Sep 30
US Basketball Coaches begin their clinics in SA
Former President Nelson Mandela said it best, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” and for the last five years, Engen, through the annual hosting of the Basketball Coaching Seminar, has provided amateur basketball coaches in South Africa the opportunity to gain invaluable knowledge of the fundamentals of basketball coaching.
This year, Durban has been selected as the host city for the Engen US Coaches Tour Basketball Coaching Seminar, in association with the Kwazulu Natal Basketball Association, to be held at the University of Kwazulu Natal from 27 – 30 September 2009. Continue reading »
Tagged with: Basketball • Engen • Houston Comets • Kwazulu Natal Basketball Association • KZN • UKZN • University of Kwazulu Natal • WNBA
Sep 02
Joyce Jenkins has accumulated a number of honours in her years associated with basketball. Her profile reads Assistant Coach, USA All Air Force Basketball Team; Head Coach University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Assistant Coach, University of Maryland, College Park; Assistant Coach, St John’s University; Academic Coach, National Football Foundation and she is currently the President of Future Incorporated.
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Tagged with: Arizona State • Basketball • Carl Mattei • College Park • Colorado • Colorado State • Engen • Harvey’s Shooters Touch Academy • Joyce Jenkins • Marvin Harvey • NCAA • UNC • University of Maryland • WNBA • YeRushia Brown
Aug 26
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – AUG. 26, 2009 - 60 of the top young basketball players from across Africa have been selected to participate in Basketball without Borders Africa, the National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), and Basketball South Africa (BSA) announced today. Basketball without Borders, which is returning to Africa for the seventh time, is the league’s global basketball development and community outreach program, which uses sports to influence positive social change, and features dozens of current and former NBA/WNBA players and team personnel as camp coaches.
List of participants 2009
2009 Participants (downloadable document)
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Tagged with: Basketball • Basketball South Africa • basketball without borders • BSA • BWB • Dallas Mavericks • Democratic Republic of Congo • EA sports • FIBA • hoops4hope • Milwaukee Bucks • New York Knicks • Nike • Orlando Magic • South Africa • South African Airways • Spalding • Sprite • Toronto Raptors • Utah Jazz • Vladimir Radmanovic • WNBA
Feb 28
The title is exactly what the whole team is centered around: RUNNING. Whether is making a liner in 33second, a down an back in 12 after every water break or doing the Mc Donalds (20min.) or 7 eleven (15 min.) runs, the renegades run. Now the later would be ok if it weren’t for the simple fact that Ohlone College is built on a really big hill.
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Tagged with: Basketball • Minnesota • Monarchs • OC • Ohlone College • Renegade • Utah • WNBA
Oct 09
The world of basketball has been dominated by men for a long time and not much has been done to change that; intriguingly this dominance doesn’t only exist in basketball but in all aspects of sport as well. August was Women’s Month but still a sense of “It’s a man’s world…” was lurking here at home; it took a special lady from the US to change that…
Photos by NBA Photos/Getty Images
For the first time ever, BWB (Basketball Without Boarders) held The Women’s Clinic in South Africa at The American School. Together with Hoops for Hope, NBA brought WNBA and Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Azzi, who’s also the Ambassador for NBA Cares, along to help run the clinic. About 70 South African girls were at the clinic getting coached by some of the best in the world, not only about basketball; but about values, education, gender equality etc. Continue reading »
Tagged with: basketball without borders • BWB • Campus Basketball League • CBL • Gauteng Basketball Association • GBA • National Basketball Association • NBA • South Africa • WNBA • Women National Basketball Association
Oct 06
“Ubuntu diary” – Day 1
After travelling for nearly 24 hours, I picked up a rental car and drove 111KM south of Boston, to the town of Newport, Rhodes Islands.
Newport is the home this year Boston Celtics NBA training camp. I checked myself in the hotel and slept crazy, being so tired last night I made no effort to meet up with the team.
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Tagged with: Armond Hill • Basketball • Boston Celtics • Clifford Rays • Doc Rivers • Kevin Eastman • kevin garnett • Mike Longabardi • National Basketball Association • NBA • Paul Pierce • Ray Allen • Tom Tribodeau • Tony Allen • Waterfront Cape Town • WNBA
Sep 30
The ‘Hood – SA’s online basketball community – is now live, and to celebrate the occasion we’re giving you the chance to win one of three prizes.
The main prize is a personalised NBA/WNBA replica jersey (you get to choose the team, name, number and size).To have a chance to win the jersey, just sign up to The ‘Hood and take part, either by posting your own blog post or contributing a photo or video or event details.
If you don’t have anything specific to say, you can still win just by signing up to The ‘Hood and getting your friends to join too.
The person who gets the most friends to sign up to The Hood (we’ll ask everyone who signs up who referred them – make sure they put your name) can win a Boston Celtics 2008 NBA Champions cap, and a randomly selected member will win a Kobe Bryant 2008 MVP cap.
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Tagged with: Basketball • competition • jersey • mybasketball • NBA • WNBA
Sep 09
Basketball Without Borders (BWB) returned to Johannesburg for the 6th consecutive year since 2003 and yet again the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) had the pleasure of hosting this fine initiative. The five day camp ran from September 3-7 and more than 100 top (under 19) athletes from 23 countries around Africa were selected by FIBA, NBA and BSA to participate.
Each year the National Basketball Association (NBA) brings a few of their players to help out running the clinics and assist with charity work. The team was lead by the Legendary Congo Native ex Houston Rockets Center, Dikembe Muthombo Mukamba Jean Jaque Wamutombo, who we know as Dikembe Muthombo, and he was joined by Shareef Adbur-Rahim (Sacramento Kings), Caron Butler (Washington Wizards), Nick Collison (Oklahoma), Olympic Gold Medalist Jennifer Azzi and “our very own” Thabo Sefolosha of the Chicago Bulls; all NBA/WNBA players who made an appearance this year. Before heading for South Africa the players and team personel made a stop in Dakar to visit a non-profitable organisation, Sports for Education and Economic Development in Senegal (SEED), a basketball academy and a pediatric cancer unit at LeDantec Hospital to take part in a court dedication.
Tagged with: Basketball • basketball without borders • BWB • Caron Butler • dikembe muthombo • hoops4hope • Jennifer Azzi • NBA • Nick Collison • sefolosha • Shareef Abdur-Rahim • South Africa • thabo • thierry kita • WNBA
