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Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The NCAA revises its rules for both initial and continuing academic eligibility ... State associations get tough with rough play ... How to help players protect their knees against ACL injuries ... Northern Illinois AIMS to boost graduation rates of at-risk players ...

What a federal medical law has to do with coaches.

Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 With 6 a.m. practices and an oldschool, no-nonsense approach, Mike Dunlap has led his team to two national titles in three years.

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Publisher Mark Goldberg Circulation Director Mark Shea Art Director Pamela Crawford Art Assistant Dina Stander Business Manager Pennie Small

Editor-in-Chief Eleanor Frankel Associate Editors Jim Catalano Guillermo Metz Assistant Editors Kenny Berkowitz David Hill Dennis Read Laura Smith

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True or not, the conventional wisdom is today’s players think highlight reel over playing the game right. Successful coaches discuss how they make sure their players have a sound footing on which to build their games.

The Coaching Career

Why Coach?

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How do you stay fresh in this rewarding but demanding endeavor? A veteran coach says it takes sizing up where you stand and where you’re headed.

Your Program

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Will gaining weight help thin athletes reach their potential? If so, how do they do it? Two experts help your players through this deceptively complex matter.

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The NCAA Division I Board of Directors has passed a package of academic eligibility reforms.

The new requirements, which take effect Aug. 1, will increase the number of core courses required of high school studentathletes and place a greater emphasis on GPA over standardized test results to determine initial eligibility. Standards for collegiate student-athletes to retain continuing eligibility also have been increased.

Incoming student-athletes will now be required to have taken 14 core courses (up from 13) while maintaining a 2.0 GPA in those courses to earn initial eligibility. In addition, the sliding-scale relationship between standardized tests and GPA has been adjusted. A student with a 3.55 GPA would need an SAT score of only 400 (which is awarded for just showing up to take the test).

Many high school coaches have no problem with the decreased emphasis on test scores. “Given the opportunity, some people might do better than their test scores imply,” says Gerald Hendricks, Head Boys’ Coach at Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia. “Sometimes they don’t get the opportunity because of those scores.”

“I think that GPA is definitely the best measure of [future success],” says Maurice Hicks, Head Boys’ Coach at Rice High School in New York City. “I’ve seen lots of kids who were Prop 48 cases graduate from college with decent grades, even though they were initially held up because of their SAT scores.”

More information about the legislation is at www.ncaa.org/releases/ makepage.cgi/divi/ 2002103101d1.htm.

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Hicks also doesn’t object to the increased number of core courses. “Most high school kids take way over 13 core courses anyway,” he says.

“It’s not like they have to take an extra course. They’d just have to count one more course as a core course.”

standards. “I’m not certain what the thrust is here,” he says. “Why do we want to increase the standards beyond what we have? It’s not that we don’t push our kids to get degrees.”

National Association of Basketball Coaches Executive Direc-

2. “Student-athletes could be ruled ineligible after the fall term for not successfully completing at least six semester/nine quarter hours.

3. “The beginning of the third year will be the most challenging, with them hav-

Hofstra University Head Men’s Coach Tom Pecora also has a positive view of the new reforms. “I was never a proponent for the standardized testing process having so much say for high school studentathletes,” he says. “There’s a long history of young men who don’t test well but because they’ve got great work habits and other factors, are able to go on and get their college degrees. So I think it’s a move in the right direction.”

Student-athletes will be required to earn at least 24 hours of academic credit before their second year of collegiate enrollment. As they progress, they must earn a minimum of 18 semester hours per academic year and six hours of academic credits per term.

Student-athletes also will be required to achieve 90 percent of the minimum cumulative GPA necessary for graduation by the start of their second year of enrollment. This increases to 95 percent by the beginning of their third year, and 100 percent by the beginning of their fourth and any subsequent years.

Student-athletes will have to complete 40 percent of their degree requirements before their third year, 60 percent before the fourth year, and 80 percent before the fifth year to maintain eligibility, an increase from 25/50/75. Transfers from two-year colleges will be held to the same percentage degree requirements as those who entered fouryear colleges as freshmen.

This move hasn’t gotten universal praise. UNLV Head Men’s Coach Charlie Spoonhour has mixed feeling about the new

Washington freshman guard Nate Robinson shoots against Arizona State this past season. New NCAA academic-eligibility rules require first-year students to earn at least 24 hours of academic credit. Other rule changes include initial-eligibility standards. tor Jim Haney predicts the changes will require increased diligence by student-athletes and coaches, and notes some possible consequences of the new legislation: 1. “Many student-athletes including, incoming freshmen, will be attending summer school every year.

ing to have completed 40 percent of the graduation requirements in a specific degree with a minimum GPA of 1.9.

4. “Coaches will have to do a better job of evaluating whether a prospect has the resolve and ability to meet the ongoing eligibility requirements.”

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States Tackle Rough Play Dr. Naismith never intended it to be this way: Pushing, elbowing, hand-checking, shoulder-to-shoulder in the post. Basketball was to be a game that rewarded skill more than brute strength or pure speed. But rough play, with plenty of uncalled contact, has become common at all levels of basketball—far too common for some state high school associations.

consensus on what excessively rough play is, then enforcing existing rules against it consistently.

In the late ’90s, the Iowa High School Athletic Association became concerned that officials not calling fouls for contact forbidden in the rule book contributed to a loss of balance between offense and defense.

So at off-season clinics and in written officials’ guidelines, the IHSAA stressed calling fouls as written, without leaving so much to the judgment of officials. The guidelines

for example, a foul should be called when a defensive player keeps a hand on an opponent. In post play, the IHSAA decreed that a foul should be called when a defender begins to extend the forearm into an opponent’s back, or when pressure is applied so that the offensive player has to push back to maintain balance.

Part of the crackdown is improving officials’ training.

The IHSAA strived, for example, to better define legal screening and stressed officiating defense away from the

The NFHS Basketball Rules Committee will consider results from the Florida initiative when it meets this spring. But when it comes to curbing rough play, the theme has been less about specific rule changes than on reaching a

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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association also tweaked its officials’ guidelines. “We were just saying that the rules needed to be followed,” WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese says. “We decided we can’t just sit and talk about it.

We set out to do something about it.”

The WIAA laid down the law for coaches, telling them that objections to the closely called games would be dealt with severely through athletic administrations at each school.

The WIAA also prepared a sample public-address announcement explaining the new approach for spectators. “We wanted to get the word out that the officials were being directed to call a close game, and that coaches were being directed to not object,” says Colbrese.

In the 2002-03 season, the Florida High School Activities Association experimented with a rule limiting the number of players on the free-throw lane.

Patterned after the NCAA women’s approach, the rule restricts the number of rebounders on the lane to four defensive players and two from the offense. The spot closest to the block may not be occupied, and the space just above the block must be occupied by the defense.

The rule was suggested by the Florida coaches’ association, says FHSAA Associate Director of Athletics Denarvise Thornton, the association’s administrator for boys’ basketball. (The rule also applies to girls’ basketball.) Through the early season, “It seems to help keep down rough play under the goal,” Thornton says.

Executive Director Rich Wulkow. “If we were officiating that player, we’d know if the guy was there legally or not.

It’s all about officiating defense better, not just watching the ball.”

Some coaches adjusted slowly but most agree it’s good for the game, says Pat Fitterer, Head Boys’ Coach at Sehome High School in Bellingham and Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association liaison to the WIAA. Some officials were initially afraid of over-calling, but “if they do it early, it sets the tone for the game and the season,” Fitterer says. It also helped to explain the policy at parents’ nights, he adds.

Several state high school associations have put in place programs designed to lessen rough play, focusing on having officials call rules against contact as written and notifying coaches to expect a closer-called game. focused on six points: handchecking, screening, post play, rebounding, loose-ball contact, and blocking and charging. In hand-checking,

ball. “What happens is the officials are watching the ball, someone goes sprawling and the officials think, ‘What happened?’” says IHSAA Assistant

The initiative downplays muscle in favor of footwork, positioning, and fundamentals, but not team make-up, Fitterer says.

“Size is still needed, but now you’re taking the big guy and showing him better positioning. I haven’t seen anybody pick different players because of it.”

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The Board has asked NCAA Academic Consultants for research on requiring more high school courses, and is mulling incentives and penalties that reward or punish institutions for studentathletes’ academic progress.

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bulletin board Program Outlines ACL Prevention Knee injury continues to be one of the biggest health and safety concerns in sports, especially basketball. While nothing can prevent all knee injuries, over the past few years, researchers have found that certain exercises and stretches can help. Most recently, a short warm-up program is getting attention as an easy way for athletes to incorporate simple yet effective preventative strategies into their workouts.

Serious knee injury usually means a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). This year, in the U.S. alone, an estimated 80,000 people will tear their ACLs. And most of the injuries will be non-contact, meaning the athlete makes a cut or

comes down from a jump and the ligament snaps.

A pilot study involving soccer players from nine NCAA colleges and universities is the latest bit of research to show the effectiveness of a warmup program in preventing ACL injuries—it was so successful that in 2002, the program was expanded to over 70 Division I colleges and universities.

The set of exercises is designed to strengthen the hamstrings and train athletes to instinctively land more safely.

Though designed for soccer players, they can easily be modified for basketball, says lead researcher Holly Silvers, Project Coordinator at the Santa Monica Orthopedic and

Sports Medicine Research Foundation, where the program origininated. “Our program is tailored for soccer players, but the only thing that is soccer-specific is our agility work,” she says. “We do a lot of diagonal running and then we finish with a header.

That could easily be tailored to basketball: diagonal run with a jump shot or a layup.”

Female athletes have higher rates of ACL injuries, but the ideas apply to both sexes.

The PEP (Prevent injury and Enhance Performance) Program is based on jump training.

As the name implies, not only do the exercises, drills, and stretches help prevent injury, they also increase performance parameters like jump height.

There are other jump training programs, all built on the same fundamentals: exercises that train athletes to land correctly and increase flexibility, strength, and agility.

“The nice thing about our program is that it’s done as a warmup, on the field, in a team setting,” says Silvers. “It only takes 20 to 25 minutes, and it doesn’t require any special equipment other than a ball and a cone to do some of the plyometric work.

“We teach them how to utilize their hip flexors and knee flexion and how to stay low and engage the hamstrings.

We were finding that when girls land, they were coming down rigid. We want them to

Every Division I athletic trainer and soccer coach in the NCAA will receive a copy of the video. Anyone else who’s interested in a copy can contact hollysilverspt@aol.com.

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A huge impetus for our study was how to change the technique to a soft landing, where they land on the ball of the foot and roll back, with bent hip, bent knee, and without the knees collapsing inward.

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The program was started in spring 2002 as an optional program for male AfricanAmerican student-athletes.

This year, other minorities were added. Bernoudy says there’s no penalty for not attending sessions, but attendance is generally about 90 percent.

“We mandate that our studentathletes at a certain level attend study tables,” she says.

“So, we meet once a month, and we allow these studentathletes to use this toward their study table hours. That way, it becomes part of a program they’re already involved in.

“The coaches have greatly assisted us in making sure the athletes are there, because

Northern Illinois’ Rome Sanders and other African-American athletes are benefitting from NIU’s Athletes in Motion program.

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Bernoudy says NIU administrators hoped the program could help student-athletes enhance their self-images and acquire life skills that would, in turn, help retention and graduation rates. “Some areas we’ve addressed are their legal rights.

We had our police chief speak to them about how they should hande situations and what their rights actually are in certain situations,” she says. “We also talked about etiquette, from business interviews to dining etiquette. We discussed the appropriate way to dress.

We talked about relationships.

I look at it as life skills: things that are helpful and may give

them an edge in the workplace, things that you don’t naturally acquire in the classroom.”

When putting the program together, Bernoudy drew from her familiarity with Morehouse College’s series of speakers at assemblies of its historically African-American student body. She also consulted and collaborates with directors of existing retention programs at NIU when possible.

While it’s too early to see if AIM will meet its primary goal of increased graduation rates, administrators have seen some short-term gains. “I saw some of our student-athletes being interviewed by the press when they came in and afterward they said, ‘Monique, it helped that you talked to us about it,’” Bernoudy says.

Complying With Privacy Law If you haven’t encountered the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), you probably soon will—perhaps when healthcare providers suddenly clam up about the medical details of athletes in their care.

Adopted in 1996 primarily to help workers maintain health insurance coverage when they change jobs, HIPAA also places privacy controls on personal medical information. These provisions take effect April 14.

In a nutshell, no one but the patient—or his or her parents or guardians in the case of a minor—may disclose medical information without the patient’s consent other than what’s necessary for providing treatment and for administering insurance coverage.

Under many early interpretations, it appeared that athletic trainers and team doctors would be severely limited in what they would be able to tell even coaches about their athletes’ injuries. Some feared that when a coach asked why someone can’t suit up, the athletic trainer or team doctor would be limited to saying, “leg injury. Can’t say more.”

Some teams even began to limit the injury information they released to the media.

As it turns out, however, the federal agency responsible for enforcing the law, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is telling sports-medicine professionals that these fears were unfounded or exaggerated. Instead, HHS will view sharing details of injuries with coaches as a reasonable thing to do because

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they are involved in athletes’ treatment and need to know their conditions.

Merely having an athletic trainer on staff does not make a school or college subject to the privacy rules. But if an athletic trainer bills for medical coverage, his or her employer may be covered. That’s because the privacy rules directly apply only to organizations that conduct medical and health-insurance transactions electronically.

A team physician or other medical professional working with athletes would likely have their disclosure of health information about players restricted, but coaches would not says Elizabeth Squeglia, a partner in the Columbus, Ohio,

law firm of Bricker & Eckler, who has been focusing her practice on HIPAA. “HIPAA simply doesn’t cover them,” Squeglia says Schools and colleges that clearly would be covered by virtue of their student and student-athlete health operations are allowed to designate what parts will be subject to the privacy rules. The student health center would be covered, but athletics might not be. The designation rules are highly complicated, says Squeglia, and she recommends consulting school legal counsel on whether athletics is covered.

Covered or not, many schools are obtaining signed releases from student-athletes authoriz-

ing healthcare personnel to release medical information to others. These releases can be similar to those many schools already use to comply with the Federal Educational Records Privacy Act (FERPA), with some modifications.

HHS allows requiring athletes to sign releases to be play, but failure to sign can’t deny treatment. The releases must have an expiration date, such as the sport’s season or the academic year; must specify who may disclose medical information; and state who can receive the information—the coach, the athletic director, and perhaps the media.

“So,” says Squeglia, “I could see an authorization that would read something like,

‘My treating physician, Dr. Mike Jones, is authorized to disclose information regarding any injuries I might receive during the course of the season, as well as my general fitness to play, to my coach or any designated member of the coaching staff.’”

“There probably has been a relatively free flow of information between the physicians and the coaching staff and the other people who have to decide if someone can be cleared to play,” Squeglia says.

“How they have conducted those discussions and transferred information may have to change because there may have to be an authorization as a bridge to allow that to occur.”

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In 1997, Mike Dunlap took over a Metro State Men’s Basketball team in decline. The Roadrunners had posted a 13-13 record the previous year, and players had turned against each other, bickering and blaming each other for their lack of success.

In a remarkable turn-around, Dunlap opened his first season as the school’s Head Coach by leading the Roadrunners to 13 straight wins—a school record. Going into the 2002-03 season, Dunlap posted a 148-30 record, went to five straight NCAA Division II tournaments, and won national championships in 2000 and 2002, making Metro State the first college in Colorado to win a national basketball championship.

He’s been the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year twice, and the NABC named him its NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002.

CM: You’re often tagged as “old school.” Is the label a media creation, or does it fit?

Dunlap: I’m pretty comfortable with that label. My mentors are much older than I am, and that has influenced my coaching

Prior to Metro State, Dunlap spent three seasons as Head Coach of the Adelaide 36ers, a professional team in Australia. He’s also been an assistant coach at the University of Southern California, Iowa, and his alma mater, Loyola Marymount, and Head Coach at California Lutheran.

We asked Dunlap about the “oldschool” label, early-morning practices, team discipline, and why he once ran a 100mile marathon.

philosophy. Ed Goorjian, who was the winningest high school coach percentage-wise in California, [and whom Dunlap met when Goorjian was an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount] brought me into this business when I was 21. Pete

The 2002 title was the Metro State Roadrunners’ second NCAA Division II championship in three seasons.

Newell and his son have had a tremendous influence on my coaching. John Wooden has been another of my mentors.

I was a camper at his camp and spent time studying him.

And finally, I’ve spent years studying John Chaney at Temple. I don’t think there’s a better teacher in the country and I know there’s not a better human being. I believe these men are doing it right, so I’ve emulated them. To me, being old school simply means that I agree with what those men taught me, so I carry that message forward to our own players.

What are the essential parts of the “old school” message?

That there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything, whether it’s academics, or the way you treat people, or coaching basketball. It’s a philosophy that focuses on the process rather than the outcome. In my experience, if you go through the process and don’t worry about the win, you’re going to get the win. There is no replacement for having a clear vision of how to go from A to B and working hard to get there.

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How do your players respond to that style of coaching?

I think they find it refreshing. You have to understand your players’ motivations before you can connect with them. If you’re direct with your players and you apply consequences for actions, and if you’re consistent, your relationship with them is going to be fine.

The one thing you can’t cheat players on is time. “Quality time” is a concept for people who aren’t willing to make time.

You have to spend an inordinate amount of time with your players to have them understand how much you care about the whole mission of what you’re trying to achieve.

Does that mean time both on and off the court?

Absolutely. There are probably 20 categories of life skills that we touch on in a given year, from sex education to table manners. A lot of players come to us without these skills, and we use the opportunities that come up to teach them, whether it’s at a banquet at the Elite Eight

or at a preseason meal where we sit down and there are cloth napkins on the table. Kids get embarrassed in these situations; they know they don’t know what to do. But there’s nothing wrong with sitting at the same table with your players and saying, “Okay, here’s the setup.”

How do you encourage academic success?

We teach them everything, right down to where to sit in the classroom. When they’re in the classroom, they’re students, not athletes, so I don’t let them go to class with Metro State basketball gear on.

We check the classrooms for that.

Once your older guys buy in, they tell your younger guys, “Don’t play around with your attendance or with your notebook—Coach is going to look at the notes you take in class.” If the notes aren’t there, the consequence is a two-mile run with a 15-pound medicine ball at 6 a.m. and I’ll run with him. I’ll take the ball for a lap and he takes it for a lap. And I’ll tell him, “I don’t care where you came from, you’re going to get your degree. I don’t

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care if we have to crawl to your degree, this is the way it’s going to happen.” I only have to do it once.

What do your players think of the 6 a.m. practices?

They eventually ask for them, because they like getting the heavy work done in the morning and having the rest of the day to deal with academics. We lift some weights in the afternoon and shoot, but the hard part of the day is already out of the way. It’s a great feeling for our guys.

Getting up at 4 a.m. teaches them to put themselves to bed at night, just as it would in the workforce. And it’s a sacrifice. Most programs don’t do it, so when it’s crunch time, our players are more invested than the guys they’re playing against, because they’ve put in more hard work on the front end.

How big of a focus is the NCAA tournament for you?

A lot of athletes look back at 55 or 60 years old and say, “I never won the big one.” Well, I was never after the big one.

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I’d love to get it, but it’s not what drives me. I love being in practice and I love interacting with our players. I like seeing them succeed, and I like seeing them fail. I like seeing them fall on the floor sometimes when they’re doing something goofy—it cracks me up. And I like it when they make fun of me. It’s a big cauldron of what family is supposed to be about.

There are better coaches and better programs that haven’t won national championships. The two years we won the national championship and the year we vied for it and lost, we had won games during the season by one point. If those plays don’t go your way, you’re not even talking about championships.

How do you avoid letting championships become the focus?

You can’t change your behavior once you get to the top. You have to say, “I was hungry three years ago, and I’m still hungry.” I box up stuff at the end of each year. I don’t let my office have one extra item in it than when I started.

There will be a time when I can take it out and reflect on it, but that will be after I’m done. That’s what I’ve learned, and that was hard for me, because no one teaches you that.

Do you spend a lot of time on drills in practices?

I believe players have to understand the big picture before they can understand the connections between the parts, so I teach them out of the whole and then work back to the drills. If you’re constantly teaching out of drills, it’s harder to make that connection once you get to the games.

You’ve averaged 16 starting line-ups every year at Metro State. Why all the juggling?

I played the drums in elementary school.

We were ranked, even in elementary school, by our skill level. So I wondered, how is it that a college basketball player has an inalienable right to his spot once he’s designated a starter if he’s not working for his lunch, if even a secondgrade drummer has to work to hold on to his chair?

We live by that creed. If someone competitively goes over the top of you, I’m going to tell you right then, and I’m going to move him into your chair. It makes for interesting practices. There’s usually a top eight, and the musical chairs comes within the eight, but it can

go on all year if I have one guy who can’t hold down his chair each week.

How did you decide to come back from Australia?

It was a sudden decision. We’d been there for three years, and there was a contract on the table to stay five more.

My father passed away, and after his funeral, I called my wife. She was still over in Australia, and by that time we had three kids. I just said, “It’s time to come home.” She stayed for a couple more months to have the kids finish school and I got the job at Metro State.

Why did you decide to coach college ball versus looking for a job in the NBA? I had an opportunity to be a scout for the Portland Trailblazers, but I recognized that my true love was college basketball.

them and say, “What does that have to do with anything?” I can give you 10 examples of coaches who have been fired because they lost and had 100 percent graduation rates, and I can’t give you one example of the reverse. There’s a lot of duplicity in terms of interviews and the way relationships are started.

I’ve seen too many guys who are dead by the side of the road because they bought into what their supposed leaders told them.

You have a reputation for supporting other teams and coaches on campus.

Why is that important to you?

You can’t talk to your players about team, and you can’t ask other coaches to support your program if you’re not supporting theirs. Supporting other coaches can mean understanding that they’re suffering because they’ve lost

I believe players have to understand the big picture before they can understand the connections between the parts, so I teach them out of the whole and then work back to the drills. If you’re constantly teaching out of drills, it’s harder to make that connection once you get to the games.

I had done the professional thing for three years, and I knew in my heart I enjoyed teaching and dealing with younger players.

Also, I had been in charge of player personnel, and being asked to release a player who had a family was something I found distasteful. It left an indelible mark on me. At least if those consequences happen in college, typically it doesn’t involve children.

You’ve had Division I coaching opportunities, but you’ve stayed with Metro State. How come?

If I’m going to leave a great job, I’m going to go to a great situation. I haven’t found a situation where I was comfortable with the leadership or how they wanted to do their business of winning. I don’t need a gazillion dollars, but if they’ve been doing their business wrong for 20 years, and they’ve blamed the last three coaches, I’m eventually going to be just like the last coach who left there.

When I get into an interview and they ask about my graduation rate, I look at

their fourth in a row. They slink into their office and don’t want to see anybody. I know what that feels like. So you just stick your head in and tell them, “Somewhere along the line, it’s going to turn for you and you’re going to be fine. And if you want to grab lunch, let’s go.”

It doesn’t have to be a lot, but if you do those kinds of things, it blossoms into something that’s a lot better than getting into the Elite Eight. It’s the twinkle in their eyes, or how they grab your hand after you have a big win or when you’re suffering.

Why did you run a 100-mile ultramarathon?

I did it on a lark. Somebody bet me I couldn’t, so I did it. More importantly, I wanted to see what that felt like and if I could do it, because it stretches your criteria for what mental toughness is. It took me to a place I’d never been before.

That was the objective for me. I wanted to see if I had what it took. And I felt really, really good about it once I was done.

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t’s official. Sports Illustrated said so in its 2002-03 college previews.

Players’ grasp of the fundamentals is missing. No one can make a lay-up anymore. Passing gets sloppier every year. Everyone wants to be flashy, and almost no one cares about playing the whole game right. While that problem has probably been building since two-hand set shot and Chuck Taylors were cutting-edge, coaches are the ones left to deal with the results.

Men’s college coaches point to their high school counterparts, saying they’re not teaching players the basic skills.

High school boys’ coaches point to the college and pro games as bad influences infecting their players’ heads with thoughts of highlight-reel dunks and flashy passes instead of solid, but overlooked, simple successes like making the right pass that leads to a back-door play or sinking a 12-foot jump shot.

Regardless of the cause, most coaches will admit that the game is different than it was 20 years ago. Shot clocks and three-pointers were novelty acts 20 years ago, reserved for professional leagues focused on drawing new fans to fill empty seats. Defenses are more complex than ever, and endless video provides pages of fodder for scouting reports. So

think that’s natural,” he explains. “But if you can survive in the profession, you eventually realize how important they are. I always heard that and always thought I believed it, but it probably took getting beat by guys who did it to really understand it. Now that I’ve been in this a number of years, it’s becoming more and more clear that you have to have players who are fundamentally sound.”

So how do you develop fundamentally sound players when everyone is saying the fundamentals have disappeared from the game? The easy answer is the same as it always was: practice and hard work. But also takes setting the right priorities, finding new ways to reach players with visions of becoming the next highflying dunk machine, and doing all this when it can still make a difference.

What Are The Fundamentals?

Most coaches have specific abilities in mind when they talk about the fundamentals. “I think the most important skills are being able to shoot, pass, and dribble,” says Mark Beitzel, Head Coach at Hanover College. “Nothing will work unless you can do those things.”

“Dribbling is a skill we definitely try to teach each kid, along with two-handed passing, although we let them deviate from that as they get older,” says Beaver-

“But if you’re a transition team, you have to spend a lot of time on getting up and down the floor,” he continues. “So you may do more bad-pass drills where you throw a bad pass that a player really has to work hard to catch. Or, you may work more on being able to catch the ball and finish immediately at full speed as opposed to halfcourt movements.”

Sometimes, just the presence or absence of one player can change which fundamentals you focus on. “Last year, we didn’t have to work half as much on press breakers because I had a kid who was great at breaking down defenses,” says Gary Shaffer, Head Coach at Washington High School in Washington Court House, Ohio. “This year we have to spend more time on halfcourt and fullcourt press breakers and we have to do it as a team. So, we’ve worked more on passing, cutting, and hitting the open man than last year.”

Although they may vary from year to year, it’s important to limit the number of skills you want to emphasize. Overloading players with too many things to work on at once can actually hurt fundamentals rather than improve them.

“I don’t want a player in a game thinking about two or three different things he should be doing,” Beitzel says.

“One thing at a time is enough. If you

BACK TO there’s more for players to learn today, thus more for coaches to teach.

The basic skills, the fundamentals, are still a big part of that. Today, just as 20 years ago, coaches learn quickly that fundamental skills can be ignored only at great risk.

“You talk to anybody out there who’s been successful and I guarantee that they’re the teaching the basics,” says Tom Wood, Head Coach at Humboldt State. “They’ll even teach the basics from the first day of practice to a veteran team they’ve had for two or three years. That’s how much they think of the basics.”

Wood says some coaches, like himself, have to learn their lesson the hard way. “I really didn’t know the importance of fundamentals when I started out, and I

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ton (Mich.) High School Head Coach Roy Johnston. “The other main fundamental we like to teach is to be in a triplethreat position when they catch the ball.”

Although it may seem to be a contradiction in terms, it’s important for coaches to be somewhat flexible in choosing the fundamental skills they focus on.

“Your style of play will have a lot to do with what you want to do from a fundamentals standpoint,” says Dale Clayton, Head Coach at Carson-Newman College.

“If you’re a halfcourt team, you’re not going to spend much time on fullcourt passing and catching. If you’re running motion or staggered screens, you’re going to spend a lot of time on properly setting screens because that will help your offense.

have to work on more than one thing, you probably won’t win many games.”

Although there’s a general feeling that players are not as fundamentally sound as they were in the past, coaches say that some fundamental skills have improved while others have declined.

This means coaches may have to adjust some of their offensive philosophies to better take advantage of players’ skills.

“One of the things that players have better incorporated into their game is the dribble,” Beitzel says. “They’re accustomed to using the dribble to get to the basket and playing one-on-one basketball. Most of the players, even here in

Dennis Read is an Assistant Editor at Coaching Management.

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Indiana, emulate the stars they see on TV, so they like to do that.

“I think it behooves coaches to take advantage of that,” he continues, “and we’ve tried to do that in our offense this year. We’re doing more things where we can utilize the dribble than in the past.”

Teaching The Basics While players receive the brunt of the blame for a perceived lack of fundamental skills, some people feel coaches have played a role, too. Summer-league coaches often have a finger pointed at them for putting game play over skill work, but Wood believes the problem goes beyond the summer.

“Sometimes coaches go for a quick fix,” he says. “We may cop out a little bit early in the season just because we want to get ready for that first game, and we want to make sure our out-of-bounds plays are set. We may want to run Air Force 42 blue, for example, because it works in November. But it doesn’t always work as well in March. If you take the time to teach the fundamentals, then

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hen it comes to fundamentals, college coaches have a bit of an advantage over high school coaches because they have control over the skill level of the players who join their program.

College coaches have always looked for players who are well schooled in the fundamentals, but some say they’ve had to do more teaching now than they did in the past.

“I remember 10 years ago talking with my assistants about the importance of finding players with good fundamentals, so I don’t think that’s changed too much,” says Tom Wood, Head Coach at Humboldt State.

“Maybe finding those kids is harder since there are fewer and fewer of them out there.”

Wood knows which high school coaches in his area focus on the fundamentals and will usually look at players from those schools first. Similarly, Dale Clayton, Head Coach at Carson-Newman College, will want to learn

as much as he can about a player’s high school background. “I try to recruit players from coaches who teach a lot of fundamentals, because it makes my job easier,” he says. “I also try, whenever I can, to visit a practice so that I can see what those players are learning in practice.”

But Wood has also learned to look beyond the fundamentals to see what a player might be able to become. “There are so many great athletes out there that we’re willing to take a chance on,” he says.

“Some programs may have tremendous athletes and we’re not going to turn our backs on them. But we are going to try to find out if they’re coachable. Then hopefully we can be patient and bring them along, as long as we’re not teaching the elementary things to them. They may not be AllAmericans the first week of practice, but hopefully by the time we start playing games, they can get into the defensive stance we want them to be in.”

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they’ll get good at all the plays and those fundamentals will hold true in March.”

For many coaches, the first step in teaching fundamentals is getting the team to understand why the basics are so important. “The first thing we want is to execute the fundamentals well enough that we don’t beat ourselves,” Clayton says. “I learned that a long time ago. We spend time preparing for the team we’re going to play, but we spend more time working on ourselves. We think you have to work first on the fundamentals because if you don’t, your preparation will be lacking anyway.”

Wood has been coaching for 20 years, but he still gets antsy as the season opener approaches. Although few coaches head into their first game 100-percent ready, he’s reduced his stress level by establishing priorities for what his team should learn in the preseason.

“I’m always worried before that first game that we’re not ready,” Wood says.

“But we should be fundamentally ready, and we should have an understanding of what’s important and what will and

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won’t be tolerated. I understand if we make mistakes because we can’t remember the out-of-bounds plays. But what’s not excusable is if we come down and don’t get into triple-threat position, or we can’t pass the ball to an open teammate who’s cutting to the basket.”

Fundamentals don’t decrease in importance as the season goes on, and most coaches say they work on them late in the season just as much as at the beginning. Beitzel actually emphasizes the fundamentals more and more as the season progresses.

“At the beginning of the year, we’re just trying to put a team together,” he explains. “So we experiment with different personnel and things that might work, which doesn’t leave a lot of time to teach the fundamentals.

“First, I have to figure out who my best players are and how I can put them together to work best. That takes three to four weeks and a couple of scrimmages.

Then, after the season gets going and we’ve got the rotation down, I tend to break things down and work on funda-

mentals more since I’m not evaluating players as much as I am early in the season.”

Appropriately enough, many coaches take a basic approach to teaching the fundamentals. While drilling players on the fundamentals may seem like a coaching cliché, coaches say it’s the best way to start.

“We have drills we do every day that incorporate fundamentals,” Beitzel says.

“For example, we run one fast break drill I got from Dean Smith at North Carolina a long time ago that incorporates most of the passes you use in the game of basketball—the chest pass, bounce pass, baseball pass, two-hand overhead pass.”

Shaffer reports spending more than half his practice time on fundamentals drills and as much as 80 percent early in the season. “One of my former players who now coaches somewhere else came back to watch one of our practices and said he forgot how much time we spend on fundamentals,” Shaffer says. “We start with one-on-one drills and build up to three-on-three. Even in the later part of the season we do very little five-onfive work because most of basketball is

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two-man and three-man situations.”

But even in scrimmage and other non-drill practice situations, there are plenty of chances to teach the fundamentals. Wood usually sees far more teaching occasions than he’d like.

“Players are constantly being reminded about fundamentals because they give me constant opportunities to remind them,” he says. “It might be a guy away from the ball setting a screen that’s not helping his teammate get open. I’ll stop practice right there to correct him.

There are times that we let the game go a little bit when we’re working on trying to get a flow, but our practices here are pretty choppy because we stop a lot to correct things.”

The Anti-Drudgery Squad According to coaches, there are few shortcuts to teaching the fundamentals.

It takes time and effort, from coaches and players alike. Although players may not enthusiastically greet the prospect of working on basic skills, there are

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some things coaches can do to make that work more enjoyable.

“It’s so much easier when they’re going up and down the floor,” Clayton says. “That’s the fun part of basketball and since the players like it, they’ll do that part with a lot of enthusiasm and work at it pretty hard.

“For example, fullcourt pressing and passing drills are more fun for them,” he continues. “So we’ll also use those drills as conditioning drills. As players start to tire they can lose their fundamentals, along with their focus and concentration, so it’s good for them to have to do those things when they’re tired.”

Shaffer combines fundamental work and conditioning in a slightly different way. He’s attached consequences to his fundamental drills, such as five pushups for a missed layup or 25 board jumps for an unforced turnover.

“Five push-ups won’t hurt them, and I think putting even minor consequences on it helps their concentration,” Shaffer says. “We’ve tried just saying, ‘Shoot some layups,’ but they didn’t seem to concentrate when we left it at that. Once we put five push-ups on it, it’s funny how the percentage goes up.”

And despite a coach’s best efforts, or the players’ most fervent wishes, some fundamental work is simply not going to be fun. “Sometimes you simply have to be persistent and emphasize their importance and do them because they have to be done,” Clayton says. “For example, the defensive fundamentals are absolutely unpleasant to work on. When you’re working on closing out, which we try to do every day, guys don’t like it. Holding the proper stance, closing out, and blocking guys out is just not the most fun part of basketball. Most players don’t like it and in all honesty a lot of coaches don’t like it, either.

“So you may face a harder job selling the players on the importance of defensive fundamentals,” he continues. “You hope they can relate the importance of defensive fundamentals to having a chance to win, so you tell them that the fun comes in winning.”

There are additional methods beyond drills to help players improve their fundamental skills. Since players may feel they have outgrown the fundamentals as they get older, Shaffer points out to his teams that even college and professional players work on the fundamentals.

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“I try to take them to college practices to show that they do the same drills we do,” he says. “They just do them a little better and with a little more finesse.

“And I’ll show them some college and NBA teams that still do the same basic things we’re doing,” Shaffer continues, “like the three-man game, the two-man game, and the pick-and-roll. You can point out those fundamental skills so they can see them in action. However, I also explain that these pro players make it look easy, but it’s not, and emphasize that they started at the basics.”

Wood has also found that players have become attuned to learning visually. “We’re trying to incorporate film as much as possible,” he says. “If we have someone who can do something correctly, we film him so that someone else can watch him. We’ve found that’s a more effective way of teaching them than getting on the chalk board or telling them how to do something.”

In addition to serving as good examples on film, older players can also help their younger teammates during practice. Shaffer expects his more-experienced players to keep an eye out during drills for areas where younger players can improve.

“I want the older guys to be positive with them, yet show them what they’re doing wrong,” he says. “For example, if we’re doing a one-on-one drill and they see someone walking, I want them to tell him, ‘Hey, you’re walking on that move,’ and show him what he’s doing wrong.”

A Wider Approach Teaching the fundamentals doesn’t have to be limited to drills and other oncourt practice activities. Many of the fundamentals are learned well before a high school player joins the varsity team, and coaches who wait until that point to begin thinking about developing fundamentals skills will be playing catch up.

“We start our program in the fourth grade, where we just teach the fundamentals,” Shaffer says. “We try to emphasize to the kids that before they can do the higher-level stuff they have to learn to do the small things the proper way. It can take some convincing of the kids that they have to be sound on the fundamentals, but it’s of primary importance.”

Sub-varsity coaches can be an important ally in developing sound fundamental players for the varsity program. Some

varsity coaches want the sub-varsity coaches to use the same offensive and defense systems as the varsity, but Johnston is more concerned about the skills his sub-varsity coaches teach than the system they use.

“I don’t tell the coaches that they have to run what I run,” says Johnston. “Sometimes they run too much of our stuff, and nothing is ever a surprise. It’s not important that they run what I run as long as they’re teaching the fundamentals.”

But the dividends from teaching

younger players the fundamentals don’t all have to be put off to the future. Shaffer experienced first-hand the benefits of learning by teaching others, so he has his varsity players help out with the gradeschool program on Sunday afternoons.

“When I was a young coach I felt I became a better player, because I better understood the techniques and what went into trying to teach them,” he explains. “I think players are more apt to grasp the fundamentals after they’ve had to teach them themselves.” ■

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To keep yourself fresh and your performance optimum, take a good hard look at your goals in coaching. A veteran shows you how to size-up where you stand and where you’re headed.

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oaching can be an immensely satisfying profession, particularly today. With more extracurricular options for students, and a greater need to channel energy in a positive direction, the importance of coaches in shaping young people increases with each passing year.

But coaching, like a lot of things, is an activity of love and, over time, the luster that drew us to it can wear off. Coaching is like a marriage: It can be the most beautiful experience in the world, or it can sour and create a lot of heartache and hurt. Like a marriage, coaching

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requires continual hard work and the desire to improve while maintaining flexibility and adaptability.

This is especially true when things beyond our control build to create a negative situation and force us to ask ourselves why we do it. How do we maintain the enthusiasm and motivation to keep coaching?

No matter how long you’ve been coaching, the best way to maintain your motivation is to have goals. Enjoying coaching—and doing it effectively— requires always striving to improve.

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and introspective analysis of your objectives. What areas need to improve, and what is a plan of action to strengthen those areas? You must know where you’re going, where you want to be, and how you are going to get there.

The Big Picture At the center of this self-inventory process are your goals. Goals are like the rudder on a boat in that they keep you moving in the right direction. Even if your athletic director does not require you to submit yearly goals, you should develop them yourself.

Lem Elway is the Head Baseball Coach at Anacortes (Wash.) High School and a member of the Washington State Coaches Hall of Fame. He has also coached high school basketball and football.

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It is imperative that the goals are written down on paper, expressed in positive terms, and can be measured.

They can involve your professional or personal goals as a coach, or both. For example, does your coaching style need to be adjusted? Does the content of your tryouts need to be revised?

It’s also imperative to come up with a plan to ensure you evaluate whether you are reaching your goals. For some coaches, this means asking a mentor or administrator to sit down at specified dates to review the goals. Others do this as a solitary process, by closing the door to their office and taking the afternoon to reflect.

To start the evaluation process, ask yourself the following four basic questions: Why do I coach?

To keep ourselves motivated, we need to keep reminding ourselves why we are in coaching. The answer to “why do I coach?” will be a very individual one, of course, but it’s important to know what parts of the job give us satisfaction. Some thoughts: ■ To give back to the game that gave you so much.

■ There are not too many experiences in life where you can spend time with so many people focused on a competitive goal.

■ Camaraderie with people you might not otherwise get to know.

■ The emotions of competition.

■ Getting to know kids out of class and watching them grow and mature.

■ Being able to make a difference in people’s lives—seeing your players turn into productive members of society when they leave.

■ Success of a program through hard work.

How do I define success?

Success is a relative term depending on your situation and expectations. And it can mean different things to different people.

For some, success can mean taking a group of diverse students and teaching them how to be a team. For others, it’s winning the league championship every year.

For most coaches, though, success is a blend of teaching the lessons of sport and winning on the field. The key is figuring out what is most important to you. One way to think about this is to ask yourself, “When I’m gone from the game, how do I want to be remembered?”

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What is my coaching philosophy?

It may seem easy, but one of the hardest things to establish and revise on a regular basis is your coaching philosophy. The depth of your investigation can go as far as you want it to. But it must take you beyond coaching “in the moment” and identify those long-range benefits you expect your players to take with them into the world.

Start by looking at how you answered the above two questions. Your philosophy needs to be personal to you, and it must be an honest and true reflection of why you coach and how you define success. As an example, my philosophy goes something like this: I want to be able to take our players where they would not be able to take themselves while at the same time teaching them successful attitudes, team chemistry, character values, how to deal with adversity, goal setting, and the value of a work ethic.

Your philosophy can (and probably should) change as you grow and change—I know mine certainly has. As I have become more experienced, my philosophy has become more about teaching long-term lessons. I still love to win (and I still hate to lose!), but I’ve found that the bigger lessons and values need to be paramount as you make that journey to the end goal.

What is my commitment?

From the outside, coaching looks like an easy thing to do. And for those who don’t do a very good job, that is correct. But the commitment to doing this job the right way can be overwhelming at times. It’s a commitment of time, energy, and emotions—all at the same time. In addition, there is the continual development in the areas of coaching techniques and knowledge of the game that are endless.

In a lot of cases, coaching the “game”—teaching the sport and managing a team during competition—is the most refreshing part of the job, because the peripheral issues such as logistics and players’ personal issues are so time-consuming. But these aspects of coaching will help define your success and can’t be thought of as asides. It’s critical to think about your commitment to the energy and time it takes to cover all the bases of coaching when you evaluate yourself and your future.

After answering these four questions, take some time to figure out if your

answers mesh with where you are and where you are going in your career. For example, if you define success differently than do your institution or the studentathletes on your team, you may be heading down the wrong road. If you’re working at a college or university, do your ideas about athletics mesh with the institution’s objectives for its sports programs? At the high school level, most boys and girls say the reasons they go out for sports are: 1) for fun; 2) to improve skills; and 3) to stay in shape. Is that something you can accept and can incorporate into your objectives?

Another example: does your time commitment match the expectations of the athletes and parents? If you don’t have time to chat with a parent on the phone because of family commitments and grading papers, maybe you shouldn’t be a head coach. Maybe being an assistant coach is best until you have more time. Or maybe coaching at a school with lesser expectations is the right choice.

The Smaller Picture If you find that, overall, you are heading in the right direction—you can define your big-picture goals and they fit your current situation—the next step is to think about evaluating yourself

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They help us win at things we can control.

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more specifically. What are the small things you need to work on? Here are some areas to think about: Organizational Skills: This is a critical area that leads to success or failure, and it requires maximum effort. The key to organizational success is planning and scheduling. All possible tasks involved with the program must be written down and put into a timeline.

In- and out-of-season activities associated with the program must be planned and communicated. This includes practices being organized for skill development and a schedule that allows players’ improvement to occur in a logical, positive direction.

The little things—bus schedules, academic concerns, ordering equipment—must also receive the necessary attention. You will develop trust and a following much more quickly if your athletes, their parents, and administrators have the perception that all the details are taken care of.

Instructional Skills: This is a multifaceted task that requires learning the complexities of the game you coach, keeping abreast of new ideas within the game, taking a look at new and different teaching techniques, and perfecting your motivational skills. You need to continually analyze whether your athletes are learning the skills of the game in the most effective and efficient way possible.

Leadership: In general, being a leader means having self confidence, demanding goals, good habits, and a positive out-

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Provide leadership, guidance, and supervision to players.

Attend activities to improve coaching knowledge and coaching performance.

Be diligent in the purchase, issue, collection, storage, and inventory of equipment and budget preparation.

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look. It also entails making decisions that are best for everyone rather than just a few. More thoughts: ■ Do whatever it takes to do things right.

■ Always strive to improve.

■ You need to give respect to get it.

■ Stress the positive and eliminate the negative.

■ Be optimistic.

■ Understand the feelings of others.

■ Have emotional control in all situations.

Being a leader also means being open to a changing culture. You need to realize players come to your program with different attitudes, goals, and objectives then they did five or 10 years ago.

The ability to listen, to be understanding and caring, and to change with the times is imperative when dealing with the young people of today.

I believe that rules must be made and expectations spelled out, but each situation that arises with a student-athlete needs to be resolved on its own facts.

One point to remember: being compassionate doesn’t mean you lower your expectations of players. It just means the lines of communication are open and you are approachable.

Gametime Skills: As simple as it sounds, the key to success in competition is planning. In sports, if anything good is going to happen, preparation must come first. It’s amazing how “lucky” a team is when it is prepared.

Participate and encourage parent nights, award banquets, and pep assemblies.

Write letters for interested college-bound players.

Set up lines of communication between parents throughout the year.

Form a partnership with the athletic director.

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Performance:

A good coach will focus on skill and mental development during practices, then at gametime will let the athletes perform. This involves making sure your team isn’t surprised by anything the other team might do, which allows your athletes to play relaxed and to the best of their ability.

And you should prepare yourself for the game in the same way. In your mind, put each player in every possible game situation and anticipate what you are going to do—then you are mentally ready to make the best decision because you’ve anticipated that situation. Your ability to make these quick decisions will be the difference in the outcome of big games.

The most important role of the coach on game day, though, is to be the leader and make sure everything stays under control. The coach reflects the right state of mind and must remain under control in negative and positive conditions.

A Role Model: Every day you must make decisions that may not be popular, but are the right thing to do. These decisions can make a mark on everyone for years to come, so they need to be done with the utmost professionalism and deliberation. A lot of players might not figure out the importance of these decisions until five or six years later, but that doesn’t mean you stop teaching the lessons.

Communication Skills: Have you ever thought about why we were given two ears and only one mouth? We need to use the ears more than the mouth. As

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Improve knowledge of first aid and injury policies with medical personnel servicing the community.

Teach decision-making skills and the value of athletics.

Be accountable for your team’s performance.

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a coach, the ability to know when to talk and when to listen can be critical. It isn’t easy sometimes to be a good listener, but it’s a skill that needs to be developed.

Some valuable lessons to become an effective listener: ■ Give eye contact to the person who is talking.

■ Don’t interrupt.

■ Don’t change the subject.

■ Ask questions.

■ Be responsive verbally and nonverbally.

People Skills: From public relations to communication with parents to fundraising activities, more and more of coaching involves the interaction with people other than players. People skills can be a very big asset when trying to incorporate many different opportunities into your program.

These skills will be seen as leadership ability by others. Thus, it is important to understand people, possess program creativity, not waver on tough decisions that need to be made, and realize you need to continue to change and improve.

Getting There After thinking about your organizational, instructional, leadership, gametime, communication, and people skills, you’ll need to formulate goals and develop a plan for achieving them. To start the process, sometimes it helps to get the feedback of others involved in the program. Ideally, your athletic director will be giving you an annual review, but you can go further. Some coaches ask their assistant or j.v. coach and senior athletes to fill out a questionnaire about the head coach’s performance.

To formulate goals, have a game plan. Be aggressive in your thinking and never strive to stay the same, but don’t try to take on too much at once. Just as you wouldn’t ask a pitcher to learn three new pitches in three weeks of preseason practice, don’t try to perfect all your people skills in one season.

It often works well to have long-term goals and short-term goals. For example, maybe you want to develop better communication skills with parents.

Because this is a leadership goal, it cannot happen overnight. (Changing one’s style is a slower process than changing an organizational skill.) You might want to break down that long-term goal into smaller targets, such as:

■ Revamping your preseason parents’ meeting to make it more communicative.

■ Working harder on being a patient listener to parents.

■ Taking the time to send an e-mail to all parents about the team once a week.

Other ways to achieve your goals include learning about coaching and teaching techniques, becoming more knowledgeable about your sport, and developing yourself personally to be more effective during practice and games. It

also helps to research what other successful people have done.

Developing our coaching goals is not a simple or easy process, but I believe it is critical to staying motivated and giving our students the best experience possible. So, before the next season starts, take the time to think about how you define long-term success and analyze what you need to do to get there.

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Two experts outline how to decide whether certain athletes need to add weight and if they do, how to help them do it.

ou have a tall, skinny sophomore who oozes potential. He has all the height, skills, court sense,and willingness to work hard needed to become an outstanding post player. One problem, though: On offense and defense, he gets pushed around too much under the basket. He’s tough and strong, but he’s simply outweighed.

Science tells us that 3,500 excess calories leads to a gain of one pound, which means a person must consume an extra 500 calories per day, above his or her needs, to put on one pound per week.

This translates, theoretically, to a 12pound increase after three months.

So, it seems simple. Ask an athlete to add 500 calories every day while engaged in a strength-training program, and three months later, voila, there will be an individual 12 pounds heavier in front of you. But, for many athletes, gaining weight is not so simple. Despite all efforts, the scale doesn’t move. And the process starts to become daunting.

Especially for growing athletes, weight gain requires a more strategic plan than eating two slices of pizza before going to bed every night. A weight gain plan need not be complicated or elusive, but it does have to be realistic and thoughtfully outlined.

Assess The Athlete Before discussing calories and food choices, you need to talk to the player about why he or she wants to gain weight. Is the directive from the coach or the athlete him- or herself? And what is the motivating factor?

If the athlete wants to look more muscular, watch for any warning signs of distorted body image. Body dysmorphia, an Heidi Skolnik is President of Nutrition Conditioning, Inc., in Fort Lee, N.J. Her clients include the New York Giants and the Princeton University athletic department. Andrea Chernus is a registered dietitian who works extensively with college athletes in the New York City area.

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inaccurate perception of one’s body, is becoming increasingly evident among male athletes. This disorder involves thinking one’s body is small and weak, when in fact it is quite muscular. Many people afflicted with dysmorphia are obsessed with gaining mass and spend hours in the gym.

It is very important to help athletes develop realistic body images and expectations of themselves. If you feel the athlete may have dysmorphia, you can help by getting him to focus on improved function, not just aesthetics. You may also want to alert his parents, and possibly refer him to a psychologist.

On the other hand, if the athlete wishes to increase mass to improve sports performance, then you should assess his or her goals more specifically. Whether you initiated the idea or not, it’s good to get involved. Is weight gain needed because you want the athlete to move from the perimeter to playing in the post? Do you want the center to gain weight because he is getting pushed around under the basket? Is it because the athlete has grown two inches over the summer and his new lanky build seems to be leading to balance and coordination problems?

The first thing to assess is if weight gain will solve the problem at hand. For example, a player may need more proprioceptive training, not more bulk or weight training. However, the new-tothe-post player may truly need 10 more

pounds of muscle on his body to improve his rebounding and scoring.

After evaluating why the athlete wants to gain weight, you’ll need to assess his or her body type and anything that might hinder weight gain. Often body type is a genetic trait, and some people are predisposed to being long and lanky. In addition, taller athletes lose more body heat due to a greater body surface area and thus need even more calories to gain weight. It’s important that these athletes be reasonable in their expectations—gaining weight may take longer for them, and it certainly won’t change their body type.

Also consider whether the athlete is still growing. Often college-aged males won’t have reached their full size yet.

Calorie needs for gaining mass are going to be greater in athletes who are still growing. Those who haven’t reached maturity may also have lower levels of testosterone, which inhibits muscle building.

The third area of assessment involves taking an overall look at the athlete’s diet. From our experience, there are two types of athletes trying to gain weight. The first, who we’ll call Athlete A, is simply not eating as much food as he or she thinks. Their eating is not consistent, they may become full quickly at meal time, and occasionally they skip meals. Their appetite just isn’t as large as they perceive. In fact, they can hardly imagine eating more. But, in closely examining their diet, there is room to

Here is an example of how a few modifications can add up to an extra 1,600 calories in one day. (Note that this is just a sample, and that the fat percentage can be increased.)

LOWER-CALORIE DAY Breakfast 1 cup corn flakes 1 cup low-fat milk 1 English muffin & 1 pat butter 1 cup orange juice

SAMPLE MENUS

1 cup low-fat milk 1 cup low-fat chocolate milk 1 English muffin with 1 pat butter & 1 Tbsp. jam 1 cup orange juice

Snack 4 chocolate chip cookies 1 cup low-fat milk (1%)

Snack 1 cup trail mix (1/3 cup each chocolate chips, nuts, raisins)

TOTALS Calories: 3,106 Protein: 178 grams (23%) Carbs: 414 grams (53%) Fat: 84 grams (24%)

Lunch 2 cups spaghetti 1 cup tomato sauce 2 Tbsp. parmesan cheese 2 slices bread with 1 pat butter 1 tossed salad with 1/2 cup kidney beans 2 Tbsp. salad dressing 1 cup cranberry juice 1 apple & 2 Tbsp. peanut butter

HIGHER-CALORIE DAY

Snack 1 Snickers bar

Breakfast 1 cup Grape Nuts

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Setting Goals Weight-gain goals should be determined at the beginning of the program, based on the above assessments (i.e., their performance goals, body type, and whether they are an A or B athlete).

Goals should also be based on the athlete’s expected compliance. Strive for success, even if it is minimal, to get the athlete on the right track.

We frequently hear about athletes’ unsuccessful weight-gain attempts. Often the problem lies in their overly ambitious expectations. When their results aren’t as they imagined, they feel defeated. Setting realistic goals can help keep the athlete focused.

Most important, weight gain should be attempted over a period of time. At the high end, one-half to one pound a Continued on page 38

Dinner 1 cup chicken noodle soup 2 roasted, skinless chicken breasts 1 cup green beans 1 baked potato & 1 pat butter

Lunch 1 tossed salad 1 Tbsp. Italian dressing 2 cups spaghetti 1 cup tomato sauce 1 slice bread & 1 pat butter 1 cola 1 apple Small bag potato chips

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boost their intake. These athletes need help understanding their nutritional needs and support in how to meet them.

It’s a re-learning process.

The other type, Athlete B, is already a well-trained athlete, with a high amount of lean body mass. These athletes are close to their genetic potential, but would like to add mass. A large amount of lean body mass requires a large amount of calories. Athlete B is already eating a lot of food, but in order to gain weight, he or she needs to take in even more. The process for this athlete may take longer than for Athlete A.

Snack 1 low-fat yogurt 1 banana Dinner 1 chicken breast, breaded, baked 1 hard roll with 1 pat butter 1 cup peas & carrots 2 baked potatoes & 1 pat butter 1 cup minestrone soup Snack 4 fig bars 1 cup chocolate pudding TOTALS Calories: 4,790 Protein: 196 grams (16%) Carbs: 810 grams (65%) Fat: 104 grams (19%)

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week is the most to be expected. Any gains above this are very difficult to achieve, due to the exorbitantly high calorie intake required.

It’s also important to see that the weight-gain goals can go hand in hand with strength training and other workouts. Increasing lean body mass is only one aspect and should not be the sole focus of any plan. The athlete’s goals should be set in parameters of performance, such as improvements in speed, strength, power, and other functions specific to his or her position.

It is also critical that the athlete’s weight and body composition be assessed accurately and consistently. For example, if you decide to base improvements on body composition, instead of pounds gained, suggest to your athletes that they bypass stepping on a traditional scale.

You should consult a qualified athletic trainer or other sports medicine professional who knows how to measure body composition using calipers or some other means. Goals should be determined with the athlete’s input, so he or she feels own-

ership of the process.

Therefore, it’s important to educate the athlete about the process. The greater the understanding an athlete has prior to embarking on a weight-gain program, the more likely his or her compliance and satisfaction with the plan.

One key thing for the athlete to understand is that an appropriate lifting program is the only way to add lean body mass. If the athlete doesn’t weight train adequately, his or her gains will be seen as body fat. It’s usually okay for athletes to see some fat gains with muscle gains,

HIGHER-CALORIE FOODS Athletes can add 500 to 700 extra calories daily by substituting these higher-calorie foods for the lower-calories ones.

Higher-Calorie Foods

Calories Lower-Calorie Foods

Banana or date nut bread, 1 slice Raisins, 1/4 cup Banana, 1 medium Corn Kidney beans Spanish rice Oatmeal cookie (1) Fig bar (1) Peanut butter, 1 Tbsp.

Butter/Margarine, 1 Tbsp.

Cranberry juice Apricot nectar Grape juice Granola Grape Nuts Pea soup Lentil soup

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Dinner roll (1 oz) Watermelon Melon/Cantaloupe Broccoli Green beans White rice Animal cracker (1) Nilla Wafer (1) Jam/Jelly, 1 Tbsp.

Sour cream, 1 Tbsp.

Orange juice Tomato juice Soda Corn flakes Rice Krispies Chicken noodle soup Bouillon

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but their percentage of body fat should not rise significantly.

The athlete should also know that a key component of a weight-gain program is building appropriate rest into their training. Adequate sleep is required for hormone production, particularly testosterone, which is required for muscle building. Although many athletes become eager to engage in their training, rest must be encouraged to enable muscle repair.

A third factor in the program that athletes must understand is that high levels of aerobic activity require extra calories. If this type of training is inhibiting weight gain, periods of lower intensity, shorter duration exercise may be required to gain mass.

But what may be most important for athletes to understand is that gaining weight is not solely controlled by the amount of calories eaten. For some athletes, the “500-calories-per-day-equalsone-pound-per-week” equation does not hold. For example, an athlete who already has a large amount of lean body mass may require more than 500 additional calories daily to gain a pound a week. An athlete who is still growing needs sufficient calories to support growth and weight gain.

Another factor that throws the equation off is the thermic effect of food.

This refers to the energy needed to digest and absorb food, which amounts to about 10 percent of the food’s calories. The more food a person eats, the more energy they burn. Additionally, the rate of muscle gain is not so predictable: one pound of food is not the same as one pound of muscle.

Protein is often believed to be a magical ingredient for building lean body mass. In reality, sufficient protein must be available to repair muscle tissue, but large amounts are not necessary or desirable. Additionally, protein does not in and of itself create muscle. No more than 0.9 grams per pound of body weight is the amount of protein recommended daily for athletes trying to gain mass. For a 135-pound athlete, this amounts to 86 to 110 grams of protein per day; for a 175pound athlete, 123 to 143 grams of protein per day. One pound of muscle

contains 75 to 100 grams of protein— that amounts to eating just two ounces of meat daily for seven days.

Excessive protein can actually slow the body down. Because protein is not an efficient fuel source, the body uses extra calories to convert it to usable energy. High-protein diets also promote fluid loss, which may lead to early fatigue and dehydration. It is important for the athlete to fulfill the balance of his or her calorie needs with carbohydrate and fat to spare the protein from being used for energy. Taking in large

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Strategies After the athlete understands the factors that contribute to weight gain, he or she also needs specific strategies. Young athletes are often confused about what types of foods will aid in weight gain, and what proportions of carbohydrates, protein, and fat will be helpful.

To gain weight, the excess calories may come from any food. However, the most desirable distribution of macronutrients for sports performance is 55 to 70 percent of calories from carbohydrate, 15 percent from protein, and 25 to 30 percent from fat. For weight gain, fat may comprise up to 40 percent, especially when a large number of calories is required.

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EXTRA-CALORIE IDEAS

Here are some ideas on sneaking nutritious calories into an athlete’s diet.

1. When making food selections:

2. While preparing food:

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Add nuts, seeds, croutons, grated cheese, and/or raisins to salad, rice, pasta, or any other dish.

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Choose calorie-dense breakfast cereals like granolas, Grape Nuts, and muesli. Add dried or sliced fruit.

■ Top foods such as fish, chicken, or vegetables with bread crumbs before baking.

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Add jam, peanut butter, apple butter, or cottage cheese to toast or bagels.

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Have your soup or salad after your meal.

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Prepare hot cereals and appropriate canned soups with milk instead of water.

Consistently eat three meals every day.

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Choose desserts that contain nutrients: oatmeal cookies, Fig Newtons, fruit cobblers, stewed fruit compotes, puddings, pies, frozen yogurt.

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Add honey, chocolate powder or syrup, bananas, wheat germ, peanut butter, and low-fat yogurt to evaporated milk to make a smoothie.

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Don’t fill up on low-calorie foods or beverages—leave room for more high-calorie foods.

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Be sure your beverages have calories— juices, milk, smoothies, sports drinks are all great choices.

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Try adding wheat germ and/or evaporated milk to soups, gravies, cooked foods, potatoes, and shakes.

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Add slivered almonds or grated cheese to steamed or sauteed vegetables.

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3. Additional tips:

Sauté (but don’t fry) foods, using a little olive or canola oil, or other vegetable oil (safflower, corn, soy, peanut).

Add beans, corn, potatoes to soups, entrees, and side dishes.

Never eat “naked” bread—always “dress” your bread with peanut butter, olive oil, jam, honey, apple butter, hummus, occasionally butter or margarine, or any other topping you enjoy.

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Use carbohydrate supplements as a snack.

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Include regular snacks or mini-meals in between—especially after practice for recovery, and before bedtime.

Carry snacks with you so that you are prepared to eat when on the run—peanut butter crackers, sports bars, granola bars, and trail mix are easy and caloric.

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Go for seconds—even if you don’t finish them.

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Try to eat just a little more than you normally are used to.

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amounts of protein often comes at the expense of other foods, crowding out important carbohydrates.

It is vitally important for athletes to include both carbohydrate-rich foods and fats. Carbohydrates are necessary for ready energy and glycogen storage.

Some carbohydrate foods are bulky, however, and should be avoided if they prohibit sufficient calorie intake.

Fats are considered “calorie dense,” providing many calories in a small quantity of food. The challenge for many people is not in the quantity of fat they consume, but in making healthful choices. It is recommended that athletes obtain more of their fats from unsaturated sources, such as nuts, vegetable oils, and high-fat fish than from saturated fats. Found in animal-based foods such as high-fat meats and dairy products, as well as many processed snack foods, saturated fats may contribute to the development of many diseases, and should be kept to a minimum.

Creatine is a well-studied supplement, with its results published in many

sports and medical journals. It has been shown to improve weight-gain attempts.

However, it is not condoned by many in the medical community. Each coach and athletic trainer must decide his or her stance on this subject. Other supplements often used by athletes are protein powders. These are not necessary, as most athletes are able to meet their protein needs. High-carbohydrate supplements may be more effective at delivering extra calories to athletes.

Athletes may also want suggestions on when to eat for maximal gains. Eating before, during, and after weight training may help with hypertrophy and weight-gain attempts.

It’s also a good idea to have different strategies for different types of athletes, especially for those in group A versus group B. Athlete A needs to focus on consistently meeting these types of goals: ■ Eating three meals a day, every day.

■ Including at least two snacks a day in addition to their meals.

■ Drinking a majority of their beverages between meals, to leave more room

for calorie-dense foods at mealtime.

■ Not filling up on low-calorie foods, such as salads and broth-based soups.

Athlete B, who may already employ the above strategies, may need to focus on: ■ Including more calorie-dense foods at each meal, while maintaining the proper proportions of macro-nutrients.

■ Increasing the number of snacks per day, or including a substantial bedtime snack.

■ Incorporating a protein-carbohydrate snack into their daily diet.

■ Cutting back on aerobic training to decrease calories burned. (Weight-gain may be more easily achieved in the offseason than during the season.)

For guidance in meeting these goals, see “Sample Menus” on page 34 and “Extra-Calorie Ideas” on page 40. Tips on food choices are provided on page 38. By combining a plan to boost intake of calories with a consistent weighttraining program, athletes will be able to put on the pounds they need to succeed in their sports. ■

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Team Equipment Gallery Dr. Dish™, from Airborne Athletics, is a basketball training machine that “dishes” basketballs to your players from anywhere on the court, to anywhere on the court. Use it to pass to your shooters from under the net, from the perimeter to a low post position, or to “shoot” off the rim or backboard for rebounding and tipping drills. Dr. Dish will “throw” bounce passes, chest and cross-court passes, alleyoops and more. The machine automatically rotates to deliver a variety of passes or can be set stationary to practice one type of shot. With its adjustable ball speed and trajectory, players can be fed any kind of pass to practice shots from anywhere on the court. Dr. Dish features an automatic ball feeder and includes a unique basketball net system that collects made and missed shots, funneling them back into the machine. Get thousands of reps. per hour with Dr. Dish for more

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Circle No. 48 on Reader Inquiry Card Perhaps you watch the show, NBA— Inside Stuff, on ESPN. If so, you saw the special on the Philadelphia 76-ers training on VertiMax. Besides top-ranked NBA teams, it is also being used by NCAA Division I perennial power houses such as Duke and UCONN. If you want to see playmaking moves and game-winning intensity, VertiMax is the answer. No training device anywhere at any price will do more to increase your team’s vertical jump and first-stepquickness. Genetic Potential knows that superior athleticism and great coaching make for a winning team, and VertiMax will give you a much better athlete to work with. A fifteen man squad can do the whole eight-set routine in 40 minutes, and you will be able to see the difference where it counts—during competition. For more details, call (800) 6995867 or visit www.vertimax.com.

Circle No. 49 on Reader Inquiry Card The patented Stretch Out® Strap, from OPTP, delivers the benefits of PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching without a partner.

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Circle No. 50 on Reader Inquiry Card The Mobil-izer™ Roll, also from OPTP, is 29” long with a four-inch diameter. It is an optimal size for mobilizing the thoracic spine and may also be used for stretching, massage, and strengthening. The Mobil-izer Roll will also allow you to incorporate an exercise band without compromising the shape of the roll because it contains a hard inner core. An insert that demonstrates exercises such as mobilizing the thoracic region, massaging the feet and stretching the Iliotibial Band is included. OPTP offers many other rehabilitation publications and products. For more information and a free catalog, call OPTP at (800) 367-7393 or visit www.optp.com.

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Circle No. 52 on Reader Inquiry Card Powernetics offers the Power Trainer, which for more than 10 years has made the power clean a safe exercise for athletes from junior high to the collegiate level. The Power Trainer enables an athlete to not only safely clean, but also to reverse the clean.

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Circle No. 53 on Reader Inquiry Card Powernetics also offers a line of strength training machines that develop power by providing a consistent ratio of speed, resistance, and intensity. The Dominator builds strength in one unbroken line from the feet to the hands. The machine’s groundbased torquing motion works both sides of the body, as well as providing an explosive chest punch. The unit will more than double strength in the 90degree torso rotation. Call (800) 8292928 for more information.

Circle No. 54 on Reader Inquiry Card Power Systems offers an improved design on its Power Hurdle™. This versatile piece of equipment is great for increasing overall vertical jump and speed. It’s adjustable from 12”42” so any athlete at any level can use it. For safety, if hit during the workout it collapses. And it has a durable plastic foot board and powder coated legs that are rust proof.

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Team Equipment Gallery Build more strength and endurance during plyometric workouts with the Power Systems Power Builder™. The Power Builder utilizes rubber tubing to add resistance during workouts. A safety cord within the rubber tubing prevents it from over-stretching. A velcro belt that fits most waists is easily adjusted. Additionally there are no plastic or metal clips, adding to its safety. To receive more information and to request a free catalog, call (800) 321-6975 or visit www.power-systems.com.

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Stromgren Supports, Inc. offers the #1590 Power Short which meets DuPont standards for Lycra Power certification. The Hydro flex-treated shorts wick away per-

spiration to keep athletes cooler, drier, and more comfortable. The Weft-Loc insertion is made of 35-percent Lycra and 65percent nylon to provide maximum compression. Call (800) 527-1988 for more information.

Circle No. 57 on Reader Inquiry Card The Z175 Ankle System from Stromgren Supports, Inc., features patented doublelayer breathable knit elastic for maximum compression and conformity. Its ventilated design minimizes perspiration build-up.

The Z175 also features webbing control strips, a hinged foam tongue with four metal stays, two side panel stays, and 16 closely spaced eyelets for localized support.

It has a low profile, fits inside any shoe, and is lightweight and ambidextrous. Call (800) 527-1988 for more information.

Circle No. 58 on Reader Inquiry Card “I have found the X Vest to be an excellent tool for providing overloads in both plyometric and strength training, condi-

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tioning and rehabilitation programs. The fit and adaptability are excellent. The X Vest allows for freedom of movement and doesn’t interfere with any of the agility, bounding or running programs that I write for a wide variety of athletes, both collegiate and professional.

The X Vest has proven itself in my programs!

Thank you for all your efforts and help in improving my capability as a strength & conditioning specialist.”— Donald A. Chu Ph.D., PT, ATC, CSCS and author of “Jumping into Plyometrics” Call (800) 697-5658 or visit www.THExVest.com for more information.

Circle No. 59 on Reader Inquiry Card Zonar™ is the first and only method and machine specifically designed to train free throw shooting and to strengthen shooting muscles. Players of all ages repeat the proper motion with the ideal mechanics at the set and release points resulting in greatest shot efficiency and accuracy. Set it up as a shooting station during practice while you coach other areas of the game.

Players use it in season and off season on their own to build confidence and greatly improve shooting percentages. ZonarTM maximizes results from your coaching efforts and your players' hard work. Easy to set up, easy to adjust, easy to use, and easy to store. Join the revolution. Enter the ZonarTM and the win column. Call (866) 484-2253 or visit www.enterthezonar.com for more information.

Circle No. 60 on Reader Inquiry Card Improving shooting percentages one team at a time for over six years. Now you can actually see what you’re shooting at. The idea is simple: improve shooting through visualization and repetition.

What makes it revolutionary is the clear, memorable target provided by the ArcAngel Halo, designed by ArcAngel, to force the player to shoot with the proper arc. The ArcAngel can be used for three-point shots, foul shots, and even bank shots. It installs in seconds without tools or a ladder and folds for easy storage and portability. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.arcangel.org or call (888) 927-2264 later in the day.

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Portable Goals BPI (800) 435-DUNK (3865), www.basketballproducts.com BPI is the country’s leading manufacturer of high quality basketball equipment. BPI equipment can be found in most high school, college, and NBA facilities. The BPI product line includes backboards, rims, and portable, ceiling-suspended, and outdoor backstops.

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BISON, INC. (800) 247-7668, www.bisoninc.com Bison’s T-Rex portables offer two sizes for a premium competition or side court system. T-Rex 96 has 96” of safe play area between the base and goal and features Bison’s Clear Defense Glass Retention System. The T-Rex 66 has 66” safe play area for the side court. Official size glass backboard has a lifetime limited warranty. Goal

height adjusts from 7’ to 10’.

Base and front are fully padded on all sides.

DuraSkin™ backboard padding is matched to the base, with 12 color choices.

Ballast is totally hidden.

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FUTURE PRO, INC. (800) 328-4625, www.futureproinc.com Special features of Future Pro’s Half Court portable systems include infinitely variable goal height adjustment, flex goal, DuraSkin padding on backboard, base and pole, and choice of 36” x 48” tempered glass or 36” x 60” acrylic backboard.

System will pass through a standard

double-wide door. A single lever handle lifts the system from playing stance to transport position, allowing for easy, one-person movement. Non-marking wheels protect the floor.

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JAYPRO SPORTS (800) 243-0533, www.jaypro.com The EBB-1 Portable Recreational Basketball Unit by Jaypro Sports, is an ideal choice for elementary-level children who are building shooting skills and confidence or for recreational use for older age groups.

A single adult can easily adjust this versatile unit to four different heights. The 240 lbs. Of ballast (included) provide a stable base and the offset wheels make it easy to move for both indoor and outdoor use. The unit can also be used as a volleyball or badminton standard.

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Pro Look Sports is owned and operated by coaches and former coaches who know the needs and limitations of all coaches in institutional team play. The standard of success for Pro Look is to be its customer's first choice for quality, service and price. The company's ability to offer a complete line of America's finest team apparel is accomplished through its most valuable resource; a competent and caring workforce committed to excellent quality and service.

Specializing in team sports uniforms, we have found our niche and created a product that far exceeds any competition, both in quality and price. All uniforms are made with only the strongest materials including tackle-twill (sewnon) numbers and letters and custom embroidery. Clients can literally add any "extras" to their products with no limitations and with no price increases.

Because of the dedication to client needs, coupled with commitment to manufacturing quality products, Pro Look Sports has become the fastest growing team sportswear company in America in less than 6 years! Pro Look Sports looks forward to continually serving you, the coaches and players, with an affordable, high quality product.

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V V II D D EE O O EE D D II T T II N NG G SS Y Y SS T T EE M M SS G GU U II D D EE L3 Digital Video Services www.L3digital.com 800.982.6467 See ad on page 38

Primary Advantages: L3 Digital Video Services offers the latest in digital video compression technology and allows teams to archive and distribute game film on CD/DVD or over the Internet.

The L3 Video Archiving System compresses digital video in REAL TIME so that as edited video comes out of the main video editor or VCR, the L3 system automatically compresses it for archiving and Internet transfer. The video coordinator spends NO extra time. The L3 custom video player allows the coach or athlete to analyze individual plays in slow motion with forward and backward features so a coach can easily grade film or show player performance without rewinding tape. When game film is in compressed format it can easily be sent over the Internet for the weekly game exchange and duplicated quickly (up to 10 times faster than real time). L3 DVS offers the only system to allow you to exchange video over the Internet.

The affordable Mobile System captures each play as it is recorded. Within minutes after the game, the entire game is compressed, broken down by offense, defense, and whatever other category desired, and copied to CD or DVD for coaching review. With just a click of the button, all of the offensive plays can be listed and played. This system can be used as the team’s main video editor.

Finally, for the high school athlete who wants to expose his/her talents to a wide audience of coaches, L3 DVS has created a Web site to house high quality downloadable videos. After receipt of the athlete’s video, it is prepared for the Internet and made available to all coaches in the country upon request.

LRSSports www.LRSSports.com 888.577.0001 See ad on page 35 NABC Booth 609 and WBCA Booth 300 Primary Advantages: LRSSports offers an affordable, easy-to-use laptop and desktop digital video editing and game analysis system for professional, college and high school teams. Both analog and digital cameras are compatible with our firewire solution. After the video is captured, you can either make SVHS tapes, DVDs or view the video from either the internal or external hard drives on your computer or projector.

Information can be entered using the mouse or user-defined hot-keys on the keyboard. Filters of specific events or possessions can be created and saved easily.

Single stations or networks are available.

The financial strength and stability of LRS along with the company-wide expertise and partnerships with IBM and Microsoft cannot be overlooked. We can withstand the volatile economic climate. Our diversity and longevity are among our strengths.

Support Services: Customers have the option to choose 24/7 or daytime business hours for technical support. Our technical support number is toll-free. All customers will receive on-site training.

Upgrades Available: All of our products have annual upgrades/releases. Version 7.0 of our basketball product will be released this spring, taking our solution to a whole new level of affordability and ease of use.

Customer Quote: "Affordability, dependability, and portability—the LRSSports system is a slam dunk!" Stacy Johnson-Klein, Head Coach, Women's Basketball, Fresno State University

New Trend Media Sports Systems www.newtrendmedia.com 843.863.1065 See ad on page 18

Primary Advantages: NTM Sports Systems are cost-effective and are so user friendly that coaches actually enjoy using them. They cut every possible second off the entire process, from digitizing film to printing reports. Fields, filters, and reports are ready-to-go or easily created from scratch. They are the most flexible programs imaginable, and are completely scalable.

Support Services: We provide free initial training with a step-by-step pictorially based training manual and an instructional DVD. We have 24/7 tech support, not just “in-season,” but year-round. We can walk you through a problem over the phone or can login to your system to assist you. We even support efforts to get the system purchase approved, with DVD demos for ADs or boosters.

Upgrades Available: We provide the most powerful software package with our base system; therefore, upgrades primarily involve peripherals—camera packages, additional workstations, video viewing stations, etc., or software for other sports.

Software upgrades are free during the first year or under a continued service agreement.

Customer Quote: “The system we have is unbelievable. It saves us time and the quality is outstanding. Being in a Division III program where our funds are limited, it’s been a great help to our staff, and the whole athletic department. The 24/7 support has been phenomenal.”

Charlie Pravata, USMMA Kings Point

Support Services: We offer 24-hour support service.

Upgrades Available: All of our products can be upgraded.

Customer List: Georgia Tech, Florida State, Miami, and BYU-Hawaii.

Background: Established in 2002, L3 Digital Video Services offers digital video archiving and editing solutions using the latest in video compression technology.

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Background: In 1996, LRSSports began offering digital video editing and integrated game analysis solutions. Today, more than 250 high schools through Division 1-A teams are satisfied customers. Our portable laptop, firewire solution released last fall has been received with tremendous success.

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Background: A video coordinator at a NCAA Division I-AA school asked himself why small colleges and high schools couldn’t afford easy-to-use, powerful video editing systems. So, in 1993, he created the Football System and other sports followed.

Over 50 combined years of video coordinating, database programming, network engineering, and software training have gone into these systems.

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US Sports Video www.USSportsVideo.com 800.556.8778 See ad on page 17 WBCA Booth 608 Primary Advantages: Sports video is our only business. We developed the "MARK" camera, a portable recording system so coaches start with the best quality game tape. The Video EDIT TOWER is second to none. The integrated editing system is quick and easy to learn. Our exclusive remote control video recording systems, SKYHAWK and FALCON, are the best end-zone and wall-mounted units, respectively, on the market. The FALCON operates from anywhere within the gym complex. This wall-mount system is great to record action on the floor from an elevated view. Optional decorative "basketball" cover is available.

Support Services: We offer 24/7 support.

Upgrades Available: Upgrading is the name of the game as technology changes.

We work with coaches to provide the best system to fit their needs and budget.

Customer Quote: "We have used US Sports Video systems since my last few years at Kent State, where we won three championships and played in three post seasons. I believe that the addition of the tower, and its capabilities, helped our program take another step forward. Since having the US Sports Video system, the Kent State program has won four NCAA games in the past two years. When hired at Rutgers, the first call I placed was to US Sports Video, and we now have a state-ofthe-art video package, linear and digital components, at our disposal. I highly recommend US Sports Video!

"At Rutgers, we use all US Sports Video equipment, from the camera for practice and game action, to the four portable laptops, the six-deck tower, and editing desk top computer. It has been the most useful and practical application to teaching the game of basketball to our players that I have ever used. Without US Sports Video, we would be light years behind."

Larry DeSimpelare, Assistant Basketball Coach, Rutgers University Background: Inventor, developer and manufacturer of custom-built sports video systems. Sports video is 100 percent of our business since 1988.

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• Save Hundred's $$$ with this 42” x 21” Reusable Traction Mat • Tacky surface cleans athletes shoes to improve traction and performance • Cleans easily to allow for DAILY use

“Fabulous trip! Our team took a 10day trip to Australia. Every detail was taken care of and extremely well organized. Dale from TranSports was super from the planning stages through the entire trip.

“This was very, very affordable. The tour offered a variety of things, truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. All feedback from players and adults on the trip (20 total) was very positive. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

“A nice feature offered was Web site updates. Parents and fans back home could see photos and scores daily.

“I recommend any team looking for international competition and travel call TranSports.”

Mike Durbin Women’s Basketball Head Coach College of Saint Benedict St. Joseph, Minn.

Conference: MIAC, NCAA Division III

TranSports Athletic Team Travel 10 Islanders’ Retreat Savannah, GA 31441

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• Guaranteed to remain sticky for two years • FREE carrying Case and Cleaning System • Excellent for Basketball, Volleyball and Wrestling • Available in Red or Black. Complete system for $289.95.

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• Stops the clock instantly on the referee's whistle • Clock starts either by ref from the court or by official timer • Easy to set-up, designed to "plug and play" with your existing scoreboard • Used in Pros, College and High School Basketball worldwide Make the time RIGHT for your games with PRECISION TIME

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PORTER ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT COMPANY (800) 94-PORTER, www.porter-ath.com The Torq-Flex goal is engineered to take on the most rambunctious of rimwreckers. Porter Athletic Company developed the Torq-Flex goal’s unique patentpending design with three leading-edge features: 1) An exclusive steel torsion-rod pivot design that consistently maintains proper elasticity and reboundability; 2) a case-hardened alloy steel torsion rod pivot provides a maintenance-free goal assembly; and 3) a safer tube-tie net attachment that attaches to the goal and eliminates wire-formed attachments protruding below the rim’s underside.

SCHELDE NORTH AMERICA (800) 823-0182, www.scheldesports.com Schelde North America recently introduced its new SAM™ 9 portable basketball unit, engineered for today’s stronger, faster athletes. SAM 9 offers a full 9-foot extension, giving players more room while enabling the goal unit to fit in facilities that cannot accommodate larger units. Based on the mighty SAM™ 10 platform, the new SAM 9 provides incredible beam strength. Standard features include Schelde’s patented Dynamic Sub Frame and Schelde’s patented “Dunk Proof” backboard.

The result of numerous engineering breakthroughs, Schelde North America has introduced its new Arena SAM™.

Developed for Madison Square Garden, “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” Arena SAM was specially engineered to give fans a clear view of the action. It’s the lowest-profile, best sight-line, competition basketball system ever developed with special proprietary steel allows, Arena SAM features a completely new structural platform and locator pin system, plus Schelde’s patented Dynamic Sub Frame and Schelde’s patented “Dunk Proof” backboard.

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Uniforms & Apparel BASSCO SPORTING GOODS (800) 250-4923, www.bassco.com Bassco Sporting Goods offers a basketball spirit pack delivered in 14 working days. The pack includes a heavyweight 100-percent cotton t-shirt, reversible micromesh jersey, big and baggy micromesh shorts, and a pair of socks. All garments include your choice of custom screen printing with no set-up charges. There are three jersey styles offered: men’s reversible tank top (shown), men’s reversible cap sleeve style, or women’s cut pattern.

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Bassco Sporting Goods has added new number styles for 2002 to its game uniform program. Custom-lettered game jerseys are delivered in 14 working days.

Jerseys feature 100-percent nylon twoply dazzle cloth cowl, eight-inch sleeve with a hemmed elastic cuff, and fulllength pro bright tricot mesh body. All jersey seams are overstitched for durability. Bassco delivers quality and value in this custom jersey on time. Call (800) 250-4923 or visit www.bassco.com for more information.

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GREG LARSON SPORTS (800) 950-3320 x310, www.glssports.com From shooting aids to custom gameday uniforms, your team will look and play their best. This month, GLS is showcasing Mr. Marv's Perfect Shot Basketballs. This ultimate shot trainer teaches proper hand position and shooting mechanics. Five sizes are available. GLS also offers the finest in stock and game-day uniforms. Call GLS today for your 2003 Full Line Equipment Catalog.

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MOYER SPORTS www.moyersports.com, (800) 255-5299 Moyer Sports Corner offers a complete line of shooting shirts and tearaway pants with custom styling.

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PROBALL (800) 401-9708, www.proball.com.au Proball was founded in Australia 20 years ago on the principle of providing a truly customized basketball uniform made of the finest fabrics, while providing superior customer service and delivery times.

Today, these principles have enabled

Proball to attain an 80-percent market share in Australia. Proball now offers their superior uniforms in the United States. All uniform detail and colors are designed to the coach’s specifications, and utilize "tackletwill" stitching on all numerals and letters. In addition, these uniforms are delivered within 4 to 6 weeks. When you decide to purchase a Proball uniform, you will be assigned to a personal sales representative who will oversee the ordering process to ensure that all of the coach’s expectations are met to their satisfaction. Proball also offers shooter’s jerseys, basketball practice gear, baseball, softball, and hockey jerseys.

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PRO LOOK SPORTS (800) PRO-LOOK, www.prolooksports.com Pro Look Sports has become the fastest growing team sportswear company in six years for one reason: fully custom, quality uniforms. Their uniforms are made of the finest materials available; cut and sewn to your exact specifications. There are no additional costs for embroidered logos or for soft tackle-twill names and numbers. All work is backed by a two-year guarantee.

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More New Products Since 1882, ACME has been making the World's biggest range of sports whistles. To date, over 460 million Acme Whistles have been produced and sold throughout the World.

Over the years ACME has invented and innovated so many whistles that there is nothing in the market that doesn't originate from an ACME design. The accepted "snail" shape is still the most popular-even though it was introduced over 100 years ago. The current range includes five peeless Tornado and six classic Thunderers in metal and plastic. Recent independent tests rated ACME higher in all categories than any other manufacturer— and every ACME is individually tested and guaranteed. That is why officials from the NHL, NFL, FIFA, NCAA and other top worldwide bodies rely on them. ACME's look and listen Web site gives a full overview of its products. See them at www.acmewhistles.com.

Circle No. 77 on Reader Inquiry Card Ark Digital Technologies has introduced a new video series for coaches, the Big Man Camp series, featuring Coach Pete Newell.

Footwork and individual moves from the post and wing are the focus of Pete Newell’s Big Man camp each year in Hawaii. The new series is the premiere product on the market to help coaches and players understand the concepts that Coach Newell teaches. Available in both CD’s and video tapes. The use of graphic overlays and telestration make the concepts clear and understandable. Contact the company at www.arkdigitech.com or call (858) 514-3939 for more information.

Circle No. 78 on Reader Inquiry Card Basketball Sense’s mission is to provide you with the tools you need to become a more effective coach. Each issue (eight times a year) is packed with practical information: ideas, plays, drills, teaching techniques, interviews, etc. The entire editorial staff has coached at the professional, college, or high school level.

Send your request for a complimentary

issue to P.O. Box 1667, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 or for more information, visit www.basketballsense.com.

Circle No. 79 on Reader Inquiry Card Are slippery gym floors and wrestling mats a problem? Courtclean is the answer. It’s fast, easy, safe, and affordable. With the Courtclean system, one person can easily damp mop your floors or disinfect your mats in less than five minutes. And play can start immediately.

100-percent satisfaction guaranteed.

For more information, Call (800) 9002481 or visit www.courtclean.com.

Circle No. 80 on Reader Inquiry Card Eversan, Inc.’s advanced technology Basketball Scoreboards provide the convenience and reliability that is expected from the high demands of athletic programs. With wireless data communications, as well as intuitive operations, customers have been pleased with Eversan since 1974. For more information, contact Eversan at (800) 383-6060 or visit its Web site at www.eversan.com.

Circle No. 81 on Reader Inquiry Card Eversan’s Advanced Technology Portable Scoreboard provides the convenience and reliability that is expected from the high demands of athletic programs.

Eversan’s portables outscore the competition with LED or reflective digits, 0-99 Home/Guest score, horn, 99:59 Up/Down timing, and a remote control console provides intuitive operations. For more information, contact Eversan at (800) 383-6060 or visit www.eversan.com.

Circle No. 82 on Reader Inquiry Card The fund-raiser from Hoop Champs, “Where Games Are Won…And Lives Can Be Saved,” is a win-win opportunity for basketball teams at any level of play. Raise money for your own pro-

gram and the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

The proceeds from this shoot-athon, in which players get pledges per foul shot, are split 67percent for your team and 33% to The V Foundation— created in memory of Jim Valvano.

Teams have doubled their funds raised by this program because of the cancer research incentive. Coaches, for enrolling, will receive a free 12-chapter, 154-page playbook, one of the best basketball offerings available. Players will also qualify for apparel incentives as well. For more information, call (888) WIN-HOOPS or visit the Web site www.hoopchamps.com/vfund.

Circle No. 83 on Reader Inquiry Card JV Pro, Inc., offers Freestanding & Bleacher Model Scoring Tables. JV Pro tables have built-in LED possession arrow and bonus indicator, heavy-duty soft rubber casters for easy movement, illuminated shatterproof lexan panels, and they fold down to 16 inches wide for easy storage. JV Pro is a quality cabinet manufacturer with an in-house art department. Heavyduty Clarin chairs, with your logo/mascot in school colors, are available to match your scoring table. Call (800) 962-2440 or visit www.jvpro.com for more information.

Circle No. 84 on Reader Inquiry Card A new standard in time keeping, the Precision Time System® available from Right Time Sports. The Precision Time System stops the clock instantly on the referee's whistle, saving valuable seconds and eliminating controversy especially in tense late-game situations. The system also allows the referees to restart the clock, bringing a new level of accuracy to your game clock. The system is easy to add to your existing scoreboard, and can be used for basketball,

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More New Products wrestling, and men's lacrosse. Precision Time has been used for championships in eight different state basketball tournaments, the NCAA Division II and III Men's Championships, and is used by the ACC, SEC, Big-12 and Pac-10 Conferences. Approved by the NCAA, NFHS, FIBA, and will be used in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Make the time RIGHT for your games with Precision Time. Call (800) 348-2605 or visit www.righttime.com for more information.

Circle No. 85 on Reader Inquiry Card Multi-purpose chairs for the RCA Dome and Conseco Field House were needed for the 2002 World Championship of Basketball. The chairs needed to be durable, high profile, and easy to set up and tear down for maximized seating capacity.

Specialized Seating, Inc., met the request with its new Special Event Series chairs that were screenprinted in seven colors on the top of the seat, backrest, and front edge. The self-leveling frame is backed by a 10-year warranty, interlocking ganging brackets to create rows, and is available in numerous powder coat colors and upholstery. Call (877) SEATING or visit www.sit123.com for more information.

Circle No. 86 on Reader Inquiry Card “Take my team overseas? Are you kidding?” No. TranSports can arrange the trip of a lifetime for your players and families to experience the thrill of competing on an international level, as well as expanding their horizons culturally and educationally. Whether it is Cuba or Australia, Japan or Italy, or anywhere in the world you want to go, TranSports will develop complete programs for any sport, any age, and at prices that fit your budget. TranSports will even create programs to help reduce team costs. Visit www.GOTRANSPORTS.com or call (877) 754-8726 and find out how that big, wide world can expand the life experiences of your players.

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New Technology The Pensport Equipment Manager, available from CompuSports, is the leading Sports Equipment Management software application. An easy-to-learn and easy-touse system for the high school, college or professional equipment manager, it tracks inventory information for individual athletes, teams and departments and includes support for the procurement and vendor management process.

For more info visit www.coachingware.com or call (800) 691-4555.

Circle No. 88 on Reader Inquiry Card New NCAA Division I Ruling—To improve the integrity and fairness of the game of basketball, beginning with the 2004/2005 season, rim testing will be mandatory for all Division I Competition Courts and Tournaments.

The Fair-Court™ rimtesting device by Porter Athletic Equipment Company was designed to measure the rebound performance of the basketball rim and entire support system. Contact Porter for more information about the Fair-Court rim-testing device. Call (800) 947-6783 or visit www.porter-ath.com for more information.

Circle No. 89 on Reader Inquiry Card StatKeeper for Basketball V5.0, from Scoreware, brings voice recognition to the recording of basketball stats. All you do to record is to speak actions, player numbers, and shot locations into your computer microphone.

StatKeeper includes the automated substituting, which eliminates the need to enter subs, auto-prompt, which anticipates ball possession and next action so all you need to enter the is player number; and instant editing, which allows you to make changes at any time. Call (617) 323-8090 or visit www.statkeeper.com for more information.

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Web Connections WWW.COMPUSPORTSMEDIA.COM The CompuSports Media Exchange brings together all participants in the Coaching Software and e-Book Value Chain, including Authors, Publishers and Sellers of e-Books, Software and other forms of electronic media. The site offers e-Books, Articles and Coaching Software that can be purchased and downloaded immediately.

WWW.COACHINGSITESONLINE.COM Coachingsitesonline.com, is an interactive Search Directory dedicated EXCLUSIVELY to Coaching Web Sites. It includes both category-based and keyword search capabilities.

Coachingsitesonline.com also includes a series of articles from a wide range of coaching and sports professionals.

WWW.EFUNDRAISING.COM Earn up to 90-percent profit on scratchcards, magazines, chocolates, and gift brochures. Visit the Web site for a free fund-raising information kit.

WWW.GERFLORTARAFLEX.COM Gerflor produces Taraflex Sports Flooring for basketball, volleyball, tennis and multipurpose use. Visit the web site for recent installations, flooring technical specifications and applications, company and distributor contact and press information.

WWW.NEVCOSCOREBOARDS.COM Nevco manufactures scoreboards for basketball, baseball, football, soccer, wrestling, volleyball, swimming, track, and hockey.

Catalog Showcase

Power Systems, Inc. (800) 321-6975, www.power-systems.com Since 1986 Power Systems has made it a number-one priority to become a leading supplier of sport training, health and fitness products. Its new 2003 catalog is re-worked to provide the best possible resource for all your training needs. Included areas are core strength, medicine balls, speed, plyometrics, agility, strength equipment, strength accessories and flooring. You’ll find the catalog full of new products as well as some products that we've improved upon. Not only will you find these changes, but you will also find that the company has lowered some of prices enabling the customer to get premium products at great pricing. Go online or call Power Systems to request a FREE 2003 catalog today.

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Theirs

Dr. Dish does more!

The “other” basketball training machine trains outside shooters only

(train all your players in virtually every facet of the game)

BallBoyTM

Collection Net (included)

The Dr. Dish “network” Outside shooters (automatically passes basketballs around the perimeter)

Outside shooters (automatically passes basketballs around the perimeter)

Low post (chest pass) (move Dr. Dish outside to throw chest passes to the low post)

Low post (bounce pass) (Dr. Dish also “dishes” crisp, precise bounce passes)

Low post (lob pass) (Because it uses air, Dr. Dish can even deliver a lob pass inside with a soft touch)

Rebounder (Dr. Dish will simulate missed shots for rebounding/blocking out practice)

Rebounder (tipping, alley oops) (Dr. Dish can can give you soft rebounds for tipping practice or alley oops)

Outlet (chest, bounce or long) (Dr. Dish will throw outlet passes for fast break practice)

For more information, call toll-free 1-888-887-7453 • Delivers thousands of precise reps per hour for more efficient practice • Consistent Air TechnologyTM (uses air, for consistent ball delivery with no ball wear)

NEW!

• Adjustable rotation range – you set degree of rotation (or turn it off) • Battery operated (comes with built-in charger; no electrical cords on court) • Wireless remote control or timer operation • Adjustable ball speed • Adjustable trajectory • Easy to use • On wheels for easy transport • Includes BallBoyTM Collection Net – sets up fast; on wheels • Dr.DishTM and Ball BoyTM are independent, yet work together; funnels balls to Dr.DishTM or ball cart Patented

Airborne Athletics, Inc. 116 West Main Street Belle Plaine, MN 56011 www.drdishbasketball.com Circle No. 39