Balls ... Basketballs that is

This weekend I attended a level 1 Basketball coaching course put on by Basketball Ireland. It was actually a great two days and was fun to finally play a little ball for the first time since leaving my long lost homeland.

The guy who led the course was really quite good. A great communicator, and motivator and an all round positive guy. But the best part about him was his name, Barney Ball.

He really had the whole package: He looked the part: fairly tall, big belly, deep voice, the wistle, the whole nine yards. But more than that, with a name like his, he was born for the roll. Coach Ball