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FIBA Level I Coaching Clinic jumps off
– Yassin urges coaches to spread knowledge
Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Assistant Coach, Tom Newell officially bounced off his weeklong FIBA Level I Coaching Clinic yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with coaches from Linden, Georgetown, Berbice and Kwakwani participating.
The event, which will see the participants gaining FIBA Level I coaching status upon conclusion, is funded by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) under the Olympic Solidarity Programme and according to GOA President, K.A. Juman-Yassin, they were pleased to help fast-forward the development of the sport in Guyana.
FIBA Instructor, Tom Newell makes a point during the opening session of the FIBA Level I Coaches Course yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Yassin urged the coaches present to impart the knowledge they will gain to the younger players, especially, during his address at the official Opening Ceremony yesterday.
“The problem is that you will see a lot of people turning up for these kind of courses, but in actuality when it’s done, you can’t find half the people that were there because they leave and those who stick around, few of them show interest, so I’m urging you to please make use of it” Yassin said.
He made it known that while the Clinic is costing the GOA a hefty sum, “its money well spent,” adding that “these things happen very rare and as such the GOA was very pleased to support it on the first word. We know that it will go a far way in helping the federation reach its goal and with that again we are glad to help make it happen.”
Meanwhile, President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), David Patterson, said that this is just a stepping stone for what the GABF has planned as he hinted that in August, they are aiming to conduct a Level II Coaching Clinic.
Patterson said that he was pleased with the turnout of coaches who ranged from school teachers to those who are part of First, Second and Third Division teams from the various associations affiliated to the GABF.
Newell, before heading into details about what the clinic would entail gave a brief background about his life in basketball, dating back to his father Pete Newell, who was the winning coach of the 1960 USA Olympic Basketball Team that had the likes of the NBA logo man and basketball great Jerry West and Oscar Robertson.
Newell spoke about his life in the NBA where he served as an Assistant Coach of the Seattle Supersonics (now known as the Oklahoma City Thunders), New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks.
He first started as an NBA scout for the Golden State Warriors before joining the Seattle bench as the an Assistant Coach from 1984 to 1990, having a brief stint as the Head Coach of Sonics in 1989 and has also represented FIBA as one of its Expert Instructors in its Olympic Development Programme.
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