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Federal Government Invests $50.6 million into High Performance Sport This forms a part of the Government’s commitment to helping Australia’s sporting sector which has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially leading into major international sporting events such as the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and the Birmingham…

Australia to Participate in Inaugural FIBA eSports Open 2020 FIBA and Basketball Australia are thrilled to be joining the esports movement together with other National member Federations as part of this pilot project. To support its move into esports, Basketball Australia has partnered with ESL, the world’s largest esports company, for consultation and assistance with…

Talking Split – The Shooting Pod After we get that hot button topic out of the way, we are looking at shooting. What do we teach, why do we teach it, how do we get our athletes to self evaluate and why is it necessary? Technique matters, but the ball going in matters more, so…

Coaching our Mini Athletes – Jakk Walsh When a young Jakk Walsh started his Basketball Victoria journey through Aussie Hoops, he was this kid. Young, eager and completely unaware of how much it would influence him. The basketball courts of Eltham, in Melbourne’s North East, were his stomping grounds. A decade later, he’d be the king of the court.   “Funnily enough I started basketball…

Talking Split – Zoom Zoom Zoom We discuss the pros and cons of online training, how the HP program has managed to survive and thrive in this time of social distancing, and the work that has been done staying connected to the athletes (and their dogs) that has been the most important. Hopefully we are…

Basketball Victoria Webinar Series The Webinar Series, which will be held throughout May and June, will cover topics ranging from finance, advocacy, communications, technology and on court development. Each fortnight a new schedule will be announced so you can tune in and be part of the sessions, which are aimed at enhancing your association or…

2020-21 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL FREE AGENCY Basketball Australia can today confirm that Free Agency for the 2020-21 Chemist Warehouse WNBL Season will open at 1.00pm AEST today, Thursday 4 June, when the eight WNBL clubs will be able to begin negotiating with any Unrestricted Free Agents. View the full list of 2020-21 WNBL Free Agents…