Vallejo Knights Basketball Newsletter
NEXT BIG TOURNAMENT
MAY 16 & 17
Pacific AAU Boys
Qualifier - Sacramento




Don't Miss Tip Off Time!!!

February 28th
Sac to Area Sports
One - Day Classic
Sacramento

March 21 & 22
Madness Begins Tournament
Pacific Coast Championship
Sacramento

April 18 & 19
California State Games
AAU Qualifier
Sacramento

May 16 & 17
Pacific AAU Boys
Qualifier
Sacramento

May 23, 24 & 25
AAU Super Regional Tournament
Pacific Coast Championship
Sacramento

June 6 & 7
Showtime Hoops Tournament
Sacramento

July 24, 25, 26 & 27
Pacific AAU/NCA
Viewing Tournament Jam II
Las Vegas
Knight Game Schedule
HOME OF THE KNIGHTS!


BASKETBALL TRIVIA
Development of equipment and technique
Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball. The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown, and it was only in the late 1950s that Tony Hinkle, search-ing for a ball that would be more visible to players and spectators alike, introduced the orange ball that is now in common use. Dribbling was not part of the original game except for the "bounce pass" to teammates. Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the asymmetric shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a major part of the game around the 1950s, as manufacturing improved the ball shape.

Women's basketball
Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher, modified Naismith's rules for women. Shortly after she was hired at Smith, she went to Naismith to learn more about the game. Fascinated by the new sport and the values it could teach, she organized the first women’s collegiate basketball game on March 21, 1893, when her Smith freshmen and sophomores played against one another. Her rules were first published in 1899 and two years later Berenson became the editor of A.G. Spalding’s first Women's Basketball Guide, which further spread her version of basketball for women.






Healthy, Sound, Robust, Well
To play the game to your fullest, you have to be at your best!!!  That means taking care of the body and mind.  Keeping it strong and in good condition.  When your body is tried or in pain, your mind is not as sharp as it should be.  When you mind is tried and stressed you cannot perform to your fullest potential. 

Healthy - implies full stength as well as freedom from signs of disease.

Sound -  emphasizes the absence from weakness or malfunction.

Robust - the opposite of all that is delicate; a lively robust basketball player!

Well - satisfactorily with respect to conduct and action or to rise to the surface and flow forth.

Stay fit, keep a well rounded mind and body.  Eat healthy, exercise and get enough rest.  Build a strong body,build a strong mind!