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Basketball Victoria Statement COVID-19 – March 13 Update: 13/3/20 Basketball Victoria has made the decision to suspend Basketball Victoria related programs, events and leagues from now March 13, until further notice. This includes ALL VJBL games, Big V games and the Country Championships being held in Ballarat this weekend. As this is a rapidly evolving…

Talking Split – What I Wish I Knew When I First Started Coaching Ash gets his long-awaited intro music (how long until everyone wants their own?), and McKinnon Basketball have invested in modifying their U10 girls competition. Coaching is all about reflection and there’s a lot of story time this week, as we look back…

Spend this school holidays at the VJBL 3×3 Challenge Tournament! The Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) will host a 3×3 tournament  in the April school holidays with the VJBL 3×3 Challenge Tournament held on Wednesday 8 April at the State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South. Team registrations and payments can be made through our online form…

This Girl Can Come and Try Basketball – 27 March As part of the week, Basketball Victoria is hosting a FREE, women’s only Come and Try session in Melbourne’s south east on Friday 27 March at Casey Stadium (65 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne East) from 1.00-2.30pm. The session will give you a taste of all different…

COACHING LEGEND HEADLINES BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA COACHES’ CONFERENCE The 6-time National Basketball League Coach of the Year and six-time championship mentor will present two on-court clinics at the Conference, sharing a wealth of knowledge gained over a stellar 35-year coaching career. Goorjian coached the Boomers at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games as well as coaching…

Basketball Australia Statement Regarding Coronavirus Basketball Australia & Basketball Ballarat continue to work with Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Australian Department of Health and Victorian Department of Sport and Recreation to monitor the situation and will act in accordance with advice from the relevant authorities. At this stage, the Australian Under-18 Championships &…

Talking Split – Off Court Ideas and Maximising Your Training Time When we have it how do we use it to our fullest potential? If we don’t have it, what are some of the things that we can do to still improve our athletes? We look at some of the off court work that is…

FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualification Tournament 2020 Postponed We would like to provide you with an update on the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualification Tournament 2020 in relation to the consequences of the Covid-19 virus outbreak: The Olympic Qualifying Tournament is integral to the Tokyo Olympic Games. This competition will not be cancelled, and is highly likely…

UC CAPITALS DEFEAT JAYCO SOUTHSIDE FLYERS 71-68 IN GAME 2 TO WIN 2020 WNBL GRAND FINAL SERIES The University of Canberra Capitals claimed their ninth Chemist Warehouse WNBL title at AIS Arena tonight in front of a home crowd of 4,600. The Capitals earned the historic win off a huge second half comeback led by…