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Talking Split – The People’s Podcast! It’s great to have so many people contributing to the podcast with what they’re doing in this lockdown period in Victoria and we can’t thank the listeners enough for sending through their information for what has ended up being our 50th show! (we don’t count the NCAA shows!) We…

2021 Victorian State Team Coaching and Staff applications open Basketball Victoria will select junior high performance teams to attend the following 2021 Australian Junior Championships: Under- 20 and Ivor Burge 10-14 February Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ACT Under-18 Championships and Kevin Coombs Cup 10-17 April Eagle Stadium, Werribee, Victoria Under-16 Championships 4-11 July Warwick…

Design Your Jersey Competition Basketball Victoria are teaming up with AND1 and Spalding Australia for you to win a one of a kind customised jersey designed by you. The winning design will be printed on an AND1 jersey for you to keep as well as winning an AND1 voucher and a Spalding Colour Me Ball….

Talking Split – James Janssen James takes us through his pathway from VJBL player and coach, through to his current role within the college system. We get to hear some great insight as to what life is like for the college athletes, what the expectations are, but also some outstanding advice on how to choose…

Talking Split – Around The Grounds We check in with all the High Performance Coaches to find out a few things, what they’re reading, what they’re watching, what they’re listening to, and what professional development they’re working on whilst we wait to get back on court. We do need our listeners to help out the…

Update On Australian Junior Championships While significant efforts have been made to reschedule these events, the fluid and unpredictable nature of the current situation surrounding COVID-19 has made it impossible for Basketball Australia to make a firm commitment to dates. Basketball Australia would like to thank everyone who was involved in the preparation of these…

Basketball Australia’s 2020 Senior National Women’s Squad The squad of 23 is full of depth and a strong breadth of talent, including veteran Opal stars, aswell as welcoming some young fresh faces. With an uncertainty still surrounding the FIBA Qualification window from 8 November to 16 November 2020, the Opals squad is required to be…

Talking Split – Katrina Hibbert A graduate of LSU and having played in the WNBA and WNBL, we look at how she made the transition into coaching from playing, how teaching has helped her coaching, what she’s learned, and what she is continuing to try and learn in her coaching career. Obviously a bit of…

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Gippsland Basketball Issues and Opportunities Paper submissions open It’s part of the Gippsland Basketball Participation and Elite Pathways Project, which is being developed in partnership with GippSport Community Solutions, the Latrobe Valley Authority, Latrobe City Council, Sport and Recreation Victoria and local basketball associations. Latrobe Valley Authority provided a $35,000 grant for for the development…