Post All Star Weekend....

All Star weekend has passed and I managed to watch 3 different All Stars events during this weekend. I didn`t watch everything of course, but parts of NBA`s, Danish and Swedish All Star events.

Watching NBA`s all star event like kills the other All Star events in so many ways. But I still believe its very important to have those events for lots of reasons, but then you always can discuss how to do them and so on....

I have had one of those rare totallt free basketballweekends in the last 17 years, but yes like you read above a watched some on TV:e and internet.

Today its tuesday and I have practise with boys 98 whick always is the highlight of my week, the keep me smiling true a tough period in my life. Here is one example last weel was winterbreak here in Denmark and many was on skitrips and so on. When I came to practise last thursday I had no clue how many we where gonna be on the practise. There was 8 players out of 17 ready to practise, but the fun part that put a smile on a very tired coach was, when I was told that most of them had been in the gym since 13:00 and our practise started at 16:00.

When players at this early age already practise by themself, without any coach telling them to do it, you know you have something special. Then there is a will and not something forced by coaches to practise extra. Promising but to early to say what it will lead to, but there is a smile on my face every practise cause I know I´m captain of this ship and my job is so much more simple when the boats floats by itself.

Todays practise wil be a little special so I hope everybody show up. We will have visit by 2 of the best players from our leagueteam Hørsholm 79ers, which are currently on 4th position in the league. They will run some drills and talk with them.....a perfect restart after the winterbreak and little extra motivationboost for the players.

Swedish All-Star Weekend on Webb TV

Swedish all star weekend is arranged in Sundsvall and the feeling from way over here in denmark is that they have made an effort to do something special.

I tried so hard to stay up last night to watch the Blake dunkcontest, but failed at the last seconds falling asleep. But he won, but should he have done that? I was actually disapointed in his choice of dunks.....But NBA marketing works in mysteriuos ways.

Here is a link to Swedish All-Star on webb TV, they start airing at 18:00 Swedish time..
Swedish All-Star - Sundsvall

Today its 3 competitions, 3 point, dunk and skills challenge, the all star game is aired on monday.

All Blake Griffin Weekend - NBA All Star

Well, most basketballfans knows that this weekend its All-Star mania in the USA and over the world, a big event with so many things happening.

NBA`S all star games has not really got me hooked at all. Yes, I love the event and how its done, but I have always had a problem with games not played hard and with that real competition and unless its the Harlem Globetrotters playing their games this way, its just not for me.

I will though watch highlights of Blake Griffin and I will watch the 3point competition and the others like the Blake Griffin dunk contest,the only way he can`t win that is if NBA tells him not to win.

It will not even be a competition, but more of a show off what this monster can do.
I hope he does something like this shown in the video here under, game over!

The one thats nr 1 in the video would be a great final dunk :-)

An All-Star saturday in Hørsholm

Well, guess I have to explain the lack of entries on the site, but its just simply because of me working a lot and the lack of energy to do it. I have tons to write about, but I need sleep and to relax also :-)

This saturday I went to the gym to watch the second practise of Point Guard Academy whick is a project started by Johan Enbom and its purpose is very simply. In countries like denmark, sweden there is no excuse not to have the best Point guards, that is something we always should be able to create. The lack of size is a fact and to produce bigmen or big women players, well thats more wish than something that can be done reguraly at least.

They will have 4 days per year where they will preach the game from a PG`s point of view and giving the players that attend a golden chance to take the next step.

Anne Thorius former great danish womens player is a big part of the PG academy and what can be better than to learn from a former players that knows what it takes. Whom has played at the top level and has skills to teach it and the CV to back up what she says.

I enjoyd what the where doing, but it looked like a shock for most of the players and it shouldn`t be like that. The foundamentals of the game, leadership, skills needed shouldn`t be news at these ages, but it looked like that from my point of view. Hope that the players take their new stuff with them.....

Coach Enbom and Coach Thorius preaching the game tot he Pg`s

The players clinic even got visitors from Stockholm Sweden in Coach Øhrn and Coach Karlsson from Solna Vikings, they took the car down to Hørsholm to watched the two practises that PGA had this saturday, this is passion for the game and a hunger to learn new stuff.

The eagle has landed with his cam

After the PGA, it was time for the danish womens all star game between danish national team (coached by Johan Enbom) and the best of the rest. Danish and forein players combined to play under the coach Arnar Holm, normally SISU coach.

Like most All-Star games its not so exciting and well played but its a game that always should be there in every league. Of course you can work on how to play the game and work on that the players don that little extra in game. A normal game called Allø-Star game just doesn`t bring that feeling to me at least. Let me see some behind the back passes, no looks, alley hoop plays and in a mens game give me some of that funky nasty dunks.

The 3 point competition I enjoyed and the winner made the last shoot to win it.










This was my saturday in DK and it was a good day :-)