“A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words”
“A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words” In 1921 Fred R. Barnard (an American advertiser), wanting to sell advertising space on streetcars, launched the catchphrase “A look is worth a thousand words” and to add weight and air of authority to the phrase, he attributed it to someone (entirely fictional ) ancient Japanese sage! In 1927, […]
December 21st, in 1891
Today is a special day in the history of basketball. On this day, December 21st, in 1891, the first basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts. Created by Canadian-born Dr. James Naismith, basket ball, had 13 original rules. The sport has evolved and modified in many ways over the past 125 years, but today’s rules have […]
2021 Basketball Reinstatement Proposal
2021 Basketball Reinstatement Proposal Basketball friends, The “second time Lock down” deprived and continues to deprive within a few months for another period of time, the sports activity in the basketball teams, which belong to the amateur, child-adolescent sports and the academies. The training and competition goals were overturned and now the future of any […]
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 […]
Τα πάντα αλλάζουν.
Είναι η φυσιολογική εξέλιξη της ζωής. Τα πάντα αλλάζουν. Κοιταζόμαστε στον καθρέφτη και βλέπουμε το πρόσωπο με τις ρυτίδες. Πίσω από τον καθρέφτη όμως, υπάρχει το παιδικό πρόσωπο της καρδιάς μας. Μπορούμε να επιλέξουμε τι θέλουμε να βλέπουμε και να διαμορφώνουμε ανάλογα τα συναισθήματά μας. Τα πάντα αλλάζουν. Κάποτε διαβάζαμε εφημερίδες και τώρα διαβάσουμε ιστοσελίδες. […]
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 […]
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. […]
#StayHome – Basketball for Kids
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender’s hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court) while preventing the […]
