Professional Work

A professional journey across sport education, basketball coaching and youth development.

From playing experience to coaching, club and project periods, wheelchair basketball, seminars and authorship.

  • Basketball coaching
  • Sport education
  • Wheelchair basketball
  • Authorship
Ümit Özmen in a basketball coaching context

Focus Areas

Complementary areas connected by experience, education and development.

Basketball coaching, sport education, wheelchair basketball, project experience, authorship and responsible use of information meet in one professional framework.

Basketball Coaching

A field approach shaped by a 1990s basketball background and early youth-team coaching experience.

Sport Education

A physical education teaching background applied to movement learning, age-appropriate development and feedback.

Wheelchair Basketball

Work in wheelchair basketball with İskenderun Engelliler Spor Kulübü during the 2015-2016 season.

Historical Project Experience

Dated professional contexts including TOFAŞ Basketball Schools İzmir/Bornova, ÇOSA / Çocuk Spor Akademisi and Eczacıbaşı Mavişehir Campus.

Genetics-Informed Education

A careful approach that treats genetic information as limited input requiring professional interpretation, not as a medical or deterministic claim.

Authorship and Content

Editorial work that turns basketball development and sport education thinking into book and learning-content structures.

Ümit Özmen speaking at a professional seminar
Historical professional context from Ümit Özmen's İzmir Bornova period

Field and Education

A profile extending coaching experience into seminars, education and professional communication.

Field work is considered together with youth development, learning environment, feedback, long-term growth and professional communication.

Selected Professional Journey

Selected periods across cities, clubs and projects.

This is not a full CV; it highlights selected periods supported by the archive and personal professional records.

1996

Youth-team coaching

The beginning of youth-team level coaching experience.

2005–2007

Balgat Spor

One of the periods that expanded basketball education and field experience.

2008–2010

Ankara Atletik

Professional basketball work continuing in club and training contexts.

2012–2018

İskenderun period

Field experience expanding through youth development, club and project work.

2015–2016

Wheelchair basketball

A distinct field experience including a head-coaching context.

2018–2020

İzmir / Bornova

Youth development and education work in a basketball schools context.

2020–2023

ÇOSA

A child- and sport-focused project/work period.

Historical Context

TOFAŞ Basketball Schools İzmir/Bornova | 2018–2020

A past professional period focused on youth athlete development and basketball education.

Historical professional context from the İzmir Bornova basketball schools period
Historical professional context from the 2018–2020 İzmir/Bornova period.

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