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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great NBA player did Coach Wooden compare Kareem to?

2. Why did Coach Wooden say that assistant coaches are so important?

3. Coach says that Sidney Wicks went from being an erratic player to what kind of player?

4. Why did Kareem get extra juice at breakfast when the other players did not?

5. Which of the following is not a key concept in Coach Wooden's idea of success?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden take his team to the NAIA tournament his second year of coaching when he did not take them his first year?

2. Who was Lewis Alcindor and why was he important to the team?

3. How did Coach Wooden end up teaching at UCLA?

4. List some of the people who influenced Coach Wooden's life, according to Chapter 16.

5. Why didn't Coach Wooden sell his Pyramid of Success for money?

6. According to Coach Wooden, what type of player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

7. What were Coach Wooden feelings about assistant coaches?

8. What is something Coach Wooden says he will never do. Why do you think he says this?

9. Explain John Wooden's Pyramid of Success.

10. Explain the importance of socks and shoes according to Coach Wooden.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Wooden takes about how the coach/player relationship becomes like a father/son relationship. Compare and contrast the relationship between a coach and a player and a father and son. Give examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Coach Wooden says that a player that gives his all have self-control, composure, and endurance. Write as if you were coaching a team. Describe what type of team it would be and how you would apply each of these three attributes in your coaching.

Essay Topic 3

When people have to make a decision, a good way to think it through is by making a "pros and cons" list. Coach Wooden had an important decision to make between playing professional basketball or staying a coach. He decided to stay a coach because he loves to teach.

Write as if you were Coach Wooden making this decision. Writing about the pros and cons of choosing professional basketball and the pros and cons of staying a coach. As a conclusion write why you think Coach made the right or wrong decision based on the pros and cons lists.

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