JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2006 18 FOR BASKETBALL EVERYWHERE ENTHUSIASTS FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE ASSIST hal wissel DUSAN IVKOVIC MAN-TO-MAN OFFENSE: PASSING GAME oktay mahmutI DEFENSE: A TEAM CONCEPT alberto garcia HOW TO START COMMENTS ON UNSPORTSMANLIKE FOUL peter fricker The Australian Institute THE GAME of Sport bill foran LOWER BODY STRETCHES EDITORIAL SHARING KNOWLEDGE IS ESSENTIAL For basketball to maintain its popularity and National Federations and their member clubs. grow it further in the less developed countries of the world, the sharing of quality information The FIBA Organiser, a software package, and and the .." ability to learn from each other" is the Manual for National Federations, now vital in this modern world. provides member federations of FIBA and the member clubs and associations, a unique The FIBA Assist Magazine, in a short time of opportunity in accessing "leading edge infor- three years, has done a wonderful job in provi- mation", rarely seen in any other International ding a wide range of quality written articles Sports Federation or International Volunteer dealing with all facets important in the ongoing Organisation. development of our great sport. The year 2006 will also be a great one for I congratulate Editor-in-Chief Giorgio Gandolfi, basketball enthusiasts across our 212 his staff, the FIBA Staff and most importantly Member Federations with the 24 Team Men’s the FIBA Basketball family for regularly produ- World Championships in Japan and the the 16 cing excellent quality ideas and information on Team Women’s World Championships in coaching, officiating, administration, marke- Brazil in August/September. ting, sports medicine, doping and youth deve- lopment. The standard of play is expected to be the highest ever, as will the extent of television Each issue, I am always impressed with the wil- coverage across the five continents. lingness of our top coaches across the world being prepared to share their ideas, playing, The FIBA World Ranking System will be well coaching and training concepts, as we saw the tested when the "best of the best" meet in head coaches of Germany and Greece do in the intense competition to find the FIBA World December 2005 Issue, following on their great Champions and the automatic qualifiers for successes in Eurobasket 2005 in Belgrade. the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Led by the talented and energetic FIBA Staff, Keep up to date with FIBA BASKETBALL FIBA is now producing first class guides, DVDs, across the five continents through manuals, videos and publications, all aimed at www.fiba.com providing high quality information in an easy to read, view or listen style, drawing on the exper- Bob Elphinston OAM tise of many of the global experts in basket- President - FIBA Oceania ball.The recently produced DVDs in coaching First Vice-President FIBA and officiating should be accessed by all FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE | 18 2006 | PAGE 03 TABLE OF CONTENTS FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE EDITORIAL IS A PUBLICATION OF FIBA 3 International Basketball Federation by Bob Elphinston 8, CH. Blandonnet, 1214 Vernier/Geneva Switzerland Tel. +41-22-545.0000, Fax +41-22-545.0099 COACHES www.fiba.com e-mail: [email protected] FUNDAMENTALS YOUTH BASKETBALL IN COLLABORATION WITH Giganti-BT&M, AND Cantelli Editore, Italy Man-to-Man Offense: Passing Game 6 PARTNER WABC (World Association of Basketball Coaches), by Hal Wissel Dusan Ivkovic President EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Giorgio Gandolfi Editorial Office: Cantelli Editore, Strategic Planning for the Brazilian V. Saliceto 22/E, 40013 Castel Maggiore Men's National Team 11 (BO), Italy, Tel. +39-051-6328811, Fax +39-051 6328815 by Aluisio (Lula) Ferreira E-mail: [email protected] THE MISSION OFFENSE Our objective is to help basketball grow globally and improve in every aspect. Our goal is to pro- Baseline Out-Of-Bounds Series 14 duce a technical publication of the highest level, but one that is easily understood and apprecia- by Lon Kruger ted by everyone. An ample section of the maga- zine is devoted to the coaches - more precisely, youth level coaches - because coaches compri- How to Start the Game 19 se the largest part of our readership. Basketball can improve only if every aspect of this sport by Dusan Ivkovic improves and moves forward. For this reason the magazine is also devoted to topics of interest for team executives, referees, doctors, conditio- deFENSE ning coaches, trainers, and mini-basketball instructors, as well as national Federations, Defense: a Team Concept 24 FIBA Zones, Leagues and teams. by Oktay Mahmuti The magazine is published 6 times per year. FIBA, Cantelli Editore and the Editor-in-Chief are not responsible for the opinions expressed in the 28 articles. All rights reserved. Man-to-Man Defense with Traps The National Federation and their affiliates can by Ioannis Ioannidis reproduce any part or all the magazine for their internal use, but not sell any part or all of the magazine to an external publisher without the written permission of FIBA. PSYCHOLOGY AND MOTIVATION All information in this publication is provided as news matter only and is not to be used to viola- Six Ways to Win te any local or national laws. with Better Team Captains 33 Printed in Italy. by Jeff Janssen Copyright 2006 by FIBA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank the following persons: Corrado de Belvis, Lisa Cavallini, Gerald Couzens, and Raffaele Imbrogno; Steve Henson, assistant coach of UNLV, for the cooperation for the article of coach Kruger; 2006 FIBA CALENDAR Human Kinetics for the permission to publish the article of coach Wissel. February 31.03 - 02.04 Final Four FIBA EuroLeague AN INVITATION TO OUR READERS 01 - 28.02 South American League for Women (site tbd) No matter what the level of competition you are concerned about, we invite you (coaches, FIBA Men's Clubs 31.03 - 01.04 FIBA Central Board Meeting Zones, Federations, Leagues, and team executi- ves, referees, doctors, trainers, conditioning 19.02 NBA All-Star Game in in Hong Kong coaches, minibasket instructors, journalists) to send articles to us for publication. The article Houston, Texas, USA must be no longer than 5/6,000 characters, spa- APRIL ces included. If diagrams of plays, drills or sket- ches are used, please limit them to 12 or less. All manuscripts must be written in English, trans- March 01 - 03.04 NCAA Men's Final Four in mitted by e-mail or faxed to the Editorial Office listed above. The manuscript will become pro- 15 - 26.03 Basketball Tournament of Indianapolis, USA perty of the Publisher and the author will auto- matically be granted the rigths of publication, the Commonwealth Games 01 - 02.04 NCAA Women's Final Four in without asking any fee now or in the future. The Editorial Staff will decide if and when articles in Melbourne, Australia Boston, USA will be published. There is no guarantee that manuscripts will be published, nor willl manus- 14 + 21.03 Finals of the FIBA EuroCup 07 - 09.04 FIBA EuroCup Final Four cripts be returned. Women (sites tbd) (site tbd) 16 + 23.03 Finals of the FIBA EuroCup 28 - 30.04 Euroleague Final Four in Challenge (sites tbd) Prague, Czech Republic PAGE 04 | 18 2006 | FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE NATIONAL COACHES ASSOCIATIONS FIBA RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE Serbia and Montenegro New Technologies Basketball Coaches Association 35 by Karen Strahl, FIBA Study Centre 57 by Mirko Polivina and Mirko Ocokoljic DOCTORS, CONDITIONING HOOP MARKET COACHES AND TRAINERS A Shooting Expert: Hal Wissel 38 by Raffaele Imbrogno CONDITIONING COACHES Lower Body Stretches 59 REFEREES, SCORER’S TABLE by Bill Foran and Vincent Aquilino AND COMMISSIONERS trainers 64 See the Whole Play 40 Birthdate and Basketball Success by Fred Horgan by Santiago Esteva, Francek Drobnic, Jordi Puigdellìvol, and Luis Serratosa Comments on 43 HOW TO SUBSCRIBE: Unsportsmanlike Foul A one-year (6 issues) subscription to by Alberto Garcia FIBA Assist Magazine costs Euro 40 (europe), and Right or Wrong? 46 euro 45 (outside europe) to be payed in one of the following ways: Payment with postal current account SPORT MARKETING AND n. 28300408 headed to Cantelli Editore (Only for subscription from Italy) MANAGEMENT Payment with banking transaction c/o Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna ABI 06385 - CAB 36740 - c/c 07400012796S - CIN S EXECUTIVES AND MARKETING 47 IBAN: IT73S063853674007400012796S The Australian Institute of Sport SWIFT: CRBOIT2BXXX by Peter Fricker Payment with credit card connecting at the website www.shop.cantelli.net The Modern Sports Club 52 Please, fill in the subscription form that you can find on fiba.com, and send it, by Enzo Lefebre including the receipt, to: BY MAIL: Cantelli Editore - Via Saliceto, 22/E - 40013 - Castel Maggiore (Bo) - Italy BY FAX: ++39 051 6328816 FOR INFORMATION: ++39 051 6328836 (from 9 am to 1 pm Central European Time) May August 19 - 23.05 FIBA Women's World League, Preliminary 10 - 15.08 Stankovic Continental Champions Cup in Round Group A, P.R. of China Nanjing, P.R. of China 31.05 - 08.06 Asian Champions Cup for Men in Kuwait 19.08 - 03.09 FIBA World Championship for Men in Japan June 28 - 29.08 FIBA World Congress in Tokyo, Japan 02 - 04.06 FIBA Women's World League, Preliminary Round Group B, Pecs, Hungary September 28.06 - 02.07 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in San 12 - 23.09 FIBA World Championship for Women in Antonio, USA Brazil July October 09 - 17.07 FIBA Asia U18 Championship in the P.R. of 10 - 15.10 FIBA Women's World League Final, in China Yekaterinburg, Russia FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE | 18 2006 | PAGE 05 FIBA EUROPE COACHES - FUNDAMENTALS AND YOUTH BASKETBALL MAN-TO-MAN by Hal Wissel OFFENSE: PASSING GAME Hal Wissel coached Springfield player the opportunity to handle the College, North Carolina-Charlotte, ball, cut, screen, and move outside Florida Southern, Fordham, and inside.