 | Introduction
Welcome to the 25th issue of Basketball BC's “The Coaches Clipboard.” Though the NBA, collegiate and high school seasons are over, summer basketball will soon be in full swing. All of Basketball BC's Provincial teams have been selected and are about to begin competing, along with many club programs from throughout the Province. Man...
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 | Time Out With: Loralyn Murdoch
Loralyn Murdoch has been the Head Coach of the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George since 1997. This season Loralyn guided the Timberwolves to their first BC Colleges Athletic Association title and their first trip to the CCAA Championships where they finished sixth. In the BC championship game UNBC defeated Camosun College...
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 | The Easy Way to Teach Basketball Offense
By Don Kelbick Don Kelbick is a contributing editor and consultant for BreakThrough Basketball. Don has had 27 years of coaching experience, 25 at the college level including 14 years as a head coach and 10 years as a Division I assistant including stops at Hofstra University, Marist College, Keene State College, and Florida Inter...
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 | Re-Fueling During the Summer Tournaments
by Brian McCormick According to research by Dr. John Ivy at the University of Texas, “Drinking or eating carbohydrates immediately after a strenuous workout, at a level of at least one gram per kilogram of body weight, is therefore essential to restoring the glycogen you've burned. Wait even a few hours and your ability to re...
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 | Complete Conditioning for Basketball
Basketball coaches are always wondering how to set up a strength training program, how to improve their athletes vertical jump, what kind of conditioning program should they implement, etc. Complete Conditioning for Basketball has all the answers – it is an outstanding resource that takes most of the guess work out of introducing a streng...
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 | Canadian National Team Front
Congratulations and good luck to all BC coaches and athletes who will be or hope to represent Canada this summer; we wish them all the best. Here is the rundown on our athletes and coaches: Our Canadian Men's National Team will be off to Greece to compete in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and vie for one of three spots availabl...
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 | Winning Isn’t Everything, But It’s a Lot
I just spent two days with elite athletes who are trying to represent our country in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. I can tell you, if you want to raise the blood pressure and lose the respect of people serious about sports, demean their passion by telling them, "It's just a game" or "Winning isn't everything." To those who devote ...
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| Off-Season Education
Most coaches want their players to work on their games and improve during the off-season but what do coaches do to improve. Though it may be the off-season there are still plenty of opportunities for coaches to learn and improve their knowledge and coaching skills during this down time. After all when you are through learning you are through. ...
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 | Understanding the Rules
In each issue, The Coaches' Clipboard will look at aspects of the game and how it is officiated. Our answers will be supplied by Bill Denney, the Rules Interpreter for the BC Basketball Officials Association. As British Columbia Boys' and Girls' High School Basketball Associations make the transition to FIBA rules the “Understanding...
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