National Treasure for basketball, Coach Joe Lipa, who all in his 81 years is still at it sharing his brand of grassroots servant leadership in the provinces, did it once more last January in Barangay Dolores in Porac, Pampanga.
The 1986 UAAP champion coach for the State University headlined the three-day Coach Joe Lipa (CJL) Basketball 101 Coaches’ Clinic where he shared technical knowledge from the 280-page reference book.
Opening the three-day event was coach Mon Casuga, the Quezon City Program head under the Office of the Vice Mayor, discussed the QC model on the first day while Basketball 101 co-author and publisher, Sonny “Peter” Lopez, engaged the at least 60 attendees on how to organize and create a progressive and sustainable practice plan.
The third day, meanwhile, was spent with the discussion of updated FIBA Rules and its applications as well as entertaining the queries of game officials present in the 3-day clinic, sponsored by Alviera, Leonio Land, Converge, Spalding, and Jelexie Bakery.
The first of many CJL Basketball 101 Coaches’ Clinic was ably assisted by San Beda Red Lion and Kabalen legend, Ted Alamarez, and it concluded with CJL signing and giving out copies of the book and the issuance of certificate of attendance.”
