Posted at 1:54 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2007
UH coach Nash at free youth hoop clinic at Manoa
Advertiser Staff
A free youth basketball clinic, featuring University of Hawaii head coach Bob Nash and four other college coaches, will be held Friday at Manoa Valley District Park Gym.The clinic is open to youth ages 6 to 18 and will be held from 10 a.m. to noon.
Players should bring their own basketballs and water. Registration begins at 9:45 a.m.
For information, call 692-5725.
Besides Nash, the other coaches are:
i Bruce O'Neil, former UH men's basketball coach and founder-CEO of the U.S. Basketball Academy;
i Bob Gaillard, former head basketball coach for the University of San Francisco;
i Wang Fei, former head coach of the Chinese national basketball team;
i Sun Jun, coach of the Jilin Northern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association professional league.
"I'm very grateful that Bruce O'Neil, coaches Nash and Gaillard, and their counterparts from China are willing to share their time and talents at this youth clinic," Mayor Mufi Hannemann said. "It's not often that our young people have an opportunity to be coached by those at the professional level, and I know they'll gain a lot from the experience."
The visiting coaches are in Honolulu for the Chinese Basketball Association's draft of American and European athletes for spots on the league's 15-team roster.
