Talking Split

We are visiting the teaching points and cues that coaches use for various skills involved with basketball this week. How do our players learn, how can we get them to retain and implement information, and do we as coaches make it easy enough for them?
The Luka Doncic link that Coops was talking about can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFUREK_eW0

The Talking Split podcast is back and bringing the energy from the tip off! This week we discuss the 10 most asked questions at coaching courses that we hear and try and provide some answers or perspectives on them all. If you’ve got any questions you would like the team to answer, you can email them in, or defensive slide into the Talking Split DM’s on X or Instagram.

The YouTube link that Coops was talking about can be found here: https://youtu.be/UeEEf8iVngU?si=wMqi2WN3frDwCvsM

It’s that crazy time of year again, where we see masses of players attend trials for various teams around the state. They’re stressful times for players, families, coaches, and of course – our administrators! We unpack some of the important things to look at to make sure the process runs as smoothly as possible for everyone with some ideas to get the best outcome for everyone. Best of luck to everyone out there!

Joined by Basketball Victoria’s Child Safety Advisor Sarah Wolokh, so discuss how as coaches, we can make a safe and welcoming environment for all our children in the sport. We look at what best practice is, the things we need to be mindful of, and how coaches can protect themselves as well as the players. You can find the Child Safe Standards and Sarah’s contact details on the Basketball Victoria website here: https://www.basketballvictoria.com.au/resources/association-resources/child-safe-standards

Joined this week by the “other” Australian Basketball Podcast host this week, in Game Development Manager for Basketball Australia, Neil Gray. Basketball Australia and Sport Australia have been working on a coach mentoring program to assist coaches in their support and development as a new coach into the sport. We talk about some of the successes, some of the challenges and where the program can go from here.

We have gone international this week, as we are joined by Siale Bain-Vete from Tonga, and Marlene Lumabi from Northern Mariana Islands, who are the recipients of the Marty Handson Scholarship. We recap their experiences in basketball, and what the whirlwind fortnight of coaching development looked like for them. 
The scholarship program was named after former head coach Marty Handson who passed away in 2016. Beyond being a great coach leading Victoria Country to its first Gold Medal, Marty was also strongly involved in the development of athletes and coaches across all levels of the basketball community. His dedication to this cause is recognized and respected within Basketball Australia and FIBA Oceania as he was traveling internationally to deliver programs, sessions, and clinics.

We are coming to the end of another season for juniors and seniors, and we explore what coaches need to focus on if there are no finals on the cards for your team, but also what you can try if the post season is a possibility for your group. We discuss end of season breakups, coaches gifts, and Zoe drops her best Coach Beard impression!

Seems like only yesterday that clubs were calling for coaching applications, but here we are again! We discuss how to work out which team to apply for, how to balance out your progression and what an interview might look like, and more importantly, how to be prepared for one!

Oil and Water, long two’s and winning games, referees and coaches. Some things just traditionally haven’t mixed well together over the years, so we dive a little bit deeper into how we can make a change as a coaching fraternity, to help bridge that gap. 
We are joined by the man that is widely regarded as the best official Australia has produced, and who has done more for officiating in the country than anyone ever has or ever will - Bill Mildenhall. Bill takes as through what it’s like as a referee, and how we can find a better way to have a better experience for all involved. And some standard Mildenhall stories along the way!

Back again this week, where we get another of our volunteer coach shout outs (send those in if there is a coach you want to thank), and we discuss how we can look at recruiting, retaining and developing the coaches we have volunteering their time in the sport. Some advice for coaches on their behaviour and expectations, some advice for coordinators, some advice for parents, and some advice for administrators in this podcast.