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Some of us dream of making the team. Sports choreographer Hernando Planells creates the team, big-screen style.
You’ve seen his sports scenes in films such as Coach Carter, The Longest Yard and Spider-Man 3. But they’re just a part of his story.
Planells’ coaching career began at age 19; at 20, he became the nation’s youngest varsity basketball coach, at Immaculate Heart High in Arizona. Since then, he’s led high school, college and professional teams and conducted coaching clinics across the U.S. and abroad, most recently as head coach for the Ryukyu Golden Kings in Okinawa, Japan.
The "Rising Stars" Acting camp hosted by veteran acting coach Hernando Planells is a unique experience that is devoted on providing students an experience in being in front of the camera, acting on a commercial or hosting a show on Nickelodeon. The camp offers a hands on approach which gives students the opportunity to develop their creative skills.
Be sure to pick up the February 23rd issue of ESPN the Magazine! (Dwight Howard is on the cover). Coach Hernando was part of a panel of people who were asked about what they look for in a slam dunk. You can find his remarks on the Page 2 Section of the magazine.
You can also find in this months edition of Vype Magazine in North Carolina. He was featured on "Coaches Corner" and was asked how he keeps players motivated and positive.
Hernando Planells is entering his 10th season coaching basketball at the high school, college and professional level. During that time he has distinguished himself as one of the top trainers for basketball development and as an up and coming coach in the professional ranks.
Planells' experience and background has allowed him to serve as a basketball choreographer in the film and television industry. Coach Planells choreographed the basketball scenes and trained the actors on movies such as Coach Carter, The Longest Yard, Rebound and Spider-Man 3.
By ED ODEVEN Staff writer (Editors Note: This article was originally in the February 29th edition of The Japan Times - Japan Times)
There's talk that FIBA, basketball's world governing body, wants to create a new club world championship.
It would be similar to FIFA's Club World Cup, the soccer tournament that is held in Japan each year, and according to recent published reports, the Japan Basketball Association has said FIBA wants to create a 14-team tournament.
The proposed annual tournament would feature the NBA champion and the top four teams in the Americas and Europe, and top two apiece from the federations in Asia, Africa and Oceania, to determine the so-called No. 1 hoop club in the world.
Working out the kinks on a schedule may be the most difficult part of the process. For instance, would this tournament be played in September or October, weeks before the NBA regular season tips off?
Ryukyu Golden Kings coach Hernando Planells, who also works as an NBA scout, offered his insight into what FIBA now faces.
(Editors Note: This article was originally in the February 25th edition of The Edmonton Sun (link)
Will Ferrell's back in action with his second sports spoof in two years.
Last year, it was figure skating and Blades of Glory. This year's pick is basketball and Semi-Pro (opening Feb. 28), in which Ferrell plays singer-turned basketball player Jackie Moon, who uses the profits from a chart-topping song to buy a basketball team, the not-so-aptly named Flint, Mich., Tropics.
But when leagues merge, Moon's team, worst in the league, is in danger of folding and must win to stay afloat.
Audiences know the fun ahead when a reporter asks Moon, "How did you learn to play basketball?" Handling the ball like a hot potato, Moon replies, "I saw it on TV a couple of times and I thought, 'I can do that!"
Staff writer (Editors Note: This article was originally in the January 26th edition of The Japan Times - link)
SENDAI — Hernando Planells, the head coach of the expansion Ryukyu Golden Kings, sat down after his team's 87-78 loss to the Sendai 89ers on Sunday and spoke at length about his players, the challenges of building a team from scratch and his overall impressions of the bj-league.
Planells, 31, has rapidly built an impressive resume as a young coach. He's worked as an assistant coach in the college ranks at UNLV, as well as gaining valuable experience as an ABA coach and as a scout working under NBA scouting guru Marty Blake.
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