Kieran Shannon: Basketball's tough task getting back on court
Shrita Parker, UCC Glanmire, in action against Maxol WIT Wildcats at the Mardyke Arena last year. Picture: Jim Coughlan.
Probably more than any other team sport widely played and coached in this country, basketball has quite the tradition and tendency to plan for special situations. What will we run if we’re three down with four seconds to go with an inbounds ball under their basket? What will we do if the opposition press us full court?
Long before Jim Gavin spoke about ‘war gaming’, hoops coaches from Blarney Street in Cork to the Falls Road up north, from the schoolyards of Ballina to the churchyards of Dublin, have been well versed in the art of scenario planning.
