Milo BEST

-

Bleacher Talk
May 16, 2010

Milo BEST

Did you know that there are two events in May that have become an annual tradition? Aside from the Fiestas of May, also standing out is the Milo backed BEST basketball clinic better known as “Milo BEST.”

The Milo BEST is actually a partnership between two leaders in their respective fields. For the past three decades, this has stood out as a benchmark and icon in youth basketball. When one talks about summer clinics for basketball, Milo BEST is always a top-of-mind mention among basketball afficionados. It’s only apt that Milo tied up with the BEST Center for its basketball clinics. It’s a perfect match between a market leader in the chocolate drink industry, and a pioneer/leader in the realm of basketball clinics/training in the Basketball Efficiency and Scientific (BEST) Training Center.

Milo has always been known as the “Olympic Energy Drink” and has been associated with sports for as long as it has been in the market. If you pick up a Milo product off the shelf of a supermarket, you can’t help but notice the picture of a sports figure smack in the middle of the packaging. Among its biggest marketing projects include the nationwide run of the Milo Marathon, the Milo Little Olympics and the Milo BEST SBP/Passerelle Twin Tournament. Ending yesterday was the Milo Junior Tennis Cup-Visayas Leg that was played here in Cebu.

On the training side, Milo’s annual Summer Sports Clinics program involving a variety of sports has become a fixture every year in the country’s major cities. Contrary to what many think, basketball isn’t the only sport in the Milo Summer Sports Clinic program. They’re also into volleyball, football, tae kwon do, chess, table tennis, tennis, swimming, badminton, bowling, gymnastics, ice skating, and karatedo.

In the basketball scene, the Milo BEST clinic stands out for its unique combination of teaching the basics, creating camaraderie and instilling discipline in an atmosphere of fun among its students. The clinic also serves as a complementary (not competitive) training venue to the existing basketball programs of the different schools that have their own basketball teams. Students always come out of a Milo BEST Clinic sharing their experiences with their friends and classmates after having had the chance to train and play with students from other schools. The more competitive student-players take back to their mother teams the “back to basics” mentality that is often missing in the flow of practice sessions of today’s teams. The irony of it all is that while the Milo BEST clinic has gained the respect of the basketball community, it hasn’t done anything fancy except preach the importance of the basics or fundamentals.



For this year, the Milo BEST Clinic in Cebu will run from May 17 to 22 at the Sacred Heart School Campus Gym along Gen. Maxilom Avenue (Mango). Doors will open at 7am for registration while the clinic proper will start at 8am. Coach Rodolfo “Ompong” Segura will be the lead coach/trainer for the clinic. Segura was responsible for starting the first series of clinics in Cebu back in the 90s and is thus making a comeback of sorts after having been assigned elsewhere for the past three years. Coach Ompong was a member of the fabled Toyota Tamaraws squad of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) where he played alongside Ramon Fernandez, Robert Jaworski and Francis Arnaiz. Segura also handles the activities of the Milo BEST Center in Southern Luzon.

Expected to attend the clinic are students from different schools across the Visayas and Northern Mindanao including Dumaguete, Butuan, Tagbilaran and Tacloban. Also enrolled are players of the schools playing in the annual Milo BEST SBP/Passerelle Twin Tournament such as Visayas back-to-back defending Passerelle champion Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu and current Cebu SBP champion University of San Carlos (USC) South Campus. USC North, UC, Don Bosco, USPF, USJR, CIT, PAREF Springdale, CEC, SWU, SCSIT and UV will also be sending its players to the six-day clinic. The clinic though, is open to anyone, and not just schools with basketball teams.

The Milo BEST Basketball Clinic. The best from both worlds: two leaders, two giants getting together for an annual fiesta of basketball basics and fun.

oOo

Time-out: For more info about the Milo BEST Basketball Clinic, pls contact 583-7196, 0918-939-4846 or bleachertalk@yahoo.com.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Milo BEST

-
Image
Bleacher Talk August 30, 2009 Milo BEST Milo and BEST, BEST and Milo = Milo BEST. Get it? It’s a play of words that has been there for the past 25 years and it looks like nothing can stop it. When one talks about THE basketball tournament for youth, Milo BEST is hands-down, a top-of-mind answer. And so why all the fuss? All because Cebu’s 2009 edition of the Milo-sponsored BEST SBP/Passerelle Twin Basketball Tournaments kicks off tomorrow at the University of San Carlos North Campus Gym. Once again, the best of age-group basketball get together for a friendly round of games in what is now known as the most followed tournament in the country. Coaches of the teams playing in the Milo-sponsored BEST SBP/Passerelle Twin Tournaments pose for a unity shot at the coaches organizational meeting. Many questions have been asked about Milo BEST, and so we felt it proper to provide answers to the FAQ’s about the event. For starters, the event is organized by the Basketball Efficiency and Scient
Read more

Milo BEST: All Basics

-
Image
Milo BEST: All Basics The Basketball Efficiency Scientific Training (BEST) Center has been around for 31 years, and it has been at the forefront of doing the most basic of basketball teaching: sticking to the basics. This is the primary content of the Milo-sponsored BEST Center basketball clinics that have become an institution in Philippine basketball. “We teach the fundamentals, lahat ng klaseng fundamentals ng basketball — that’s our philosophy, dahil sabi nila, basketball is just a series of fundamentals,” said Nic, who was inspired to bring the concept of basketball clinics to the Philippines 31 years ago when budding players at that time had no formal training in the sport. The BEST Center program is divided into four levels. Level 1 focuses on dribbling and ballhandling fundamentals. Level 2 is focused on the basics of shooting. Level 3 is on Individual Defense while Level 4 is on Individual Offense. Every student who enrolls in the BEST Center starts with Level 1 and moves up
Read more

SHS-Ateneo Wins Passerelle Championship

-
Image
Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu scored its second straight Passerelle Division championship as it overcame the University of the Visayas, 68-61, to rule the 34 th   SBP Passerelle Twin Tournament backed by Milo at the Alta Vista Golf and Country Club Gym. The Magis Eagles seized control of the game in the second period, built a commanding lead in the third before fighting off a UV rally in the end game to win the championship. The defending champions took a 17-11 lead after the first period as Joseph Dytian delivered eight points in the period. MVP Joash Cutamora and Rafael Arradaza then combined for 17 points in the second period to put up a 34-25 halftime lead. It was the third period set that broke the game open as they built a 52-32 lead behind three triples of Alden Cainglet and leadership of Jared Bahay. But UV countered to slice the lead to 56-43 by the end of the third period. With momentum on its side, UV put up a furious end-game rally, slicing the lead to six points
Read more