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BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT NEXT PHASE OF ITS “WE BALL TOGETHER” PROGRAM TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY DURING COVID-19 “The Australian basketball community has an important role to play in helping contain COVID-19 to ensure basketball is fully back up and running across communities and the elite level as quickly and safely as possible,” says Jerril Rechter…

The Bronco on the COVID-19 frontline A fierce competitor for Broadmeadows Championship Women Big V team, she’s used to hard-fought battles against her opposition. What she could never imagine was that her toughest opponent yet wouldn’t be on the court at all… but at work.     A love of basketball isn’t something that just fades over time; the first moment you’re introduced…

Victorians selected for Australian Rollers Paralympic Games squad The Paralympics, originally scheduled to take place late August 2020, will now run from August 24 2021 until September 25 2021. After bringing home the gold at the AOZ Qualifying Tournament in November 2019, the Rollers also secured their ticket to Tokyo. Australia is one of 12…

The 2021 Tokyo Paralympics Rollers Squad Announced The Paralympics, originally scheduled to take place late August 2020, will now run from August 24th, 2021 until September 25th, 2021. After bringing home the gold at the AOZ Qualifying Tournament in November 2019, the Rollers also secured their ticket to Tokyo. Australia is one of 12 nations…

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Talking Split – Adaptive Finishing Following on from the shooting podcast a couple of weeks back, we follow up with adaptive finishing and finishing around the basket. Who uses it the best, why do the players need to have it in their toolkit (not toolbag as Zoe refers to it), and how do we teach…

The Basketball Network Creates Online Resource To Help Community Basketball Bounce Back The new initiative was created to help basketball administrators save time spent on resuming local community competitions and COVID-19 tracking of player match attendance in line with government and Basketball Australia’s Return to Basketball Guidelines. Providing State & Territory Associations with the necessary…

OPALS ASK AUSTRALIA TO “RISE UP” IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES MATTER Basketball Australia and the Australian women’s national team, the Opals, are asking the basketball community and community at large to RISE UP in support of Black Lives Matter. The Opals are asking all Australians to RISE UP with them in taking positive action…