Coaches Corner

Coaches Clinic will be held on Nov. 5 – Schwenksville Gym

 

Click on basketball to open Coaches Clinic List of Drills Handout

 

 

 

Click on basketball to open the PVYB Drill of the Week

 

Basketball History

Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts.  The first baskets were vegetable baskets (not peach baskets as the story often is told) that just happened to be about 10 feet high.  Basketball was first played in the Olympics in 1936, in Berlin, where the USA beat Canada 19 – 8 for the gold medal. That game was played outdoors on a tennis court.

 

Tip of the Day

Steve Alford: To be a good basketball player, you have to make a commitment – a commitment to be the best you can be.  Everyone has his or her own potential, and the challenge is to reach that potential.  For some it might be making the high school team, or becoming a starter, or just competing.

 

Basketball Player Positions

  Point Guard (1)

  Shooting Guard (2)

  Small Forward (3)

  Power Forward (4)

  Center (5)

 

Trivia

Julius Erving (Dr. J) could dunk a basketball in 7th grade.

Spud Webb won the 1986 slam-dunk competition, he was 5 foot, 7 inches tall

GeorgeAnn Wells was the first woman to dunk a basketball in a game (college) – December 21, 1984

Cheryl Miller scored 105 points in a high school game, scored 3,400 points in high school, a four-time All American at USC.

Rules of the Game:

    In 1896 the rules were changed, reducing a field goal from three points to two and free throws from two to one.

    The 10-second rule was introduced in 1933.  Before this rule was put into effect, a player could remain in the backcourt with ball indefinitely.

    Originally, 9 players for each team played on the floor, then it was reduced to seven, and then five (as it is today)

Great Teams:

     The 1967 - 1969 UCLA Bruins (Lew Alcinder) teams won three NCAA titles and compiled an 88 – 2 record.

     The 1972 UCLA team  (Bill Walton) – undefeated in 1972 and 1973, average margin of victory 30 points a game in the 1972 season.

     The 1956 San Francisco team  (Bill Russell) -  won back-to-back NCAA titles

     The 1976 Indiana team went 32 – 0,

      1982 North Carolina team (Michael Jordan).  Jordan was only the third highest scorer on this team (behind: Worthy & Perkins)

 

Top Sport Records (by someone who does not know basketball):

 

 

 

#10:  Rocky Maricano's 49-0 record

#9:    Michael Schumacher's 7 championships

#8:    Ty Cobb's .366 career batting average

#7:    Nolan Ryan's 7 "no-hitters"

#6:    Wayne Gretzky's 215 point season

#5:    Wilt Champerlain's 100-point night

#4:    John Wooden's 88 straight wins

#3:    Cy Young's 511 wins

#2:    Jerry Rice's 22,895 receiving yards
#1:    Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games