FIBAASSIST04_COP04 5-10-2003 9:32 Pagina 1 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 O4 FOR BASKETBALL ENTHUSIASTS EVERYWHERE FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE ASSIST sarunas marciulionis ROB BEVERIDGE the basketball academy moussa toure’ zone offense AUSTRALIAN joe ciampi the match-up defense paul deshies WORLD JUNIOR mental preparation: a keyto success in officiating stergios papastergiou CHAMPION costas parisis anterior cruciate ligament deficiency DEFENSE FIBAASSIST03_03 5-10-2003 9:31 Pagina 3 EDITORIAL COACHING SCHOOLS are fundamental Basketball is a sport in constant evolution. ses for the training of our coaches. In the ongoing search for perfection, the rules Our goal is to have these new coaches have been modified and other changes have spread their knowledge of the game throu- been gradually introduced to keep pace with ghout the Continent. the talented athletes who play the game. The great evolution in basketball that has While the game is undergoing a gentle meta- occurred in some of the biggest countries morphosis and increasing in popularity the of the Americas has also caused an increa- world over, if you look closely you will see se of interest in the game and in coaching that it is the coaches who have played major in some of the smaller countries as well. roles in the growth of the international game. The National Associations of these coun- Basketball has greatly increased in popularity tries have now created coaching schools on the American continent over the past few so that the education and training of the years, largely due to the influence of our coaches is uniform throughout the coun- basketball coaches. It’s been these dedicated tries. men and women who have helped train the There are now very qualified coaches players, teaching them the many subtle nuan- throughout the Americas. ces of the game. We are working to help spread their know- Again, it’s been coaches who have stepped ledge, by sending them to coaching clinics. up and taken a more active role in the plan- Our hope is that through their work, young ning of the many important competitions. coaches will have good examples to imita- Coaches have also helped interest others in te. entering the coaching ranks, helping these The creation of basketball schools is funda- newcomers achieve greater proficiency in mental to the growth of future generations their sport over the years. of coaches; through them we will have a Many coaching clinics are now offered regu- uniform approach of training, eventually larly throughout Central and South America, helping these novices to achieve what all with primary lectures often being given by the coaches yearn for: the FIBA coaching best coaches from North America. With the license. help of these coaches, our basketball is This is our objective and at FIBA AMERI- ranked near the elite of the sport. CAS we are working very hard to achieve it. We have also had great support from the European Association of Basketball Coaches, which have played an instrumental role in the Luis Alberto Martínez creation of the American Association of President of the Association of Basketball Basketball Coaches. Coaches We are now developing comprehensive cour- FIBA AMERICAS FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE | 04 2003 | PAGE 3 04_004-005 5-10-2003 9:32 Pagina 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE EDITORIAL IS A PUBLICATION OF FIBA International Basketball Federation by Luis Alberto Martinez 3 8, CH. Blandonnet, 1214 Vernier/Geneva Switzerland Tel. +41-22-545.000, Fax +41-22-545.0099 www.fiba.com COACHES e-mail: [email protected] FUNDAMENTALS YOUTH BASKETBALL IN COLLABORATION WITH Giganti-BT&M, AND Cantelli Editore, Italy The Triangle Offense 6 PARTNER WABC (World Association of Basketball Coaches), by Wayne Barker Dusan Ivkovic President EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Offensive Drills For The Post Player 10 Giorgio Gandolfi by Bruce Bowen and Joe Callero Editorial Office: Cantelli Editore, V. Saliceto 22/E, 40013 Castelmaggiore (BO), Italy, Tel. +39-051-6328813, Sarunas Marciulionis Basketball Academy 18 Fax +39-051 6328815 by Sarunas Marciulionis E-mail: [email protected] THE MISSION OFFENSE Our objective is to help basketball grow glo- Zone Offense 22 bally and improve in every aspect. Our goal is to produce a technical publication of the by Moussa Touré highest level, but one that is easily under- stood and appreciated by everyone. An Notre Dame Basketball: Motion Offense 25 ample section of the magazine is devoted to by Sean Kearney the coaches - more precisely, youth level coaches - because coaches comprise the largest part of our readership. Basketball DEFENSE can improve only if every aspect of this sport The Match-Up Defense 29 improves and moves forward. For this rea- son the magazine is also devoted to topics of by Joe Ciampi interest for team executives, referees, doc- tors, conditioning coaches, trainers, and Australian National Junior Team: mini-basketball instructors, as well as natio- 33 nal Federations, FIBA Zones, Leagues and a Full Court Trapping Defense teams. by Rob Beveridge The magazine is published 6 times per year. PSYCHOLOGY AND MOTIVATION FIBA, Cantelli Editore and the Editor-in-Chief 36 are not responsible for the opinions expres- Goal Setting sed in the articles. All rights reserved. by Marty Clark The National Federation and their affiliates can reproduce any part or all the magazine for their internal use, but not sell any part or NATIONAL COACHES ASSOCIATIONS all of the magazine to an external publisher without the written permission of FIBA. Croatian Association of Basketball Coaches: All information in this publication is provided The Past and Future 37 as news matter only and is not to be used to violate any local or national laws. by Bosko Bozic Printed in Italy. Copyright 2003 by FIBA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2003-2004 FIBA CALENDAR We would like to thank the following per- sons and publishers: OCTOBER JANUARY 2004 Corrado de Belvis, Lisa Cavallini, Gerald Couzens, and Raffaele Imbrogno, Paul 04.- 11.10.03 8th All Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria 13 - 19.01.04 20th Asian Championship for Women in Beitler of the Bluffton News Banner for 14.-19.10.03 FIBA Women's World Cup 2003 in Sendai, Japan the pictures of pages 6 - 9, Human Kinetics for the permission to reprint the excerpts Samara, Russia tba Draw for 28th Olympic Games of the book of Ruben Acosta, and Coaches NOVEMBER in Athens, Greece Choice for the excerpts of the book of tba 5th Board of FIBA-Europe in Rome, Italy MARCH Bruce Brown and Joe Callero. tba FIBA-Africa Clinic for Coaches tba 6th Board of FIBA-Europe AN INVITATION TO OUR READERS in Mozambique tba 22nd Albert Schweizer Tournament No matter what the level of competition you tba FIBA-Africa Clinic for Coaches in for Junior Men in Mannheim, Germany are concerned about, we invite you (coa- APRIL ches; FIBA Zones, Federations, Leagues, and Seychelles team executives, referees, doctors, trainers, tba South American Championship tba 84th FIBA-Europe Clinic for conditioning coaches, minibasket instruc- for Cadettes 2003 in Uruguay International Referee Candidates tors, journalists) to send articles to us for publication. 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PAGE 4 | 04 2003 | FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE 04_004-005 5-10-2003 9:32 Pagina 5 HOOP MARKET CONDITIONING COACHES Sport Marketing Books 38 Developing Speed in Young Players 59 by Raffaele Imbrogno by Vladimir Koprivica REFEREES SCORER S TABLE TRAINERS , ’ Orthotics 61 AND COMMISSIONERS by Francesco Borra Mental Preparation: a Key to Success in Officiating 40 MINI-BASKETBALL, SCHOOL by Paul Deshaies GAMES AND ACTIVITIES Right or Wrong? 44 MINI-BASKETBALL The Role, Duties, and Responsibilities of the Public “Trinta” Mini-Basketball Events 63 Announcer 45 by Valentina Bashkirova by Tomàs Grosman SCHOOL GAMES AND ACTIVITIES SPORT MARKETING AND The “Train” Game, the “Zig Zag Passing” Game and MANAGEMENT the “Star Passing” Game 65 EXECUTIVES AND MARKETING The Key to Success 47 by Rubén Acosta LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 66 The JR. NBA and JR. WNBA Program 51 FIBA RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE Mondo: at the Service of Basketball 55 DOCTORS, CONDITIONING attention: COACHES AND TRAINERS for readers who are interested in contacting the authors of the articles, please send an e-mailto DOCTORS Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency