In this 6-part video series, I will be sharing video clips from each of the coaches who spoke at our inaugural Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Academy that was held on April 26-27, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN. Own the entire 6 1/2 hours of fantastic basketball coaching information on our 2-DVD set or Digital Download! Click for more information and to order yours today! In this fourth installment, watch as Coach Jim Boone discusses "knowing your no's" ... essentially, what you don't want to allow … [Read more...]
Basketball Coaches Academy Video Series :: Dick Bennett on What You Emphasize
In this 6-part video series, I will be sharing video clips from each of the coaches who spoke at our inaugural Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Academy that was held on April 26-27, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN. Own the entire 6 1/2 hours of fantastic basketball coaching information on our 2-DVD set or Digital Download! Click for more information and to order yours today! In this, our third installment, watch Coach Dick Bennett talk about 'what you … [Read more...]
Basketball Coaches Academy Video Series :: Randy Brown on Defining and Establishing Player Roles
In this 6-part video series, I will be sharing video clips from each of the coaches who spoke at our inaugural Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Academy that was held on April 26-27, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN. Own the entire 6 1/2 hours of fantastic basketball coaching information on our 2-DVD set or Digital Download! Click for more information and to order yours today! In our second installment, watch as Randy Brown discusses how to define and establish the roles for your basketball … [Read more...]
Basketball Coaches Academy Video Series :: Jack Bennett on Surviving in Today’s Game
In this 6-part video series, I will be sharing video clips from each of the coaches who spoke at our inaugural Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Academy that was held on April 26-27, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN. Own the entire 6 1/2 hours of fantastic basketball coaching information on our 2-DVD set or Digital Download! Click for more information and to order yours today! In this first installment, watch as Jack Bennett shares his thoughts and tips on surviving in today's … [Read more...]
Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Clinic DVD & Video Download
Almost 6 1/2 hours of basketball instruction, motivation, tactics, and more available on either a 2-DVD set or via Instant Download! Own yours today! If you were unable to attend the inaugural Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Academy, you missed a fantastic basketball coaching clinic! Our speakers -- Dick Bennett, Jim Boone, Jack Bennett, Randy Brown, Tim Grosz, and Larry McKenzie shared their wisdom, coaches shared with each other, and we were all getting better! It was truly an amazing weekend of … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: In a ‘Carnival of Opportunity,’ One of Our Own Shines in an All-Star Game
Posted on May 14, 2013 My junior year at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales -- forty years ago this year -- we Centaurs ended our season at 6-and-11. A brutal campaign, as chronicled here at HoopsU.com, it boasted, so to speak, a nine-game losing streak and defeats by ... 2 ... 12 ... 7 ... 2 ... 15 ... 15 ... 5 ... 29 ... 36 ... 6 and 18 points. (Click a number, any number, to read about each at CENTAUR SEASONS. Time for just one? "I CRIED FOR 15-20 MINUTES" tells all you need to … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: From an Unexpected Source Comes an Unexpected Assist
Posted May 3, 2013 I figured out why your blog and book will be a winner. Well, I am certainly glad someone has! (And yes, one of the goals I've been shooting for with this blog is to find the book in these Centaur Seasons.) Those dozen italicized words that tip-off this particular CENTAUR SEASONS post here on HoopsU.com were written in an email to me by a friend, Kathryn, who pens her own blog at RAGGED RECOVERY. Kathryn was reacting -- quite viscerally, you'll see -- to an … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: Six Degrees of Michael Bantom (part 2 of 3) — Film maker Rory Karpf’s “Silver Reunion” and the 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team
Posted on April 26, 2013 This post, like the two before it on CENTAUR SEASONS and here on HoopU.com -- Micheal Bantom of the ill-fated 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team and his sudden appearance at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales’s 1973 Spring sports banquet (This is the most unusual experience of my entire life), and the answer he gave to a question about why the U.S. team refused the silver medal after losing 51-50 to the Soviets in a still-debated finish (I would proudly wear the … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: Six Degrees of Michael Bantom (part 2 of 3) — The 1972 Olympic basketball gold medal he did not receive and the silver medal he did not earn
Posted on April 24, 2013 On a Thursday evening in early May in 1973 Mike Bantom – he of St. Joe’s College, the Philadelphia Big 5, and the ill-fated 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team and its disputed loss to the Soviets in the gold-medal game – appeared seemingly out of nowhere as the guest speaker at our Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales Centaur sports banquet. He handled his duties with aplomb – as written about here in this previous CENTAUR SEASONS post. Subbing at the last … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: Six Degrees of Mike Bantom (part 1 of 3) — When the Philadelphia Big 5 and the Olympics came to (Allen)town
Posted on April 19, 2013 Last week here at HoopsU.com a CENTAUR SEASONS post proffered “Six Degrees of Refereeing,” about the longtime and well-respected basketball official Jody Silvester. Jody whistled some of our home games at Billera Hall in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, but eventually he worked the big rooms – Madison Square Garden, the Palestra, two NCAA championship games – as a ref in the Atlantic 10, Big East and BIG 10. Today here on HoopsU.com CENTAUR SEASONS' six degrees is … [Read more...]