FIBA brings level one coaches course to Shaanxi

时间:2020-07-06 09:51:01

XI'AN, China, July 4 (Xinhua) -- 30 grassroots basketball coaches from China's northwest Shaanxi province and the country's northeast Liaoning province hope to grow their basketball knowledge and hone their coaching skills for youth program, fitness, nutrition, and injury prevention in the ground-breaking FIBA level one coaches course in Shaanxi.

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The first two sessions of the FIBA level one coaches course in China were concluded in Guangdong province in June. Nenad Hrvoic, a FIBA coach and instructor, was aware of the weakness of his Chinese students after the initial two sessions.

"Maybe the biggest part in coaching what they have to pay attention to in the future is teaching methodology, the high efficiency of the training session, and in the same time teaching details because details make big a difference between, let's say, good players and great players," the Serbian basketball coach told Xinhua.

FIBA and its global partner, Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited (BG), created the first ever basketball academy in Beijing in July 2018. The course was organized through the FIBA BG Basketball Academy and recognized as an important legacy of the FIBA basketball World Cup 2019.

Hrvoic described that there are four levels in the FIBA coaches certification system, including the mini level, level one, level two and level three. At the completion of the full course, the 30 Chinese grassroots basketball coaches attending the course will have the opportunity to gain the FIBA level one coach certification, plus the chance of learning the knowledge of the next level.

"I had turned a page or two of my textbook. The issues, such as adjusting my kids' moods, helping the players prevent injuries and communicating with the referees on the court impressed me a lot," said Bai Bing, a grassroot coach from the Dream Team basketball club of Baoji city in Shaanxi province.

Besides Hrvoic, Wang Libin, vice president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and He Jingzhou, member of the CBA Referee Council, were invited as guest teachers for the course.

"We don't have enough good basketball coaches at the grassroots level and the professional stage, although China is a basketball-crazy country," Wang said.

"I hope that FIBA will host more activities like this in China in the future, helping us to improve the coaching capability of Chinese grassroots basketball coaches across the country," Wang added. 

编辑: 张雯妮