Go For Gold – NBTC Coaches Convention 2019

The Coaches Convention of the National Basketball Training Center took place March 22-24 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. There were several speakers who shared their expertise on different areas of basketball.

Resource speakers were:

• Mr. Ardy Abello, a John C. Maxwell-certified leadership team coach on the :Importance of Leadership in Sports and Coaching"

• Coach Vincent Ong, Singapore Head for Youth Coaching of National Youth Sports Institute on "What makes a Great Coach"

• Dr. Jose Raul Canlas, an Ortho[oedic Surgeon with Sub-specialization in Sports Medicine on "Hydration and Injury Prevention". I was lucky enough to have met Dr. Canlas some years ago. I was one of the teachers of his son in middle school. He would also be watching on the sidelines during the games of his son.

• Ms Joy Reyes of Philippine Sports Commission on "Identifying Young Talent". I loved this topic and i spent abour fifteen minutes talking to her after her session. She was all ears and gave me her ideas on the thoughts I shared to her.

• Coach Dan Rose, a veteran strengthening and conditioning coach, on "Secrets to Ultimate Training Without the Weights"

• Metta World Peace on "Defense and Basketball Opportunities Globally 

• Coach Nash Racela on "Offensive Concepts for High School Basketball"

• Coach Rob Beveridge for AUS Basketball, on "Öffensive Concepts for Player Development"

• Coach Tab Baldwin on "Game Tactics" 
  

Here is my recording of Coach Rob Beveridge's Saturday night session:

 


Thank you NBTC!

Cavite Rules PFF Regionals of FoF 2019

Cavite Football Academy Teams under 12 and Under 14 captures the Championship in their respective Age Groups of Philippine Football Federation Regional Festival of Football. The three-day tournament was held at Sta. Cruz Laguna with six football clubs representing the following 
provinces:

1. Cavite Province
2. Rizal Province
3. Laguna Province
4. Mindoro Oriental Province
5. Palawan province
6. Quezon Province

March 22, 2019 Day 1 Results:

Game 1 Cavite FA U14 (4 ) - (0) Quezon FA
Game 2 Cavite FA U12 (3) - (1)  Quezon FA
Game 3 Cavite FA U14 (1) - (1)  Laguna FA
Game 4 Cavite FA U12 (0) - (0)  Laguna FA

March 23, 2019 Day 2 Results

Game 5 - Cavite FA U14 (3) - (1) Palawan FA

Game 6 - Cavite FA U12 (2) - (0) Palawan FA

Game 7 - Cavite FA U14 (2) - (0) Minidoro FA

Game 8 - Cavite FA U12 (0) - (0) Mindoro FA

Congratulations CFA players, coaches and supportive parents! You may visit this page for updates of other Regional Events for Festival of Football 2019.

Basketball Camp Summer 2019

Here is our schedule for Summer Camp 2019:

SBP-Cavite Coaches Accreditation and Registration Level 1.2

Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas-Cavite hosted the SBP Coaches Accreditation and Licensure Seminar 1 & 2 last weekend, March 9 to 10 at De La Salle University-Health and Sciences Institute.

Coach Jong Uichico, the SBP head for Coaches Commission, together with SBP Clinicians,Ryn Betia, Mark Solao, Xander Gubat and Martin Alido were present to share their expertise on Coaching Basketball at various levels of playing.

More than a hundred participants attended the two-day Coaches' Clinic which  catered to coaches of Region 4, Cavite, Rizal, Batangas and Laguna.

A select group of high school players from DLSU-Dasmarinas helped out in the afternoon of Day 1 for the demonstration of concepts and key points.

Topics included the following:

• Zone Offense and Defense: Defending and Playing it
• Ball Screens
• Strength and Conditioning
• Basics of Basketball: Rebounding
• Zone Pressure
• Stages of Offense: Primary, Secondary and Plays
• And a whole lot more

(L-R) Coaches: Ryn Betia, Ronald Mallilin, Jomel Medodia, Jong Uichico, Me, Mark Solano & Sander Gubat.
Not in photo: Martin Alido

Congratulations to everyone and thank you to SBP for bringing this workshop closer to us!