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MAGAZINE Issue 3 – March 2011
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Welcome
March has been a busy month with
different football tournaments and we also
have a new baby in Istanbulls family;
Istanbulls Türkiye Basketball Team!
In following pages, you will be able to find
the story behind Istanbulls Basketball
Team and an interview with the coach Cem
Kapancıoğlu. Although it is a fresh team,
you can understand the passion between
the players following coach’s spirit!
Football teams have been attended
different tournaments from youth to adult
level. Istanbulls Under 9 has played in the
semi-final, which was the main highlight for
us. In addition adult teams Turkish
Airlines and Pınar Istanbulls have
attended in 7 aside tournament; where
Turkish Airlines qualified until quarter final.
You can read coach’s comments regarding
the tournaments.
Moreover, there is a great article written by
Adam Sibley focusing on parents and
coaches’ attitude against youth
competitions. We believe there is a lot to
learn for the parents as well.
Please do not hesitate to share your
thoughts and highly valuable feedback.
Keep supporting Istanbulls!
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Istanbulls Basketball Team
Can you please give us some
information about establishment
process of Istanbulls Basketball
Team?
First of all I would like to thank all the
Istanbulls SC management for their
support in initiating and establishing
the basketball team; they open their
heart and all the available resources.
Their efforts are highly appreciated.
I have always dreamed of to be a part of sports team as I stepped in Dubai when
Erol Muzaffer asked if I would like to be responsible for the basketball team in the
club I was delighted and immediately accepted the offer. We have used all the
available resources to call for amateur expat basketball player in our community.
Within one week we had around 25 serious team players who are willingly following
all the trainings and games for the last 5 weeks. We hope this shall expand within
the near future.
By the way let me not forget Utku Balık’s support as the team assistant coach all
the way.
The team has been established just before the league has begun; how is the
response and harmony in the team? What do you think about the current
situation of the team?
We are a really new team, most of the players have just met couple of weeks back;
however at the moment the harmony of the team is pretty good and every body in
the team respect each other.
Moreover we have fun and we all enjoy basketball.
League has begun and Istanbulls Türkiye has played first game. We had the
opportunity to see the opponent teams as well. How do you see today and
the future of Istanbulls within the competition?
Well... We will see this for ourselves in just 7 weeks :)
Given the statics; our players age and previous experiences we may be perceived
as an average team… However we are hardworking and disciplined and we will not
surrender until the last whistle!
Coach – Cem Kapancıoğlu
Istanbulls Basketball Team
How did you feel in your first Coaching experience with Istanbulls?
I’ve felt great and still I am feeling great; but let me tell you it is not easy task!
As this is an amateur organisation you need to handle the players feelings more
carefully.
Moreover sometimes we have 2 trainings in a week and a game on Fridays with
our busy personal lives; this is something really difficult to handle
I especially thank to our lovely wives for their support.
But let me tell you when I am in the court or at home thinking about coaching a
basketball team I feel good and I forget everything!
I do my best to give the best decisions and try to keep as simple as possible.
It is an endless learning experience…
In the first game there was a good number of supporters; do you think
Istanbulls will be able to keep and increase its fan base?
The fans are great because they are not assessing if we are losing or wining they
are there any way… :Just for the fun of it.
Moreover the venue is a great place to come for Fridays it is a cosy big basketball
hall with free coffee and food is available; you just pay little to see four consecutive
games, which I believe really fun to watch.
Accordingly, I believe the people will be more interested as they started to hear
more about the team. That’s why we request from all the people we know to spread
the word about the events.
We believe playing basketball is more fun in front of a big crowd.
May the force be with you!
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U9 Cup Tournement
Comments from coach Özhan Özden
During the IFA Cup Tournament that U9 team has played on the 11th of March,
players had a very good tournament as it was team’s first tournament. I believe our
team played very well and succeed.
We have started a little bit slow and 1-0
lost against Dutco Dragons; but in our
second game we have played great football
against Lightning Bolts and won 2-1.
Istanbulls U9 has finished the group
games in style against Match Attax, with
a dominant 5-0 win and qualified for the
quarter final. At this stage, we played
against Lightning Bolts, our players
managed to win this game with a comeback from behind with a final score of 3-2.
In the semi-final, we have played against Falcons and unfortunately lost 3-0. That
was very exciting game for both teams, everyone played very good; but it was
difficult to keep up with them after all these matches.
Congratulations to Istanbulls U9 team for showing great team spirit, good football
talent and most importantly their passion! It was great fun on and off the pitch,
Yalçın showed his natural talent about “wrestling” and it was very enjoyable family
day out.
Great achievement, well done U9’s!
Football 7s Tournement
Comments from coach Özkan Düzcan
It was amazing feeling to see two great teams playing incredibly well against very
good and well organised expat teams... Pınar Istanbulls kicked off early in the
morning, has played very well until last minute but conceded an unlucky goal and
lost 2-1.
In following games Pınar has draw once and
lost twice however had the chance to chase the
trophy cup. On the second day, unfortunately due
to busy schedule of our players the team was only
five with Jamal, Burhan, Uğur, Türker and Nejat.
Since other teams have faced the same problem
Pınar had a friendly game with Orbit Showtime.
The last game was a 3-3 draw, but Pınar
Istanbulls was out with penalties.
Turkish Airlines Istanbulls side played their first game against very competitive
teams. They did great and put full effort to get the game but unfortunately they lost
4-2 their first game against Vets! After the break they had two more games which
they have dominated and got six points which make the team qualify from the
group.
The next day Turkish Airlines has played against first division leader Noodle
House Irish in the quarter final; it was very competitive and tough game, all players
have player with 100% as usual! The team has conceded the first goal while
dominating the game! Two minutes after the goal, Sami Yıldırım was fouled in the
danger zone and has earned penalty for his team. Özkan Düzcan has equalled the
score. Until the last minute, the team has played well and wasted many chances! In
the last minute, Noodle House Irish has earned a penalty and made it 2-1 just.
It was a wonderful, competitive and well organised tournament.
We hope to get better results in following tournements and looking forward to win
the tournament!
Winning at all Costs
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If you watch football on TV you will have heard the phrase “It’s a results business!”
probably more times than you have had hot dinners. The problem with them saying
this all the time about football on TV is it breeds that atmosphere and approach to
youth football. Yes, in the Premiership there is a lot of money riding on where a
team finishes in the league and the cups so it is a results business. Youth football
shouldn’t be like that and this is where I think this country is going wrong. If we as a
country want to develop better players we have to give them the chance to learn,
develop and play good football. Not just play football which wins football matches,
forgetting about playing with style, forgetting about playing just basic good football.
Nobody learns from playing football which is focused on lumping the ball up the
field at every chance you get.
For some children, parents, and
coaches winning in youth football
can become everything. The
whole week before the game they
will be thinking of what they need
to do to win and then their whole
weekend is centred around the
match with their mood for the
week after being decided by
whether they win or lose. The
pressure some coaches and parents put teams under to win games is phenomenal;
instead of going to enjoy a football game they are going to a game to win with their
long term goal to win the league or cup they are in. In the build up to the game
there will be no talk of enjoying yourself and doing your best, it will all be about
winning and nothing else.
If you are involved in a club like this and your team loses a game then post match
talks from the coach can be brutal. Not only are the players down because they
lost, they feel they have let the parents and the coach down. This is all
compounded when a coach will go off on one ripping into everything the team did
wrong instead of praising what they did right. This talk will normally end with the
coach saying that if they want to win the league they better play a lot better than
they did today.
Winning at all Costs
Some parents and coaches will offer incentives to their players to win with that
being anything from a McDonalds to a five pound note. In professional football I
agree with bonus incentives for performance but when kids need to be bribed in
order to play their best or to have their good play rewarded by cash or a free meal
it shows the game is in a sad state of affairs. Kids should just be able to go out, try
their best, and enjoy playing football without all these rewards. If they can’t just
enjoy playing football without having to be rewarded then they are in the wrong
sport. As a coach I always hated coaching against teams that offered rewards,
because if your players got wind of it they would be asking you if they could have
the same things that the opposition get. Yes by all means treat your team from time
to time but don’t make it the norm as if you are doing it every week it isn’t special
any more and the players will remember those treats even more if they don’t get
them every week.
Article by Adam Sibley
Source: http://bit.ly/hpncv9
Match Results & Standings
Date Home Team Score Away Team
23 Mar 11 Turkish Airlines Istanbulls 7 - 1 Safa FC
16 Mar 11 Precor 1 - 1 Turkish Airlines Istanbulls
07 Mar 11 Panthers 6 - 3 Turkish Airlines Istanbulls
02 Mar 11 Turkish Airlines Istanbulls 3 - 5 MBC Group
Turkish Airlines Istanbulls – DAFL Division 3
DAFL Division 3 P W D L GD PTS
1 MBC Group 16 13 1 2 53 38
2 Panthers FC 17 12 1 4 28 36
3 Turkish Airlines Istanbulls 15 9 2 4 32 29
4 Precor 15 8 4 3 18 28
5 Allstars 2 18 7 4 7 -9 25
6 Safa C 18 7 3 8 -5 23
7 Romcom 17 6 1 10 -22 18
8 Youngstars 17 4 3 10 -23 15
9 Getmo Spartans 18 4 1 13 -45 13
10 Najma Dolphins Vets 15 2 2 11 -27 5
Current Division Standings
March 2011 Game Results
March was very unlucky for Turkish Airlines Istanbulls. The team has played against main
competitors: MBC, Precor and Panthers; and unfortunately was able to get only 1 point
from three matches.
After latest results, Turkish Airlines lost hopes to be champions, but still chasing for
second place on the table. We all hope that luck will be with us during April!
The team is going to play 3 more games in April and 2010-2011 will be over. April is your
last chance to watch and support Turkish Airlines Istanbulls, hope you don’t miss it...
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Match Results & Standings
Date Home Team Score Away Team
29 Mar 11 Pınar Istanbulls 3 - 2 Athletico Dubai
22 Mar 11 Managua 2 - 4 Pınar Istanbulls
16 Mar 11 Pınar Istanbulls 9 - 2 AFL Devils
09 Mar 11 Pınar Istanbulls 3 - 5 Blues TBM
02 Mar 11 Athletico Dubai 1 - 3 Pınar Istanbulls
DAFL Division 4 P W D L GD PTS
1 Blues TBM 17 14 1 2 67 43
2 Pınar Istanbulls 17 10 2 5 16 32
3 Wafi 16 7 1 8 -11 22
4 Managua 17 7 1 9 -19 22
5 AFL Bears 14 6 2 6 0 20
6 AFL Devils 15 6 1 8 -13 19
7 Athletico Dubai 14 0 2 12 -40 2
8 Mantis Utd 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Swift Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0
Current Division Standings
Pınar Istanbulls – DAFL Division 4
March 2011 Game Results
March has been very successful for Pınar Istanbulls. The team has won 4 games out of
5.
One game left in 2010-11 season and Pınar Istanbulls needs only 1 point to qualify for
the 3rd division. We all believe it will happen with a top level concentration and high
ambition.
Hope to see you in Pınar’s last game to celebrate together when the team gets
promoted!
Announcements
Happy birthday to our players!
1 Nisan – İzzet Ataç
9 Nisan – Türker Nayan
18 April – Ertuğrul Altınok
19 April – Ala Atari, Can Moroğlu
20 nisan – Ahmet Karan Aktürk, Bora Ediş
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