Association Coach Basketball Coaching Course
The Association Coach Basketball Coaching Course camp will be held at the Queensland Academy of Sport, QSAC from 23rd – 25th March 2018.
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The Importance of Team Culture
Great athletes are a combination of a good player, but also a good person. When it comes to team selections, good character is a fundamental attribute over talent, purely because if you have 1 person with poor character – whether it be a parent, coach or athlete, it can change the whole dynamic of the group and what they’re trying to achieve.
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Basketball Families: The Bairstows
We caught up with Penny Bairstow, mother of one of Queensland’s most prominent basketball families to find out how she and her family got into basketball!
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What it takes to referee at the U20 Nationals
We chatted with our three Queensland referees; Michael Coccetti, Jacqui Dover and Jordan Napper who attended the Under 20 Nationals, held in Gosford in early February.
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Warwick Cann – Game Development Manager
We catch up with Warwick Cann, Basketball Queensland’s newly appointed Game Development Manager to hear how he got into basketball and what he hopes to bring to his new role.
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2018 Under 18 State Championships Wrap-Up
Townsville continued their winning streak with another gold medal in the U18’s Girls Division 1 on the Sunshine Coast after their success at the U16 State Champs.
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2018 Under 16 State Championships Wrap-Up
Townsville Basketball completed the double in the Under 16 State Championships on the Gold Coast winning both the Boys and Girls Division 1 Gold Medal games.
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QBL Referee Conference Registration Now Open!
2018 QBL/SBL Referee Conferences Registration Registration for the 2018 QBL/SBL Referee Conferences is now open. Registration and attendance at a Conference are compulsory if you are intending to referee or referee coach QBL or SBL this season, so make sure you get online and register! If you are not intending to referee/referee coach this…
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2018 QBL Accelerated Referee Program Participants
Basketball Queensland is pleased to announce and congratulate the following selected officials for the inaugural QBL Accelerated Referee Program Intake: Jeff Jared (Ipswich) Calia Hanks (Brisbane) Luke Chappell (Cairns) John Fenwick (Townsville) Harrison Searle (Townsville) Kyle Zulian (Rockhampton) Aaron Stewart (Rockhampton) Jordan Christensen (Brisbane) Ben Tierney (Brisbane) Development Members Lauren Drabwell (Bundaberg) Jordan Harton (Ipswich)…
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Athletes Chat about their Experiences at ADC
At the end of January, 10 Queensland athletes flew down to Canberra to participate in Basketball Australia’s Australian Development Camp (ADC) at the Australian Institute of Sport. We caught up with the attending athletes to see what they got out of ADC, and what advice they would offer for other athletes wanting to attend: Boston…
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