BACOLOD CITY -- 220 coaches from Bacolod City, various parts of Negros Province, Iloilo, Leyte, and some hailing as far south as Surigao City (Clint G. Mondano and Edgar Lisondra) in Mindanao attended the first-ever Jr. NBA Coaches Clinic in The City of Smiles.
The Coaches Clinic is the first stage of the 2011 Jr. NBA Philippines Program presented by Alaska. The NBA's international basketball development program for youth is in the Philippines for the fourth consecutive year to enable local coaches and kids to experience NBA style basketball philosophy, skills tests and challenges to improve their game mentally, physically and wholistically.