Welcome to the Sacred Hoops Monthly Updates!

Everything you wanted and more about Basketball HERE

christian basketball, christian basketball players, christian basketball testimonies, chistian athlete testimony

Check out the Main Man/Woman of the Month Lee Humphrey - Florida Gators National Champ 2006 & 2007

Past christian basketball, christian basketball players, christian basketball testimonies, chistian athlete testimony of the month archives HERE!

Check out some other sports stories

Also check out the graduation section - This year’s “To the High School/College Graduate - Things You Did Not Learn in School” is sponsored by Primo Window - The best window treatments

Here at Sacred Hoops we just keep growing and growing, please check out our newest addition to our site. Though we are growing and adding almost daily, we are still in need of your input with basketball drills, articles, stories, tips, or anything else you want to see on this site. Please contact us at webmaster(at)sacredhoops.com to submit your thoughts and ideas. We want to hear from you!

Popularity: 8% [?]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 9:20 pm and is filed under Monthly Updates. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

John Wooden

Main Man of the Month!

listen to coach wooden Here

Check out award john wooden, biography john wooden, bio john wooden, john trophy wooden, award john r winner wooden, hn picture wooden, john ucla wooden, classic indianapolis john wooden greatest achievement below

Great Christmas Ideas for all ages, people, I promise they will enjoy reading a John Wooden book

College Coaching Record:

Indiana State 1946-1948 47- 14

• 1947 conference title
• 1948 NAIA championship game
  

UCLA 1948-1975 620-147

• 19 PAC-10 championships
• 10 national championships
• 149-2 record at Pauley Pavilion (UCLA’s home court)

Some of Coach Wooden’s Honors:

• 1930-1932 Three year All-American Basketball Player at Purdue
• 1932 College Basketball Player of the Year
• 1932 Big Ten Medal for proficiency in scholarship & athletics— awarded to graduating athlete with outstanding grades

• 1943 All Time All-American Basketball Team by Hall of Fame
• 1960 National Basketball Hall of Fame as a player
• 1964 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame – an original inductee
• 1964 College Basketball Coach of the Year

• 1966 Published book, Practical Modern Basketball

• 1967 College Basketball Coach of the Year
• 1968 College Basketball Coach of the Year
• 1968 “Honored by Christian Church for service and concern for mankind”
• 1970 College Basketball Coach of the Year
• 1970 Sporting News –”Sports Man of the Year”
• 1971 Friars Club - “Coach of the Century”
• 1972 College Basketball Coach of the Year

• 1972 National Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach-only Hall of Fame inductee in more than one category

• Holds LSU records for most field goals in a game (26) against Vanderbilt on Jan. 29, 1969 and attempted (57) against Vanderbilt
• 1972 Published book, They Call Me Coach
• 1973 College Basketball Coach of the Year
• 1973 Sports Illustrated, “Sports Man of the Year”

• 1973 Whitney Young Urban League Award of Humanitarian Service
• 1974 1st John Bunn Hall of Fame Service Award
• 1974 1st James A. Naismith “Peach Basket” Award
• 1974 California ” Grandfather of the Year Award” by National Father’s Day Committee
• 1974 1st “Velvet Covered Brick Award” for Christian leadership
• 1975 College Basketball Coach of the Year
• 1975 California ” Sports Father of the Year”
• 1985 Bellarmine Medal of Excellence – 1st sports figure to receive. Some other recipients: Mother Teresa, Walter Cronkite, etc.
• 1993 1st CASEY Award-exceptional service to Amateur Athletics
• 1993 Sportslink “Pathfinder Award” to Hoosier with extra

Coach impressive records, but the most thing I find impressive about this. Is that Coach John Wooden did all this while yet keeping his character of head work, never comprising, and the most important keeping a level head with all and through all this success.

88	Consecutive victories	Next best - 60
10	NCAA championships	Next best - 4
7	Consecutive NCAA championships	Next best - 2
38	Consecutive NCAA tournament victories	Previous record - 13
8	Undefeated PAC-8 championships	8 championships
4	Undefeated full seasons	Next best - 1

Lifetime record of 40 years

Won 905 games	Lost 205
Won 81.5% of all games

College Record - 29 Years

Won 677 games	Lost 161
Won 80.5% of all games

Teaching Positions

11 years	High School
2 years	Indiana State University
27 years	UCLA

Activities Since 1975 Retirement From UCLA

Lecturing (coaching clinics, summer camps, college convocations, business conventions and conferences, fundraisers, prayer breakfasts, etc.)

Reading, Writing

Family time

Books:

• The Holy Bible
  
• Albom, Mitch, and Stacy Creamer. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson. New York: Broadway Books, 2002
• Douglas, Llyod Cassel. Magnificent Obsession. Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books, 1997.
• Unknown. The Robe. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.
• Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. New York: Signet Classic, 1999.
• Graham, Billy. Unto the Hills. Irving, TX: Word Publishing, 1996.
• Hunter, JamesC. The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership. New York: Prima Publishing, 1998.
• McCullough, David. John Adams. Carmichael, CA: Touchstone Books, 2002.
  
• And almost anything about Abraham Lincoln and Mother Teresa.

Poetry:

• Bryant, William Cullen. “Thanatopsis.”
• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”
• Gray, Sir Thomas. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Hiawatha’s Childhood.”
• Milton, John. “On His Blindness.”
• Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.”
• Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Idylls of the King.
• And the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, and William Wordsworth

Coach John Wooden, aka wizard of westwood. Is mostly known for a winning coach and his pyramid of success. You can check out his pyramid of success here.

Here at Sacred Hoops, we are wanting your input. If you have anything you don’t see rather it be a basketball drills, basketbal tips, basketball plays, or anything else basketball. Please email us at webmaster(at)sacredhoops.com

Popularity: 8% [?]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pm and is filed under Monthly Updates. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

AC Green

Main Man of the Month!

Check out AC Green greatest achievement below

A.C. Green, Jr. Forward — #45 Height: 6′ 9″ Weight: 224 College: Oregon State 1985 Birthday: 10-4-63

Pro Career:

A.C. currently owns the NBA Iron Man title, having played in 1,192 straight games. A.C. surpassed Randy Smith’s 907 consecutive games played on November 20, 1997, and played in his 1000th game on March 13, 1999.

A.C. signed with the Miami Heat for the 2000-2001 season. He earned a Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1999-2000 season. Prior to this, A.C. spent two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, four seasons with the Phoenix Suns and eight seasons with the Lakers.

A.C. was the Lakers’ first-round selection in the 1985 college draft, 23rd selection overall. He became the first rookie since LeRoy Ellis in the 1962-63 season to appear in every game. He moved into the starting lineup in 1986-87 for the final 72 games and led the club in rebounds averaging 7.6 per game.

He was selected by NBA coaches to the league’s all defensive second team in 1988-89. He recorded a career high 35 points on January 15, 1994.

A.C. was voted by his fans as a starter for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game.

College:

Third-team All-American as a senior.

1984 PAC-10 Player of the Year.

Led Oregon State Beavers to NCAA’s 3 times, including 1982 “Final Eight”.

No. 4 in NCAA in field goal accuracy as a junior (.657).

Vision:

A.C. heart is dedicated to working with youth.

Because of his love for young people, A.C. established the A.C. Green Youth Foundation in 1989, with the main focus on sexual abstinence education.

Through his “I’ve Got The Power” abstinence curriculum, A.C.’s mission is to help young people build self-esteem and character, and learn moral and ethical principles which will help them make responsible decisions.

Personal:

A.C. was married in April 2002 to Veronique Green. Read about the wedding!

A.C. owns several Denny’s restaurants in Portland, and a Hyundai dealership in Los Angeles. He also has his own sport drink, Bio Sport.

A.C. graduated from Oregon State with a degree in Speech Communication. His hobbies include tennis, bowling, baseball, football, golf, and eating frozen yogurt.

The initials A.C., like his father’s do not stand for full names — his name is simply A.C. Green Jr.

A.C. is a youth mentor, author, speaker, and successful businessman. He is also a role model that youth across America can respect, and for this he was recognized in the House of Representatives’ Congressional Record of October 26, 1999.

A. C. Green has long been one of the most talented and enduring power forwards in professional basketball. In fact, he holds the NBA record for most consecutive games played. A. C. is also founder and president of A. C. Green Programs for Youth. This testimony originally appeared in Decision Magazine , a publication of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

When I was in my senior year of high school, people thought that I had everything. My parents had just bought me a car; I had received a four-year scholarship to Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon; my high school team had won the state basketball championship; I was the player of the year in Oregon, and I was on the All-American team. As a 17-year-old I had everything going my way, but I felt empty inside.

Until I became a freshman in high school, I attended church regularly. I thought that if I was a good person and better than the friends I hung around with, I was assured to go to heaven.

But during high school my parents left to me the decision about my attending church. I decided that it was not “cool” to go to church, so I went only occasionally.

I wanted to do exactly what my friends wanted me to do. I was one of the biggest man-pleasers around. Though I was one of the most popular guys at my high school, I had low self-esteem and I felt insecure about who I was.

In August, 1981, 10 friends with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) went to Hermiston, Oregon, for a weekend visit with one of my former teacher friends, Rod Bragato, and his wife, Karen. I was not a member of FCA, but I wanted to go along for the ride. On Sunday we attended church; the sermon was titled “Do You Want to Go to Heaven, or Do You Want to Go to Hell?” This sermon told me what God’s plan for salvation was and not what I believed was the key to heaven; that being a good person or trying to be better than my peers was the standard by which I was to measure salvation.

Ten of my best friends were with me in this church of 150 people. A passion burned inside as I knew that Jesus was calling me to give my life to him; at the same time Satan was trying to keep me blinded to continue living as I had for the past 17 years. After the pastor gave the first altar call, I wanted to sprint down to the front of the church, but something stopped me. It was as though Satan whispered to me, “Let someone else go first.” After the second altar call Satan said, “Your friends are gonna laugh at you.”

At the third altar call I put one foot in front of the other and began to walk down front. The pastor prayed with me, and I asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to become my Savior. I accepted Jesus Christ on August 2, 1981.

That fall I went to Oregon State University where I began a journey of growth, spiritually and academically. By the end of my senior year I received my B.A. in communications and was drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Lakers. Playing with the Lakers were some of the best years of my life. During my eight-year stay, I was fortunate to be a part of winning several world championships; in October, 1993, I signed with the Phoenix Suns to begin another journey of growth.

While I learned to be a champion on the court in Los Angeles, my spiritual home, Morning Star Christian Church, helped me to develop and become a champion off the court. At Morning Star we believe in holding each other accountable. We are family, and we believe in one another.

When I played basketball for the Lakers, people from my church were always at the games. I called them the “Faith Brigade,” and I heard them when they cheered. Our code word was “Champ,” because we were trying to be “Champions for Christ.”

Two members of my inner circle of friends have been my pastors, Dave Soto and Phil Bonasso. Dave and I were roommates during my first four years in Los Angeles.

People considered it odd that a professional athlete wanted to have a roommate, but I would rather have someone around to hold me accountable. Having people covenant with me helps me to maintain a high standard.

The Bible is my manual for living. I have developed the habit of spending time with God and reading the Bible every morning. In college, even though I had 7:30 a.m. lectures and labs some mornings, I made it a practice to get up by 6:00 to spend time with God.

Each day I want to be led by the Spirit of God in making decisions about a job or about a business situation, a speaking engagement, or whatever it might be.

The Bible says, “Whatever you put your hand to do, do as with all your might,”1 and, “Do it to the glory of the Lord.”2 When I play basketball, I want to glorify God. I want to play 110 percent. My favorite Scripture is, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”3 That applies so much in my basketball playing where I want first and foremost to glorify and honor God. My team is my mission field. This is my extended family because I live with these people all of the time.

Basketball is my job, and I want to excel in it. God has given me a great honor but with this honor comes responsibility.

My heart goes out to young people because I know how confused I was at that stage. They need to know that they don’t have to compromise their bodies, their minds, their spirits—any part of their beings—to any second-best decision.

Opportunities for temptation come and go, but by the grace of God, I will hold myself sexually abstinent until I marry. I am single, and I do have a wonderful girlfriend.

For me, my abstinence is more than a statement. It’s a personal conviction, and I made that decision back in 1981. Because of what God tells me in his Word, I am staying abstinent until I marry and I encourage others to remain abstinent also.

With Athletes for Abstinence, a nonprofit program which includes college and professional athletes, celebrities and concerned citizens, I made a video titled “It Ain’t Worth It.” Targeted at youth from seventh grade through college, the video tells them the truth about “safe sex.” Abstinence is the only true form of safe sex. There is strong opposition, a battle—especially in schools.

I love to see young minds challenged. I want to see young people change and mature into people of great value. Since I wanted to establish something for the long haul, in the late 1980s some friends and I developed the A. C. Green Programs for Youth to work with youth educationally and spiritually.

Within Programs for Youth I have established five programs: Athletes for Abstinence, Job Mentor Program, Leadership Camps, Speakers Bureau, and a youth talk show, “Shooting the Breeze With A. C. Green,” that is to be aired soon. These programs have been developed to serve both the youth and the communities in which they live by providing information about social issues that concern young people and by educating them to make responsible choices to prepare them for their future. It is my desire to expand these programs in Phoenix, and then in other cities across the United States and around the world.

Jesus has done so much for me, and I want to show him my appreciation and my love for him. That comes through spending time with him, then by doing what he asks me to do. I want to be obedient to him and to serve others as he has blessed me to do.

Here at Sacred Hoops, we are wanting your input. If you have anything you don’t see rather it be a basketball drills, basketbal tips, basketball plays, or anything else basketball. Please email us at webmaster(at)sacredhoops.com

Popularity: 9% [?]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 5:49 pm and is filed under Monthly Updates. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

David Robinson

Main Man of the Month!

Check out card david robinson rookie,bio david robinson,david picture robinson, avid Robinson greatest achievement below

“Jesus Christ, as my exemplar, reached out to people in His community who had need.

I want to show my love of God.”

“The Bible is very clear: Don’t do your good works before men to be cheered by men. [Valerie] and I do the right things because that’s what God told us to do.”

“When I go in the locker room every day, I face it. How do you love God and maintain your edge and not scare people off? The one thing I try to keep in mind is that I love these guys. I want to see them do well. If they want to talk about [spiritual things], I want to always be prepared. I want to make them feel like . I would be the first person they can come to.”

I can run. I can jump. I can block shots.

I can dunk. But I can’t take pride in that.

I’m successful because God gave me the ability.”

“I can go into a high school and talk about Jesus. What an incredible opportunity. There are a lot of positive things I see as the reason God placed me there. [in basketball]”

David Robinson’s Testimony

His “second birthday,” as he calls his conversion, came on June 8, 1991, when he talked with a minister from Champions for Christ. This is how he describes it in his parents’ book:

“The first question he asked was, ‘David, do you love God?’

” I was a little surprised and said, ‘Of course, I love God.’

” Then he asked, ‘How much time do you spend praying?’

” I said, ‘I eat three times a day, and I pray then.’

” ‘How much time do you spend reading your Bible?’

” ‘There’s one around here somewhere .’

” Then he said, ‘When you love someone, don’t you usually take time to get to know that person? Don’t you want to get to know that person better?’

” That day, Christ became a real person to me.. I felt like a spoiled brat. Everything was about me, me, me. How much money can I make? It was all about David’s praise and David’s glory. I had never stopped to honor God for all he had done for me. That really hit me. I cried all afternoon. That very day, I was saved.”

A renewed relationship

His new relationship with Christ led to a renewed relationship with Valerie, whom he had dated earlier. He called her, and learned that she, too, had been born again.

Three months later, in September 1991, he asked Valerie to marry him. Now they have three children, and he is cast in the role as a model for his own offspring as well as his fellow players and fans.

The money and other benefits that flow to his family offer a challenge in parenting. “I try to make my kids understand that we don’t focus on the money,” he says.

“We’re dealing with obedience and respect. You go into a store, they start begging for things. I teach them not to beg. Instead, we’ll go to a store and I’ll say we’re just going to look today. I want them to understand there’s a value to restraint. Just because you’ve got something available to you doesn’t mean you wield it. That’s not godly character. I don’t know how God’s going to allow me to teach them that, but it’s something he’s really impressed upon my heart.”

Who comes first?

Jesus and his family come first, he says, then basketball.

So he does things like start the David Robinson Foundation, which spreads his money into the community.

He cites Matthew 5:14 as his calling to be a light on the hill.

Here at Sacred Hoops, we are wanting your input. If you have anything you don’t see rather it be a basketball drills, basketbal tips, basketball plays, or anything else basketball. Please email us at webmaster(at)sacredhoops.com

Popularity: 8% [?]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 5:47 pm and is filed under Monthly Updates. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.