The Paralyzed World War II Veterans Who Invented Wheelchair Basketball
On an unremarkable Wednesday evening in the spring of 1948, 15,561 spectators flocked to New York’s Madison Square Garden to watch two teams of World War II veterans play an exhibition basketball game. The servicemen who took to the hardwood that night were as extraordinarily ordinary as any group of veterans. They could have been […]
Basketball Hoops
Basketball Hoops In 1891 Naismith hung the sport’s first wooden baskets in a balcony of the indoor gymnasium of the “School of Christian Workers” (later called Springfield College). This basket height has never changed! Despite so many changes in the rules of the sport, the height of the baskets remained the same! In 1892 Lew […]
Individual Ball Handling and Shooting Training – Phase 2 Lockdown
Individual Ball Handling and Shooting Training – Phase 2 Lockdown We are in the period of the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Amateur” sport has gone into a phase of suspending its activities. Consequently, male and female basketball players, especially at developmental ages, have been cut off from team activities. It is important, following […]
The last minutes of a basketball game
The last minutes of a basketball game In the last minutes of last night’s A1 match between G.S. Peristeri and A.E.K. , the home team had a lead of 7 points (55 – 48). From that point on, AEK relied on personal baskets by Keith Langford and 3-pointers by Matt Lojeski, so that in the […]
Παίζοντας εναντίον άμυνας ζώνης.
Το άρθρο αυτό αποτελεί μία συγκεντρωτική γνώση από την προπονητική εμπειρία των τελευταίων 20 ετών. Το πρώτο στοιχείο μίας επιθετικής προσέγγισης εναντίον άμυνας ζώνης είναι ο σκοπός της αντίδρασής σας απέναντι στην αντίπαλη ομάδα, δηλ. να βρείτε τις ιδανικές περιοχές σκοραρίσματος. Μία πρώτη προσπάθεια εναντίον άμυνας ζώνης, πάντα σε σχέση με τα ποιοτικά χαρακτηριστικά της […]
Free Throw King
Α basketball player whose name you might have never heard, but who once held the record for most consecutive free throw shots. In 1993, the 71 year old Tom Amberry broke the world record with 2,750 free throw shots. Tom Amberry was a retired podiatrist who entertained himself by learning to free throw. By […]
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Βράβευση της Άρτεμις Σπανού
Η Αρτέμιδα Σπανού ήταν φιλοξενούμενη παίκτρια στην 3η μέρα του Camp Skills Breathe των Εσπερίδων στο κλειστό Εθνικής Αντίστασης. Οι ομιλητές έδωσαν ψηλά δείγματα της μεγάλης τους αξίας ενώ αισθάνθηκαν πάλι παιδιά, ερχόμενοι κοντά στην ηλικία των κοριτσιών του camp. Μίλησαν με θέρμη και μοιράστηκαν τις στιγμές που τους σημάδεψαν μέχρι να φτάσουν στην κορυφή. […]
