IT took more than a decade before Joel and Koy Banal found themselves together again in one team. Both multi-titled coaches, the two reestablished their partnership with Marinerong Pilipino, a new team in the PBA D-League.
The team made quite a cinderella run in its very first conference with Koy calling the shots and Joel serving as consultant. The team made it as far as the playoffs.
Now that their campaign is over, the Banal brothers did not stop from continuing the thing that they loved the most — coaching basketball.
Just recently, they spearheaded a coaching clinic at the First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities (FAITH) school in Tanauan, Batangas to conduct the Marinerong Pilipino Coaches’ Workshop to the coaches of the participating schools of the United Collegiate Championship League of the Calabarzon area.
After the workshop in Tanauan, the Banal brothers will move to Camarines Sur on Sept. 2-3.
The entire group was welcomed by the Faith School community headed by Managing Director Juan P. Lozano and Sports Director Lito O. Arim.
Joel and Koy began the day by discussing the importance of having an overall coaching philosophy anchored on values and beliefs. They emphasized that what the coach believes in and what he considers valuable in life should not be any different on how he wants to run his own basketball team. The coach’s values and beliefs would help him define his purpose and help him design his approach and methodology of coaching. Coach Joel believes that a team is a reflection of how its head coach views life in general.
Immediately after the first session, Coach Koy started to share some of his fundamentals of his coaching philosophy. The most basic thing is putting the ball in the hoop.
He started the second session by identifying first what offensive patterns and plays he will be discussing. He also made sure that the coaches were aware that these offensive patterns and plays are being run not only by school based teams, but professional teams as well and these things were shared to the Faith Bravehearts High School and College varsity teams.
On defense, it was Coach Joel’s turn to give his inputs. He made it more engaging by providing anecdotes from his coaching stints in college and in the professional ranks. Coach Koy then came in to discuss the technical side of the defensive patterns that has brought the Banal brothers numerous championships in different levels of competition.
Joining the Banal brothers are the other members of the coaching staff — Jerry Andaleon, the strength and conditioning coach of the Marinerong Pilipino Skippers and assistant coach Chiqui Reyes, also a sports commentator of TV5.
The participating coaches got their certificates after the event. — Rey Joble
