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		<title>Coaching Youth Basketball</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Payment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Coaching adolescence basketball is a around-the-clock claiming and joy. There are requirements of coaches they may not be acquainted of and that generally attending added like the role of a abecedary or analyst than a coach. To adapt themselves for educating adolescent humans in sports, behavior, growth, nutrition, and amusing skills, coaches should accede [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/coaching-youth-basketball/&title=Coaching Youth Basketball&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fcoaching-youth-basketball%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fcoaching-youth-basketball%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Coaching adolescence basketball is a around-the-clock claiming and joy. There are requirements of coaches they may not be acquainted of and that generally attending added like the role of a abecedary or analyst than a coach. To adapt themselves for educating adolescent humans in sports, behavior, growth, nutrition, and amusing skills, coaches should accede demography a t<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-241" title="Coaching Youth Basketball" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Coaching-Youth-Basketball-300x225.jpg" alt="Coaching Youth Basketball" width="190" height="142" />raining advance or added educational seminar.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Most coaches activate their apprenticeship careers because they know, understand, and adulation the action they acclimated to play consistently and now wish to admit some of their acumen on a new bearing of athletes. While this close drive is irreplaceable, those because apprenticeship adolescence basketball should aswell admit that apprenticeship is abundant altered than knowing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While coaches have to be knowledgeable, they have to aswell accept the aesthetics of an educator. Coaches have to be patient, absolute with explanations, and welcoming. Coaches have to aswell actual gently, allowance athletes yield the advance in their development.All those apprenticeship adolescence <a href="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/sitemap/" target="_blank">basketball charge</a> some affectionate of academic training to advice them finer present abstracts to athletes. Simply alive the action is not enough. Athletes charge to apperceive that the drillmaster can advice them adapt mentally and physically for a competition.</p>
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		<title>Basketball Moves -Tipse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Payment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What makes a able basketball amateur altered from you? Ever wondered how  they accomplish beneath mistakes beneath burden and in money time? The  acknowledgment is acquaintance and bold intelligence. Do you charge to  convenance for years in adjustment to get that acquaintance and bold  intelligence? Not necessarily this commodity reveals [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/basketball-moves-tipse/&title=Basketball Moves -Tipse&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fbasketball-moves-tipse%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fbasketball-moves-tipse%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">What makes a able basketball amateur altered from you? Ever wondered how  they accomplish beneath mistakes beneath burden and in money time? The  acknowledgment is acquaintance and bold intelligence. Do you charge to  convenance for years in adjustment to get that acquaintance and bold  intelligence? Not necessarily this commodity reveals a altered way.<img class="size-full wp-image-236 alignright" title="ufre" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ufre1.jpg" alt="ufre" width="175" height="170" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Professional players are able to accomplish their abundant basketball  moves beneath acute burden and in money-time situations acknowledgment  to their adeptness to apprehend the cloister quickly, accept tactics,  adumbrate situations afore they appear and accomplish the appropriate  decisions in fractions of seconds.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So How Can One Achieve these Abundant Basketball MovesOne way is to watch games, as abounding as you can. But, and actuality  comes the important part, watch the amateur as a player, not as a fan.  Abounding players accomplish this mistake. They watch games, but they  alone affliction about who wins, who array the a lot of or makes the a  lot of amazing dunks.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another way claims to accelerate your bold  intelligence and basketball moves based on a different technology  alleged cerebral academician training. This technology trains the  academician abilities appropriate of a basketball amateur by aesthetic  his or her cerebral  academician functions. It is appear that above-mentioned to application this technology, four  Analysis I teams fabricated it to the NCAA championships and afterwards  application it, eleven of the aforementioned analysis fabricated it to  the NCAA. Basketball players appear to advance their shots, decisions  making, borderline eyes and arrangement acceptance in 22%-28%.</p>
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		<title>Tips on How to Increase Your Vertical</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 05:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Payment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Most humans would adulation to be able to access their vertical but just don&#8217;t apperceive area to start. Well there are a few tips and tricks I will allotment with you so that you can alpha dunking.
What a lot of humans don&#8217;t apperceive is that jumping is all about training your fast beat muscles. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/tips-on-how-to-increase-your-vertical/&title=Tips on How to Increase Your Vertical&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Ftips-on-how-to-increase-your-vertical%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Ftips-on-how-to-increase-your-vertical%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Most humans would adulation to be able to access their<strong> vertical </strong>but just don&#8217;t apperceive area to start. Well there are a few tips and tricks I will allotment with you so that you can alpha dunking.</p>
<p>What a lot of humans don&#8217;t apperceive is that jumping is all about training your fast beat muscles. You don&#8217;t charge to aggregate up and over strengthen your legs. Jumping is all about acceleration and<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-212" title="vince-carter-vertical-jump" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/vince-carter-vertical-jump1-235x300.jpg" alt="vince-carter-vertical-jump" width="177" height="217" /> explosion.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 1.</strong> Instead of bulking up you will in fact wish to accent and angular out. Leaning out will aftereffect in weight accident which will accomplish<strong> jumping </strong>easier. If you accretion accumulation amounts of beef it is traveling to be harder to jump higher.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 2.</strong> Diet never hurts if it comes to jumping. A solid diet plan that will cover top protein assimilation and low fat will advice to physique beef and accumulate fat off. Try to cover a appropriate aggregate of carbs to accumulate your activity akin up for the exercises.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 3.</strong> Your Quads are not the alone beef acclimated if jumping. A lot of humans focus all their accomplishment on their quads and annihilation else. If jumping you aswell use your calves, amount muscles, and a little top physique for inertia.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 4.</strong> Instead of accomplishing top weight contest for low reps, focus added on beneath weight and added reps. Like I said afore you wish to angular down. Added weight and low reps causes you to aggregate up.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 5.</strong> You wish to acquisition a acceptable accepted that will adviser you through your circadian exercises. A agenda that is abounding of contest that focus on your fast beat muscles. A accepted is key because it keeps you on guidelines. A lot of humans accord up because they are not abiding what to do.</p>
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		<title>The Best Basketball Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Payment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Did you apperceive that Olympic akin weightlifters accept some of the accomplished vertical all-overs of any athletes? Appealing surprising, right? Guys from the NBA rarely accept annihilation on the best weightlifters in the world.
There are a brace of things we charge to awning to get to the basal of why weightlifters are so acceptable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/the-secrets-basketball-tips/&title=The Best Basketball Tips&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fthe-secrets-basketball-tips%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fthe-secrets-basketball-tips%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Did you apperceive that Olympic akin weightlifters accept some of the accomplished vertical all-overs of any athletes? Appealing surprising, right? Guys from the NBA rarely accept annihilation on the best weightlifters in the world.</p>
<p>There are a brace of things we charge to awning to get to the basal of why weightlifters are so acceptable at vertical <img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-202" title="michael_jordan" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/michael_jordan-150x150.jpg" alt="michael_jordan" width="193" height="180" /><strong>jumping</strong>. Let&#8217;s get one affair out of the way aboriginal though- Olympic Weightlifters are not to be abashed with bodybuilders. Their training is absolute focused in key areas that will affect their adeptness to lift <strong>weights,</strong> but absolutely that&#8217;s area the affinity ends.</p>
<p><strong>Bodybuilders</strong> are the guys who get all bistered and bashed up and angle up in foreground of judges, coil and assuming afterwards appropriation a lot of weights. They&#8217;re the ones who are all about abstraction their physique with weight lifting, rather than aggressive over weight and technique.</p>
<p>I apperceive it&#8217;s attenuate to see absolute Olympic appearance weight appropriation accepting media coverage, so I anticipation it would be appealing important to get that acumen clear!</p>
<p>So, why is it that these big guys, and others in accompanying disciplines- like attempt putting, can<strong> jump</strong> from a standstill in a way that would shock your boilerplate bang ablution Baller?</p>
<p>Simply put, it&#8217;s all about atomic power.</p>
<p>One of the capital things, that humans don&#8217;t consistently realize, is the explosiveness at the affection of weightlifting. In Olympic weightlifting it&#8217;s all about what you can lift, in agreement of weight, but added chiefly how abundantly and calmly you can lift it. It&#8217;s advised as a analysis of ballistic (explosive) strength, rather than testing the absolute of what anyone can lift.</p>
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		<title>International Hockey for the Young and Young at Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Payment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hockey, the great Canadian pastime, is also a booming industry. Hockey is a pervasive sport that is enjoyed by boys, girls, young men and women, and an ever-growing group of “oldtimers”. Certainly not old, but perhaps no longer young, oldtimers continue to enjoy actively participating in the game as they come to terms with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/international-hockey-for-the-young-and-young-at-heart/&title=International Hockey for the Young and Young at Heart&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Finternational-hockey-for-the-young-and-young-at-heart%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Finternational-hockey-for-the-young-and-young-at-heart%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p><a title="hockey" href="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/sitemap/"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Hockey</strong></span></a>, the great Canadian pastime, is also a booming industry. Hockey is a pervasive sport that is enjoyed by boys, girls, young men and women, and an ever-growing group of “oldtimers”. Certainly not old, but perhaps no longer young, oldtimers continue to enjoy actively participating in the game as they come to terms with the realization that the NHL scouts will not be calling.<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-171" title="sports" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sports-300x198.jpg" alt="sports" width="162" height="106" /></p>
<p>Canada is not the only country swept up by this fast paced team sport. Where did this fascination with hockey first begin? Some say it may have come from the British field sports of “hurley” or “shinty”, or perhaps the French version of field hockey which used a wooden stick called a “hoquet” to bat a ball or cork around. Nevertheless, somewhere, sometime during a long cold Canadian winter, some hardy folk tried <strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">playing </span></strong>a version of field hockey on ice. The game soon became well known in Scandinavian countries as well as in Russia.</p>
<p>So it is no wonder that North American hockey organizations are now offering hockey schools and tournaments abroad. Of particular interest to many hockey enthusiasts, especially the oldtimers, is the opportunity to combine a hockey tournament with a destination holiday through different European countries. Imagine, after a day on the ice in international competition, enjoying some sightseeing: mountain biking or hiking through mountains in Austria, touring quaint villages and castles in Italy, and attending an authentic Oktoberfest dinner in Germany. An organized international hockey tournament holiday creates the perfect opportunity for your partner to join in on your <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>hockey</strong></span> friendships.</p>
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		<title>NCAA Football Is On Ringside Seats Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Payment</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Football fans everywhere are talking today about what happened after Boise State&#8217;s 19-8 home victory over the Oregon Ducks last night. While the actual flow of the game and the statistics stand out in the line score, it was actually what happened after the game was over that turned heads across the country.Shortly after [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/ncaa-football-is-on-ringside-seats-available/&title=NCAA Football Is On Ringside Seats Available&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fncaa-football-is-on-ringside-seats-available%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fncaa-football-is-on-ringside-seats-available%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p><a title="football" href="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/sitemap/"><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Football</span></strong></a> fans everywhere are talking today about what happened after Boise State&#8217;s 19-8 home victory over the Oregon Ducks last night. While the actual flow of the game and the statistics stand out in the line score, it was actually what happened after the game was over that turned heads across the country.Shortly after the game ended, a humiliating loss for the 16th ranked Oregon Ducks at the hands of the 14th ranked Broncos, Boise&#8217;s defensive end, Byron Hout went over to Oregon&#8217;s running back, LeGarrett Blount, slapped him on the shoulder pads and said something to him that probably couldn&#8217;t be printed here even if we knew his exact words.<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-90" title="sports" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sports1.jpg" alt="sports" width="171" height="162" /></p>
<p>We are certain, however, that he wasn&#8217;t just wishing him a safe and happy Labor Day weekend. No, I&#8217;m sure that it was something more likely that added insult to injury. As a result, Blount responded by decking the larger Hout with a right cross directly to the jaw. Everybody watching the game on ESPN available on DISH Network clearly saw the punch and the melee that followed as coaches and other<strong><span style="color: #008080;"> players</span></strong> separated the combatants and tried to restore peace. Then, coaches and the police had to again restrain Blount from heckling fans and remove him from the field and into the locker room. Blount&#8217;s actions detracted from what had been a celebration for most of the game for the blue and orange of Boise State on their infamous home &#8216;blue field&#8217; as the Broncos had completely shut down Oregon&#8217;s potent offense preventing them from gaining even a single first down and holding them to zero rushing yards and only 8 passing yards in the first half.</p>
<p>Fortunately, Oregon tried to make a comeback in the second half when they gained about 113 yards in the air and did manage to score a rushing touchdown with a 2-point conversion late in the third quarter. Unfortunately, they were not able to mount a comeback against the Broncos with only a 1 of 10 third down conversion rate while Boise State was successful 50% of the time in both third and fourth down conversions. Obviously, Blount&#8217;s punch was a knee-jerk reaction and, as he said later, a mental lapse. He obviously regretted it and apologized for it to &#8216;all of the fans, both Boise&#8217;s and Oregon&#8217;s&#8217;, saying that &#8216;he had lost his head and it was something he shouldn&#8217;t have done&#8217;. Blount was certainly already feeling frustrated with his own performance last night; after all, he had set an Oregon rushing record last season with 17 touchdowns. In fact, Boise State&#8217;s defense had derailed him all night, holding him to -5 yards rushing, including a 3rd quarter safety that gave Boise a 10-0 lead.</p>
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		<title>The Exciting Sport of Basketball</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Basketball is now one of the most popular sports throughout the entire planet. The difference between basketball and many of the other most popular sports is its relatively early origin. Basketball has a short history, and is a game that was founded, according to Basketball trivia, by Dr. James Naismith.Dr. Naismith was a Canadian [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Basketball</strong> is now one of the most popular sports throughout the entire planet. The difference between basketball and many of the other most popular sports is its relatively early origin. Basketball has a short history, and is a game that was founded, according to Basketball trivia, by Dr. James Naismith.Dr. Naismith was a Canadian instructor of phys ed. In 1891 he was working in Springfield, Massachusetts, with the <strong>YMCA</strong>. A Basketball quiz will show that he invented the game trying to find something that would keep the young men in shape during the winter. Many other games were not suited for playing indoors, or were not strenuous enough. So, Dr. Naismith attached peach baskets to a railing ten feet high and created a game where points were scored by throwing a ball into the basket. That is how basketball was born.</p>
<p><strong>Basketball trivia</strong> shows many interesting changes to the game over the years. Teams made up of five players a side was a relatively early change, taking place in 1897. An important innovation was the backboard, introduced in 1906, which opened up the game to shots that bounce in. Perhaps the <strong>most important change to the game itself came in the 1950s</strong>. This was when basketballs (soccer balls had been used originally) began to be manufactured in such a way that they bounced evenly and uniformly. This is when dribbling became a part of the game.</p>
<p><strong>A basketball quiz</strong> will show the game has gone through several evolutions to reach its current professional structure. The first professional league had been created as early as 1898, although it would last only a few years. Two leagues, the BAA (founded 1946) and the NBL, would merge in 1949 to create the NBA, the national basketball association. A new league, the American Basketball Association, began in 1967, but would eventually merge with the NBA to leave the NBA in its current form.Basketball has become such a <a href="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/sitemap/" target="_blank"><strong>popular professional sport</strong></a> to a large degree because of some of its most famous players. Earlier examples of these stars include players like Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabar. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird could be said to represent the next generation of star players. Currently, players like Shaquille O&#8217;Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Lebron James keep the game exciting for fans. The most famous basketball player of all time is without a doubt Michael Jordan, and he also has to be given a great deal of credit for the increasing popularity of the game.</div>
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		<title>Basketball Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Whether you are playing straight-up man-to-man defense or a zone, or a combination defense with both zone and man-to-man aspects, a good basketball defense will share many of the same qualities. Essentially, it is always man-to-man we play &#8211; if a zone defense is called, it just means we are playing one-on-one against whichever [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/basketball-defense/&title=Basketball Defense&srcTitle=Basketball Sports&srcURL=http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com"target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-google-buzz/icon/2.png" style="opacity:1;filter:alpha(opacity=100)" onmouseover="this.style.opacity=0.8;this.filters.alpha.opacity=80" onmouseout="this.style.opacity=1;this.filters.alpha.opacity=100"/> </a></div><div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fbasketball-defense%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinibasketballhistory.com%2Fbasketball-defense%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Whether you are playing straight-up man-to-man defense or a zone, or a combination defense with both zone and man-to-man aspects, a good basketball defense will share many of the same qualities. Essentially, it is always <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15" title="one_on_one" src="http://www.illinibasketballhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/one_on_one1-286x300.jpg" alt="one_on_one" width="286" height="300" />man-to-man we play &#8211; if a zone defense is called, it just means we are playing one-on-one against whichever man happens to come into our area. Thus, man-to-man defensive skills are the base of any defensive strategy.</p>
<p>In fact, some youth basketball leagues insist that teams play man-to-man defense only, as they feel young basketball players need to know how to play man-to-man defense well before they can begin to play any type of zone. I&#8217;ve always agreed with this rule and the reasoning behind it. I have nothing against playing zone defense at the varsity level and above, as long as it is played properly. But you can&#8217;t play defense if you don&#8217;t know how to play man-to-man.</p>
<p><strong>1. Stay Low.</strong> Defensive stance is low, with knees bent, back straight and hands up. The reason for this is simple &#8211; the lower your center of gravity, the quicker you will be able to react, to move in any direction.</p>
<p><strong>2. Communicate.</strong> It is a team sport, and everyone on the team needs to play together, not as individuals. Players need to let teammates know if the teammate has a screen being set on him, so he can adjust or switch; teammates need to know if another player had been beaten, so they can pick up the loose man and hopefully stop him from scoring.</p>
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