Scholastic Basketball Camp Summer 2019 @ La Trinidad Academy

Scholastic Basketball Camp Summer 2019 at La Trinidad Academy is on its last four sessions. Here are the photos we've collected so far:

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Basics of Half-Court Offense

Here is Coach Don Showalter's Fundamentals of Half-Court Offense, a simplistic and practical approach to teaching youth basketball.

Enjoy watching!

    

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!

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!

Founders' Cup: Day 4 Match Results

Scholastic Basketball Camp-Founders' Cup: Day Four of the 1st Founders' Cup is over and as we move into the fifth and final day of double-round elimination on February 9, let us review the results and the team standings so far:

Here are the games:

Game 1: 16 & Under La Trinidad Academy(Win: 71) vs SV Montessori(40)

Game 2: 12 & Under Charis Christian Institute(Win: 51) vs SV Montessori(23)

 

Game 3: 12 & Under La Camelle School(Win: 40) vs La Trinidad Academy B(18)

Game 4: 16 & Under Charis Christian Institute(Win: 88) vs La Camelle School(81)

Game 5: 12 & Under La Trinidad Academy A(Win: 51) vs SV Montessori(23) 

Game 6: 12 & Under La Trinidad Academy B(Win: 49) vs Charis Christian Institute(24)

Founders' Cup is an offshoot of Scholastic Basketball Camp. It is aimed at providing schools and its players opportunities to play the game of basketball against schools of the same profile: No Senior High School program, small population, NO RECRUITMENT of student-athletes and by-invitation-only.

Please explore this blog and check the updated Team Standings which you can find on top.

Congratulations everyone!

Basketball Rule Guidebook for Everyone

Hello everyone. Breaking my blog break for these two Basketball Rule Guidebook. Read, share and apply. Enjoy!

The first one is from w3.basketballforcoaches.com. It is an easy to read guide that's meant for the New Coaches.

Basketball Rules by FrancisA.Buenaventura on Scribd

The next one is from FIBA, the World Government Body for Basketball.

Basketball Rules FIBA by FrancisA.Buenaventura on Scribd

National Basketball Training Center Philippines

Yesterday we played our final game for our 2016-2017 SM-MVP NBTC North-East Cavite.  We played two games within four hours, first and last game. In the first game, we played against one of the strongest team in Cavite, University of Perpetual Help-Molino. Coach Rodney of UPH-M was "sports" enough to give leniency to my players did not ask his team to play to the fullest. Even with this approach, wwe lost by more than thirty points. In the second game, we were up against a team that boasts of big, wide-bodied grade 11's. We were down the whole game but miraculously, in the last 25 seconds of the game with the ball possession on my team, we had a shot but due to the inexperience of my team, including me, we took an early 3-pointer and didn't go in.

At the end of the game we lost by only five points.

My team played and fight till the end. I asked my team to give each other a round of applause, something the crowd were not expecting. I asked them two questions which everyone answered with an affirmative. One was "Did you give your best in the game?" and the last one was "Do you now believe you can play better than you think you can?"

This is the reason why I've been a sports coach in the last sixteen years. This is the reason why I chose to stay in this country instead of teaching special education in the US of A.

I finished BS in Occupational Therapy in college, completed my academic requirements in Special Education from De La Salle University-Manila. Have taught from kinder to college too but mostly, I've been teaching in the international schools here in the Philippines.

All this time, I have seen the power of sports as a learning and teaching tool that attracts students of all abilities. For you to understand the power of sports among the students, this is one question I always get from the teachers and school administrators: "Coach, how could these boys be so focused, motivated and happy training and playing while in the classrooms they're a different person?"

And my answer is always about them and the sports: "I can never force anyone to play the game or attend a grueling 3-hour training. They are here because they want to, they are here because they can see their value in the team and among their peers."

This year, I excluded my seniors (10th graders) and fielded in eight middle school students (7th and 8th graders) and seven 9th graders. This group of fourteen to fifteen year olds fought against teams which boasts of full athletic scholarships including board and lodging and several year-round tournaments.

Following the founders' principle behind NBTC, Coach Eric Altamirano and Coach Alex Compton's vision of providing a grassroots basketball tournaments, I wish I could reach out to more students and give them opportunities in life thru sports, thru basketball. I wish I could stay healthy and live longer as I travel this journey of teaching, coaching and learning. I pray too that more school administrators and teachers realize the true value of sports in developing the youth and at the same time benefiting this country of mine.

This year, I ended my NBTC tournament with zero wins and three losses. This year I also saw how terrible the effects are on a basketball program if the school administrators sees sports more of an expense than a tool to help develop students. Having shared these to you my readers, I would also like to share that no matter what is thrown at you, as long as you hold on to the reason why your into youth basketball as a coach, as a parent coach and as a volunteer trainer, all these problems are just a stepping stone to bring you to a place where changing the lives of your students for better is a given. Thanks to Coaches Eric E and Alex C! Thanks to our Cavite Head Macky Torres and our area head Alvin Guadines. Special mention to Coach Jun of CVS. Thanks too all the coaches who pushes me hard by trying to beat my teams all the time.

And with that I say goodbye for now NBTC! See you next season.

Coach Francis

Summer Time 2016

It is summer time for me and last weekend one of the things in my "must-do" list was accomplished: fix the roof before the rainy days become typhoon days. Water spout cleared and installed, roof nails hammered-in and sealant was applied all over.

I have six weeks for this summer break and I intend to make it as productive as I can. Tomorrow my daughter's teammates are coming over for a two-hour basketball training. I haven't met any of the girls in the team but my daughter P cautioned me that everyone's on the beginner level. And with that, I plan to follow the fundamental drills used by Coach Aik Ho in his basketball clinic in New Zealand:


And so I review the video.

Life on Hold

Got a call from my wife
Her tone, her voice can't make much of a lie
And then she said "Got back from a meeting...with the nuns"
And so I knew it wasn't good, the meeting not nice

For a year or almost a year
I worked and coached a high school basketball team without fear
I learned the ways and went through the maze
Of working for this school that's not really blessed with grace

When friends and colleagues learn about my team
They look at me with silly grin
They ask sheepishly "how are you doing in that gym?"
I answer "Everyone's adjusting and everyone's learning"

And after about ten months
During this Summer Camp month
All hell broke loose from the nun's camp
They are asking for a lump sum

My camp it seems too good for the nuns
How come it had to be me running the camp?
Why didn't they see this in the last 50 years?
It took me and not them to see the beauty of the beast

They've gotten used to their ways
Their abusive and tyrannical days
Their teachers have learned to sway
But were always dumped in favor of the Greys

To end the meeting with the Greys
A shot was fired in a sense
Telling my wife that I won't be back
As a coach for next year daw

Do I care about it?
I'll be ready to leave today
The school that's been there for 50 years
And yet only has 600 students for the past year

A school that asks for 50k a year
But gives nothing for the kids
How can you expect them to grow
When the parents are campaigning to leave

I gave my best
I worked my best
I tried my best
Its your turn PS

Give back, give back
Help and share
It's time you give what's due to the students

I'll be perfectly fine. I wonder what will happen to my players and to the parents who opted to stay because I was there?

I wonder.