this year's performance and not worry about things. It made me healthier and helped me coach for the right reasons. I had the most incredible year that I've had with a group of kids. I can't stop smiling." You can always get media and other people's opinions on what happened, but when you get there personal quotes, you can actually see what they went through to reach their goals. Another reason I loved reading the book was discovering Coach K's elaborate plans and schemes to get players to build off each other and off their situations. But his main principle is the "Five-Point Play"; Communication, Trust, Collective Responsibility, Caring, and Pride. He has many other amazing schemes, but to get into detail you would have to read it yourself.Those are just a few reasons why you could get to liking this book. It's a very inspirational journey and you can find tools that Coach K uses for yourself in everyday life. Also you're never going to loose background or information in the story because of all the personal quotes and information. It is a very enjoyable book and I recommend it.
Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season
Kind of sappy writing but it was great fun to follow the 2001 year and hear some of Coach K's strategies and his take on each of the players. He described each game from that year and that was fun for me because I remember almost all of them.
Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season
Loved the book, read it cover to cover. Coach K helped me imagine that I was there to share with their accomplishments.
Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season
I enjoyed "Five-Point Play" by Coach K. It was neat to read what went on during the 2000-01 season. I thoughly enjoyed the bookbut I have one negative comment: the quotes from the players wasannoying. Too warm fuzzy! The quotes should have been omitted from the book.The parts about Greensboro and Philadelphia held fond memories for me. My dad and I saw Duke play there.I highly recommend "Five-Point Play". I also recommend the other books written by Coach K. They are very good.[....]
Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season
I guess I'd ask Donald T. Phillips, Coach K's assisting writer, that question. I guess he thought Duke fans reading the book were too stupid to understand when someone other than Coach K was talking. Or Coach K was too stupid.Anyway, the book is an average recount of Duke's national title season in 2000-2001. It goes start to finish. You'll like it if you're a Duke fan, you won't if you're not.