President’s Message
Dear TABC Members,
Finally, the season starts! You have worked hard to condition, train, strengthen and educate your team, while making it a healthy and enjoyable experience for them. Because of you, they are pumped, trained and ready. How about you? Enthusiastic, energized, and focused or stressed, sleep deprived, overwhelmed, can’t remember your last meal? Being a coach can be physically and emotionally draining. Are you taking care of yourself? As a coach, no one knows more about defense than you. Your entire day is one defensive move after the next. Maybe we need a lesson on “offense”! If you had an athlete who was facing difficult emotional stress, working/studying very long hours, struggling to keep up with school work, too busy to eat healthy, not sleeping well and generally not themselves, would you expect their very best performance on the court? What would you do? Consider these few options to help take care of yourself as you juggle family, basketball, leading, teaching, and mentoring…just to name a few responsibilities.
1. Listen – Be available to listen. Pay attention to the “talk” you have with yourself throughout the day. Is it positive? Is it optimistic? Is it helpful?
2. Move – Find one particular area of concern or problem to solve, such as poor nutrition. Now take the offensive…don’t just stand there, “move”. It’s only one small effort, but you can control it.
Teamwork – You are not alone! Your “team” can include anyone, but a variety of personalities and skills will always prove useful. Reach out to someone who seems to be struggling. Ask for help when you need it.
See you on the courts,
Angela Spurlock, President, TABC
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Virtual Mini Clinic – VMC Series
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2021-2022 TABC Virtual Mini Clinic Series
- All TABC members will receive 4 FREE Virtual Mini Clinics (VMC’s) this year as part of TABC membership. Each clinic will host 4 speakers who will speak on a variety of topics
- All of the clinics can be counted toward professional development and PLED hours
TOPICS FOR TODAY’S COACHES & PLAYERS
August 1st & 2nd – VCM #1: Clinic Topics
- Mental health to address mental healthiness and considerations on how to acclimate student athletes into full-time school days
- How to utilize social media and graphics for team promotion
- How to incorporate volleyball, football, cross country athletes into basketball once they transition to basketball
- Cultural proficiency on the court
GROWING COACHES & GROWING THE GAME
- FREE Access to VCM’s for TABC members
- To receive VMC #1 for FREE a 2021-2022 TABC Membership is required prior to registration!
- Join TABC today!
- There will be 3 additional mini-clinics offered virtually (early October, late December and late March)
- Non-members TABC will be able to purchase each clinic for $100
PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION
- Each clinic will offer a lounge for attendees to visit and hang out in while waiting for the speaker to begin
- There will also be a vendor booth room for attendees to browse around in
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2021-2022 TABC Virtual Mini Clinic Series
- All TABC members will receive 4 FREE Virtual Mini Clinics (VMC’s) this year as part of TABC membership. Each clinic will host 4 speakers who will speak on a variety of topics
- All of the clinics can be counted toward professional development and PLED hours
TOPICS FOR TODAY’S COACHES & PLAYERS
August 1st & 2nd – VCM #1: Clinic Topics
- Mental health to address mental healthiness and considerations on how to acclimate student athletes into full-time school days
- How to utilize social media and graphics for team promotion
- How to incorporate volleyball, football, cross country athletes into basketball once they transition to basketball
- Cultural proficiency on the court
PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION
- Each clinic will offer a lounge for attendees to visit and hang out in while waiting for the speaker to begin
- There will also be a vendor booth room for attendees to browse around in
GROWING COACHES & GROWING THE GAME
- FREE Access to VCM’s for TABC members
- To receive VMC #1 for FREE a 2021-2022 TABC Membership is required prior to registration!
- Join TABC today!
- There will be 3 additional mini-clinics offered virtually (early October, late December and late March)
- Non-members TABC will be able to purchase each clinic for $100
ONE PASSION, ONE PURPOSE
Are you interested in being a speaker or presenter at our future VMC’s? Let us know.
High school coaches must be 2021-2022 TABC members to be considered.
Registering does not guarantee you will be selected.
2021-2022 TABC TEAM RANKINGS
GAMES AND JOB BOARD
We proudly partner with Hardwood,Texas and direct TABC members to the hardwoodtexas.com games and job board.
TABC CAMP OF CHAMPS 2022
Belton, Texas
June 3-5 Girls Team Camps (HS & JH)
June 6-8 Fundamental Camp (Girls & Boys)
June 9-11 Boys Team Camps (HS & JH)
The TABC, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, invites your son or daughter to come and find out why the TABC Camp of Champs has come to be known as “the basketball camp FOR the basketball player.” Over the past 28 years, these camps have become a Texas Hoop Tradition. Our primary goal each summer is to help every player improve his or her skill level, while expanding their Basketball I.Q. and most importantly, having FUN! The TABC Camp of Champs Experience is guided by the ideal of helping each player by putting “the FUN in Fundamentals.” Our reputation for the camps has come from a focus on “All Basketball, All the Time!”
2022 TABC
CAMP OF CHAMPS
Belton, Texas
June 3-5 Girls Team Camps (HS & JH)
June 6-8 Fundamental Camp (Girls & Boys)
June 9-11 Boys Team Camps (HS & JH)
The TABC, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, invites your son or daughter to come and find out why the TABC Camp of Champs has come to be known as “the basketball camp FOR the basketball player.” Over the past 28 years, these camps have become a Texas Hoop Tradition. Our primary goal each summer is to help every player improve his or her skill level, while expanding their Basketball I.Q. and most importantly, having FUN! The TABC Camp of Champs Experience is guided by the ideal of helping each player by putting “the FUN in Fundamentals.” Our reputation for the camps has come from a focus on “All Basketball, All the Time!”