World Association of Basketball Coaches to continue streaming Feature Coaching Clinics
MIES (Switzerland) - The World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) will continue the Feature Coaching Clinics following the successful first round of the initiative.
MIES (Switzerland) - The World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) will continue the Feature Coaching Clinics following the successful first round of the initiative, as well as the recently concluded Women in Basketball Coaches Clinics series.
A further 10 weeks have been scheduled with the clinics livestreamed on the WABC Facebook channel with one clinic every Tuesday and Thursday at 14:00 CEST having already proved popular online with a reach of 500,000 along with over 140,000 total views.
The clinics focus on a variety of different topics within the game of basketball, led by some of the most renowned coaches from around the world.
The initiative showed support to the global community of coaches during the COVID-19 pandemic and, as part of an additional Women in Basketball Coaches Clinics series, also highlighted one of FIBA's main strategic pillars for 2019-2023 - Women in Basketball - aiming to promote opportunities for women in all areas of basketball, with six weeks of clinics led by prominent female coaches.
Spain's FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 winning head coach Sergio Scolario, as well as the likes of Zeljko Obradovic, Igor Kokoskov, Rick Carlisle and Ettore Messina are amongst the next set of established names within the coaching fraternity as they lead specialist clinics over the next 10 weeks.
Many more WABC clinics are available on the official FIBA YouTube channel.
The schedule for Weeks 11-20 is as follows:
| Week | Date | Coach | Topic |
| Week 11 | Tuesday, August 25 at 14:00 CEST | Zeljko Obradovic | Spacing and Different Options in Pn'R Offense |
| Week 11 | Thursday, August 27 at 14:00 CEST | Brian Goorjian | Various Drills to Improve Offense |
| Week 12 | Tuesday, September 1 at 14:00 CEST | Lloyd Pierce | Basic Defensive Principles of Philadelphia 76ers |
| Week 12 | Thursday, September 3 at 14:00 CEST | Andrea Trinchieri | Drills for Developing a Team Game |
| Week 13 | Tuesday, September 8 at 14:00 CEST | Jasmin Repesa | Set Play Against Zone 2-3 |
| Week 13 | Thursday, September 10 at 14:00 CEST | Dwane Casey | Developing Team Man-To-Man Defense |
| Week 14 | Tuesday, September 15 at 14:00 CEST | Igor Kokoskov | Drills for guards |
| Week 14 | Thursday, September 17 at 14:00 CEST | Scott Brooks | Transition into Early Offense |
| Week 15 | Tuesday, September 22 at 14:00 CEST | Torsten Loibl | Team M2M Defense |
| Week 15 | Thursday, September 24 at 14:00 CEST | Mike Brown | Double Teaming the Post-up |
| Week 16 | Tuesday, September 29 at 14:00 CEST | James Borrego | San Antonio Spurs' Basic Offensive Concepts |
| Week 16 | Thursday, October 1 at 14:00 CEST | Roy Rana | Closeout Defense |
| Week 17 | Tuesday, October 6 at 14:00 CEST | Ilias Zouros | Defensive Drills |
| Week 17 | Thursday, October 8 at 14:00 CEST | Pedro Martinez | Models of Aggressive Pn'R Defense |
| Week 18 | Tuesday, October 13 at 14:00 CEST | Dan Burke & Popeye Jones | Indiana Pacers' Inside-Out Offense |
| Week 18 | Thursday, October 15 at 14:00 CEST | Sergio Scariolo | Zone Offense |
| Week 19 | Tuesday, October 20 at 14:00 CEST | Romeo Sacchetti | Offensive Plays of a Team with Leading Player |
| Week 19 | Thursday, October 22 at 14:00 CEST | Rick Carlisle | Footwork |
| Week 20 | Tuesday, October 27 at 14:00 CEST | Zeljko Obradovic | Special Situations and Out-of-Bounds Plays |
| Week 20 | Thursday, October 29 at 14:00 CEST | Ettore Messina | Attacking the switch |
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