December 2014, I spent a week in Doha (Qatar) as a clinician on behalf of FIBA. The Qatar Olympic Committee and the Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) gathered 50 sports teachers, joined by 70 local coaches of all levels. The clinics…
I just spent one week as a FIBA-instructor in Tunisia. In a collaboration between FIBA, Olympic Solidarity and the Tunisian Basketball federation (FTBB), I conducted a technical course Level 3 for 32 local coaches. Spread over 5 days I gave…
Every basketball coach knows the importance of free throws during a game. Working on a good shooting form and hours and hours of practice are crucial to be a good shooter. But that's not enough. Shooting a free throw with…
In the beginning of February, I took over the Musel Pikes as a head coach. The Musel Pikes play in the 1st Division of Luxemburg (Total League). Team picture: Team website: http://develop.pikes.lu/ Calender and results: http://www.flbb.lu/clubs.php?Abrclub=MUS&Option=Equipes&Gruni=MUS&Catage=SH Press:
The Spartak Tennis Club is a small tennis club in Moscow with one (!) indoor court. Nevertheless, it produced more top 20 ranked women between 2005 and 2007 than the whole USA. It is an example of a "talent hotbed".…
For coaches Did you know that Greg Popovic left the position of head-coach in a Division III College team to become a volunteer assistant (= 4th assistant) at Kansas University (Div I) in 1985-1986? Afterwards, Brown took him as a…
A little picture gallery on the home game of the Saint Joseph's Hawks, my host university during my 5-week apprenticeship as a coach in NCAA basketball. SJU won easily the first home game against Marist (81-62), but lost the second…
The last 5 weeks, I spent in the US doing an apprenticeship as a coach in NCAA College Basketball (ICAB). Allthough my host university was Saint Joseph's with headcoach Phil Martelli, I spent two times a couple of days with…
Few of us doubt that Michael Jordan is the greatest player ever to play the game of basketball. Of course this is impossible with a born talent, but that isn't sufficient. Jordan was also the hardest worker, with an impressive…
During my five week apprenticeship as a coach in College Basketball in the USA, I had plenty of interaction with the NBA too. Besides the NBA games, I had the chance to meet and discuss with these interesting coaches, on…