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Wooden: Basketball & Beyond: The Official UCLA Retrospective by Dick Enberg and Denny Crum “... John Wooden sets an example for all of us by constantly striving to be the best in every aspect of his life. Throughout my life, I have found inspiration and direction in the Bible. Today, I also find inspiration and direction in the words of John Wooden. ...” Tom Coughlin, Head Coach, New York Giants

... One hundred years—what an amazing life. But here’s what's even more amazing about John Wooden and the timeless verities his life has embodied. One hundred years from now
they will still be talking about his accomplishments and his approach. ...”
Bob Costas

"... There has never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach. ..."
Sports Illustrated

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 • Authors: Dick Enberg and Denny Crum
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 • Publisher: Abrams Books
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 • Publishing Date: November 1, 2011
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Actitudes, Valores y Normas en la Educación Física y el Deporte por Marià Prat Grau y Susanna Soler Prat click here to read the full review !

Friday Press Clippings:
The Perfect Futility of Basketball Analytics

From New York Times.com
By Rob Mahoney
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"... Those in the world of basketball analytics are tasked with the impossible: to convert a complex game of interrelated and inextricable factors into simple measures of player and team performance.

There’s no question that the efforts to develop those measures have intensified in the last few years, but despite every advance toward the coveted “one-number metric” –- a single rating that can accurately describe a player’s impact on the floor or a team’s relative standing -– basketball’s answer to sabermetrics comes with limitations and caveats.

No stat in basketball is perfect, regardless of the complexity of its formulation. ..."

"... The defining contribution of advanced stats in the N.B.A. won’t be some magical number that makes bar stool debates irrelevant.

That goal is a noble one, but wasn’t described as “impossible” in the paragraph above for rhetorical emphasis alone; in all likelihood, it can’t be done.

Basketball has too many convoluted variables for any quantitative analyst to devise an end-all value measure. ..."

"... The status quo is never good enough, and the way we think about and examine the game can always be improved upon.

That’s always been the case, but only by accepting the limitations of the current analysis are we able to push forward. ..."

"... Each of those measures should be treated as if it has the potential to be the mythical one-number metric.

Not because that goal is reachable or possible in any way, but because the level of criticism and creativity that often follows will take the collective understanding of the game further. ..."

"... Those who fail to see the big picture will focus on the mark that the asymptotic curve of basketball analytics will never reach, while ignoring all other growth in the process.

The measures themselves are imperfect, but they’re perfect in promoting further research.

None of the advanced stats we have today are ideal, but they bring us closer to the pinnacle of our comprehension of the N.B.A. ..."

"... Discussing the recent quantitative advances in basketball as the “analytics movement” or the “advanced stats movement” is inaccurate.

Movements have points of conclusion, either because they meet their goals or due to complete dissolution, but what the analytics world has introduced into the game is capable of enduring forever.

The one-number metric is a red herring. Intellectual curiosity and the insatiable appetite for better statistics are the real products of the basketball analytic culture. ..."

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' Una Revisión de los Sistemas de Valoración de Jugadores de Baloncesto ' by Jose A. Martínez.

Friday Video Clippings:
Let's Pollute 2011

In the spirit of 50's & 60's educational films, 'Let's Pollute' is a modern satire on how pollution is our heritage and keeps our economy growing strong, while instructing us how to be better polluters for a better blighted tomorrow.

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' ¿Hacemos un corto? ' by Sergio Sánchez .

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Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
Technical Foul Charged for Using the Video Case Statistical Tracking

... With 2.8 seconds remaining in the second quarter, A-1 completes a throw-in and A-2 completes a successful try for goal (ball in flight when horn sounds to end the quarter).

The official rules a good goal.

The coach of Team B checks the video tape at halftime and prior to starting the third quarter, Team B approaches the Referee and states that the video monitor showed that time had expired prior to the ball being in flight

What the Statistics Tracking Rule according to the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book ? ...

eBA System Statistics Fundamentals:
See the eBA Basketball Statistics Case Studies

eBA Basketball Statistics Registration:
The goal is good. Technical foul charged to Team B for using the video for coaching purposes.
References: Rule 10.1.3
Case Book 10.1.3 B

All the terms in this answer are explained widely at The eBA Basketball System Book and in eBA Clinic ONLINE.

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Video Case Study:
24 seconds violation: Team TO or Personal Turnover ?

"... Generally, we know, the 24 seconds violation is a team turnover and consequently a team steal for the team in defense. This is the game 1 of the NBA playoff game between the Nets & the Raps at the Air Canada Centre. This video clip features a fast break basket by Bostjan Nachbar ... and concludes with the Raps getting called on a 24 second shot clock violation. But previously there is an altered shot gained by the red Nets...

Is it a team turnover or a personal of the last blocked shooter ?
Is it a team steal because of the 24 seconds violation or is a personal steal of the blocker ?

How the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System register this play ? ..."

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Carolina Basketball: A Century of Excellence By Adam Lucas With Foreword by Dean Smith, and Afterword by Roy Williams North Carolina State loyalists might take offense, but Adam Lucas' Carolina Basketball focuses exclusively on one team and it isn't the Wolfpack. Like NCS, North Carolina University has a century-long basketball tradition. (As Lucas notes, it didn't begin propitiously: In its first season, the Tarheels were forced to request the return of the team's stolen basketball.)

Boasting six national championships and scores of Hall of Fame coaches and players, Carolina Basketball has come a long way from the first season--when the campus newspaper published a notice asking an unknown culprit to return the team's basketball.

With stories, sidebars, and over 200 photos, this 256-page history covers the first hundred years of one of college basketball's greatest teams.

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 • Authors: Adam Lucas
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El Entrenador y el Equipo. Aprendiendo a ser un buen entrenador de formacion Por Mauro Valenciano Oller click here to read the full review !

Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
About The Grinnell College System Principles

Grinnell College is a small liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA. It was founded in 1846, when a group of transplanted New England Congregationalists with a strong social-reformer orientation formed the 'Trustees of Iowa College'.

Grinnell basketball teams is one of the teams with more offensive records in the high school national level - NCAA - Midwest Conference - Division III - and in February 2005, Grinnell became the first Division III school to broadcast a non-championship basketball game on national television when it faced off against the Beloit Buccaneers on ESPN 2.

Grinnell College's basketball team attracted ESPN's due to the team's unique style of playing basketball, known simply as "The System."

In a fashion much like an ice hockey match, Coach David Arsseneault's "system" incorporates a continual full-court press, a fast-paced offense with a lot of fast-breaks, shooting in less than 12 seconds after a ball steal, an emphasis on offensive rebounding, a barrage of three-point shots, and substitutions of five players at a time every 35 to 40 seconds, playing between 15 to 17 players every game.

"The System" has been criticized for not teaching the principles of defense, in spite of the pressing defenses which are applied.

Photograph: from "College Fanz"

However, under "The System," Grinnell has won three conference championships over the past ten years and have regularly placed in the top half of the conference.

Coach Arseneault's teams have also set numerous NCAA scoring records and several individuals on the Grinnell team have led the nation in scoring, steals or assists. In the 2008 season the team was first with 117.3 points and 16 steals per game.

These are the principal 5 principles of "The System":

The team must shoot at least 94 times per game;

At least half of this shoots must be from three points;

Minimum we must throw to the basket 25 times more than the opponent;

Offensive rebounds must be at least a 33% of the total of our throws;

The team must force the opponent to 32 turnovers with a pressing defense.

There is no relation from this "system" with our eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System, out of it's application in the statistical data analysis.

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Actuality News
Euroleague 2011/12 is BACK ! Team Focus: Panathinaikos

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The Hustle: One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White by Doug Merlino Expecting a conventional basketball book? Look elsewhere... ! Although the central focus is ten members of a biracial boys basketball team, freelance journalist Doug Merlino, in his first book, is writing about race relations and the changing socioeconomic experiences and expectations of five black and five white kids who came together in 1986 to form an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team in Seattle.

The book provides remarkable insight into the fortunes and misfortunes of the ten kids who shared a court but never a dream. For Merlino, who was on the team, the titular hustle is the drive to achieve in today's competitive economy. Readers will witness the omnipresent racial divide in Seattle and the nation, in the workplace, and in a secondary school setting.
The chapter on Seattle's Lakeside School, a private K-12 institution, is compelling reading for today's parents and educators. The former teammates whom Merlino traced up to the present include a prosecutor, a financial manager, a preacher/teacher, a writer, a street hustler—and a murder victim.


VERDICT: This book, both memoir and social analysis, is an essential read as a recent social history and personal story of America.
Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Libs., AL

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La piramide del exito: Construyendo bloques para una vida mejor por Coach John Wooden click here to read the full review and the Amazon Preview !

Friday Press Clippings:
10 Most Useless Statistics in Professional Sports

From Internet Provider
By Gordan Smith
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' by Gordan Smith

"... We sports fans love our statistics, don’t we? Get a group of us together and the numbers just start flying.

That’s because nothing conveys an understanding of, an abiding reverence for, and an unassailable expertise in, our favorite athletic pastimes than quoting lots of stats. ..."

"... More insidious are those “official” stats by which an athlete’s value is actually measured, yet really don’t tell us much. Here is my list of the 10 most useless statistics in professional sports: ..."

"... Wins (by a Pitcher) – The idea that a pitcher has that much determination in whether his team wins or loses defies reason. Example ..."

"... Time of Possession – This statistic was intended to be indicative of a football team’s ability to control the ball and, by extension, the outcome of the game. How often, though, ..."

"... Holds (by a Middle Reliever) – This stat is supposed to reflect the effectiveness of middle relief or set-up pitchers in a save situation, but ..."

"... Saves (by a Closer) – For much the same reasons as with the above stat, really. This one is simply awarded to the guy who pitches last for the winning team. The parameters are arbitrary and ..."

"... QB Rating – Impressive at least insofar as its herculean effort to quantify a quarterback’s value. But honestly, does anyone actually understand how this rating is quantified? ..."

"... MVP – Apart from being chosen via purely subjective criteria, Most Valuable Players tend to come from teams that have the most success. While this may seem logical at first blush, it doesn’t take into consideration the fact that the more successful teams generally aren’t that reliant on just one player. Conversely, a great player can have tremendous value to a team that doesn’t make it to the post-season. ..."

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' Análisis de las Características de los Contraataques en Baloncesto Masculino y Femenino ' by I. Refoyo y col..

Friday Video Clippings:
Oktapodi

Oscar 2009 to the Best Short Film Animated - from Julien Bocaveille et all.

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' Mi Destino en sus Huellas !' .

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High Intensity Strength Training
Series 4-Pack
By Michael Bradley

"... Bring up the topic of the exercise methodology called High Intensity Training by Michael Bradley amongst strength coaches and athletes, and you’ll get a wide range of opinions and no shortage
of passion.
This style of training is controversial in some circles, and the only way to train in others.

The merits of HIT have been debated for almost forty years, and
to this day discussions of the subject can bring the proponents and opponents of HIT to the point of a blowup.

High Intensity Training starts with effort, truly maxim effort. You’ll find that if you train to a point of maximum effort, there’s a limit to both the amount of sets of an exercise that you can do productively and the total amount of sets you can do in a workout.

And if you train very hard -- hard enough to force your body to adapt -- then you’ll find that you’ll have to take more time to recover from that training. It’ll become obvious that you can’t train every day. ..."

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 • Run Time: 247 minutes

Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
Avoiding Out of Bounds Ball & Shooting Case Statistical Tracking

... During a game the ball was going out-of-bounds on the sideline near the baseline on the A Team end of the court. An A Team player tried to save the ball by throwing it forcefully into the legs of a B Team defender so it would bounce out off of him. The B Team defender dodged the ball, which bounced high and:
1) The ball goes in;
2) Almost went into the basket (it hit the rim) and finally goes out;

The A team player was behind the 3 point line when he threw the ball.

Analyzing this game situation: how to score the case 1) ?

What the Statistics Rule in the case 2) according to the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book ? ...

eBA System Statistics Fundamentals: See the eBA Basketball Statistics Case Studies

eBA Basketball Statistics Registration:
Case 1: Two points
Case 2: It's not a try, and any "throw" from beyond the arc ends when the ball hits the ring.

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This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis Encyclopedia
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Video Case Study:
Twelve Steps Violation Not Called & FORCED TO ?

"... Without any doubt that we have here a traveling violation which is not called, 1 or 12 steps is the same for the rules and the stats...
Now, the question is... the defender´s pressure should made this non-called travelling a FORCED turnover ?

How the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System register this play ? ..."

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Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
About the Dean Oliver's Four Factors Concepts

"... Essentially, the four factors are the building blocks to the efficiency formula.

Efficiency data gives you an idea of the quality of a team’s offense or defense, but the four factors tell you why a team is good or bad when they have or don’t have the ball.

Here’s a breakdown of how each statistic on this concept is calculated…

Effective field goal percentage is like regular field goal percentage except that it gives 50% more credit for made three-pointers.

eFG%  = (.5*3FGM + FGM) / FGA

Turnover percentage is a pace-independent measure of ball security.

TO% = TO / Possessions

Offensive rebounding percentage is a measure of the possible rebounds that are gathered by the offense.

OR% = OR / (OR + DRopp)

Keep in mind that rebounding percentage is computed from box score data which does not contain team rebounds. Therefore, the figures shown here may differ slightly from calculations made on the rebounding totals provided by a team.

Finally, free throw rate captures a team’s ability to score from the line.

FTRateoff = FTM / FGA 

FTRatedef = FTA / FGA

Defensive FTRate uses FTA in the numerator since the defense has little control on the percentage of free throw attempts made by the opposition.

The four factors concept is based on the research from Dean Oliver, author of the book and eBook Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis, and you can read Dean’s more detailed explanation of the four factors in the exposition by Prof. Roberto Azar from eBA-Stats about "Basketball Formulas Revision" in eBA ONLINE CLINICS....."

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Actuality News
Get ready for the new season! They are BACK !

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High-Intensity
3-Ball Transition Workout
with Kevin Sutton

In his 24 years of coaching, both at the collegiate and high school level, Kevin Sutton has coached 13 players that were drafted into the NBA, Europe or WNBA.
He has also coached and developed around 100 players that went on to play college basketball.

Most recently he built Montverde Academy into a National powerhouse, with an amazing 158-31 record, including a National Championship in 2007.

This year Sutton was also named the Head Coach for USA Basketball’s 2011 Junior National Select Team, which featured players like Austin Rivers, Brad Beal, Michael Gilchrist, Anthony Davis and James McAdoo.

He also has worked at numerous prestigious basketball camps including, Michael Jordan Flight School!

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 • Actor: Kevin Sutton
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 • Date Edition: NEW on Aug 29, 2011 !
 • Run Time: 88 minutes

Life and Sports Motivational Videos:
«Challenges» by Paulo Coelho

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Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability and Basketball by Melvin Juette and Ronald J. Berger Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was "both the worst and best thing that happened" to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. He attended college and made wheelchair basketball his passion - ultimately becoming a star athlete and playing on the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball Team.

In "Wheelchair Warrior", Melvin Juette re-constructs the defining moments of his life with the assistance of sociologist Ronald Berger.

His poignant memoir is bracketed by Ronald J. Berger's thoughtful introduction and conclusion, which places this narrative of race, class, masculinity, and identity into proper sociological context, showing how larger social structural forces defined Juette's experiences.

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 • Authors: Melvin Juette and Ronald J. Berger
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 • Book Publisher: Temple University Press
 • Publishing Date: March 28, 2009
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 • Book Edition Binding: Paperback
 • Book Edition Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
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El Parkour en el aula de educación física por Víctor Javier Gil Bermejo click here to read the full review !

Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
About the Game and the Numbers ...we don't care if you never score !

"We don't care if you never score a point, If you make plays and help your team win, you don't have to score..." says Wayne Winston, a professor in the Operations and Decisions Technology Department at Indiana University.

"Use the mathematical tools of quantitative analysis to go beyond the box score and discover the hidden factors that contribute to victory..."

"You couldn't run a team completely on statistics, but anybody from the old school who doesn't pay attention to them is probably in the wrong.

Everyone's looking for an edge. And this kind of information can give you one..."

"The game moves so fast that unless you have somebody tabulating this and analyzing it properly, you're just not going to know. A lot of coaches think they know more than they do....."

"Basketball's a team sport, and lots of things aren't tracked," Winston says. "Like taking the charge, going through a screen, tipping a ball to your teammate, saving a ball from going out of bounds....."

"The information is a good reference point, but unlike in baseball where there are definable variables that enable a team to select players wisely, there are no such variables identified yet in Basketball. Personally, I think it's because we don't collect the right data..."

These refections are included in the module edited at the eBA Clinics about "Statistics & Statisticians"

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Sunday Basketball Training Videos:
Dribbling: Cone Drill with Ty Lawson
The Copyrights from this Video Owns to NIKE.com

Nike Basketball Pro Training presents Ty Lawson walking you through his dynamic dribbling workout. Everything from the correct technique for changing direction to using explosiveness to blow by your defender.

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