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February 2020
From February 1st, 2020, Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) will begin offering a unique Master in Business Administration (MBA) specializing in Basketball along with the International Basketball University (IBU). Well-recognized global leaders in the basketball field will lecture including NBA Vice-President for Europe Jesus Bueno Pascual, the former Australian Basketball League Head Matt Weston and many Lithuanian basketball officials. Programme Director and organizational leadership specialist Dr. Ray Smith from the U.S. said the programme will offer lectures by MRU and recognized basketball industry heads allowing to learn about marketing, human resources and leadership from those already established in the field.
Find out moreIBU is launching an online course for local basketball coaches in Municipality of Kibawe at the province of Bukidnon. Leading Lithuanian basketball coaches will share their knowledge and experience about youth players development, strength and conditioning programs, building team tactic and players technique development.
Find out moreThe course will take place in Kaunas and designed for youth basketball coaches. Overall teaching hours - 40 academic hours. Every participant will be awarded the Lithuanian Basketball Coaches association diploma, Kaunas Pedagogy center certification (recognized by Lithuania Ministry of Science, Education & Sport) as well as IBU diploma. Every participant will visit the Euroleague game at Zalgiris Arena: Zalgiris Kaunas - Armani Milano The course will be delivered in the English language. Course fee - 300 EUR Accommodation (6 nights) + Course fee - 500 EUR Program of the course:
Find out moreMarch 2020
The course will take place in Kaunas and designed for youth basketball coaches. Overall teaching hours – 40 academic hours. Every participant will be awarded the Lithuanian Basketball Coaches association diploma, Kaunas Pedagogy center certification (recognized by Lithuania Ministry of Science, Education & Sport) as well as IBU diploma. Every participant will visit the Euroleague game at Zalgiris Arena: Zalgiris Kaunas – Khimki Moscow region The course will be delivered in the English language. Course fee – 300 EUR Accommodation (6 nights) + Course fee – 500 EUR Program of the course:
Find out moreApril 2020
This is the Five days intensive Youth basketball coaches course. It is a unique opportunity to go through the world’s famous Lithuanian Youth Basketball coaching philosophy. The course designed for Youth basketball coaches to get a fundamental understanding of multiyear basketball players preparation, proper planning of training process, application of different physical loads, development of physical abilities, basketball skills teaching, individual, group and team tactic implementation in offense and defense during a basketball game and many more topics. The course composed of 15 video lessons: 13 mandatory and 2 optional choice videos. Overall 45 academic hours. Course delivered in Online format [...]
Find out moreOctober 2020
The World Basketball Forum – is a major international event focusing on exploring the phenomenon of the fastest growing sport in the world – basketball. This annual forum will bring together speakers of different world-leading basketball organizations to share the knowledge and experience of how basketball sport can be developed using the best practice of the world-leading basketball organizations such as FIBA, CBA, Euroleague, and others. It will be a great opportunity for local Chinese basketball stakeholders and international participants (coaches, managers, referees, and fans) to learn the best world practice of basketball development and to implement it into the local [...]
Find out moreJanuary 2021
PROGRAM OF THE COURSE Week 1: Basketball structures development models: from club to federation Mindaugas Balciunas, former GM of LTU basketball: Basketball club development innovations. Mindaugas Balciunas, former GM of LTU basketball: Analysis of National basketball development models. Week 2: Building a winning organization Maurizio Gherardini, General Manager at Fenerbahce, Istanbul: How to create a winning team? Jonas Vainauskas, former GM of Lietuvos rytas, Vilnius, 2-time winner of Eurocup: Lietuvos rytas success story. Week 3: Effective employment of club brand and players image Peter Tutlys, Brand development innovator: What Every General Manager in Basketball must know. Rimantas Kaukenas, former Elite player: Player image – [...]
Find out moreFebruary 2021
Full-Time study – 1 year (distance learning). English language. The schedule of the study subjects is flexible – it is composed so that you have the possibility to study and work. During each semester you will be required to arrive to a study cycle (10 days per cycle). The duration of the study programm is 2 semester (autumn and spring semesters). MBA studies are concluded by completing an international simulation project instead of the Master Thesis. Jesus Bueno Pascual, NBA Vice President for Europe, Matt Weston, former head of the Australian Basketball League, Ray Smith, professor at Belhaven University, USA; Rutenis Paulauskas and coach Stephen Kairys, dr. Mangirdas Morkunas (more than 9 years of experience in marketing), Assoc. dr. Ekaterina Kartashova (Business Consultant for more than 13 years), Assoc. dr. Egle Malinauskiene (more than 10 years of experience in the field of innovation management), Thomas Berry, professor at DePaul University. Content of Lectures Basic study subjects will include: Development of basketball organizations, Marketing strategies in basketball, Leadership and basketball team management, Basketball players training technologies, Project management, Finance management in basketball sector, Final project.
Find out moreThe course consists of 27 academic hours (overall 9 sessions, 2 academic hours each + 1 academic hour for reflection on each topic). The course is designed for advanced Youth basketball coaches to get an understanding of further development of Youth basketball players technique actions and game tactics after fundaments are set. Day 1: Alejandro Vaquera, FIBA Referees Global Fitness Coordinator. Topic: Innovations in basketball player’s fitness training. Rimantas Kaukenas, Former LTU National team player. Topic: Most effective drills for shooting technique development. Steponas Kairys, Lithuanian Basketball Expert. Topic: Principles of effective defense 1×1. Day 2: Henrik Dettman, Head Coach of Finland National Men’s team. Topic: Keynotes [...]
Find out moreApril 2021
The four-month fully ONLINE course for advanced basketball coaches is intended for coaches, physical education specialists, basketball team and club leaders whose activities are focused on the development of young basketball talents. The four-month distance learning program will provide a clear understanding of how the training of young basketball players is organized in one of the most productive basketball talent programs – the Lithuanian basketball system. Course participants will understand the essence of the multi-year basketball training model, the principles of talent selection, the main aspects of technical-tactical training, analyze the most effective models of basketball organization, will be introduced to [...]
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