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LITHUANIAN FEDERATION

2nd Seminar for National Federations FIBA , , 2009 Youth Player Development Programmes

LBF Secretary general Mindaugas Balciunas MAIN REASONS OF THE BASKETBALL SUCCESS IN

General popularity of the Well organized training process basketball (Well educated coaches, good infrastructure, good local (Historical victories, exceptional attention of the Government, competitional system) huge media cover, Nr 1 kind of )

LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL SUCCESS

Productive general management system Very good selection (All the segments involved in the management, small country (Most talanted kids coming to the basketball, wide of is advantage in the development, system based basketball schools, clubs and etc., many local ) autonomical associations) LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL FEDERATION GENERAL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

All members of LBF: basketball clubs, General Conference schools,schools, associations,associations, townstowns federations etc.

Composed of representatives of 4 Men’s, 2 Executive Board Women’s leagues, Coaches and Referees associations, Youth and Veterans leagues

Elected by the General Conference for four LBF President year period

Approved by the Executive Board under LBF Secretary General recommendation of the President

LBF Administration Employed by the President and Secretary General

LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL FEDERATION MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

LBF President

Secretary general

Office Commerci Youth NT Project’s Media Accounting administrato al director managers manager department r manager (3)

LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

Lithuanian Basketball Federation programmes

Men’s Women’s Youth Coaches Referees Seniors’ and basketbal basketbal basketbal associati associati l l l on on basketball

LTU LTU Elite Internation Massive Women’s LTU clubs and al and Men’s NT Youth NT basketball NT NT National program: coaches level “Basketball for referees everyone” Men’s Women’s Youth basketbal basketbal basketbal l leagues l leagues l league and clubs and clubs and clubs STRUCTURE OF THE BASKETBALL LEAGUES

First division, 11 teams

Second division, 20 teams

Third division, 32 teams

Youth league and clubs, ~1500 teams STRUCTURE OF THE MEN’S BASKETBALL LEAGUES

ProfessionalProfessional basketball league, 11 clubsclubs fromfrom 9 diffedifferentrent cities of LithuLithuania.ania. IntendedIntended for basketball player preparationation for National Men’sMen’s Basketball Team

Lithuanian Basketball league Lithuanian Students Semi - professional basketball league, 20 Basketball league clubs from 18 different cities of Lithuania. Intended for preparation of basketball players

aged 17-22. Future players for National Men’s Students basketball league, 22 Basketball Team clubs from 20 different Universities and colleges of National Basketball Lithuania. league Intended for students massive basketball and Student Amateur basketball league, 32 clubs from 30 National Team players. Amateur basketball league, 32 clubs from 30 different cities of Lithuania. Intended for massive basketball and youth basketball players massive basketball and youth basketball players

Regional Basketball league STRUCTURE OF THE BASKETBALL LEAGUES

First division, 8 teams

Second division, 27 teams

Youth league and amateur clubs, ~200 teams STRUCTURE OF THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LEAGUES

ProfessionalProfessional basketball league, 8 clubs from 7 differentdifferent citiescities of Lithuania.Lithuania. IntendedIntended for basketball player preparationion forfor the NationalNational Women’s Basketballasketball TeamTeam

Lithuanian Students Lithuanian Women’s Basketball league Basketball league

Students basketball league, 10 clubs from 10 different Amateur basketball league, 27 clubs from 15 Universities and colleges of different cities of Lithuania. Intended for Lithuania. massive basketball and youth basketball players Intended for Students’ massive basketball and Student National Team players. Lithuanian Women’sthe A Basketball league

STRUCTURE OF THE YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE

U18 Championship Boys – 15 teams Girls – 4 teams

Boys – 68 teams U17 Championship Lithuanian Youth Girls – 18 teams Basketball league OverallBoys – 45 teams U15 Championship Girls – 4 teams Youth basketball league,league, 73 clclubsubs from 50 different citicitieses of LithuaniLithuania.a. Intended for More then 370Bo yboyss – Div A teams 67 teams prpreparationeparation of basketball players for Youth U14 Championship Girls – 21 teams National Basketbalasketballl Teams,Teams, massivemassive basketball promotion.promotion. More then 90 girlsBoys – 4teams4 teams U13 Championship More than 10 000 licensed youthyouth players Girls – 18 teams

Boys - 55 teams U12 Championship + Girls – 23 teams

High schools basketball Boys – 47 teams U11 – U12 Championship championship Girls – 7 teams Boys – 40 teams

Girls – 20 teams U10 Championship Boys – 19 teams

STRUCTURE OF THE YOUTH / BASKETBALL SCHOOLS

STATE PRIVATE SECTOR SECTOR

STATE SPORTS SCHOOLS STATUS PRIVATE BASKETBALL SCHOOLS (WITH BASKETBALL SECTION) AND CLUBS

IN MORE THAN 50 CITIES. LOCATION IN MORE THEN 5 CITIES

NUMBER OF 57 SCHOOLS/CLUBS 12

FULLY FINANCED BY STATE FUNDED BY MAINLY FINANCED BY PRIVATE AND MUNICIPALITIES CAPITAL

PLAYERS TRANSFER AMONG THE LOCAL LEAGUES 2008 - 2009

28 players signed I div. clubs

29 players signed II div. clubs

72 players signed III div. clubs AVERAGE OF THE PLAYERS AGE IN THE DIFFERENT LEAGUES

Average age – 24,1 years old. 10 teams – 25 years and under

Average age – 22,7 years old. 10 teams – 22 years and under

Average age – 21 years old. 13 teams – 20 years and under

Distribution of the players of the Ist Men’s division acording to the age Players emigration to US colleges

Number of the Lithuanian players registered for NCAA competitions in US Basketball referees association

Important facts

Unites more than 350 licensed basketball referees

Six referees have International category

Six Commissioners have International category

More than 50 % of the members are aged 23 or under

Extremely significant contribution to the regional basketball development Amateur leagues in all the biggest cities of Lithuania

Vilnius

Population - 540 000 Population – 320 000 More than 190 men’s More than 250 men’s teams teams

Siauliai Klaipeda

Population – 130 000 Population – 188 000 More than 80 men’s More than 120 men’s teams teams

Basketball Coaches association

Important facts

Unites more than 330 licensed basketball coaches

10 % are coaching professional basketball teams 25% are coaching semi-professional or amateur basketball clubs 65% are coaching youth basketball teams

More than 50 % of the association members are 30 or under

90 % of the coaches have studied in Lithuanian Academy of Basketball Coaches association Important facts Basketball Coaches association Important facts

Overall coaches in Youth basketball league Around 230

Average years of age 43 y.

Average of the coaching experience 15 y.

Average of teams (groups) to coach 2 BASKETBALL

ACADEMY CURRICULUM PRESENTATION PURPOSE OF THE CURRICULUM

This course is designed to provide prospective athletic coaches with knowledge and skill introduction regarding the of basketball. Emphasis is placed on , organizational/management skills, coach/player relations, basketball rules/ terminology, fundamental skills, team offense/defense, situational strategies, scouting, conditioning of players, and court maintenance. The course combines comprehensive cognitive aspects of basketball with the practical application of these aspects. Full course description by hours

Nr. Kind of studies, I II III IV Total hours practices course course course course

1. Lectures 42 18 28 10 98 2. Seminars 82 34 52 16 184 3. Methodical – practical 44 28 24 6 102 practices

4. Educational 3 cr. 6 cr. 1 cr. 10 cr. practice 5. Student ‘s self- 112 40 56 8 216 dependent work

6. Term paper 2 cr. 2 cr.

7. Bachelor thesis 4 cr. 4 cr. Total hours 280 120 160 40 600

Ist course description by topics

Kind of practice and hours Topics Total Theory Seminars Practices Student’s hours work

Introduction to the course 10 2 4 4 History of basketball; period 1891 – 1931 m. 16 2 6 8 History of basketball; period from 1932 m. 20 2 8 10 History of basketball techique, tactic and players preparat ion 14 2 6 6 Evolution of the basketball rules 14 2 6 6 IntroductionBasketball to in the Lithuania basketball 16 2 6 8 Olymsportpic basketball 12 2 4 6 Characteristics of the basketball game 22 4 8 10 Basketball players of different age: influence of maturation 12 2 4 6 process Personality development through basketball game 6 2 2 2 Basketball technique 22 2 4 10 6 Basketball tactics 24 2 4 10 8 Technique,Team tactics: de tacticfence 46 8 10 12 16 Offence 46 8 10 12 16 Total in Ist course 280 42 82 44 112

IInd course description by topics

Topics Total Theory Seminars Practices Student’s hours work

Methodology of teaching 18 4 6 8

The way’sTeaching of teaching basketball skills basketball 34 4 8 12 10 Process of creating and teaching basketball playing 18 2 4 6 6 Multi-year sport preparation 16 4 6 6 Player training in different age periods: 6 – 12 and 10 2 4 4 Training13 young– 16 years body... Player preparation and diagnostics 24 2 6 10 6

Total in Iind course 120 18 34 28 40

IIIrd course description by topics

Topics Total Theory Seminars Practices Student’s hours work

Description of Sport training process 20 2 6 6 6 Sport training technology 14 2 6 6 One year and four year cycles of sport training 16 4 6 6 Physical and technical training proportion for 26 4 8 6 8 basketball players Basketball practice: composition and structure 20 2 6 6 6 Management of basketball Basketball competitions in different periods of 10 2 4 4 trainingage Regeneration in basketball 6 2 2 2 Management of sport training 18 4 6 8 Control of sport training for basketball 24 4 6 6 8 Safety of sport training 6 2 2 2 Total in IIIrd course: 160 28 52 24 56

IVth course description by topics

Topics Total Theory Seminars Practices Student’s hours work

Coaching 12 4 6 2

Activity and behavior of a coach 8 2 4 2 Coach and coaching Coachingfundamentalsduring the basketball game 12 2 2 6 2

Particularities in basketball coach work 8 2 4 2

Total in IVth course 40 10 16 6 8

LBF projects, promotional and social actions Sprite Talent search program

More than 800 best youth players from Lithuania

Tournament takes place in 5 biggest cities of Lithuania

Participation in the tournament free of charge Semifinal and Final round participants get Travel money back Four best players win the trip to International game

The best one gets One year basketball scholarship from Lithuanian basketball federation Orange Virus 3 on 3 basketball tournament

More than 300 teams from Lithuania

Tournament takes place in 5 biggest cities of Lithuania

Participation in the tournament free of charge

Semifinal and Final round participants get travel money back Four best players win the trips along with LTU National team The best team travel to World 3x3 championship LithuanianLithuanian basketballbasketball federationfederation supportsupport (motivation)(motivation) programprogram forfor thethe LTULTU basketballbasketball schoolsschools // clubsclubs Non-Government basketball school support program

Non-Government basketball school support program is focused on funding basketball schools that are not permanently supported by Governmental institutions and have more than 400 registered players. This requirement is met by four basketball schools in Lithuania: - Š.Marčiulionis basketball academy (more than 900 registered players) ,

- A.Sabonis basketball school (more than 800 registered players),

- Tornado Kaunas basketball school (more than 450 registered players)

- Perkunas Kaunas Basketball school (more than 400 registered players)

Premiums for Champions

For every Gold medal winner – 340 EUR per player

For every Silver medal winner – 270 EUR per player

For every Bronze medal winner – 180 EUR per player

SYSTEM OF COMPENSATIONS

Main of the rule:

...the first that makes the registration of a player after he/she attains one’s majority (18 years old) under the request of former basketball school / club has to pay compensation to the basketball school / club where the player has been practicing and playing for:

Ist division: 7300 LTL (2100 EUR)

IInd division: 3500 LTL (1000 EUR)

...50 – 70 % of the amount should be payed to the coach of the player.

Balls for the youth basketball schools / clubs

LBF gives away 1000 basketball balls to the schools and clubs

In average 20 balls for every club. Social campaign Meet a Outside basketball courts equipment programme

More then 150 outside basketball courts have been equiped since 2003 when the program has been launched

Main sponsors of the courts: local municipalities and private sponsors

Rimantas Cibauskas (LBF vice president, has invested more then 600 000 Eur in to the Outside basketball courts programme) Other projects

LTU basketball “birthday” celebration

LBF awards “For contribution of the basketball development in Lithuania” Merchandising programme “I am a supporter of basketball” MONTHLY MAGAZINE GIRLS BASKETBALL CENTRES PROJECT PRESENTATION About the project • MARIJAMPOLE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL CENTRE is intended for development of elite-level young women- basketball players. Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LBF) in partnership with Marijampole Municipality Sports Committee presents the MGBC program which brings over the top and coaches from around the province. The MGBC serves as one of the pathways for athletes and coaches who wish to be involved at the national and international level. WHAT IS PERFORMANCE PROGRAM OF MGBC? • The MGBC Program is a model for players to master individual offensive and team fundamentals and also to learn sport science aspects necessary to become a high level player. At the same time the girls will receive secondary education for further studies in Universities. Our MGBC program is one of the components of Lithuanian Basketball Federation long-lasting basketball development strategy. The MGBC program has been established to meet a need of a more systematic, thorough and unified national approach to identifying and developing outstanding girls- basketball players in every prov ince and territory in Lithuania.

Objectives of the Project

• To select the most promising girls-basketball players from Lithuania’s Eastern-West region.

• To arrange the best possible conditions for players’ education, basketball training and living in Marijampole city.

• To implement the long-lasting professional women’s basketball development program.

• To monitor the sports program while performing multitime testing of basketball skills and making corrections in the training process.

• To employ experienced and high qualified basketball coaches and staff.

Why Marijampole city?

• Marijampole (pop. 47.7 thousand) is the capital city of Suvalkija (Suduva), the Uznemune ethnic region of Lithuania. The city is situated on the Sesupe River. It originates from the village of Pasesupis, first mentioned in the historical records back in 1667. Main reasons for establishing the Regional Girls’ Basketball in Marijampole:

• Well developed city’s sports infrostructure: - good basketball , new gym in process of building.

- newly constructed in-door soccer stadium.

- out-door soccer stadium.

Main reasons for establishing the Regional Girls’ Basketball Center in Marijampole:

• Strong Men’s and Women’s professional basketball programs: • - Men’s basketball team “Suduva” is a member of Lithuanian Basketball League (Highest division), it competes in . - Women’s basketball team “Arvi” is a member of Lithuanian Women’s Basketball League (Highest division), it competes in Baltic and European Leagues.

• Support of Marijampole Muni cipality Sports Committee: - Significant contribution from local sports authorities to endowment system of MGBC. - Good conditions to receive secondary education. - Good living conditions in Sports dormitory of Marijampole Sports School.

• Long basketball tradition in Marijampole city: • - Many National team basketball players of different age have been trained in Marijampole: , Aurimas Kieza, Egle Sulciute etc.

The founders and contributors to the MGBC

• Lithuanian Basketball Federation • Marijampole Municipality Sports Committee • Lithuanian Sports Department

Structure of Girls’ Basketball Center Player groups Coaching staff Managing staff

Girls of age group 13-14 coach Director, 2 supervisors, 1 doctor, Girls of age group 15-16 Assistant coach 1 masseur.

Living, training and education conditions

Living place: Sports dormitory of Marijampole Sports Centre

Training field: Marijampole basketball gym, Marijampole gymnasium Two practices a day.

Secondary education: Marijampole gymnasium Basketball program key points

- The most promising girls from Easter – West region of Lithuania.

- The Center employs experienced coaches who have reached high results in women’s basketball. - Basketball practices take place twice a day. - Constant testing of physical and technical abilities and training process correction based on testing results. - Optimized and individualized sport training. Extra information

Sports Science: MGBC players will be provided with a complete physiological and psychological support network including physical testing, fitness and programs, training and analysis, mental skill training, nutrition, recovery/ regeneration services and other performance enhancement support.

Medical: Players will have access to Marijampole Sports Health Centre and Medical Centre for health related matters. Sports medicine, physiotherapy and other paramedical services will be provided by local medical centre. Athletes will have access to Marijampole Medicine Clinics.

Program: This program will be coordinated by Lithuanian Basketball Federation with support from local authorities of Marijampole city to provide each with high quality and supportive living environment while attending MGBC.

Scientific investigations of multiyear sport preparation

BASKETBALL LABORATORY AT LITHUANIAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION The major flaws in multiyear preparation of basketball players

Review of Lithuanian situation FLAW NO. 1

Acceleration in technical preparation !!! Results of player testing at Lithuanian basketball clubs/schools TECHICAL PREPARATION

10,45 12,00 9,47 9,66 10,00 8,00

8,00 5,56 6,00

4,00

2,00

0,00

.93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. Results of 1 min. shooting test (Testing 2006)

TECHICAL PREPARATION

23,67 25,00 22,94 22,55 22,30 19,68 19,64 20,00 15,83 15,00

10,00

5,00

0,00

.93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. .88 M. .87 M.

Results of 30 tests (Testing 2006)

EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL TRAINING RESULTS

9,3 10,0 8,3 8,1 9,0 7,7 8,0 8,0 6,8 7,0 6,0 5,0 5,0 Points 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0

.93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. .88 M. .87 M.

Evaluation of the results of 30 free throw tests (Testing 2006)

8,3

9,0 7,1 8,0 5,9 5,7 7,0 5,1 4,7 6,0 5,0 3,2 Points 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0

.93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. .88 M. .87 M. Evaluation of the results of 1 min. shooting test (Testing 2006)

Reasons Player age (years) .10 - 12 .13 - 14 .15 - 16 .17 - 18 .19 - 20

Physical load Physical load parameters

Days of practice 150-200 250 280 300 320 Hours of practice 300-400 500-600 700-800 900-1000 1100-1200 Time allocated for physical fitness (hours) 150 200 200 250 250 Special preparation (hours) 50 100 150 250 250 Technical and tactical training (hours) 200 300 450 500 600 Theoretical preparation (hours) 10 20 30 40 50 Number of 30 40 50 60 70 Testing (time) 2 4 6 8 10 Recreation days 165 115 85 65 45

Distribution of hours of basketball practice and games during multiyear training (Milanovic, 2003)

Philosophy of training (T.O. Bompa 2000)

10,0 9,3 9,0 8,3 8,1 7,7 8,0 8,0 6,8 Versatile, basic, general 7,0Early specialization 6,0 5,0 ts n i 5,0 physical training Po 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 Quick progress Slow progress 0,0 .93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. .88 M. .87 M. Best shape of the life reached in 15 Best sportive shape reached at 18 y. – 16 years of age old and later in physiological and psychological maturity

No consistent increase in Consistent increase in game quantity of games quantity

Liability to injuries, due to accelerated adaptation Sportive longevity Basic physical and specialized technical preparation (Bompa, 2000) FLAW NO. 2

Too little time allocated for development of physical ability PHYSICAL FITNESS

60,00 53,85 50,4 48,03 50,00 CMJ (cm) Natural Jump (cm) 40,31 40,55 40,4 37,35 40,00 37,12 33,07 33,91 31,49 32,82 28,76 30,00

20,00

10,00

0,00 .93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. .88 M. .87 M. Results of speed force physical ability test (high jump test)

PHYSICAL FITNESS

20 m. sprint (s)

.87 M. 2,83

.88 M. 3,13

.89 M. 3,15 .90 M. 3,28

.91 M. 3,33

.92 M. 3,53 .93 M. 3,58

0,00 0,50 1,00 1,50 2,00 2,50 3,00 3,50 4,00

Results of the speed physical ability (20 m sprint test)

Evaluation of physical fitness results Results of speed physical ability test (20 m sprint test)

Quantitative evaluation Qualitative evaluation

20 m. sprint (s) 9,13

7,96 2,83 10,00 7,65 .87 M. 3,13 9,00 .88 M. 8,00 3,15 7,00 4,92 .89 M. 4,89 4,67 3,28 6,00 4,24 Balai .90 M. 5,00 3,33 .91 M. 4,00 3,00 .92 M. 3,53 2,00 .93 M. 3,58 1,00 0,00 0,00 0,50 1,00 1,50 2,00 2,50 3,00 3,50 4,00

93 M. 92 M. 91 M. 90 M. 89 M. 88 M. 87 M. 10,00

8,00

6,00 3,56 3,48 4,00 2,95 2,82 2,31 2,60 2,00 1,26

0,00 93 M. 92 M. 91 M. 90 M. 89 M. 88 M. 87 M.

Evaluation of the high jump test results

Reasons Important studies on multiyear basketball player preparation

Aim: to identify the degree of relationship between team final standings and individual performance The relationship between team final skills standings and individual technical skills of youth basketball players Subjects: 246 Basketball players, aged 12 - 14 E. Brandão*, M.A. Janeira & P. Neta Faculty of Sports Science and Physical Education, Conclusion: University of Porto, Strong relationship between offensive technical indicators (Pass, and Shooting) and team final standings Factors determining wins of teams in different age groups

Age of players : 7 9 10 12 14 15 16 17 20 23….

More physical fitness + More technical technical preparedness preparedness

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Coordination

Speed

Force

Power

Endurance

Flexibility

Sensitive periods of physical ability development

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Qualitative evaluation

9,3 10,00 10,0 8,3 9,0 8,1 8,0 7,7 8,00 8,0 6,8 7,0 6,0 5,0 6,00 5,0 3,56 3,48 Points 4,00 4,0 2,95 2,82 2,60 3,0 2,31 2,0 2,00 1,26 1,0 0,0 0,00

.93 M. .92 M. .91 M. .90 M. .89 M. .88 M. .87 M. 93 M. 92 M. 91 M. 90 M. 89 M. 88 M. 87 M.

Results of the 30 free throw test Evaluation of high jump test results

FLAW NO. 3

Overloading in adolescence

PracticingPracticing isis notnot ““dressagedressage””

a)“Straining” is caused by application of too big physical load to players… b) Too little “drill variety” , “fun ”, “spontaneity” – too much “trim” during the practices… c) Stress “kills” fast fiber – coaches should avoid it…

FLAW NO. 4

Too little attention paid to the training process correction

Most important factors in the training process:

-Testing

- Modelling

- Load individualization

- Load optimization

Thank You for attention.