Over 3 days of basketball talent camp, the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP) there is a high level clinic led by a trainer from NBA, NCAA and NBA G-Leaguelike this Bob Mackinnon; who provides the basics of movement, ball handling, coordination, defense and teamwork in 4 sessions.
Under the watchful eye of a talent trainer from NBA It is not easy, the young participants of Telmex Telcel League Talent Camp They need self-control, support and confidence to perform each exercise prescribed coach Mackinnon. Well, from the first session he showed how to dribble the ball, change hands, run with it while watching, change direction, hand coordination and all the basics of basketball, without rest for an hour.
For the second day came the double session of one-on-one confrontations, couples and thirds, teaching how to form the defense, think under pressure, make screens and even shoot the hoop. On the last day it was time to play 5 vs 5, where the experienced coach gave a team sports chair, gestures, signals and even the way of positioning oneself against the opponent, either behind or in front.
The coach’s job also includes giving a speech to the players from the camp, graduates of FLIP and visitors, titled Ráfaga, where through an account of how an accident, far from separating him from the game, encouraged him to get closer to the game. basketball to become a coach from a young age, he sent the message of finding the reason to get up in the morning, work, train to be better, as the coach does when recovering from a serious event.
“I know what my why is, and what are you doing to make a positive impact on everyone you meet?”
After the last training session, the camp organizing committee thanked the University of the Americas Puebla for attention, to coach to Aztecs in basketball, Eric Martin to closely follow the actions, of the participants to answer the call and leave their soul in each practice; while the coach Mackinnon He recognized the opportunity to go to an “exceptional university and to go to Puebla.”