Bring It In - Israel
 
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Tel Aviv, Israel Friday December 8th, Bring It In - Israel Fellows met at the Tel Aviv Sporttech to train with Coach Tomer Rubin. Coach Rubin is a veteran youth basketball coach and one of the leaders of the Givatayim Basketball School. Givatayim is a suburb of Tel Aviv. Coach Rubin ran the Fellows through a practice that included warm up, stretching, drills, games, and cool down. The activities were aimed at children 2nd to 5th grade. Fellows benefited from learning the drills and hearing them run in Hebrew. 
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Coach Rubin taught Fellows the tricks of the trade, giving them coaching tips, and letting them know what to look out for in their practices. Most of the drills involved competitions either one on one or in a group. As a result, Fellows learned new activities that both honed fundamental basketball skills and engaged children in fun and exciting competition. The practice also served as bonding time for the group allowing for much anticipated one on one and three on three competition.
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Netanya, Israel Wednesday, December 8th, Bring It In - Israel Fellows and Barak Netanya players held a clinic for 3rd and 4rth grade Israeli children from two Moadoniote (after-school programs) in the Tzion neighborhood of Netanya. The children were very excited at the prospect of playing basketball with Barak Netanya players and Bring It In - Israel Fellows from North America. Many of the children had not touched a basketball before. Each child received a yellow Barak Netanya T-shirt. They were very excited at the opportunity to feel like a team. Barak Netanya also gave basketballs to the after school programs so that the children can continue to hone their skills.
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The practice began with a warm up that consisted of running, skipping, butt kicking, and high knees. Before exiting each time around the children had to say in English "My name is ....". Throughout the practice Fellows capitalized on the opportunities to teach the children English. Next the children participated in Bring It In - Israel's patented defensive warm up drill. Barak Netanya Player Jacob Colburn demonstarted the correct defensive stance and how to do quick feet. The children were then split up into groups where they worked on fundemental basketball skills such as passing and dribbling. The practice ended with a team building game that incorpated both passing, dribbling, and a lot of cheering. Each team was captained by a Bring It In - Israel Fellow. Team Canada was lead by Meagan Newman and Team America by Daniel Chaite. Madrichote (counselors) from the after school program were very excited about the program and asked if the coaches could come back again. To see more photos please click here.     
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Netanya, Israel Tuesday, December 7th, 2010, Bring It In - Israel Fellows Sam Forman and Gabi Remz accompanied Bring It In - Israel Head Coach David Lasday to watch Barak Netanya play a team from Belgium as part of Euroleague competition. Bring It In - Israel coaches were guests of the Barak Netanya ownership. Netanya led throughout the third and fourth quarter and came away with a milestone victory that qualifies them for the next round of competition. After the game Fellows met with Barak Netanya players and ownership.
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Jerusalem, Israel Tuesday, December 7th, 2010, Bring It In - Israel Winter Fellows had the unique opportunity to meet with Danny Ourian from the New York Knicks Communty Relations department. Having spent time working with Bring It In - Israel Head Coach David Lasday at PeacePlayers International and Safe Haven West Side Basketball, Ourian sits on the Bring It In - Israel advisory board. Ourian, a cutting edge youth based sports development coach, spoke with the Fellows about how to organize an educational sports day with schools, camps, and community centers, from the initial contacting of the school administrators to the followup and evaluation after the event. This profesional development session proved to be invaluable to the Fellows, providing them with the tools to organize their own sports days. Fellows have expressed the desire to begin organizing sports days in Israel. Each fellow has commited to running 3 Israel sports days when they return to North America.
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Ourian shared with Fellows some of the tricks of the trade: How to build a relationship with the school and the administrators; The Importance of a sound practice plan; How to build excitment and make the event feel special; And the importance of a quick evaluation post event. To thank Ourian for all of his support  Bring It In - Israel presented him with an honorary Bring It In - Israel Coach's shirt.   
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