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ABT's
Basketball Quote Of The Month
"Champions are champions not because they
do anything extraordinary but because they do all the ordinary things
better than anyone else."Chuck Noll
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Write
For 'In Basketball'
Are you a writer for your schools newspaper, a local paper
or just would love to share your stories about your local basketball
association, high school basketball team or representative
basketball team.
If so then submit your story to Aussie Basketball
Travellers and get your name in lights. All submissions can be sent
to michael@allaussie.com.au .
Start writing your
stories today!!
Read the latest story from Lason Perkins.
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Drill Corner
Calling all coaches to submit their best drills to be
published. Each month we will publish the best drills that have been
submitted, BUT
all the drills that have been submitted will be available on the All
Aussie website for coaches to use.
Any drill used in the 'In Basketball' newsletter will
receive a FREE Aussie Basketball
Travellers bag.
Send
your drills to michael@allaussie.com.au
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ABT's Basketball
Association Of The Month
The Logan Basketball
Association is the ABT association of the month for January. Logan
Basketball Association is located in Brisbane and is the newest WNBL
franchise to be added the to the national league competition. Visit Logan Basketball Association
here....
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'In
Basketball' is a monthly newsletter focusing on
Australian Junior Basketball. 'In Basketball' will
provide Coaches, Players and Administrators up to date
information, reviews and tips.
'In Basketball' is proudly bought to you by
This month 'In Basketball' wishes you all the best
for 2008 and takes a look at the East Coast Challenge Tournament
in Sydney, we'll see how to make the Shell Drill more interesting with
Lason Perkins, there are 12 tips to becoming a better player and see
which Aussie players are playing Division 1 college basketball. As
always 'In Basketball' has its great tips for players and
coaches.
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East Coast Challenge Wrap
The East
Coast Challenge (ECC) Tournament was held last week at the Hills
Basketball Stadium in Sydney. Teams from the ACT, NSW Metropolitan,
Victoria Metropolitan and SA Metropolitan fielded teams in a round
robin format tournament. The tournament is for Under 16 & 18's and
has been set up to allow both ITC and future state players an
opportunity to show case their talents to state coaches, it also allows
state coaches an opportunity to not only see their own players under
pressure but view the talent from other states. South Australian proved
to be the standouts in 2008 with 3 out of 4 teams making the
finals of their respective age groups. Victorian metropolitan again
showed its intensity and muscle to record some huge wins over their
opponents and had both teams contest the Under 16 boys final, while the
NSW girls were the highlight for their state with the boys finding it
hard to stay in touch with both SA and Victoria. Under 18 NSW state
coach Stuart Jones had this to say on the tournament, "it's great to
be able to see our players compete at a higher level than what they are
use to, to have to play against Victoria and SA who do so many things
right allows us to see which players can handle a junior national
championship level. I have been proud of my boys and how hard they have
played each game." While Brad Luhrs coach of the ACT U/16 boys
team had this to say about the tournament, " it is a great opportunity for all involved and
probably the most notable area my team improved on over the
tournament was to play the game with the intensity that
is required at a National Championship."NSW under 16 player Lachlan Urwin was also impressed with
the standard of competition. "This tournament is tough, you have
to play with intensity all the time, I have been very impressed with
the South Australians and Victorians and how physical they are."
Some interesting things to come out of the tournament were;
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How well South Australian players shoot the ball
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The improvement of the ACT teams
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No traditional 6ft 3" or greater Under 16
player in any of the Victorian
teams
The
standout player from the tournament was Lauren Nicholson who led
the NSW under 16 girls team to a win in the final.
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Improving The Shell By Lason Perkins
The "Shell" drill has become one of the most
popular defensive drills among coaches to teach and refine defensive
fundamentals. Most coaches use the drill with four offensive players
and four defensive players in a half-court setting and cover such
aspects as ball pressure, jumping to the ball, help and recover, etc.
Once you have covered the fundamentals, here are a few
suggestions that will make the shell drill even better. To read the whole article click
here...
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Aussie Player
College Assault
2007 /
2008 sees a record number of players given an opportunity to gain a
good education while still improving their basketball skills at the
highest level. The US College basketball game is fanatical to all
Americans however it is starting to take our interest more and
more in Australia with 40 girls and 32 boys currently playing on a
division 1 roster and many more on division 2 and 3 teams. With the
exposure to the college game through ESPN, Fox Sports and Internet
streaming all junior Australian basketball players can watch these
athletes compete almost every day in front of 20,000 plus screaming
fans and dream of their chance to be recruited. However it's not easy,
training every day, individual weights and skills programs and a full
load of classes to attend, but the reward is huge if you become a
standout like Andrew Ogilvy or Patrick Mills with attention and stardom
like nothing else. Click here to see the full list of
Australians playing in division 1 programs
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WIN an ABT Basketball Bag & Hoodie
ABT is calling on all 'In Basketball' Readers to help
promote the game and basketball news by forwarding this newsletter
onto 5 basketball friends.
Every reader that sends this email using the forward
button at the bottom of the page to 5 friends will go into the draw to
win an Aussie Basketball Travellers Basketball Bag and Hoodie.
Entry closes on Tuesday 12th February and
the winner will be announced in the next issue.
Well Done to
Grant Rimmer from NSW who was January's winner and will be wearing
his ABT hoodie with pride.
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Basketball Tours
Aussie Basketball Travellers (ABT) has been providing
basketball tours all around the world for over a decade. Is your team
thinking about taking on the Americans! Then contact ABT's professional
staff to discuss the idea further.
Tours
Just Completed Include;
* Kilsyth Basketball
Association
Victoria
* Cranbrook
School
Sydney
* Hawthorn Basketball
Association
Victoria
* Bunbury Basketball
Association
WA
* Tenison Woods College
SA
* Melville High
School Northern
NSW
We
have started organising tours to the USA & Canada for Summer
of 2008/2009, if your team could be interested, please contact us
for a chat to see the services we can provide.
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