Posted by Q on June 24, 2009 ·
I’ve been working hard on getting the newest season Pro Team Contacts 2009/10. Basketball teams overseas address, logo, telephone, address, fax and website information available.
It should be complete by the end of the week.
Current Country Contacts Updated:
Brazil Men
Austria Men & Women
Italy Men & Women
Germany Men & Women
Ireland Men & Women
England
France Pro A
Spain [...]
Posted by Q on March 28, 2008 ·
This is guest blogged by Tyler Smith, a good buddy of mine who offers a great service for basketball players to promote themselves through video. He offers professional basketball player videos at ProPlayerVideo.com.
The off-season is around the corner and it will soon be time to market your players as hard as possible. Copying, editing, and mailing out DVDs around the world can be very TIME CONSUMING [...]
Posted by Q on January 14, 2008 ·
Dedication
Sacrifice and hardwork
The force that drive you to do things even when you do not feel like it
Dicipline to spend time on the little things that will pay off later
Candor
Honesty about yourself and abilities
Practice makes perfect, why doing the little things well
Rate your improvement every session
Determination
The desire to never be satisfied with the level you are at
Always striving [...]
Posted by Q on September 17, 2007 ·
For those who are overseas already or getting ready to go overseas you might want to know one of my favorite services to call to your family and friends through you mobile phone or house phone free. AND IT”S NOT SKYPE. I’m not knocking Skype at all but there are other services that you can call overseas without the use of a computer.
The name of this service is Rebtel and how it works is you connect [...]
Posted by Q on June 28, 2007 ·
Are you tired of going to several websites to view news about current women’s basketball news, players, gossip or anything interesting? Finally, I must admit there is a new solution. The new Women’s Basketball Buzz (WBBuzz) website has it all. You can track your favorite player, see who just signed where and when, photos and player fan websites.
Not only that you can get news in your language [...]
Posted by Q on April 8, 2007 ·
Have you wanted to improve your vertical jump or your explosiveness? I’m sure at one time in your athletic career you’ve done Stair Exercises. It can be a pain in the a$$ but it’s worth it and the conditioning is excellent.
A buddy of mine Virgil has created a Stair Exercise Program for all athletes. He has trained many professional players in the WNBA, MLB, Police Academy and many [...]
Posted by Q on April 6, 2007 ·
Mile High Basketball Academy (MHBA) is a development program designed to provide opportunity and training for graduated and non-graduated student athletes between the ages of 17 – 20 with no high school eligibility remaining. Also we are accepting application, from international students from around the world. Their goal is to close the academic and/or athletic gaps that currently prohibit these [...]
Posted by Q on February 23, 2007 ·
Athletic Scholarships
Do Scholarships Just Happen??… NO
Most Parents Rarely Know…
how to get their son or daughter an athletic basketball scholarship to help pay for college. In fact, very few high school coaches even know enough to help a great college-bound athlete get recruited – beyond pointing them out to a few college coaches they personally know. Athletes who should have [...]
Posted by Q on February 19, 2007 ·
Do you think that basketball is life? For most basketball players, basketball is there life. At one point in my life when I was younger I thought the same thing..All I wanted to do was play and play and everything basketball.
There are many great stories of basketball players and their lives, their success, their motivation and greatness. A new website A Players Life, gives the inside depth of basketball [...]
Posted by Q on January 30, 2007 ·
Here is a great video that shows Finland basketball and players that are playing there. Having played in Finland its nice to see this video. I was taken care of there pretty well!
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Posted by Q on November 20, 2006 ·
Basketball Connect Back Up…
Just to inform all users that not totally everything was lost during the server crash. We were able to retrieve data and profiles from May 11th. If you registered after May 11th please take the time to register a new account (http://basketball-connect.com/user/register). I again apologize for any lost contact information and photos.
The new Basketball Connect 2.0 is [...]
Posted by Q on October 27, 2006 ·
I just found out about this new printing service online called MOO. It seems to be a great concept and it has inspired me to come up with some ideas of how you can use it to promote yourself. The cards that they manufacture are based on photos that you have from Flickr or if you have a Skype account you can design called so people can contact you worldwide.
They had an offer for 10 free cards but [...]
Posted by Q on October 12, 2006 ·
The past week, started the NBA Live Europe Tour. I have been able to see a few games and in 2006 I can say the European game has changed a lot. One of the first games that was hosted in Barcelona, against the 76ers and Barcelona. The ACB team Winthur Barcelona shocked The Sixers with a win by 7pts.
The tour has ended now, but the gap between the European game and the NBA is not to far apart. Anyone, [...]
Posted by Q on July 11, 2006 ·
In basketball team players are usually the people that are known for sacrifice, sharing, and hard work. Does this sound like a reputation you’d like to have? Many strive to be a team player in the work place, but it takes more than just having a desire, it takes hard work. One piece of advice from a father figure of mine that embodies the concept of team work that he used to say to me was, “Usually [...]
Posted by Q on June 6, 2006 ·
The WNBA announced their partnership with Aol.com to provide video of content from the games. This is pretty big news and needed a little online advertising. Looks like in the 10 years of the league there is a bit of progress in regards to media, advertising and exposure!
Read the press release