Home-Stay-Play Coaches
Hi Coaches,
Welcome to the coaching page of the Basketball Ballarat Home-Stay-Play Program. On this page we plan to update you each week with a range of content, we will provide:
- Links to the best resources other associations are providing
- Ballarat beginner coaching seminars (held over Zoom)
- Ballarat intermediate coaching seminars (held over Zoom)
This program is aimed at our grass roots coaches, we expect parents and some domestic coaches will like to start with the beginner classes, while the intermediate classes will be aimed at coaches in domestic A grade and the JET program.
We will aim to update this page every Monday, an email will be sent to your nominated inbox to advise you of the update.
Week 11
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #9 - BV Pathways for Coaches and Players - Joel Anderson
Session #9 - BV Pathways for Coaches & Players - Wednesday 24th June - 7PM - Zoom
Register HERE.
Invites will be sent to those registered at 5pm of the 24th of June.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #8 - Referees - Their Roles and how to Communicate
For those who may have missed it, here is last weeks clinic.
WEEK 10
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #8 - Referees - Their Roles and how to Communicate
Session #8 - Referees - Roles and Communication - Wednesday 17th June - 7PM - Zoom
Session #8 will be presented by Referee Development Manager - Chloe Dunmore
This is a MUST SEE clinic, understanding the referee role and how to communicate effectively is a very useful tool in a coach!
Register HERE.
Invites will be sent to those registered at 5pm of the 17th of June.
WEEK 9
Welcome back Coaches, to Week 9 of the Home-Stay-Play Program. This week we review Coaches Online Session #7, bring you a new Wyndham Basketball Clinic and a Post Clinic from Basketball Australia's Peter Lonergan.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #8 - Referees - Their Roles and how to Communicate
Please Note: This session will be in week 10, on the 17th of June - back at 7pm
Session #8 - Referees - Roles and Communication - Wednesday 17th June - 7PM - Zoom
Session #8 will be presented by Referee Development Manager - Chloe Dunmore
This is a MUST SEE clinic, understanding the referee role and how to communicate effectively is a very useful tool in a coach!
Register HERE.
Invites will be sent to those registered at 5pm of the 17th of June.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #7 - The Pick & Roll
For those who may have missed it, here is last weeks clinic.
Wyndham Basketball - Online Coaching Clinic Series - Week #11
For those that may want to dive deeper into the Pick & Roll, presenting this week is former Country Victorian State Coach Jamie O'Loughlin
Jamie is more recently the NBL Assistant Coach at the Cairns Taipans.
Basketball Australia - Peter Lonergan - Post Clinic
Last but certainly not least, we have Peter Lonergan teaching about the post. Peter is the BA Head of High Performance Coach Development, you won't find many better teachers than this.
WEEK 8
Hi Coaches,
Welcome to Week 8 of the Home-Stay-Play Program. This week we have Coaches Online Session #7, which will be focused on how to teach the Pick and Roll.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #7 - Pick and Roll Offence and Defence
Session #7 - Pick & Roll - Offence and Defence Wednesday 3rd June - 8pm - Zoom
Registration MUST be completed here to receive the zoom invite.
Session #7 will be run by Joel Anderson. Joel will be covering off the basics of the pick & roll for U14/U16 age groups.
Invites will be sent to those registered at 6pm Wednesday the 3rd of June.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #6 - How to Teach Team Offence
For those who may have missed last Wednesday, you can find the video below.
WEEK 7
Hi Coaches,
Welcome back for Week 7 of the Home-Stay-Play Program. This week we have Coaches Online Session #6, which will be focused on how to teach team offence.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #6 - How to Teach Team Offence
Session #6 - How to Teach Team Offence
Wednesday 27th May - 8pm - Zoom
Registration MUST be completed here to receive the zoom invite.
Session #6 will be run by Joel Anderson. Joel will be covering some popular team offence concepts, as well as how to teach these to a team.
Invites will be sent to those registered at 5pm Wednesday the 27th of May.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #5 - How to Teach Individual Offence
For those who may have missed last Wednesday, you can find the video below.
WEEK 6
Hi there Coaches,
Welcome back to Week 6 of the Home-Stay-Play Program. This week we bring you Coaches Online Session #4, this session will be focused on how to teach 1v1 offence. We also have resources from Wyndham Basketball and Aussie Hoops.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online Session #5 - How to Teach 1v1 Offence
Session #5 - How to Teach 1v1 Offence
Wednesday 20th May - 8pm - Zoom
Registration must be completed HERE to receive the zoom invite.
Session #5 will again be lead by Joel Anderson. Joel will be covering layups, pivot moves, ball handling, finishing with contact, passing and how to teach these concepts in a team environment.
Invites will be sent to those registered at 5pm Wednesday the 20th of May.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #4 - How to Teach Defence
Last week Joel discussed 1v1 defensive concepts and different ways to teach these. Here is the recording:
Aussie Hoops - Coaching Course
If you're coaching younger athletes, this is a great resource help learn how to coach the basics. You can find more information here.
Wyndham Basketball - Online Coaching Clinic #7 - Lucas Allen and Kennedy Kereama
Last week Wyndham brought us a great clinic of:
- Lucas - Creating & Maintaining Advantages on Offence
- Kennedy - Building a Defensive Minded Team
WEEK 5
Welcome back Coaches,
This week we bring you Coaches Online Clinic #4, at the new time of 8pm Wednesday. We also have the YouTube link to last weeks session, hosted by Ryan McKew, which was our most attended session thus far.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #4 - How to Teach Defence
Session #4 - How to Teach Defence
Wednesday - 13th May - 8pm - Zoom
Registration must be completed HERE to receive the zoom invite.
Session #4 will be lead by Joel Anderson, U18 Miners coach and U16 Country Vic State Team Boys Coach. The focus will be on how to teach defence from 1v1 skills to 5v5 team concepts. This will touch on concepts relevant to 8-15 year olds at both domestic and rep level.
Invites will be sent to those that have registered this week at 5pm Wednesday.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #3 - How to Maximise a Training Session
Last week Ryan discussed ways to maximise a training session, if you missed it, here is the recording:
WEEK 4
Hi there Coaches,
Welcome back for week 4 of the Home-Stay-Play Program. We've been really excited to see so many of you in the Online Sessions! Please let us know if there is any topics you'd like us to cover, send through your requests to joel.anderson@ballaratbasketball.com
This week we have Coaches Online Session #3, a link to the video from Session 2, along with a clinic from our friends at Wyndham Basketball.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #3 - How to Maximise a Training Session
Session #3 - How to Maximise a Training Session
Wednesday - 5th May - 7pm - Zoom
Registration can be completed HERE.
Session #3 will be run by Ryan McKew, Ballarat Youth Miners Co-Coach, and it will focus on how to maximise a training session. This will include discussion on both domestic and VJBL sessions and is suitable for all domestic and rep coaches. Please click the link to register your interest, all information will be sent out 5pm Wednesday.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #2 - How to Plan a Season
Last week we looked at how to plan a training session, in case you missed it, here is the video.
Wyndham Basketball - Online Coaching Clinic #5 - Guy Molloy & Sam Gruggen
WEEK 3
Hi there Coaches,
Welcome back for week 3 of the Home Stay Play Program. We hope you've been keeping your basketball mind active up to this point. On that note, if you've found any resources you think would be helpful for everyone, please feel free to send them through to me at joel.anderson@ballaratbasketball.com and I'll let everyone know about them.
This week we have Coaches Online Session #2, a link to the video from Session 1, along with a clinic from the coaches at Melbourne United.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #2 - How to Plan a Season
Session #2 - How to Plan a Season
Wednesday - 29th April - Zoom
Registration can be completed HERE.
Session #2 will be again run by Joel Anderson, and it will focus on how to plan a season. This will include discussion on both domestic and VJBL seasons and is suitable for all domestic and rep coaches. Please click the link to register your interest, all information will be sent out 5pm Wednesday.
Basketball Ballarat - Coaches Online - Session #1 - How to plan a training session
Last week we looked at how to plan a training session, in case you missed it, here is the video.
Melbourne United - Coaching Clinics - Ep6 - Coach to win or develop?
This is a video from our friends at Melbourne United, tune in to find out their ideas about coaching to win and develop at the same time.
WEEK 2
Hi Coaches!
Welcome back to week 2, this week we have 3 resources for your research, PLUS our very first Coaches Online Session which will be held Wednesday night. Be sure to register your interest below!
Coaches Online Session #1 - How to plan a training session
Wednesday 22nd April 2020 - 7-7.40pm via ZOOM
Aimed at beginner coaches, all coaches welcome.
Be sure to register below to receive the zoom invite!
Week 2 - Resources
Basketball Immersion
A lot of people have heard of Basketball Immersion and its creator Chris Oliver. This blog has caught our interest this week, exploring the Basketball Decision Training (BDT) Shooting Build Up Drills. Be sure to check it out!
Basketball Victoria - Podcasts
Next we have the Basketball Victoria Coaching Podcast. This is a perfect time to catch up on the 5 seasons of the very popular pod, hearing from a multitude of different coaches and other experts involved in high performance sports. Check out the archive here.
Wyndham Basketball
Finally we're throwing back to our friends at Wyndham again this week with Online Coaching Clinic #4. In this video Mel Downer of BNZ shows her experience in 'tagging up' which is a defensive transition/offensive rebounding technique that has increased in popularity greatly since it was developed by Aaron Ferne. For a good tagging up podcast, check this out.
Second presenter in this clinic is Mark Radford from Basketball Tasmania. Tassie have steadily improved their finishes at Australian Junior Championships over Marks tenure - this is a great chance to hear from Mark about how he's built a culture of excellence.
WEEK 1
This week we have found excellent resources provided by Melbourne United and Wyndham Basketball. These are 'Online Coaching Clinics' held over Zoom. You can find more info by clicking on the headings below:
Online Coaching Clinic #1 (27/3/20)
- Gerard Hillier - “Utilising the Skip and Zero Step”
- Kennedy Kereama - “Teaching Pick & Roll Sequences”
Online Coaching Clinic #1 (2/4/20)
- Dean Vickerman & Justin Schueller
Basketball Ballarat will be host our own Online Coaches Clinic in the week starting 20-4-2020, topic will be "How to plan a training session" be sure you've signed up to our mailing list as a coach to get the information, you can do that here.