EEC presents the Youth Development Playbook

The Youth Development Playbookthe book that aims to give all coaches the guidelines of the development program, will be presented at a press conference on Monday by EEC. It is a manual of basic basketball principles, which aims to teach them correctly to the new generation.

The announcement:

The cultivation of sportsmanship, learning the basic principles of team sports and the correct technical directions from coaches and experts are the basis for the development and evolution of basketball at young ages.

On Monday, May 13, at 12 noon, the Hellenic Basketball Federation will present the Youth Development Playbook, the book that aims to give all coaches the guidelines of development program.

The president of the EEC, Evangelos Liolios, the member of the Board of Directors will speak at the press conference. and the head of the National teams, Dimos Dikoudis, the Heads of the Development Program of the Federation, Nikos Stavropoulos and Kostas Tsartsaris and the Head of the Women’s Development Program, Kostas Missas.

The interview will be live streamed from the EEC YouTube channel.

“This book has been written after the intensive work of many people over two consecutive years. It was one of the main demands of the development program of the Federation so that all coaches were given the guidelines of the development program according to the developments and the data of the times“, pointed out the president of the EEC, Evangelos Liolios, with the head of the national teams Dimos Dikoudis stressing: “This Playbook, a handbook of basketball fundamentals, is an important legacy for the sport in the country. It is not a soulless thing, but it can in a sense be the common road to success that sports will walk in all ages».

For his part, the Head of the Development Program of EEC, Nikos Stavropoulos, noted that the book mentions ways through which coaches will learn how to “communicate properly, take care of safety and how to teach technical and technical tactical skills while keeping it fun“, while his counterpart, Kostas Tsartsaris, added by stating: “This playbook contains everything a coach needs to know to be primarily an educator and help his young athletes love the sport of basketball.».