Indiana is my home. Basketball and racing always come to mind. I practice law for a living, but that is not my primary passion. My passions are basketball and racing, in that order. A massive and roaring historical racetrack beckons only fifteen minutes from my office. Supposedly nine out of the top ten seating capacity high school basketball gymnasiums in the United States are in Indiana.

Life brings opportunities you either seek or simply fall into. In the beginning I was lucky to fall into basketball. As life unfolded, seeking took over. As a nation we play basketball pretty well but in some ways I think we have reached a plateau. I want to take us higher. And exactly how should we progress? By shifting into reverse. Let's back up to the starting line, push it into the garage area, roll up our sleeves, and re-tool the machine. Build it all over again. Get back to the basics. Re-plant our roots.

When you finish this book I am quite certain you will not soon forget some fundamentals of basketball that in recent times seem to have disappeared. I dare you to even try. She will not allow that.