Nahum off to SA for Basketball camp

THE Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF) yesterday sent a junior coach to Johannesburg, South Africa, to participate in the Basketball Without Borders Camp, which is scheduled to start today in that city.

The camp will conclude on September 12. Basketball player and coach Isak Nahum will be representing Namibia as a junior coach at the camp that promotes leadership, education, sportsmanship and healthy living in the sport of basketball.The programme also incorporates seminars on important social issues such as HIV-AIDS awareness.To date, more than 440 youngsters from 72 different countries and territories have taken part in the programme, which is held under the auspices of the Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA).Reading and learning centres have also been created in South Africa and Brazil as part of its community outreach efforts.Each Basketball Without Borders camp features current and former NBA players and coaching personnel acting as camp coaches, and unites young players from across the region to take part in basketball instruction and competition.Each of the NBA coaches serving as coaches is assigned to one of the teams and works with the members in camp individually.NBA players such as Dikembe Mutombo, Lamar Odom and many others will form part of the players representing the association.According to a media release from the NBF, Nahum was chosen to represent Namibia because he has shown “a responsible attitude towards the game of basketball and possesses sufficient experience in the theoretical and practical aspects of the game.””On his return, Nahum will be expected to conduct coaching clinics throughout the country through his two-year development programme,” the statement read.Basketball player and coach Isak Nahum will be representing Namibia as a junior coach at the camp that promotes leadership, education, sportsmanship and healthy living in the sport of basketball.The programme also incorporates seminars on important social issues such as HIV-AIDS awareness.To date, more than 440 youngsters from 72 different countries and territories have taken part in the programme, which is held under the auspices of the Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA).Reading and learning centres have also been created in South Africa and Brazil as part of its community outreach efforts.Each Basketball Without Borders camp features current and former NBA players and coaching personnel acting as camp coaches, and unites young players from across the region to take part in basketball instruction and competition.Each of the NBA coaches serving as coaches is assigned to one of the teams and works with the members in camp individually.NBA players such as Dikembe Mutombo, Lamar Odom and many others will form part of the players representing the association.According to a media release from the NBF, Nahum was chosen to represent Namibia because he has shown “a responsible attitude towards the game of basketball and possesses sufficient experience in the theoretical and practical aspects of the game.””On his return, Nahum will be expected to conduct coaching clinics throughout the country through his two-year development programme,” the statement read.