Valuable drill series for developing contested finishing, decision making both sides of the ball & help/recover concepts at this morning’s Women’s session
Capping off a great week in Atlanta, our COE team claims the title at the
@nbaacademy
Games with a 90-79 championship game victory. Future
@PerthWildcats
Ben Henshall led all scorers
We are excited to announce that former
@theAIS
athlete, NBA number one draft pick and legendary
@BasketballAus
Boomer
@andrewbogut
will be a special guest at the National Performance Camp Jan 22-25. Great to have an icon of the game spend time with the next generation
Our two latest alumni into the NBA Jack White and Dyson Daniels added to the locker room Wall of Fame. Exciting Opals legends for the girls locker room to be unveiled soon
Two legends of the
@theAIS
basketball program and Olympians Damian Martin and Cameron Bairstow dropped into the
@BACentreofExcel
today to talk to the athletes
Three doyens of
@theAIS
basketball program Patrick Hunt, Phil Brown and Marty Clarke were recognised today for their contribution to the
@BasketballAus
elite youth pathway
Former
@BasketballAus
Boomers coach Brett Brown was a visitor on site today and shared his vast knowledge with our
@BACentreofExcel
and NBAGA coaches
We are thrilled to announce talented young
@Basketball_Tas
guard Kye Savage will be joining the COE program on scholarship. Kye is a product of the strong BTas HP program and has been starring with
@nwthunder
this year. Welcome Kye
Congrats to the Australian athletes taking part in the
@nbaacademy
Games in Atlanta this week. Shout to out
@BACentreofExcel
assistant coach Sarah Graham who is coaching at the event
Legendary
@BasketballAus
Boomer
@andrewbogut
was on floor today with the post players as part of the National Performance Camp. Great insights from the NBA champion
Our team got to compete against and learn from one of the best to ever do it! Thanks former
@theAIS
and
@aus_opals
legend
@laurenej15
for spending time with our girls post game tonight in Albury
As part of the recent
@BasketballAus
National Performance Camp, athletes engaged in a series of skill development & decision making drills. Here are some from Day 1 of camp
The
@BasketballAus
Crocs 🐊 have arrived in Doha ready to contest the
@FIBA
U16 Cup. Best of luck to this young group as they look to qualify for next year’s World Cup
BREAKING: Johnny Furphy, a breakout Australian star from BA Centre of Excellence, has committed to Kansas and is reclassifying to join the team for the 2023-24 season, he tells
@247Sports
.
Story:
Another busy day at
@theAIS
with the
@BasketballAus
Rollers and Emus in camp and 3 doyens of Australian coaching in Patrick Hunt, Barry Barnes & Brett Brown on site
Last night’s win by the Gems means Australia has claimed the U16 & U18 Asian continental championships in 2022. 16 of the 24 players across both teams
@BACentreofExcel
athletes and 3 coaches
@theAIS
basketball alumni
Wishing our long term Women’s Head Coach
@vealy_32
the best of luck as she embarks on her new challenge leading the
@UCCapitals
7 years of leading, guiding & mentoring our future talent
Best of luck the NBA Global Academy athletes heading to the USA today to compete in the elite National Prep School Invitational in Providence. The team includes Australians Tyrese Proctor, Joshua Dent, Rory Hawke, Alex Toohey, Bol Dengdit, Yaak Yaak & Jack McWilliams
Young post player Isla Juffermans capped off a huge year by logging the incredible stat line of 35 points & 29 rebounds in the final for Lake Ginninderra College to claim gold at the
@BasketballAus
Schools Championship
So good to have 9 former
@theAIS
scholarship holders involved in the
@BasketballAus
National Performance Camp this week. Olympians, WNBL stars, NBL champions, NBA & WNBA players all giving back
We are pleased to announce that respected high performance development coach Mel Downer is our new Women’s program assistant coach. Mel has worked in elite youth development for over a decade and has coached internationally at the junior and senior level. Welcome Mel!
Great to have
@SEMelbPhoenix
coach Mike Kelly and
@CairnsTaipans
Adam Forde spend time watching the Albert Schweitzer Tournament pre-departure camp this week.
Gold medal 🥇 for the
@BasketballAus
Sapphires at the
@fibasiacupwomen
U16 event in Jordan. Jayda Clark with ice in the veins to hit the winning FTs. Australia 59-Japan 58
The COE men round out the
@NBL1
East regular season with a 20-2 record with their win at Hills today, good for first place. On top of the 6-0 record and title recently at the
@nbaacademy
Games in Atlanta
Two days of professional development and knowledge sharing with the high performance pathways coaches from around Australia. Thanks to all our presenters and participants
The
@BasketballAus
National Coaches Conference returns to the
@BACentreofExcel
May 1 and 2. Registrations open March 7. Coaching legend Brian Goorjian announced as the first of our presenters
Final team practice for graduating athlete and program captain Rubi Gray. The
@Basketball_Tas
product has been a leader on and off the floor in her time on campus
Athletes and coaches from the
@Basketball_Vic
National Performance Program have arrived at
@theAIS
for a camp. They were welcomed this evening by
@BasketballAus
coaching doyen Patrick Hunt
Celebrating 17 years since the
@BasketballAus
Opals claimed
@FIBA
World Championship gold in Brazil. 11 of the team were
@theAIS
basketball program grads
+27 and some lockdown D on a tough Brisbane lineup 🔒
Mahmoud Abdelfattah was all praise for Next Star Alex Toohey and his winning plays post-game.
#NBL24
@BACentreofExcel
Head Coach Kristen Veal presenting video feedback court-side to the young athletes in the
@BasketballAus
U17 squad camp in Sydney