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BCA continues to bring coaches great information and special offers!The historic (25 years as the voice of college basketball) "Basketball Times" has launched a website and an online edition...as a special offer to the BCA, the Managing Editor, John Akers, has very kindly granted a substantial discount! Please take advantage of this generous gesture. Go to: www.basketballtimes.comand type in the discount code: bcauk.You will pay $21 instead of $35 for the digital (annual) subscription.Enjoy!Thanks again from the BCA to John and all the staff at Basketball Times!

New feature! Joe Bloggs...One of our young coaches has made a big decision in his desire and quest to try to become a (better) coach. He has had to leave the country to do it. He has secured himself a coaching job at Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB! His name is Joe Riley and we wish him well. He has agreed to write a blog for the BCA website on a regular basis...check out Joe's bloggs in the Letters page now. Check back to follow his experiences and his blog as he spends this season in the hotbed of European basketball!

SPECIAL OFFER TO BCA COACHES! PURCHASE CLINIC DVDs. The footage from the Future Stars Clinic (July 2009) is now available on dvd.Presentations by Coaches Pepu Hernandez and Neven Spahija as well as Bryan Jones are all included. (£7) Also, footage from the NBA Clinic (Oct. 09) with Coach Mike Wilhelm and Erik Helland of the Chicago Bulls. (£7) Please send a written request (include your mailing address and an email address), stating which clinic you wish to purchase, along with a cheque (for the relevant amount) payable to; Basketball Coaches Assoc.to Coach Mark Dunning, 28 Lakeside, Irthlingborough, Northants NN9 5SW. Please allow 14 days. Dvds will be sent direct from EB.

FIBA EUROPE INFORMATION Right on time for the beginning of the new season and Eurobasket 2009, FIBA Europe presents new features and updates of its free to use Coaching Website www.fibaeurope.com/coachingFor more fantastic new features and how to sign up, Click Here

Help for Coaches' CPDFor more Information Click Here

Announcement:The BCA is pleased to announce that with immediate effect funds are being made available for UK coaches (registered with EB, Basketball Scotland, Basketball Wales) to attend foreign basketball clinics. :MORE:

Coaches:Check out this link for some recent information on High Performance & Elite Level Coaching :LINK:

Coaches, check out the linkhttp://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/euroleague-basketball-institute/on-line-cliniclast year a couple of English coaches enrolled on this (see Coach Rob Newson's article in Articles). This year's edition looks like it will be even better!