The Vaal University of Technology scooped both men’s and women’s trophies this past weekend at the Ashraf Lodewyk memorial basketball tournament, hosted at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits). When the... Read more If you ask any basketball player who the players are that made the game great, definitely you will hear the name Michael Jordan. Jordan has been an inspiration to many... Read more Day 1
Wow where do I start! Ok, the flight was amazing! Managed to get some sleep in but it felt too short! Fell asleep and then the next best thing... Read more 21 year old God’s Gift Achiuwa a 6’9 ft forward from Nigeria, is currently living a dream, playing basketball for St John’s University in the United States. When he... Read more Growing up with a sporty family, Pumla Sathula adopted activeness and the love for sports at a tender age of ten years. She credits her brother as her source of... Read more Every Saturday at 13:30pm, South African basketball fans are greeted by the animated faces of two young and vibrant individuals - Jerome ‘Slim’ Du Plooy and Zesuliwe Hadebe. Fondly known... Read more You can play basketball with basic skills but to be a great player, there is more work and patience to be involved. You also have to be active and quick... Read more A moment of shock and bliss dawned the youth of Alexandra in South Africa when the National Basketball Association (NBA) Atlanta Hawks Sky Team dropped by at their basketball court... Read more • Learn how to interact with other basketball players, their signals, etc.
• Pass to other people more often. Don't try to run down the whole court by yourself and find that a... Read more So you want to be a great baller? Whether you’re taking your first step onto the court or have already had a taste of this great game, here are some... Read more Whether you’re dribbling, passing, or shooting, basketball takes a lot of physical power to perform quickly and accurately. If you want to be a great player, your physical training is... Read more During four sunshine filled spring days in Johannesburg, basketball players from across Africa met on the to improve their skills through drills, scrimmages, and competitions with top instruction from NBA... Read more Ask Women’s National Basketball League (WNBA) Legend and six-time WNBA All-Star Chamique Holdsclaw what she says about some people’s idea that girls can’t or shouldn’t play sports, and there’s no... Read more It’s a dream come true for young basketball players from across the continent – a chance to sharpen their talents alongside National Basketball Association (NBA) players and coaches. NBA All-Stars... Read more
Picture a long-limbed, young athlete, crossing a basketball court in a few easy strides before leaping up to release a perfectly arced ball to swish neatly into a hoop over... Read more Nigeria showed basketball at it’s best yesterday when they beat the African Champion Tunisia by 60-56, in their first every Olympic basketball showing ever. It was a good start from... Read more So many basketball players will ask, how swimming or training in the pool connects to basketball. Which is a good question, basketball is a game played with use of variety... Read more Welcome back after a long restful week of no workout, and trying to improve your skills on the basketball court. now here is this week workout, which is the week... Read more Warm weather, generous sponsors, spirited basketball players and doting parents were the order of the weekend at the two-day 3-on-3 basketball tournament hosted by And1 Africa, held at St Sthithians... Read more Youth Fit Africa launched its new online magazine featuring sports, fitness and health information for youth with a two day basketball tournament for male and female under 19 teams at... Read more When I was in primary school, every day after school I used to watch the basketball players training, and loved each and every move they did. I ended up telling... Read more The ability to jump high is a skill not only in basketball and volleyball, but also in other sports like various codes of football such as rugby, Australian football and... Read more From sixteen, it came down to the final 8 boys and 8 girls teams battling it out who see who would come out on top and take home the trophy... Read more It all started when I was accepted into the African Leadership Academy in Honeydew, South Africa in September 2010; a school teaching leadership and entrepreneurship to students from across the... Read more In Africa, it is extremely rare for a female coach to lead a men’s basketball team, but Liz Mills shows that it is not only possible, but that women can... Read more They sponged off soaked courts after an early morning downpour, by the end of the day the sun’s intensity sent most spectators seeking shady cover. Yet, neither weather extreme dampened... Read more Be sure to get enough calories to meet the demands of basketball. Basketball has eight different changes in movement, and players average 997 changes in movement during a 48-minute game—that... Read more
The Basketball Without Borders (BWB) camp is organised every year, a collaboration between FIBA and the NBA to use the sport of basketball as a common language for global peace,... Read more
The last decade has seen a rapid rise in basketball popularity across Africa, especially in countries like South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. However, despite growing enthusiasm, basketball remains... Read more From West African hopefuls on a journey to the US to basketball uniting youth in Sudan and empowering young women in Nigeria - these video and audio documentaries chronicle... Read moreVUT scoops Ashraf Lodewyk bask…
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