The Turkish Basketball Federation, supported by FIBA Europe, is organising an international basketball coaching clinic to be held in Kusadasi, Turkey from 22nd to 24th June 2007.

The clinic will include lectures on subject matters ranging from offensive and defensive

		Head Coach of the Spanish National Team Pepu Hernandez will be on hand for the event.

Featured instructors will include some of the biggest coaches in European basketball such as Pepu Hernandez of the current World Champions Spain, Bogdan Tanjevic of the Turkish National Team, Cem Akdag of the Turkish Women’s National Team, and Gordon Herbert of the Georgian National Team as well as Pau-Orthez.

“Organising educational clinics has always been one of our most important goals,” said Turkish Basketball Federation President Turgay Demirel.

“It is always our hope that clinics assist coaches in developing good values that will provide a solid foundation on which to grow the game of basketball.”

“We’re ecstatic to be able to help bring some of the greatest coaching minds around to one place,” said FIBA Europe Coaching Coordinator Michael Schwarz.

“One of the joys of coaching is the willingness of older, more experienced coaches to share some of their wisdom with others in the profession.”

The event will also feature lectures on basketball and sponsorship, the referee-coach relationship and team health.

Kuşadası is a resort town on the Aegean coast of Turkey, near the ancient city of Ephesus.

It is an extremely popular tourist destination, both for its beaches, and for the port used by cruise ship passengers heading to Ephesus.  Kuşadası has a residential population of 50,000 which swells to over half a million during the tourist season.

Those interested in attending should visit the website of the Turkish Basketball Federation at www.tbf.org.tr or call Ms. Sabina Alagic at +90 212 679 74 20 / 115.