MARCH / APRIL 2004 O7 FOR BASKETBALL EVERYWHERE ENTHUSIASTS FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE ASSIST ED PALUBINSKAS the jump shot VAN CHANCELLOR STERLING WRIGHT developing an offensive style of play THE BASIC STAVROS DOUVIS & antonis travlos factors affecting information processing in officiating OFFENSE OF peter klingbiel the relationship between the federation and THE HOUSTON the leagues in germany safa ali kamalian mini-basketball in i.r. iran COMETS EDITORIAL MILLIONS IN NEED OF EXPERTISE Basketball in Asia is about to surpass soccer ▼ Lack of expertise in most parts of the as the No.1 sport in terms of popularity and region participation. This is due to not only the recent success of players like Yao Ming and the We are currently in the process of putting immense impact they have on youngsters in together a program for FIBA Asia for basket- our region, but also because basketball has a ball coaches’ education. The FIBA publica- rich tradition on the continent. Basketball was tion “Basketball for Young Players” has and is the most popular sport with tremendous already been translated into Arabic and number of participants. Our estimation is that Russian, a translation into Chinese is under more than 200 million people are practicing the way and should be completed soon. The sport on a regular basis in schools, in their free Young Coaches course will be the base for time or on a competitive level. the education of the coaches and FIBA Asia is planning to hold a clinic for the instructors The future of the sport looks bright, but we for Young Coaches courses. We will stimula- have many and difficult challenges on the road te the process of creating a coaches asso- ahead of us, which we will tackle step by step. ciation in every country of our region and One of the most critical issues on that road is develop a database for the coaches. Our the development of coaching expertise. The further targets are that each country have People’s Republic of China, a country which regular and mandatory coaching clinics always had produced tremendous talents, but every year and to issue licenses for their lacks results on the international level, have coaches. The final aim is to create a com- recently signed the US coach Del Harris and mon educational program with the same the Lithuanian coach Kazlauskas to lead their content for all coaches within FIBA-Asia and men’s team through the Olympic Basketball to unify levels of education for all coaches in tournament in Athens. Japan hired former Asia. This will be a long and painful process, Cibona and Split coach, Croatian Zeljko but we believe that with mutual cooperation Pavlicevic to lead their men’s team at the next between all countries, help from main World Championship in 2006. These might be basketball countries in Asia, and dedication the right decisions to have a short term suc- of basketball professionals, volunteers and cess, but we believe the real goal should be to enthusiasts, we can achieve this. create local expertise and to secure enduring We believe that the FIBA Assist Magazine is and constant progress on the coaching edge. also an excellent tool to help our coaches in sharing the knowledge and finally reach our We face in Asia specific challenges to reach mission statement: to make Asia the power that goal: house of world basketball! ▼ A huge variety of languages, cultures and religions Dato´ Yeoh Choo Hock ▼ Vast geographic distances FIBA Vice President ▼ Lack of financing FIBA Secretary General of FIBA - ASIA FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE | 07 2004 | PAGE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE EDITORIAL IS A PUBLICATION OF FIBA by Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock 3 International Basketball Federation 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] IN COLLABORATION WITH Giganti-BT&M, FUNDAMENTALS AND YOUTH BASKETBALL Cantelli Editore, Italy The Jump Shot 6 PARTNER WABC (World Association of Basketball Coaches), by Ed Palubinskas Dusan Ivkovic President EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Giorgio Gandolfi Basketball Training... at the Speed of Sound 12 Editorial Office: Cantelli Editore, by Carlo Bressan V. Saliceto 22/E, 40013 Castelmaggiore (BO), Italy, Tel. +39-051-6328813, Fax +39-051 6328815 OFFENSE E-mail: [email protected] Developing an Offensive Style of Play 16 THE MISSION by Sterling Wright Our objective is to help basketball grow globally and improve in every aspect. Our goal is to pro- duce a technical publication of the highest level, The Basic Offense of the Houston Comets 22 but one that is easily understood and apprecia- ted by everyone. An ample section of the maga- by Van Chancellor zine is devoted to the coaches - more precisely, youth level coaches - because coaches compri- 25 se the largest part of our readership. Basketball Man-to-Man Offense can improve only if every aspect of this sport by Paul Coughter 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 29 instructors, as well as national Federations, Principles of Pressure Defense FIBA Zones, Leagues and teams. by Fernando Durò The magazine is published 6 times per year. FIBA, Cantelli Editore and the Editor-in-Chief are The Basics of Man-to-Man Defense 31 not responsible for the opinions expressed in the by Emir Mutapcic articles. All rights reserved. The National Federation and their affiliates can reproduce any part or all the magazine for their PSYCHOLOGY AND MOTIVATION internal use, but not sell any part or all of the magazine to an external publisher without the The Motivation of Elite Players 35 written permission of FIBA. by Josè Maria Buceta All information in this publication is provided as news matter only and is not to be used to viola- te any local or national laws. NATIONAL COACHES ASSOCIATIONS Printed in Italy. The Slovenian Basketball Coaches Association 37 by Andrej Zagar Copyright 2004 by FIBA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank the following persons and publishers: Corrado de Belvis, Lisa Cavallini, Gerald 2004 FIBA CALENDAR Couzens, and Raffaele Imbrogno, Glenn Wilkes Sr. for the permission to reprint the lecture from APRIL 21 - 23.05 FIBA Women's World League 2004, Preliminary the Tunica Basketball Coaching Clinic. 01 - 05.04 21st U18 European Championship for Men 2004 - Round in Taipei, Chinese Taipei AN INVITATION TO OUR READERS Challenge Round 28 - 30.05 FIBA Women's World League 2004, Preliminary No matter what the level of competition you are 03 - 04.04 FIBA-Europe Cup Women 2004 - Final Four Round in Sao Paolo, Brazil concerned about, we invite you (coaches; FIBA 03 - 05.04 NCAA Men's Final Four 2004 in San Antonio, USA Zones, Federations, Leagues, and team executi- 04- 06.04 NCAA Women's Final Four 2004 in New JUNE ves, referees, doctors, trainers, conditioning 02 - 12.06 Centrobasket Junior Women 2004 in Guatemala coaches, minibasket instructors, journalists) to Orleans, USA send articles to us for publication. 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MAY 16 - 20.06 COCABA Championship for Women 2004 in The manuscript will become property of the 03.05 World Council for Basketball for Persons with Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala Publisher and the author will automatically be a Disability in Alcobendas, Spain 19 - 24.06 17th Asian Championship for Women 2004 in granted the rigths of publication, without asking any fee now or in the future. 05.05 World Finance Council in Geneva, Switzerland People's Republic of China The Editorial Staff will decide if and when 14.05 7th Board of FIBA-Europe in Prague, Czech 26 - 27.06 International Instructor Clinic in Geneva, articles will be published. Republic Switzerland There is no guarantee that manuscripts will be 15 - 16.05 2nd General Assembly of FIBA-Europe in published, nor willl manuscripts be returned. Prague, Czech Republic JULY 15 - 22.05 15th Asian Champions Cup for Men 2004 in tba 19th African Cup for Men's Champion Clubs Dubai, United Arab Emirates Qualifying Round 15 - 22.05 COCABA U20 Championship for Men 2004 in tba 3rd U20 African Championship for Men in Senegal Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala tba 2nd U20 African Championship for Women 25 - 29.05 U18 South American Championship for tba 27th William Jones Cup for Men and Women in Women 2004 in Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala Taipei, Chinese Taipei PAGE 4 | 07 2004 | FIBA ASSIST MAGAZINE HOOP MARKET The Big Man: Videos and Books 38 DOCTORS, CONDITIONING by Raffaele Imbrogno COACHES AND TRAINERS REFEREES SCORER S TABLE , ’ DOCTORS AND COMMISSIONERS Jumper’s Knee 57 by Miroslav Smerdelj Factors Affecting Information CONDITIONING COACHES 40 Processing in Officiating Basketball Skills for the Big Men 59 by Stavros Douvis and Antonis Travlos by Mick Smith Evaluation of French Top League Referees 42 TRAINERS by Fabrice Saint-Aubert Evaluating an Ankle Sprain 61 by Miljan Amanovic Right or Wrong? 46 SPORT