U/12 Ballarat Junior Miners teams for 2024

The U/12 Ballarat Junior Miners teams have been selected ahead of the 2024 Season. Thank you to all athletes and supporting families who attended the tryouts over recent weeks. Under 12 Boys Top Age Patrick Ashby Marcus Brennan Chase Butler Henley D’Arcy Alexander Dekker Kobe Keem Webster Kydd Lewis Mthunzi-Stevens Cooper Plester Alexander Ponsonby William…

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Ballarat Miners Rep Ready Session

With our Ballarat Junior Representative Program (BRP) Tryouts coming up, we would like to give you the opportunity to join us for a Rep Ready Session. Our Rep Ready session is aimed at preparing young athletes for our BRP tryouts. The session is run by head coach Luke Sutherland and is designed to learn skills…

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2024 Ballarat Representative Program try outs

Basketball Ballarat is now calling for player registrations for upcoming tryouts for our 2024 Ballarat Representative Program (BRP). The BRP is made up of Junior Ballarat Miners teams ranging from Under 12s through to U/18s in both girls and boys. The Under 12 Ballarat Miners are purely a tournament-based program and will compete in many…

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Joel Anderson invited into the Basketball Australia Emerging Coach Initiative

Thrifty Ballarat Miners Junior Under-18 Head Coach Joel Anderson has been invited to take part in the Basketball Australia Emerging Coach Initiative. The program is aimed at aspiring young coaches aged between  22-35 years old from across all states and territories of Australia to be part of the formalised professional development initiative. The program will…

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RADcentre provide fitness support for junior athletes

RADcentre have returned to the Ballarat Sports Events Centre this week supporting the Basketball Ballarat Elite Teams with Return to Play fitness Sessions. Director and Physical Performance Manager Chris Radford was delighted to be able to con duct the Return to Play Fitness Sessions for the Athletes in anticipation for a return to their representative…

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Junior Elite Teams back on court

Thrifty Ballarat Miners & Rush Junior teams have returned to the courts this week for two fitness sessions at the Ballarat Sports Events Centre hosted by RADcentre. RADcentre Director Chris Radford and his Performance Coaches developed the 45-minute sessions spread to assist with a Return to Play program. RADcentre support all Elite Teams at Basketball…

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Thrifty Ballarat Miners & Rush Junior Coaches goes online

The Thrifty Ballarat Miners & Rush Junior Coaches have turned their learning sessions to online due to the current Covid-19 restrictions. The Whiteboard Coaching Clinics are designed for the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) Ballarat coaches to attend sessions with both theory and practical sessions on-court however due to the restrictions and the league to…

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