BEST BASKETBALL MOVIES (II)

Hello everybody!

We are going to continue talking about some of the best basketball movies. There's no doubt you have already heard about any one of these movies:

Glory road: Newly appointed men's basketball coach Don Haskins (Lucas) from Texas Western College in El Paso, lacking necessary financial resources, makes an effort to recruit the best players regardless of race to form a team that can compete for a national championship. Some of the young men he brings in possess skill, but are raw in talent when it comes to organized teamwork focusing on defense and ball distribution. In the end, his Texas Western Miners team comprises seven black and five white athletes; a balance that raises eyebrows among university personnel. Haskins puts his players through a rigorous training program, threatening to cut anyone who doesn't work as hard as he demands, while trying to integrate his players into a single team with a common goal....

If you want to know the end, I recomend you watch this film !!!

Space jam:

Talk to anyone who grew up in the '90s, and it's likely that they'll cite Space Jamas one of their favorite childhood movies. There are too many reasons to love this film: the presence of the NBA's greatest superstar in combination with cartoon legends, the epic final game between the Monstars and the Toon Squad, and, of course, the unforgettable opening track by Quad City DJs. Space Jam was an enjoyable basketball movie that never took itself too seriously from start to finish, always privileging fun over fact.

References:

http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/02/greatest-basketball-movies-all-time/glory-road

Best Basketball Movies

Hi guys!

Today the post it is going to be different. We are going to talk about some of the best basketball movies. There's no doubt you have already heard about any one of these movies. 

We think that a big part of this films have important messages and are plenty of values and learnings of basketball that young players should know. Hope will be hepful and you like this post. We will be glad to see your comments and 

• Hossiers.

Hossiers,  follows the true life story of a small town Indiana based high school wich works its way to becoming improbable state champions. They achieve this by learning to play as a team, as taught by a new coach who has a past and obstacles of his own to overcome. There's lots of emotional intensity here, of the "who will win?" variety. The movie also deals with alcoholism but features the redemption of two adult leads. Strong positive messages include not judging a book by its cover, giving second chances, and the importance of hard work, discipline, and teamwork. 

Pic 1. "Hossiers" By A Syn (CC BY SA 2.0)

• He got game

Telling the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth (Ray Allen) and his strict father, Jake (Denzel Washington), the film follows Jesus—the No. 1 high school prospect in the nation—as he tries to decide where to play big-time basketball without anyone reliable to guide him through the process. He Got Game isn't afraid to tread into the shadier territories of recruiting, father-son relationships, and the importance of athletics in America. He Got Game isn't just about basketball, it's about life.

• White men can't jump

Billy Hoyle and Sidney Dean let America get a glimpse of real street basketball. The film tells the tale of two street hustlers just trying to get by playing the game they love. They play pick-up games for money in order to survive. These guys can actually play too. Every game is entertaining and some will even have you on the edge of your seat as if it were a close NBA game.

• Coach Carter.

Coach Carter is the classic tale of using sports in order to ignore life's darker realities. But, more importantly, it's also a story about how sports can be used to educate, and how academic integrity and discipline should never be sacrificed for the sake of a few wins. Leading a rag-tag group of players, Jackson's role focuses more on a coach's responsibility to mold men then to simply teach X's and O's. 

- Here is a video with excerpts from the movie: 

Our Deepest Fears from GiftsToGive on Vimeo. (CC BY 3.0)


References

The Greatest Basketball Movies of all time (s.f.). Recuperado el 11 de mayo de 2015 del sitio web torontosun: http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/07/march-madness-the-greatest-basketball-movies-of-all-time
The 20 greatest basketball movies of all time (s.f.). Recuperado el 11 de mayo del sitio web Complex: http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/02/greatest-basketball-movies-all-time/

Basketball: Referee Signals (I)

Hello!!
In this post, we will talk about signals of referee basketball.
There are a lot of different signals that basketball referees, also called officials, use in the game. It can get confusing. This is a list of the different basketball referee hand signals and what they mean. The specific rules below are described in more detail on other pages (see links at bottom of page). 

Referee Basketball
Violations Signals

Walking or traveling (not bouncing the ball while walking) Illegal or double dribble Carrying or Palming the ball Over and back (half-court violation)

Five second violation Ten seconds (taking more than 10 seconds to get the ball over half court) Kicking (intentionally kicking the ball) Three seconds (offensive player is in the lane or key for more than 3 seconds) References:  http://www.ducksters.com/sports/basketball/referee_signals.php

Basketball nutrition (II)

Hello everybody!

     In other post we talked about importance of nutrition in basketball. Today we are going to emphasize what to eat before, during and after the game. 

References:

AVCSS Basketball http://avcssbasketball.com/basketball-nutrition/ Recuperado el 6 de Mayo de 2015

    

Basketball Nutrition (I)

      Good morning!

     Today we are going to talk about basketball nutrition. In basketball nutrition is very important to perform. Do you know what should you eat?

What should we be eating day to day?

      A balanced eating plan is one that each individual brings to all the necessary food to meet their needs, maintain health and prevent the onset of disease.

      Each person has specific nutritional needs in terms of amounts depending on age, sex, size, daily activity carried out and their state of health.Now that our bodies do not get sick and can fulfill their functions must try to meet the four fundamental laws of nutrition, recalling once again that food should be:

• Complete, why should provide all the nutrients required by the body in sufficient quantity: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, or fats, vitamins, minerals and water.

• Balanced keeping a certain relationship between carbohydrates (55-60% of total daily calories), protein (12-15% of total calories a day) and fats (25-30% of total calories of the day).

• Varied, so you have to choose among the widest possible variety of foods in our rich food supply.

• Adequate quality and quantity, considering that must be provided according to age, sex, physical activity, type of work etc. to help keep the weight within normal ranges. To stay healthy, not only what you eat, but how you eat and how food is distributed throughout the day.

What should we be eating in breakfast?

     A proper breakfast provides the energy we need to start the day with energy and vitality. Breakfast is essential for all, especially for children as it has been proven better physical and intellectual performance in those that incorporate it daily. 

     It is very healthy to begin with a glass of water and the intake of vitamin C, a juice or citrus (orange, grapefruit, tangerine, kiwi) is sufficient to stimulate the immune system. 

It must also contain a sufficient supply of carbohydrates of slow absorption that can be obtained from bread or crackers made with whole wheat flour, and complete a dairy product intake to ensure intake of protein, vitamins and calcium essential for the health of our bones.

What should we be eating in middday meal?

     Here vegetables play an important role because we satiate the appetite providing few calories and many vitamins and minerals that the body can not synthesize. 

It is important to add some protein rations we eat in the day, they can be of animal origin (fish, lean meat, chicken etc.) or vegetable origin also the egg has the support of complete proteins like meat.

What should we be eating in a dinner?

     Lighter intake is recommended to aid digestion and that it does not interfere with the rest. Include foods that supplement the rations of essential nutrients for our body to refuel and meet all repair functions.

Image 1. Basketball nutrition. (Autoría propia)

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"

- Chinese proverb-

References:

Alimentación sana recuperado de http://www.alimentacion-sana.org/informaciones/novedades/plandietario.htm el 29 de 04 de 2015.

100 exercises for MiniBasket.

Hello! 

Today we post an interesting document (PDF) with 100 exercises and suggestions for MiniBasketball coaches. 

In this document we can find this categories:

- Warm up.

- Dribbling.

- Shooting in movement.

- Set shot.

- Defense.

- Advantage situations.

- 2 on 2; 3 on 3.

- Socialization.

Pic1. Free throw on a minibasketball match. (By Alicia Bañon, free distribution).

This guide is elaborated by: Aranzazu Muguruza, Eva González, Ibón Ocaña, Aitor Uriondo y Jose Luis Domínguez, for Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa. Departamento de Cultura, Euskera, Juventud y Deportes. Servicio de Deportes.

We hope this resource will help all the coaches, teachers or basketball players to improve and increase the quality of your trainings. 

Download: 

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Reference:

Domingez,J., González,E., Muguruza,A., Ocaña, E. & Uriondo, A.(2010). 100 propuestas para minibasket. Gipuzkoa.: Diputación Forestal de Gipuzkoa.

Regulatory aspects of basketball (II)

Hello everybody!

Today we will explain the second part of regulatory aspects of basketball:

In the table of contents you can see the definitions of differents terminology of basketball :

1. Doubles.
2. Traveling.
3. 3 seconds.
4. The serve.
5. The time.
6. Changes.
7. The judges.

We present this post in presentation.

We hope you like it and leave a comment!

"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." 

- James Naismith-

Regulatory aspects of basketball (I)

Hi everybody! 

Today we have do a presentation with information about " Regulatory aspects of basketball (I)" 

In this presentation we explain: 

1. Measures of a track official basketball. 

Image 1. Track official of basketball

2. Types of balls. 
3. Scorer's table. 
4. Score.





6.75




"Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you." - John Wooden

Test TIVRE (II)

Hello!

     In the last post about tests, we talk about the test TIVRE and the methodology,
If you are interested to do the test TIVRE, in this post we put a link with a protocol of test TIVRE.

     This document is necessary for writting the relevant information that you will get in the test. The initial test speed is 7,8 km/h being increased 0,6km/h each stage, until the subject is unable to maitain the set speed at wich the test is eliminated by registering the number of periods completed.




     Once completed three laps, each player finishes the stage or in the same beacon period where it began. After completion of each of the periods of stress, begins a recovery time of 30 seconds.

Link with TIVRE protocol : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-cXigd7ZcdYLXk0S1lUaHRTSk0&authuser=0







If you have any question, tell us!!

Image 1. Basket

“Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.”

~John Wooden~

2 on 2. Base game(II).

Hi! Today we continue with the base game, but in this post we are going to talk about 2 on 2 situations and plays. 

In the 2 on 2 base-game we have both a 1 on 1 situation with the ball and a 1 on 1 situation without the ball.

This exercise may be used with children from the age of 8 using different methods and techinques according to the age group. In the 1 on 1 seen previously, the offensive player had only one possibility, that of beating the opponent by dribbling or shooting. Now in 2x2 the offensive player with the ball has more possibilities; he/she can also pass the ball to his/her unmarked teammate, while in defense one player still defends the ball handler while the other defends the player that is not in possession of the ball. The player in possesion of the ball must decide what to do, that is whether it is better to drrible, pass or shoot (according to the distance from the basket and from the defender).

The initial action conceived by the child undergoes changes, meaning that the child must modify his/her plan of action: try to beat his/her opponent or pass the ball to his teammate. To do all this, he/she must be endowed with techincal resources that he/she can make use of every time different situations arise during the games.

The player who has not the possession of the ball must attempt to become "unmarked", going where there is no direct opponent to receive the ball and occupy the empty spaces. He/she must move quickly on court, because if he/she does not move it would be easier for the defender to intercept the ball in the event of a pass (he/she should make dummies and point out where he/she wants the pass). 

Adding together the two situations, 1 on 1 with ball and 1 on 1 without ball, we have a new situation of 2 on 2 in offense and defense (collaboration play). In the 2 on 2 base-game, it is very important from a didactic point of view to initially limit the number of dribbles while holding the ball, obliging the player with the ball to pass the ball more often (passing is quicker than dribbling). 

It is very useful to propose outnumbering situations (2 on 1) in a playful form (in a large or a small area) to make children understand that it is better to pass the ball to an unmarked teammate rather than continue dribbling.

Often the player defending an attacker not handling the ball forgets about his/her opponent and goes towards the ball, leaving his/her opponent unmarked.This leads to the following situations:

• the player handling the ball is marked by two defenders;

• the attacker that is not in possession of the ball is unmarked, but he/she cannot receive the ball because the ball handler is in difficulty;

• the player that is not in possession of the ball goes towards the ball handler to recieve the ball;

• the ball handler finds it difficult to dribble or pass.

Pic1. 2 on 2 situation. by Will Tomas. From Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Test TIVRE for collective sports

Hello everybody!

     We will talk about the test TIVRE very important to value differents performance factors of team sports. What is "Test TIVRE"? The test TIVRE is  an interval test for the assessment of the specific resistance, and it is useful to assess the specific resistance in team sports: football, hockey, basketball,  handball and football. 

What is the use?

1. Identify the anaerobic interval threshold
2. Identify heart rate recovery effort in each interval
3. Investigate the differences if technical gestures are introduced during the test. Whether to analyze ourselves before or after passing the anaerobic threshold or analyze certain levels of fatigue.
4. Rate up to 12 or 14 players at once in a maximum of 20-30 minutes. And in less than 30 minutes after completing the test, you can have the results.

Image 1. Graphic representation of the beacons for the "Test TIVRE".

What is the methodology?

     For basketball, the beacons are distributed around the court like the photo and every turn is 96 meters. The athlete starts in a beacon or brand and will run to the tax rate. Each shield will speed 0.6 km / h. A shield is 3 laps, so each bearing to complete the player will be 288 meters. 

     The player, who will carry at all time a heart rate monitor, is supervisated and you must take the heart rate at the beginning and end of each bearing. Always, you should  reach the same point where you started the shield and the rest between shafts is 30 seconds. During the test, we can also introduce technical elements of the sport.

   The test is complete when the player can not follow the pace imposed. We must remember that for the test to be valid, it must last between 10-20 minutes.

     With this test we can determine training zones of player by the maximum frequency in the test and calculating rates of resistance.

     

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"

E.E.Cummings

References:

• Vaquera, A., Morante, J. C., García-López, J., Rodríguez-Marroyo, J. A., Ávila, C., Mendonca, P.R., Villa, J.G (2007) Diseño y aplicación del test de campo TIVRE BASKET para la valoración de la resistencia aeróbica del jugador de baloncesto. Recuperado el 17 del 04 del 2015 de http://www.revistamotricidad.es/openjs/index.php?journal=motricidad&page=article&op=viewArticle&path%5B%5D=154&path%5B%5D=314

The Base Game

Good morning to everybody!

Today we talk about the "Base Game" the ideal starting point for a coach when teaching mini-basketball after having built up a strong multilateral motor base. 

There are different options to introduce the "Game": 1 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 3, 4 on 4, 5 on 5; but in this post we are going to describe only the 1 on 1. 

1 on 1 Base-Game. 

This drill may be used in a simple manner with children in the 8-9 age group. The coach must accpet that children cannot be expected to perform over-complicated gestures and movements, he/she must be patient and carefully observe players' behaviour on  court. 

The following indications can be provided to children for the 1 on 1situation:

• You cannot run while holding the ball;
• You cannot leave the court;
• You cannot dribble again after catching the ball;
• The player in possession of the ball must try to go where there is no opponent (explain how) and must decide immediately what to do, but must also change his/her plan if what he/she expected is not happening;
• the player in posession of the ball must seek to prevent his/her opponents from taking it away from him/her;
• offensive players not in possession of the ball must try to become unmarked;
• defensive players shouldn't be beaten and must stand in front of their offensive opponent, whether he/she has te ball or not. 

Pic 1. 1 on 1 situation by West Point (CC. BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The coach must carefully observe children's behaviour during the base-game, and from the different situations arising on court he/she must infer what children cannot do or cannot do well, proposing drills and games useful for solving the problem.

In the 1 on 1 situation the child must gradually understand that dribbling helps to:

• move from defense to offense;
• beat one's opponents;
• move nearer to the basket (enter, stop, pass and shoot, shoot);
• improve the passing angle (when playing with teammates).

Progressively players will must bea able to know or understand when they need to change hands, direction or speed, when it is better to pass rather than dribble, and when it is better to shoot and how. 

All of this is called "anticipation  and decision ability", which in the initial stages causes children to commit many mistakes when judging the situations and makin the subsequent decisions. 

It is possible to play 1 on 1 on full-court, half-court or close to the basket. 

The coach may function as a referee, running the game and stopping it in the event of rule violations, teaching the rules and being tolerant with younger children about their mistakes.

                                                  Kids Basketball Drills. 1 on 1 Competition.

"All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them" Magic Johnson

References

FIBA (2000). Mini Basketball.The Base Game. En M.Mondoni, Basketball for young players. (pp 152-155). Madrid: Dikynson S.L. [Consultado en 17 de Abril 2015 en:  http://www.fiba.com/downloads/v3_expe/coac/bask4YounPlay/english/06.pdf.

Stages of a training session

Today we are going to talk about the differents stages that should have a training session. The coach should plan and schedule the session, bearing in mind duration, physical workload and psychological load. 

In general, a training session should be divided into three stages:

1. In the first stage, the aim is to progressively prepare the players to be in top physical and mental condition when they reach the central stage of the practice. Here should be included warm-up drills without the ball such as running, stretching, etc., and simple drills with the ball (low physical and psychological load) that, little by little, require greater concentration and physical effort.

Pic 1. Warm-up shoot-around by Don Nunn. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

2. In the second stage, the main contents of the session should be incorporated, those requiring greater physical and psychological effort, combining drills of greater and lesser intensity in the proportion he/she deems most appropriate.

3. Finally, the coach should progressively reduce the physical and psychological intensity, although not necesarily simultaneously. In the first part of this stage, he/she could include a physically intensive drill requiring low concentration.

The coach can organise it the other way around, a psychologically intense drill with a low physical workload (for example, a shooting contest). Then it would be appropiate to end up with exercise that require little physical and mental effort, basically stretching exercises.

Pic 2. Training by Fabien Zaghini. (CC BY 2.0)

"Champions don't become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, months, and years they spend preparing for it". Michael Jordan.

References

FIBA (2000). Organising training sessions. En J.Buceta, Basketball for young players. (pp 84-100). Madrid: Dikynson S.L. Consultado 15/04/2015 en: http://basketballforyoungplayers.fiba.com/main/

Development of personal and social values (II)

Hello again! We are going to continue with the differents personal and social values that basketball gives to our young players. 

Team Work.

To explain this value, we give you an example: 

The coach organises a 2x2 drill. The offensive players cannot dribble, all they can do is pass the ball. They start at one of the base-lines and must cross to the oter base-line controlling the ball. To do that, they must colaborate with each other. 

This drill, teaches the children about the importance of collaboration and team work. The games themselves are also very useful, because one player cannot win a game on his/her own. However, one does not learn to collaborate just by playing basketball and that is why it is so important to the coach to highlight the importance of collaboration, and to organise the practice in a way that will encourage players to cooperate.

It would be very useful for the coach to keep track of the efficiency of the team in carrying out tasks that require players to colaborate; for instance; he/she may keep a record of the fast-breaks made by the team during the game. 

Respecting the Rules.

Playing on a basketball team means having to respect several rules: internal duties, training rules and game rules. Young people get used to not being able to do exactly what they want, but having to respect certain rules that foster their coexistence with others. This is one of the many valuable educational aspects of basketball as a competitive sport. 

Respecting Others.

Playing basketball is also a good way of learning to respect others: mates, opponents, coaches, directors, spectators and referees. 

Young players must learn to respect individual differences within their own group, accepting and coexisting with teammates who, in som cases, may belong to a different social group, race, religion, ethnic group, etc... and who may have different ideas and ways. They will have to respect differences that come about while playing basketball, because some play better than others, some master certain skills better than others, some play longer than others, etc...

The every day situations experienced by a basketball team, encourage players to become more respectful towards their teammates. They become more sociable. In, it is very common in basketball to bring together people that due to their differences may have been rivals in other contexts.

With regard to opponents, the coach must place special emphasis on his/her players being well-manered towards their rivals: they shouldn't insult them, they should hel them to their feet if they fall down, they should speack to them once the game is over, congratulate them if they have won, etc. 

Along the same lines, the coach must bea a model in his/her behaviour towards the referees, thus encouraging his/her players to learn to respect them. This is probably one of the educational aspects less developed in young basketball teams. It is often noticeable that coaches insult, under-rate and ridicule referees. This example, together the similar ones set by parents, makes it very difficult for children and teenagers to learn to respect the figure of the referee. 

Coach talking outloud with the referee by JR. (CC BY 2.0)

Learning to Compete.

Competitive basketball is an excellent opportunity to learn to compete in a way that is both healthy and efficient, adopting a working method that can be very valuable for young players in and out of the sports life, and that can help them now and in the future. 

For this reason, it is highly relevant to the teams of young players that they confront different experiences during the season: winning, losing, playing well/poorly, etc... and these experiences be used to teach them to confront victories with moderation, and defeats with hope. 

Summing up, basketball is an excellent tool that coaches should know how to use for the benefit of young players.

"Don't be afraid on failure. This is the way to succeed" Lebron James

References

FIBA (2000). The role of Basketball in the educational development of youngsters. En J.Buceta, Basketball for young players. (pp 1-37). Madrid: Dikynson S.L. Consultado 13/04/2015 en: http://basketballforyoungplayers.fiba.com/main/

Development of personal and social values. (I)

Hi everybody! 

Today we are going to talk about how basketball can contribute to the development of personal and social values of the child and teenagers. 

Commitment

Young players should get used to accepting and carrying out their commitments to others. A player must commit himself/herself to train certain days and play some games during the weekends, and this commitment must be fulfilled even when the player, personally, doesn't fell like it. 

This implies that sometimes the player will have to give up many personal wishes and make sacrifices for the group. He/She will have to think about others and not just about himself/herself. He/She will have to develop the appropriate discipline that will enable him/her to carry out his/her obligations.

Perseverance

In the whole aspects of life, it's very important to be persistent and basketball can help develop this quality: to be persistent, making the maximum effort. The coach working has to reward their continuous efforts regardless of their achievements, especially when they are going through hard times.

Personal Responsibilities within the Group.

It is very important that young people learn to take on personal responsibilities for the benefit of the group. Basketball is an excellent school for developing this aspect. Coaches should teach their players to take on personal responsibilities within the gropu as somethint reasonable that gives them pleasur and not as a heavy load, avoiding comments such as "you are responsible for our defeat"; "we rely on you to win this game". In this way, the coach is carrying out a relevant educational task that will be of great importance for the adult future of his/her players. 

For this reason it's important that players know what they have to do and what is expected form them individually. The players have to understant the importance of their own contribution to the team. Equally important is the coach's role in highlighting those lines of personal behaviour that are significant to the group, especially those that socially are less noticeable and are less emphasised. 

"Roommate hug" by Amy Mandrell. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

On the next post we will continue talking about more values that baskeball helps to develop and examples of exercises and tasks that coaches can use to get "this goals": team work, respecting the rules/others, learning to compete.

"Good, Better, Best. Never Let it Rest. Until Your Good is Better and Your Better is Best" Tim Duncan

References

FIBA (2000). The role of Basketball in the educational development of youngsters. En J.Buceta, Basketball for young players. (pp 1-37). Madrid: Dikynson S.L.
Consultado 13/04/2015 en: http://basketballforyoungplayers.fiba.com/main/