By MARK REY MONTEJO

Former national team and collegiate coach Joe Lipa launched his book “Basketball 101” which gives aspiring tacticians the fundamentals in handling different situations and players.

Lipa, a two-time SEA Games champion coach in 1985 and 1995, hopes that his book can inspire others to make their own career path.

"Hopefully, this can be one of my legacies in Philippine basketball. All of my experience, knowledge, and wisdom that I gained through 50 years of coaching," Lipa said in the PSA Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Rizal Memorial Complex in Manila. 
 

"All the necessary processes of basketball coaching, from training to coaching philosophy,” he added.

Lipa also emphasized the relevance of athletes' sources of nutritions and physical conditioning that can be huge factors to become more successful.

Working with co-author Peter Regalado Lopez, Lipa collaborated with notable coaches like Tim Cone, Yeng Guiao, Alfrancis Chua, Ryan Gregorio and Jamike Jarin to bring in ideas that will fit to the present basketball terms.

The 79-year-old tactician guided the Philippine men’s basketball team to its first-ever bronze medal finish in the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.