Sergio Scariolo (ESP)
24/08/2020
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World Association of Basketball Coaches to continue streaming Feature Coaching Clinics

MIES (Switzerland) - The World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) will continue the Feature Coaching Clinics following the successful first round of the initiative, as well as the recently concluded Women in Basketball Coaches Clinics series.

A further 10 weeks have been scheduled with the clinics livestreamed on the WABC Facebook channel with one clinic every Tuesday and Thursday at 14:00 CEST having already proved popular online with a reach  of 500,000 along with over 140,000 total views.

The clinics focus on a variety of different topics within the game of basketball, led by some of the most renowned coaches from around the world.

The initiative showed support to the global community of coaches during the COVID-19 pandemic and, as part of an additional Women in Basketball Coaches Clinics series, also highlighted one of FIBA's main strategic pillars for 2019-2023 - Women in Basketball - aiming to promote opportunities for women in all areas of basketball, with six weeks of clinics led by prominent female coaches.

Spain's FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 winning head coach Sergio Scolario, as well as the likes of Zeljko Obradovic, Igor Kokoskov, Rick Carlisle and Ettore Messina are amongst the next set of established names within the coaching fraternity as they lead specialist clinics over the next 10 weeks.

Many more WABC clinics are available on the official FIBA YouTube channel.

The schedule for Weeks 11-20 is as follows:

Week Date Coach Topic
Week 11 Tuesday, August 25 at 14:00 CEST Zeljko Obradovic Spacing and Different Options in Pn'R Offense
Week 11 Thursday, August 27 at 14:00 CEST Brian Goorjian Various Drills to Improve Offense
Week 12 Tuesday, September 1 at 14:00 CEST Lloyd Pierce Basic Defensive Principles of Philadelphia 76ers
Week 12 Thursday, September 3 at 14:00 CEST Andrea Trinchieri Drills for Developing a Team Game
Week 13 Tuesday, September 8 at 14:00 CEST Jasmin Repesa Set Play Against Zone 2-3
Week 13 Thursday, September 10 at 14:00 CEST Dwane Casey Developing Team Man-To-Man Defense
Week 14 Tuesday, September 15 at 14:00 CEST Igor Kokoskov Drills for guards
Week 14 Thursday, September 17 at 14:00 CEST Scott Brooks Transition into Early Offense
Week 15 Tuesday, September 22 at 14:00 CEST Torsten Loibl Team M2M Defense
Week 15 Thursday, September 24 at 14:00 CEST Mike Brown Double Teaming the Post-up
Week 16 Tuesday, September 29 at 14:00 CEST James Borrego  San Antonio Spurs' Basic Offensive Concepts
Week 16 Thursday, October 1 at 14:00 CEST Roy Rana Closeout Defense
Week 17 Tuesday, October 6 at 14:00 CEST Ilias Zouros Defensive Drills
Week 17 Thursday, October 8 at 14:00 CEST Pedro Martinez Models of Aggressive Pn'R Defense
Week 18 Tuesday, October 13 at 14:00 CEST Dan Burke & Popeye Jones Indiana Pacers' Inside-Out Offense
Week 18 Thursday, October 15 at 14:00 CEST Sergio Scariolo Zone Offense
Week 19 Tuesday, October 20 at 14:00 CEST Romeo Sacchetti Offensive Plays of a Team with Leading Player
Week 19 Thursday, October 22 at 14:00 CEST Rick Carlisle Footwork
Week 20 Tuesday, October 27 at 14:00 CEST Zeljko Obradovic Special Situations and Out-of-Bounds Plays
Week 20 Thursday, October 29 at 14:00 CEST Ettore Messina  Attacking the switch 

 FIBA