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Devon Van Oostrum: Diary Entry 2

February 28, 2011

Hoopsfix Player Diaries is where we will be following a select few top British basketball players who will be writing their own thoughts and keeping us in the loop of how their season is going. Check out the second entry from the top young prospect this country has seen in years; Devon Van Oostrum. Wassup [...]

Hoopsfix’s Top 10 Moments of 2010

December 31, 2010

As 2010 comes to a close, I thought it would be good to look back at the year that Hoopsfix has had. Launching January 1st 2010, it is almost exactly a year to the day since the site’s inception and the last 365 days have had many great moments. Here I’ll take a look at [...]

Merry Christmas from Hoopsfix

December 25, 2010

Just wanted to wish all Hoopsfix readers a very Happy Christmas 2010. Hope you all have an awesome day-eat well, laugh lots and most importantly let’s not forget to be appreciative at this time of the year, as there are many less fortunate than us. Sam Hoopsfix.com P.S. Site updates will be coming later!

Devon Van Oostrum: Diary Entry 1

November 29, 2010

Player Diaries is a new feature on Hoopsfix where we will be following a select few top British basketball players who will be writing their own thoughts and keeping us in the loop of how their season is going. We tip it off with the top young prospect this country has seen in years; Devon [...]

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Coaching in the UK Needs a “Radical Overhaul”

November 28, 2010

Words by Roy Packham In my previous article titled The State of the Game, I suggested that coaching might be one reason for the present low standard of basketball found in this country, at both senior and, particularly, junior level. I would say at the outset that I believe it is vitally important to produce [...]

6 Ways To Get Featured on Hoopsfix

November 20, 2010

I receive a number of comments and emails about a lack of coverage of certain athletes, organisations or events on Hoopsfix. It always appears people seem to think I have some sort of hidden agenda and do it deliberately. I don’t! I set up Hoopsfix to cover British basketball, so of course I want the [...]

First Ever National Player Rankings Released

November 14, 2010

Today Hoopsfix releases the first ever national player rankings in the UK, aptly called the Hoopsfix National Player Rankings. The rankings name and list in order of ability and potential the top 15 British basketball players in each age group, for those born in 1987 through to 1995. The rankings were compiled working with a [...]

Hoopsfix: The Re-launch!

November 14, 2010

So I’m sure you will have noticed the site has undergone a tiny little makeover…gone is the generic newspaper look, and in comes the custom-built Hoopsfix layout! I am extremely excited about the new look Hoopsfix.com, which is not only hugely improved from an aesthetic standpoint but also a usability standpoint-making it easier for you [...]

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“I Care”-A Response to ‘The State of the Game’-Duco Van Oostrum

September 29, 2010

Last week, Hoopsfix published Roy Packham’s thoughts on the state of basketball in England in an article titled “The State of the Game”. The article got a lot of great feedback and has stoked a lot of discussion. Duco Van Oostrum, a coach with the Sheffield Junior Sharks program (and father to young ballin’ prospects [...]

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The State of the Game-Roy Packham

September 25, 2010

There are few people in the UK that have had more time around the game than Roy Packham (bio at the bottom of the article) so when he got in touch sharing a few of his thoughts on the state of of basketball in England I had no hesistation in wanting to publish them. As [...]

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