Issue #32

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• Fatigue Shooting Drills by Kevin Sutton
  Kevin Sutton is the Head Coach of Montverde Academy in Florida and he is considered one of the best high school coaches in the USA. During the summer he also coaches at some of the best basketball camps, such as the Nike Skillz Academy, the Five Star Camp and the basketball camps of Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash.
• Playing Near the Basket by Carlo Recalcati
  After a prestigious career as a player, Carlo Recalcati began coaching at Bergamo, Italy, bringing the team from the B to the A1 Serie. He then coached in Reggio Calabria, Ambrosiana Milan, Bergamo again, Varese (winning an Italian Serie A title in 1999), and Fortitudo Bologna, the following year, again winning the national title. Moving to Montepaschi Siena, he won his third title and the SuperCup in 2004. Since 2002, he has been the head coach of the Men’s Italian national team, winning the bronze medal at 2003 FIBA European Championship, and the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games.
• Avoid Relaxing On the Court by Aito Garcia Reneses & Sito Alonso
  Aíto García Reneses was head coach (and also general manager) of Barcelona (Spain) for many years, where his teams won three Division I championships, three Spanish Cups, one King’s Cup, two FIBA Europe, and two Korac Cups. He has been head coach of Badalona (Spain) since 2003, where he won one FIBA Europe (2006), one King’s Cup (2008) and ULEB Cup (2008). He also was awarded Coach of the Year of the ULEB Cup 2007-08.

  
  

  Sito Alonso started his coaching career in 1987 with the youth teams of Zaragoza (Spain); then he was responsible for youth teams at Monzòn, where he also was head coach of the first team (EBA league) from 1999 to 2004. He has been assistant coach of Badalona since 2006, where his teams won FIBA Europe (2006), King’s Cup (2008), and the ULEB Cup (2008).

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  FIBA Assist Magazine, Issue #32, Table of Contents

  The Shuffle Offense by Al Westover
  Al Westover is the head coach of the Melbourne Tigers, winner of the 2007/2008 Australian National Basketball League. He started his coaching career as assistant coach at the University of Pacific in United States, then he was player-coach in Australia at Dandenong Rangers, and head coach of the Ballarat Miners. In 1992 he became assistant coach of the Melbourne Tigers and head coach of the junior teams. In 2005 he was appointed as the head coach, and in his first year he won his first ABL championship and was voted “Coach of the Year.”

• Basketball and Philosophy by Raffaele Imbrogno
  Raffaele Imbrogno has been coaching since 1980. He is an Instructor for the Italian National Coaches Committee of the Federation and has been Director of the Italian Basketball Federation Study Center. Imbrogno is also the author of several technical basketball publications.
• FIBA 33 Basketball Game
  3-on-3 basketball, better known as street basketball, is not a new game. What’s new is that FIBA will create a new version with worldwide unified rules and played by National Teams of youngsters of less than 18 years of age. ‘FIBA33’, the name of this new game, will be launched at the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 in Singapore. 20 boys’ teams and 20 girls’ squads from as many as 35 countries could compete for the medals in the beautiful Asian island nation.


FIBA Assist Magazine, Issue #32, Back Cover

• ACB: The Spanish Professional League by Mario Hernando
  Mario Hernando began his professional career as journalist in 1986, working for different basketball magazines and Spanish newspapers. In 1998 he entered the ACB as Director of Operations, and four years later he also was named Director of Communications. Along his career, he followed the main basketball events, both national and international, such as the Olympic games, World Championships, European Championships, Mc Donald’s Open, European Leagues, European Club’s Finals. He is also author of several books about basketball.
• Conditioning Program of San Antonio Spurs by Mike Brungardt
  Mike Brungardt joined the Spurs in 1994 and he is the first and only strength and conditioning coach in Spurs history. He has built the team’s strenght and conditioning program from the ground up. He has co-authored five books in the conditioning field, and his latest books are “The Complete Book of Core Training” and the “Complete Conditioning for Basketball.”