The new Modified Games component of the new NCCP was piloted by Mike Mackay (third from right) of Canada Basketball in Regina recently.

 

Those attending the one-day session (from left to right) included: Andre Lussier of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Tim Artemenko of Regina, Bill Weir, head coach of the Basketball Saskatchewan bantam boys high performance camp, Mackay, Mark Benesh of Shaunavon and Vice-President of Coaching Development for Basketball Saskatchewan, and Darcy McKeown, vice-principal of Indian Head High School.

 

Lussier, a coach and administrator in the Strathcona Minor Basketball League, and Artemenko, technical director of Regina Community Basketball Association, helped Mackay develop the new coaching module.

 

Weir and McKeown will be course conductors for the new NCCP in Saskatchewan.

 

 

Mike Mackay of Canada Basketball watches as Fiona Adams waits for Tara Barr to complete her registration to obtain credit for the Modified Games component of the new National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). Mike conducted the day-long pilot of the course in Regina recently.