Basketball – St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee https://www.sknoc.org Mon, 16 Dec 2019 02:24:10 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 Participation in All-American Availables Showcase https://www.sknoc.org/participation-in-all-american-availables-showcase/ https://www.sknoc.org/participation-in-all-american-availables-showcase/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:15:37 +0000 https://www.sknoc.org/?p=3337 The St. Kitts –Nevis Amateur Basketball Association is pleased to announce that two (2) of its Junior Development Team players, Mr Cadeau Straun and Mr Tyquan Rogers will be travelling today to Orlando, Florida to participate in an All-American Availables Showcase try out over the period December 12th to 14th, 2019.

The All-American Availables Showcase is organized by Brendan Walker of the JUCO Recruiting and Mr John Spezia of the Reach One Teach One Program. The sessions will focus on the following key objectives:

  • Experience strength and conditioning sessions
  • Daily shoot-around, combine testing
  • Skill specifics sessions each day

The 4 days training event will expose the players to the fundamentals of the game and an opportunity to meet with numerous US college coaches.

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The 4-day convention organized by the International Basketball Foundation (IBF) and the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) will focus on the following key objectives:

a) Promoting and stimulating playful grassroots basketball for both genders (in line with FIBA’s strategy).

b) Providing guidance and create revenue opportunities for Member National Federations and stakeholders like schools and clubs.

c) Provide participants with the necessary tools required in order to continue to boost the development of mini basketball in their respective countries.

Mr Pemberton is currently attached to the Ministry of Sports as a Basketball Sports Officer/Coach and from time to time volunteers his services as a coach to SKNABA.

]]> https://www.sknoc.org/participation-in-mini-basketball-convention/feed/ 0 NOTICE: International Coaching Course in Basketball at the University of Leipzig https://www.sknoc.org/notice-international-coaching-course-in-basketball-at-the-university-of-leipzig/ https://www.sknoc.org/notice-international-coaching-course-in-basketball-at-the-university-of-leipzig/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.sknoc.org/?p=3047 Every year, on behalf of the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in cooperation with the Sports Science Faculty of the University of Letpzig, the university organizes several International Courses of Continued Studies for coaches and P.E. teachers from Latin America & the Caribbean.

The applicants must be nationals of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Montserrat, Suriname, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia or St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The next available course:

Basketball

Course date: 4th September 2017 – 31st January 2018

Deadline of application: 1st May 2017

Details

All courses are translated in English. Eligible are applicants up to 40 years of age with:
– a university/college degree in the field of sports
– experience as active athletes and as coaches / P.E. teachers
– good physical and psychological aptitude.

The duration of the course is 5 months.

Course subjects
– specialization (theory and practice)
– general science of training
– sports medicine
– sports pedagogy
– sports psychology
– strength training
– sports massage
– German language

Financing

The course is sponsored by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. Every participant receives a monthly allowance. Participant has to bear the costs for travelling to Letpzig and back home.

Application

Submit your application to the German Embassy in Port of Spain well in advance of the 1st May 2017 deadline.

Further information is available at the following website: http://www.port-of-spain.diplo.de/Vertrettung/portofspain/en/06/www.itk.uni-leipzig.de

]]> https://www.sknoc.org/notice-international-coaching-course-in-basketball-at-the-university-of-leipzig/feed/ 0 SKNOC Continues its training https://www.sknoc.org/sknoc-continues-its-training/ https://www.sknoc.org/sknoc-continues-its-training/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:08:26 +0000 http://dev.sknoc.org/?p=33 The St Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee (SKNOC) continues to prove its commitment and dedication to the development of athletes, coaches and sports administrators in the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis.

The St Kitts Amateur Basketball Association (SKABA) and the St Kitts Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) are the recent beneficiaries of such technical and development support.

In August 2012, twenty five (25) SKABA coaches successfully participated in an Olympic Solidarity Level 1 Basketball Coaching Course. Earlier that same month another twenty five (25) SKNFA Coaches successfully participated in a Youth Level Football Coaching Courses. The SKNFA is also presently benefiting from an Advanced Football Coaching Course that is being facilitated by Mr Rodrigo Johnson from Costa Rica. The course is being held over the period October 19th to 28th, 2012.

Coming on the heels of the Basketball Coaching Course, Basketball Coach and Referee, Mr Elvis Williams, travelled to Budapest Hungary on September 19th, 2012 to participate in a 3 months coaching course offered by the Semmelweis University, Institute of Coaching and Sport Education in Budapest, Hungary. The cost of his participation in the course is about U.S $9,000.00. Mr Williams is the 15th coach in the Federation that has benefitted from this kind of scholarship.

The SKNOC also facilitated and sponsored the participation of Dr. Regional O’Loughlin, Senior Doping Officer of the National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO), in a Caribbean Sports Medicine Conference organised by the Jamaica Association of Sports Medicine over the period September 8th and 9th, 2012.

Amongst the pivotal topics covered at the conference were:

  • The diet of an athlete.
  • Detection of life-threatening conditions.
  • Detection of conditions that can influence to injuries.
  • Detection of conditions that can limit performance
  • Treatment of athletes, etc.

In related SKNOC news, Ms Tehanai Baley, Chairwoman of the SKNOC’s Women in Sports Commission, will travel to Mexico over the period October 25th to 30th to participate in a 3 days seminar in leadership for NOCs of the Americas.

The NOC wishes the coaches and individuals all the best as they continue to reap the benefits from active involvement in sports.

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