Coaching Clinic
In a continuation of our efforts to develop our coaches, Cork County Basketball Board welcomed Mārtiņš Tiss from Latvia to carry out a coaching clinic at Neptune Stadium last night. On a daily basis, he works with young people and is head coach of BS Tukums which is located 60km from Riga. In addition to his club, he has been actively involved with various Latvian national teams working at Under 14,15,16,18and senior level. Since 2022 he has organised that largest basketball camp in Latvia which brings together leading coaches and top player from almost all the basketball clubs in Latvia. He has also worked on an individual basis with N.B.A. talent Kristaps Porzingis of the Boston Celtics.
Despite it being a bank holiday we had a healthy number of attendees across all our clubs, where they heard Mārtiņš explaining his coaching philosophy and how he prepares his strategy for each coaching session. He demonstrated some lay up and fast break drills and spent time on shooting mechanics and happily took questions from the floor.
Our thanks to Labanga Basketball for their assistance in arranging the clinic.
Cork County Basketball are continuing to arrange further clinics and our coaching conference for later in the season and will update clubs as soon as they are finalised.