George Abraham and Albert Campman sat in the stands at West Middlesex High watching one of their basketball pupils break the school scoring record.

It was a normal scene after such a milestone.

The game was stopped and Josh Holzworth was handed the game ball amid cheers from the home crowd. Then, Holzworth did something unexpected.

He ran into the stands toward Abraham and Campman. When he reached them, Holzworth gave each man a hug and thanked him.

"That was quite rewarding," Abraham said. "That made everything we've ever done worth it."

What Abraham, Campman and now John Tabisz are doing is imparting their considerable basketball knowledge on anyone who is willing to listen.

The three are successful former basketball coaches and hired fundamental guns.

Have basketball, will travel is their motto.

Abraham coached boys basketball from 1984 to 2000 at Grove City, George Junior Republic and Butler and averaged 21 wins per season at those three stops.

In 2004, Abraham was inducted into the Pennsylvania Basketball Hall of Fame.

Campman was the longtime coach at Elwood City and Tabisz coached the Slippery Rock High girls for 14 seasons before stepping down after the 2002-03 season.

The three keep busy these days traveling around the region, heading to high school, middle schools, YMCAs — anywhere with a basketball and a hoop — to help players hone their skills.

They've been to Butler, New Castle, Moniteau, West Middlesex, Shenango, Portersville Christian School, Farrell, Sharon — even Ohio and Tennessee.

Abraham and Campman started this endeavor almost three years ago. A little more than a year ago, Tabisz came onboard.

"When (Campman and I) started this, we made a pledge," Abraham said. "We have no delusions of getting big to the point where one of us won't be there. We're not going to do this by proxy."

Abraham, Campman and Tabisz focus on individuals, not teams. They don't put on offensive or defensive sets. They drill players on fundamentals and conditioning.

They also do private one-on-one lessons with players.

"It's a very interesting situation," Abraham said. "The coaches have to be so sure of themselves. They have to have no ego.

"We have a core value of beliefs, but we modify it for the coaches."

Their workout is a simple one: one hour a day working on the fundamentals of the game as well as building core strength.

"We see them once a week," Abraham said. "It's up to them to do our workout the rest of the time. If they don't, they're not going to get the benefit.

"Like a lady friend of mine who is a beautician said, 'I'm a beautician, not a magician.' They have to do the work on their own."

Most of them do. That gives Abraham, Campman and Tabisz pride when they see their pupils in action.

They make it a priority to see each player they help at least once during the season.

Tabisz got his own Holzworth moment when he saw Portersville Christian's Val Hamilton play last season.

Hamilton received lessons from Tabisz and scored 1,024 points in her career with the Warriors.

"That was rewarding," Tabisz said. "It's very rewarding to see a kid play who you've helped and to see a kid do something you taught them."

That's one of the reasons why the three are so involved in imparting these lessons.

"I love teaching," Tabisz said. "That's the part about coaching that I loved. We're not preparing them for an opponent. We're teaching them how to play correctly.