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This engaging book chronicles the Carbondale Terriers' 1993-94 season, a season in which the team progressed all the way to the state high school basketball championship game before ending the season with a one-point loss. Although arranged chronologically, the book is much more than a team diary. Paul E. Bates, whose son was one of the team's starting guards, brings his sensitivity and expertise as an educational psychologist to bear on team sports in general and on how they define and are defined by the players and coaches that make up the teams and by the communities in which they thrive. Bates frames the team's experience by sharing his own personal love of basketball, beginning with his childhood years in Decatur, Illinois, when Stephen Decatur High School was a perennial Illinois high school powerhouse. Through his exploration of the sport and his involvement and interest in it, Bates creates a book that serves both as a rousing tale of youthful achievement and as a history of high school basketball in the state of Illinois. Throughout his account, Bates repeatedly emphasizes his belief that extraordinary accomplishment is no accident but rather the result of years of preparation, dedication, and hard work. Most of the key performers on the 1993-94 Terriers, for example, had played together on a grade school all-star team that was undefeated. Then, in junior high, this group went on to win numerous championships, and in high school their remarkable success continued, even though their accomplishments were humbled by season-ending losses. But Vicarious Thrills leads the reader through a very personal account of both the ups and downs of championship basketball. Triumph does not occur without defeat, and it is through defeat that the team members, as well as their families and other supporters, learn many important lessons. As significant as the individual and team accomplishments are in making up this story, the 1993-94 basketball season is more importantly a beginning rather than the defining moment in the lives of these young men. As an inspiration and motivation to young people, and as a spark to memories of childhood aspirations for older readers, this book is a pleasure to read for individuals of all ages.

About the Author :
Paul E. Bates is a professor of educational psychology and special education at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

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"When my son, Dylan, was born, I did not sense immediately that his destiny and mine would be so intricately wound around the bouncing of balls for so many years. However, as he began to dribble proficiently by age two, I could do nothing less than nurture his skills and foster his dream (and mine) for Saturday night and a championship season. In 1993–94, Dylan’s and his teammates’ final year of high school, I felt compelled to record their journey through the inevitable highs and lows of that elusive championship season"—Paul E. Bates, from the Preface


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  • ISBN-13: 9780809319787
  • Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Series Title: Shawnee Books
  • Sub Title: A Championship Season of High School Basketball
  • ISBN-10: 0809319780
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 156 mm


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