Engen fuels basketball coaching development 

US Coaches return to SA

Friday 11 September2009

Durban is the backdrop of the annual Engen US Coaches Tour Coaching Seminar to be held at the Durban University of Technology from 27 to 30 September 2009. This year marks the Tours' sixth consecutive year in the country, with the popularity of the tour growing with each year.

Due to the resounding success achieved last year when the first-ever Engen Coaches Seminar in Pietermaritzburg, basketball coaches countrywide are eagerly anticipating the four legendary WNBA accredited basketball coaches to impart the latest basketball techniques and coaching tips during the four day coaching seminar.

The accomplished team of US basketball coaches armed with the task to share their expertise, is led by Joyce Jenkins, a former basketball star and current president of Future Incorporated, who has been integral part of Engen's role in developing the sport at youth levelsince the inception of the tour six years ago. Joining her is an all-star team of basketball coaching royalty that includes Marvin Harvey (Chairman and Founder of Harvey's Shooters Touch Academy and former Coach of the WNBA Houston Comets), Carl Mattei (Head Coach, Regis Jesuit High, Aurora Colorrado) and YeRushia Brown (WNBA veteran and former Furman University basketball standout).

Fifty amateur coaches from across the country have been invited to attend the four-day seminar endorsed by the Kwa-Zulu Natal Basketball Association. The primary aim of the seminar is to enhance the technical knowledge of amateur coaches from various regions; however this year the focus will be on the ability of coaches to effectively arrange and conduct basketball training/practice sessions.

The seminar will include a number of essential basketball training and skill development techniques, ranging from basics such as defence, offence and shooting to the more complex fundamentals of coaching including team leadership, team building and fostering team unity.

Every element of the seminar includes a theoretical and practical session followed by an open discussion, in which the seminar delegates will be given the opportunity to pose questions and request further insight into various areas that were previously presented.

Every seminar delegate will receive a 20-page basketball coaching manual containing all the information they would need in order to impart the knowledge they have learnt to other coaches in their local communities. In addition, every seminar delegate will receive a Marvin Harvey "Get the Shot" coaching DVD and Engen gift pack.