....aint gonna say I jinxed them, but they got beaten by Uppsala at Uppsalas homecourt and that Uppsala beat the raining swedish champions makes me as a youth coach happy. They are by far the best club in sweden at the moment for youth players (mostly boys) to develop and there is proof to back it up with all "kids" going out to clubs in Europe as youth profesionals. Great for them and great for swedish basketball....
One of my old players born 94 is right now getting his basketball education done up in Uppsala and I`m very happy for him to be among other talented players and coachers who know what they are doing.
They are also getting the young players into their league team without being one of the worst teams. Well, if you educate your young ones the right way, there will always be sound foundation to build a league team around.
But, the young talented players are leaving the club for other countries. Some might say that bad, I say thats great and hopefully the right path for thoose players.
You wouldn´t tell a talented kid in school, well your are very talented and we think you can be very good, but we think you should stay in 9th grade for a cuople of years before you go to high-school.
We as coaches are supposed to guide our players to the right paths in life and basketball. If a player doesn`t get the right surrounding or bad coaches their chances to become the best they can be, suddely becomes very slim if existing at all.
So great today that Uppsala caught up with the train and beat them, maybe Norrkoping has to practise too :-)
Sincerely
Coachholmgran
*Please spred this page to all your basketballfriends
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The train has left the station
In Sweden the highest league is being divided into Norrkoping Dolphins and LF basket (former Plannja) and the rest of the league. All though LF basket has gone down in their budget their budget is still much bigger than the rest.
But for real the train has left and on it is Norrkoping and LF basket tries to follow. Norrkoping is playing european leagues not only with the mens team, but also with their wheelchair team I think thats great. The swedish federation also thinks thats great and have supported the club with at total of 10 000 euro for this season. The Swedish federation started doing this with clubs that set higher goals and play internationally which of course is very important for swedish basketball and its development.
Norrkopings built a new arena not to long ago and has dramatically increased their budget as a club from before the arena (770 000euro) to now last year (3,6 million euro). Thats a big change and their arena had a + result last year of 130 000 euro
(My numbers are just estimated from the article in swedish newspapper, they are not precise)
You can read the article here
They have swedens first arena for BASKETBALL, the building is built so it fits for basketballplayers with higher ceeling indoors and dressingsrooms and more built for basketball.
For next year they will go much, much more +in their budget and what they can use that money to do for Norrkoping and Swedish basketball will be incrediable.
The train has left the station will some other club get on the rails and try to follow for real or will swedish league be a one team league.
One team that only can loose if the players dont give a *blip* or half the team gets injured?
But for real the train has left and on it is Norrkoping and LF basket tries to follow. Norrkoping is playing european leagues not only with the mens team, but also with their wheelchair team I think thats great. The swedish federation also thinks thats great and have supported the club with at total of 10 000 euro for this season. The Swedish federation started doing this with clubs that set higher goals and play internationally which of course is very important for swedish basketball and its development.
Norrkopings built a new arena not to long ago and has dramatically increased their budget as a club from before the arena (770 000euro) to now last year (3,6 million euro). Thats a big change and their arena had a + result last year of 130 000 euro
(My numbers are just estimated from the article in swedish newspapper, they are not precise)
You can read the article here
They have swedens first arena for BASKETBALL, the building is built so it fits for basketballplayers with higher ceeling indoors and dressingsrooms and more built for basketball.
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| View of Stadium arena basketballcourt |
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| This is connected to the arena also new |
For next year they will go much, much more +in their budget and what they can use that money to do for Norrkoping and Swedish basketball will be incrediable.
The train has left the station will some other club get on the rails and try to follow for real or will swedish league be a one team league.
One team that only can loose if the players dont give a *blip* or half the team gets injured?
Do you or your club have a Camp?
Hello Basketball lovers,
Do you or your club have a basketball camp?
Well if you have and want me to put it in the page email me info or write here in comments.
I will publish alla camps on this part of the page:
Basketball Camps
Please, write what ages and if its both for girls and boys. The camp can be from all over the world, so make sure you have some info in english about your camp. Wouldn`t it be fun, with campers from other countries on your camp this year?
Well thats hard if nobody knows absout it :-)
Sincerely
Coachholmgran
Do you or your club have a basketball camp?
Well if you have and want me to put it in the page email me info or write here in comments.
I will publish alla camps on this part of the page:
Basketball Camps
Please, write what ages and if its both for girls and boys. The camp can be from all over the world, so make sure you have some info in english about your camp. Wouldn`t it be fun, with campers from other countries on your camp this year?
Well thats hard if nobody knows absout it :-)
Sincerely
Coachholmgran
Friday, October 22, 2010
Friday and maybe the French league
Found a stream for the french league game tonight between Limoges vs Pau Orthez, I hope it works so I can get my basketball brain stimulated this friday also. Link you can find here, but if it works or not...will we see....
If not you can always trust Navarro country Spain with their online streams of all ACB games, live and you can also watch them later. There is also highlights stuff on the page.....great page for all basketball addicts.
ACB league Spain - Click to enjoy!
Well, now folks I need some food in my stomach.
Have a great weekend
Coach Holmgran
If not you can always trust Navarro country Spain with their online streams of all ACB games, live and you can also watch them later. There is also highlights stuff on the page.....great page for all basketball addicts.
ACB league Spain - Click to enjoy!
Well, now folks I need some food in my stomach.
Have a great weekend
Coach Holmgran
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Rabbits cant find their carrots!?
Well, the first half for the Svendborg Rabbits looked like they were on heavy meds or something, but slowly they work theirself back in resonable distance.
Talented Nicolas Christenson was shooting the lights out for Næstved in the first half, but now time for second half and the rabbits should take over this game now.
So far its been a lot of bad exucutions in offense for both teams I would say, but Næstved nailed the outside shoots while rabbits couldn`t find the basket.
Really like Næstveds Lee Roberts, he goes to work every night, has a average of 17 rebounds per game if I remember correctly. Adama Darboe has always been a favourite of min, since I have seen him play in Lundaspelen year after year. Great player and also a great personality.......
Maybe some more after the game about the game.....will see later.
This is "Read all about it"
Denmarks first indoor streetball "arena" is built and you can find out more about here
Streetmekka
Cool, we need other ways of thinking since countries like denmark or like my homecountry Sweden are cold as hell most time of the year.
Talented Nicolas Christenson was shooting the lights out for Næstved in the first half, but now time for second half and the rabbits should take over this game now.
So far its been a lot of bad exucutions in offense for both teams I would say, but Næstved nailed the outside shoots while rabbits couldn`t find the basket.
Really like Næstveds Lee Roberts, he goes to work every night, has a average of 17 rebounds per game if I remember correctly. Adama Darboe has always been a favourite of min, since I have seen him play in Lundaspelen year after year. Great player and also a great personality.......
Maybe some more after the game about the game.....will see later.
This is "Read all about it"
Denmarks first indoor streetball "arena" is built and you can find out more about here
Streetmekka
Cool, we need other ways of thinking since countries like denmark or like my homecountry Sweden are cold as hell most time of the year.
I just Love this commercial
Some years ago Michael Jordan made one of the best commercials ever as I see it.
Listen to what he has to say it can change your future mindset.
Tonight I will have danish leaguegame between Team FOG Næstved – Svendborg Rabbits on my TV thanks to the danish channel DK4, which airs one game per week from the danish league and also 1 NBA game/week.
Watching NBA will wait for me until Jonas Jerebko is healthy again until then my NBA interest is to once again quote Coach Knight
"If the NBA (without JJ33) were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy.
Hope rehab goes great and that he will be better than ever when he gets back
Swedish Basketball Star injured his akilles in a preseason game and hope to be back in play in februari.
Listen to what he has to say it can change your future mindset.
Tonight I will have danish leaguegame between Team FOG Næstved – Svendborg Rabbits on my TV thanks to the danish channel DK4, which airs one game per week from the danish league and also 1 NBA game/week.
Watching NBA will wait for me until Jonas Jerebko is healthy again until then my NBA interest is to once again quote Coach Knight
"If the NBA (without JJ33) were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy.
Hope rehab goes great and that he will be better than ever when he gets back
Swedish Basketball Star injured his akilles in a preseason game and hope to be back in play in februari.
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| http://www.jonas-jerebko.com/ |
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Watching swedish league game
Tonight I`m watching the streamed game between Sundsvall Dragons and Uppsala on Swedish Basketball Televison
Its always easier to be the coach in the bleechers or sitting at home, but its for me very strange that Uppsala can`t get more out of there bigman Martin Kohlmeier, who with his size 217cm are much taller and stronger then any af the dragons, but Uppsala seem to be unprepaired that Sundsvalls smaller players fight hard for the position and fronts the lowpost a lot.
Bigman Kohlmeier becomes as usual a rebounder and a "birdwatcher" in the paint. Its a strange phenomen in the Swedish league, why do we have so big problems using the postplayers?
As usaual I dont think there is one answer.......but I think its a combination of things.
Discipline, players doing what the coach tells the team to do.
Tactic, bad tactical plays and outscouted by other teams.
Most coaches are former outside players, mostly 1, 2 positions, they like shots and drives for them bigmen are defenders and passers. But is that best for the team?
The lack of bigmen in swedish youth basketball. Players miss a big part of the game since most teams dont have nay bigmen on their roster.
But my question is do coaches drills inside/outside movement, passes anyway, well I think very little......this becomes a problem when the smaller players becomes older and now the team has bigmen.
(Have seen many times during the years teams with bigmen, but coaches dont let them play.)
Heard one chief in basketball, scream out
"This is murder, murder, why dont he play".
A player which at the time was the tallest player in the country didn`t play one minut in swedish semifinals, or finals of youth nationals.
Now back to the game....Sundsvall was up 51-34 at halftime.....
Sundsvall Dragons won the game with 78-65 and Kohlmeier YES, he was birdwatching :-)
Ended up with 12points and 8 rebounds, 2ass, 1 block and 3 To´s in 30 minutes of play.
My thoughts are just from watching this game, so this might be one time thing. But generally about using bigmen i swedish league is based on years of watching.
Its always easier to be the coach in the bleechers or sitting at home, but its for me very strange that Uppsala can`t get more out of there bigman Martin Kohlmeier, who with his size 217cm are much taller and stronger then any af the dragons, but Uppsala seem to be unprepaired that Sundsvalls smaller players fight hard for the position and fronts the lowpost a lot.
Bigman Kohlmeier becomes as usual a rebounder and a "birdwatcher" in the paint. Its a strange phenomen in the Swedish league, why do we have so big problems using the postplayers?
As usaual I dont think there is one answer.......but I think its a combination of things.
Discipline, players doing what the coach tells the team to do.
Tactic, bad tactical plays and outscouted by other teams.
Most coaches are former outside players, mostly 1, 2 positions, they like shots and drives for them bigmen are defenders and passers. But is that best for the team?
The lack of bigmen in swedish youth basketball. Players miss a big part of the game since most teams dont have nay bigmen on their roster.
But my question is do coaches drills inside/outside movement, passes anyway, well I think very little......this becomes a problem when the smaller players becomes older and now the team has bigmen.
(Have seen many times during the years teams with bigmen, but coaches dont let them play.)
Heard one chief in basketball, scream out
"This is murder, murder, why dont he play".
A player which at the time was the tallest player in the country didn`t play one minut in swedish semifinals, or finals of youth nationals.
Now back to the game....Sundsvall was up 51-34 at halftime.....
Sundsvall Dragons won the game with 78-65 and Kohlmeier YES, he was birdwatching :-)
Ended up with 12points and 8 rebounds, 2ass, 1 block and 3 To´s in 30 minutes of play.
My thoughts are just from watching this game, so this might be one time thing. But generally about using bigmen i swedish league is based on years of watching.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Why this page?
I have been runing a basketball page in swedish for the last 10 years and with todays technology and blogg functions its so much easier and my need to have a "real" webpage becomes less of an issue.The old stuff on the page will be in swedish, but I will try to keep most of the new stuff in english so everybody understands. You can always use google translate to understand most of it even if you dont speak a word of swedish.
In the about me section on the top bar you can find more about the man behind this page.
Sincerely
Coachholmgran
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