Over 5,000 talented players have completed the Five-Star program and received
scholarships. Distinguished alumni include Isiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins,
Michael Jordan, Mark Aguirre, John Paxson, Jim Paxson, Jeff Ruland, Darnell Valentine, and
Mike O'Koren. Here, in print for the first time, is a compilation of 131 drills they
practiced at the nation's premier Basketball camp. The book includes the following:
131 of the best drills used at the Five-Star camp
Conditioning, one, two, and three player drills for men and women
Proven regimens from a star-studded galaxy of NCAA and NBA coaches
Step by step instructions with pictures and diagrams to maximize your potential and
practice time
"Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein are as well organized in their presentation of
drills as they are in their camp. This book is a great contribution to your Basketball
library." -- Bob Knight
"Owning one of the most varied sports libraries in the country, I consider myself
an expert on sports books. Nowhere on my shelves is there anything approaching the value
of these drills for youngsters and young coaches. It's the best drill book in
America." -- George Raveling
"With the advent of the three-point shot, there's now a high priority on the skill
parts of the game. This book will help the dedicated user become a fundamentally sound
player." -- Mike Fratello
"A must for all young players and coaches who want to learn the game the way it
should be taught." -- Rick Pitino
"Five-Star has done a great job helping kids. I admire the way they've emphasized
teaching the concepts and maintained the personal touch in dealing with youngsters. This
book carries on that great tradition." -- Mike Krzyzewski
From the Back Cover
"Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein are as well organized in their presentation of
drills as they are in their camp. This book is a great contribution to your Basketball
library." --Bob Knight, Texas Tech University
"With the advent of the three-point shot there's now a high priority on the
skill parts of the game. This book will help the dedicated user become a fundamentally
sound player." --Dean Smith, College Basketball's all-time winner coach
"No one has done more for the game of Basketball in the past four decades than
Five-Star's Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein" -- Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
"A must for all young players and coaches who want to learn the game the way it
should be taught."--Rick Pitino, University of Louisville
Before there was a Nike or Adidas camp for the nation's elite high-school players,
there was Five-Star. Now in its 37th year, more than 5,000 talented players have completed
the Five-Star program, and over 300 of them have gone on to careers in the NBA.
Distinguished alumni include Isiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Michael
Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Jamal Mashburn, Rasheed Wallace, and Vince Carter
In Five-Star Basketball Drills, you will find the same 131 drills practiced by
these Basketball greats at the nation's premier Basketball camp. The book includes:
One-, two-, and three-player drills for men and women
Proven regimens from a star-studded galaxy of NCAA and NBA coaches
Step-by-step instructions with pictures and diagrams to maximize your potential and
practice time
29/09/06 - About Deflections: "Most statistics
you have to be careful of, given just raw numbers," said Jerry Krause, who charts
various aspects of each game from the Gonzaga University, Bulldogs bench, "because
they depend so much on the pace of the game. I'm more interested in percentages."
Among the most important numbers Krause supplies to his head coach are those relating to
offensive and defensive efficiency. They are based on points per possession for both his
team and their opponents.
"Those are what I really put a huge emphasis on at halftime or after a game,"
head coach Mark Few said. "As much as points and field-goal percentages can tell you,
they can get skewed with a lot of free throws and things like that. But
points-per-possession gives you a much better gauge of where your team is at, both
offensively and defensively."
Few also puts plenty of weight on deflections, another number that does not show up in the
box score. This number, according to Krause, is based on how many times a GU defender gets
a hand, foot or any other body part on the Basketball.
"It can be a blocked shot, diving on a loose ball – anything
that disrupts the other team's offense," explained Krause, a long-standing member of
the NCAA Rules Committee, who also serves as Research Chair of the National Association of
Basketball Coaches. "I believe offense, basically, is rhythm. And anything you can do
to upset rhythm is not good for an offense." In addition, the number of deflections
gives Few a good idea of his team's intensity level. "It's a great barometer for
us," he said.
"When it's up, it means we're active, flying around and doing good things on the
defensive end. When it's down, it usually tells us we're being too passive and
reactive." Krause said this year's team has been surprisingly sluggish, as far as
deflections are concerned. The team goal is 35 deflections per game, but so far this
season, his team is averaging just 27. "And that's way below what you would want as a
norm," Krause said. Deflections, like offensive and defensive percentages, can be
charted during a game. Rebounding effort, however, is a bit more complicated, and can only
be determined after watching video of the game as at the eBA Stats Basketball Statistical
Register System.
25/09/2006 - "With one million or five, ten or hundred,
still you can only eat once - lunch and dinner."
— Drazen Petrovic
"I learned to give him the ball".... (Magic Johnson's
answer when he was asked about what he learned about the game of Basketball by playing
with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
23/09/06 - Australia finally stands alone at the
summit of women's Basketball after the Opals crushed Russia 91-74 in the final of the
world championship in Brazil today. The Opals have placed in the top three nations at
every Olympic Games and world championships since 1996, but this is the first time any
senior Australian side has laid its hands on a gold medal at the highest level.
Penny Taylor was again the star of the show, finishing with 28 points to earn tournament
MVP honors ahead of teammate Lauren Jackson and Russian Maria Stepanova, who was a
distant third in voting.
Taylor's effort was even more impressive considering she carried a
groin injury over the second half of the tournament, but she was the glue that held the
Opals together during their history-making run. Australia was the only team to make it
through the entire tournament undefeated, an extremely deserving recipient of the title of
world champion. Our tribute to AUSTRALIA 2006 WORLD CHAMPIONS !
19/09/06 - Which of the following NBA Rules ?:
The current eBA poll ask the following question:
Which of the following NBA Rules should FIBA adopt to improve the game?
1.- Periods: 12 minutes (instead of 10 minutes)
2.- Court Length: 94' x 50' ( 28.47 x 15.22 m. )
3.- Size of Lane: 16' x 19' ( 4.87 x 5.79 m. ) Rectangle
4.- 3-Point Line: 23' 9 ( 7.24 m. )
5.- Player Foul Limit: 6 ( instead of 5 )
6.- Touch Ball On/Above Cylinder: No
7.- Closely Guarded For 5 Seconds: No
8.- Number of Refs: 3
9.- Timeouts Called By Player in game
10.- Legal Jersey Numbers: All
11.- None
12.- Another Rule...
Go to the poll at eBA Stats Homepage
and Vote !
If your decision is "Another Rule", please tell us about that another rule at Contact Us,
and Thank You for your Vote !
15/09/06 - Official Beckett Price Guide to Basketball Cards 2006
Lists over 50,000 prices for cards issued from 1948 to the present. Includes cards from
all the major manufacturers, including Fleer, Topps, Upper Deck, and Hoops. Every card is
identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, team, and player.
Includes tips on buying, selling, caring for, and storing your cards. Read
More ... Global Basketball Directory moreinfo
10/09/06 - About the national team future: "I
have not retired from the national team, but at the same time I've never guaranteed that I
will play next year because I don't know yet,"
"I have to see how I am physically. Then we'll see if I go on or not."
"I don't want to close doors and say that I won't play again, because there is a long
time yet."
"To play in the national team, you have to be convinced and focused, because people
demand so."
"The group has its influence, especially the players who have all been together for a
longer time,"
"If we had won the (World) Championship, we would have been asked to continue."
"But I said before the World Championship that it always depends on each moment, on
how a player is physically, and what his family wants."
"I thought we could have won the World Championship, but we
didn't,"
"We want to play at the Olympics, so it's very likely that this group will have to
win that place."
"Everybody in the team agrees that Nocioni's shot was a good decision,"
"The angle was very difficult."
"I'm a bit angry about the United States game."
"After the defeat to Spain, there was only a 24-hour difference between one game and
the next."
And although the Argentinean was named in the all-World Championship starting five with
Pau Gasol, Jorge Garbajosa, Theo Papaloukas and Carmelo Anthony, he believes that his
compatriot Pepe Sanchez deserved a place.
"Maybe they (the organizers) had to recognize an Argentinean, but Pepe should have
been there, he was the owner of the team on court,"
08/09/06: Excerpt of the module edited on
Monday at the opening
of the NEW eBA 111 - Game Stats Register about
"Statistics & Statisticians":
...."It is correct that we have coaches that "are not stat guys", that only
trust what they see, and they think they don't need a bunch of numbers to get in the way.
Others, use stats in various ways and are many which can speak about a tendex type
formula.
Most of us, being in the Basketball statistics
analysis theme, and specially the analysis area, begin to understand that Basketball
is a difficult game to quantify, in some degree because of the way the game changes
through time, and partially because of the powerful impact of teamwork, with the
constant
moving interaction of 12 players and the ball.
We are the same people which understand that at some level, we use the available
information to better understand the game: no one stat can explain
everything, so the combination of the numbers and the plays appreciation, eBA
statistics analysis basis, is by this time the correct way......"
Next Module Exposition: Monday 11/09/06, 21:00 GMT
05/09/06 - Spain welcome FIBA World Champs:
Spain's Basketball world champions received a heroes' welcome on their return to Madrid on
Monday (yesterday, September 4th).
Around 50,000 filled the Plaza de Castilla to greet the squad after the side defeated
Greece 70-47 in Sunday's final in Japan to take the title for the first time.
Around 50,000 Spaniards turned out in Madrid's Plaza de Castilla on Monday night to greet
their Basketball world champions.
Captain Carlos Jimenez led the squad on to the stage with the trophy
that many thought would have been returning to the United States with their flock of NBA
stars.
But they went out to Greece in the semi-finals with Spain edging out Argentina 75-74 to
reach the final.
Their star player Pau Gasol missed the final with a fractured foot but
his team-mates, who all wore T-shirts reading 'Pau is also playing', responded admirably
defeating the Greeks 70-47 to clinch their first ever world title.
The players were clearly taken aback by the reaction of their public.
Basketball's profile in Spain is still overshadowed by soccer but it has definitely
increased over recent years with Real Madrid, FCB-Winterthur of Barcelona, Unicaja Malaga
and Tau Ceramica Baskonia all reaching last season's Euroleague Top 16.
Despite missing the final, Gasol was named as the tournament's most valuable player and
the centre who plies his trade with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies was grateful to his
team-mates and the fans.
03/09/06 - About Win Shares: "One of the hardest
things about assessing Basketball players is disentangling the effects of the different
players on the floor. If a player gets an offensive rebound and the putback, how much
should we credit the guy who drove to the basket, broke down the defense, and missed the
shot, but put the defense out of position for the rebound?
When someone scores, how much credit should he get, how much should go
to the guy who got him the ball, how much to the guy who set the screen, how much to the
perimeter shooter whose defender was hesitant to come over and help, etc., etc.? When the
shot clock winds down and someone who can create his own shot is forced to put up a tough
shot, how do you spread blame among the teammates who were unable to create a good shot
during that possession?...."
"...In other words, it's not clear how reliable the Win Shares statistic is at the
kinds of interesting uses that Gladwell wants to put it to - assessing potential MVPs,
comparing teammates, identifying overrated and underrated players, and so on. I think that
it's necessary to keep track of plus/minus data, like WinVal does, in order to disentangle
teammates......" Posted by "blar" Read the complete thread at gladwell.com
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