If You Do Not Register Via the ITP Process, Then Coaches Will Presume

Norwood Basketball Club Newsletter July 2008

Players asked to register for new season Contents 3 August ITP deadline 1 ITP Reminder & External Trials as new player trials loom 2 News In Brief

This year we will again be running external trials 3 Jess Foley Interview on 24 August 2008 for all interested players who 4 Photo Day are outside the Club, for them to get the chance to be seen by our Club’s coaches in their own trial. 5 VIC / SA Court Situation This gives new players the chance to shine in a less intimidating environment. At this time we are 6 Coaches Corner not intending to run trials for U18 Boys/Girls or 7 Diary dates & Contact Information U20 Men/U21 Women. We do, however, need existing players (including U18 Boys/Girls, U20 Men & U21 Women) to show their interest for next season through an Intention to Play (ITP) registration payment of $50. We require some teams to attend trials and give This helps us gauge the numbers of players in the coaches a measuring stick of new players to each age group that will be up for selection next existing players to compare against. The team/s season. This data assists us in the organisation below are requested to attend their trial time to for the nomination of teams and coaching help us measure the standard of the new players. If you do placements for each team. If you do not register Once we have completed the external trials then not register via the ITP process, then the coaches will presume the coaches will sit down and work out the squad you are not intending to play and they will not placements for the 2008/2009 seasons. All via the ITP place you in a squad for the Summer and Winter players who are not offered a position/placed in Seasons for 2008/09. ITP forms are available on a squad will be placed on the waiting list. process, the website. then coaches However, payment of the ITP registration does All new players are welcome not guarantee a position in a squad. It does mean Katrina Day will presume that the player will be considered by the coaches you are not in the squad selection process and if the coaches believe that the player is up to District basketball intending standard, then a position in a squad will be offered to play for the coming seasons.

Norwood Age grouping Year born Trial times Court team to trial Under 16 Boys born 1994 and 1995 9.15am to 10.30am 1 16B3

Under 16 Girls born 1994 and 1995 9.15am to 10.30am 2 16G2 Red

Under 12 Boys born 1998 and 1999 10.15am to 11.30am 1 12B2 Red

Under 10 Boys & Girls born 2000 and 2001 10.15am to 11.30am 2 All existing

Under 12 Girls born 1998 and 1999 10.15am to 11.30am 3 12G2 1 Under 14 Boys born 1996 and 1997 11.15am to 12.30pm 1 & 2 14B3 Blue

Under 14 Girls born 1996 and 1997 11.15am to 12.30pm 3 14G3 Blue

For further information phone The Norwood Ofﬁce on 0422 056 947 or email [email protected] or view our website www.norwoodbasketball.com.au Reminder In brief Sunday 3 August at Mars is News around the club Photo Day, and the last day for existing players to register for next season.

“ Norwood supports our coaches by reimbursing the costs for coaches who successfully undertake Level 1 and 2 basketball coaching courses.”

New coaches needed Opinions on Champs sought Interested, or know someone who is The club is interested in receiving interested in coaching? Norwood is feedback on Champs in its role as the looking for some new coaches for the Club’s uniform supplier. If you have any 2008/09 basketball year. Coaching is a opinions on the quality, cost, supply or very rewarding and enjoyable position range of Club uniform garments available and can benefit your personal growth and from the two Champs stores at Burnside basketball knowledge. Norwood supports and Tea Tree Gully, please forward our coaches by reimbursing the costs your comments to the office, norwood. for coaches who successfully undertake [email protected] Level 1 and 2 basketball coaching courses, and the Coaching Director provides valuable assistance, support and Happy snaps knowledge throughout the year. Lightning season ticket opportunity Please send us in your action shots for Parents who coach a Norwood team our photo page of the newsletter. All Australia’s WNBL champions, Adelaide receive a 50% discount on the subs photographs submitted must be cleared Link Lightning, are offering District of one child and players who coach for publication with children’s parents, basketballears a special deal on tickets have their junior or senior fees waived. and any adults pictured. This includes for the WNBL 08/09 Season, which For further information please contact any opposition players who can be commences in October. Coaching Director Simon Pritchard identified in the picture. We would love on 0412 037 720. The regular prices on season tickets* you to contribute. are $99 per adult, $69 per concession and $32 per child, but our offer to all Coaches, have you thought about SA clubs is an opportunity to purchase team trophies? season tickets* at a discounted price of Our Junior Presentation Day will be held $89 per adult, $59 per concession and on Sunday 14 September 2008. one (1) child’s ticket for free with every adult ticket purchased. All U10 & U12 players will receive a medallion. Coaches of our U14 to U21 Come and support our Link Lightning teams are to award two trophies to Adelaide WNBL Champions their team. take the drive towards back to back championships! The coach can call the trophies what he Order forms are available on the or she likes, eg “Coach’s Award”, “Best website, www.adelaidelightning.com & Fairest”, “MVP” etc. The names of or call 8444 6444. the trophy recipients are to be emailed to the Norwood office on norwood. For every individual age group/division [email protected] by mid-August. (eg. Under 10 Div 1) team this offer is Please meet this deadline. possible when you purchase three adult season tickets*, which of course would 2 also entitle the purchaser to a free child’s season ticket with each adult ticket also. Please note, a season ticket entitles the bearer entry to all regular season games only. Foley lights up Flames Fresh from a foray in the US, CABL guard Jess Foley is bringing new experience into the Norwood team

After a stellar start to the year winning the WNBL with Adelaide Lightning, Norwood guard Jess Foley has returned to the Flames CABL women’s team, scoring more than 26 points in each of her past five games. The team will need all of Jess’s reinvigorated shooting power, as it is placed 6th on the ladder after Round 15, with seven wins and eight losses. The 182cm guard is in fine form, though, consistently scoring highly, with a game- high 34 points in the most recent match against Sturt. Jess, 25, is fresh from the US, where she spent nearly a month trialling for the WNBA with the Connecticut Suns. The disappointment of being a late cut from the deep, 24-player squad has been balanced by what was overall a great experience, in which she enjoyed strong competition and learned more about “the American style of basketball”. Pressed on what that means, Jess says: “They pigeonhole players there. In Australia players are more versatile. In the US you specialise, you’re a shooter or whatever. People are very good at what they do, but they’re probably not as versatile. I’ll be a bit better prepared next time.” The 182cm guard from Wodonga also “ In Australia players made the first squads for the Australian are more versatile. Olympics team, the Opals, who will defend their championship title in Beijing In the US you shortly. Luckily for the Norwood ABL specialise” team, Jess won’t be on that tour, and will instead try and help the Flames women into the finals here. Mid-placed Jess Foley in action on the ladder, the Flames need a strong Photographer Damrob run home to make it into the finals. With Jess on board, the team knocked off ladder-leaders North Adelaide recently, so there’s every chance the women can finish strongly. Apart from honing her skills and fitness, Jess is also doing some work looking after youth in Government care. She is also prepared to coach Club juniors.

Private Coaching: Jess has done a lot of

individual coaching on ball skills and shooting, 3 and would be happy to speak to any Norwood juniors interested in brushing up their skills with one of the best in the business. Cost negotiable. Contact Jess on 0402 095 406. Team Photos Photo Day Times Sunday 3 August 2008 18G1 8.45 18G2 Blue 8.51 Put MARS in your diaries for Sunday morning 3 Team Managers 18G2 Red 8.57 August 2008, when team photos will again be An order form for each Team Manager is attached 10G1 9.03 taken. All teams are to be present in blue uniforms on the following page as well as on our club and Coaches and Team Managers are required website. Managers are asked to fill out the forms 10G2 9.09 to wear their Norwood tops. All players are to be in advance please. There’s also a draft allocated 12B1 9.15 present on the day, but there is no obligation to time for each team up on the NBC website and in 18B1 9.21 purchase a photo. the newsletter. Every effort has been made to allot 18B2 9.27 The packages are: teams times that fit in with training obligations, 16G2 Blue 9.33 a) One 6x8 team photo for $17.00 but if you have any queries or problems with your slot, please call Kerry Minchin on 16G1 9.39 b) A portrait pack priced at $23.00 which contains 8364 3694 or 0418 858 639. 12G1 9.45 one 6x8 portrait photo and two 6x4 copies of the portrait plus one 6x8 team photo. On the day, please bring the order forms, with all BREAK team names filled out, and the correct money and These photos are taken by a professional sports 12G2 9.56 hand them into the Admin person prior to being photographer and are good value for a lasting photographed. 12G3 Blue 10.02 memory of your Norwood team. We seek 12G3 Red 10.08 everyone’s co-operation on the day by arriving 14B1 10.14 promptly a few minutes before the allocated time, Draft Photo Day Roster in correct uniform, and with order forms filled out. 14B2 10.20 Every effort has been made to fit in with training 14B3 10.26 times, but sometimes changes may need to be 14B4 Blue 10.32 made. Please keep checking this roster on the Club website, where changes, if required, will 14B4 Red 10.38 Norwood Uniforms available from be posted. In case of changes, emails will be 14B4 White 10.44 sent to the relevant team managers, but we urge 12B2 Blue 10.50 parents to keep checking the website, especially 12B2 Red 10.56 the day before. Please email Kerry Minchin on kerrywakefi[email protected] if changes need to 12B3 Blue 11.02 be made. 12B3 Red 11.08 14G3Blue 11.14 SPORTS STORES BREAK 14G1 11.25 14G2 11.31 14G3 Red 11.37 14G4 11.43 Burnside & 16B4 Blue 11.49 Tea Tree Plaza 16B4 Red 11.55 18G2 Red 12.06 16B5 Red 12.12 16B1 12.18 16B2 Blue 12.24 16G2 Red 12.30 16G3 Red 12.36 16G3 White 12.42 16B2 Red 12.48 16B 3 12.54 18B3 1.00 18B4 1.06 18B5 1.12 10B1 1.18 10B2 1.24 10B2 Red 1.30

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5 �� Eating Crow on court space You’ve got to hand it to the Vics when it comes to basketball courts Travelling does broaden the mind, and visitors to Notes On Figures Melbourne at the June carnivals will have noticed - These figures are a guide only, as the two sets that that city has an abundance of basketball of statistics are not completely comparable, but stadiums. are the best available. For example, the inclusion Just how abundant can be seen in the table of country players inflates VJBL numbers, below, which is a comparison of courts available indicating that the true ratio is in fact worse for SA. to the elite junior basketball competition in each - In both states these numbers are a small part state. Astute readers of statistics will notice not of a much larger basketballing community, only that SA has more than twice as many players involving social, church, association, school per court as do the Victorians, but that since the competitions. However, these are the Victorian figures contain country players, the true comparable, top-level junior (aged 20 and ratio is even worse. under) competitions in each state. Melbourne courts, moreover, are predominantly - Vic junior competition runs on Friday nights only located in the city’s east – another stark variation in Melbourne, with most country areas sending from the case here. teams. SA runs Thurs-Sat, with metro teams only. - BSA keeps a list of active players, VJBL does not. Vic active players estimated by multiplying number of teams playing in VJBL Fri night competition (955 teams) by players per team (8.5) = 8117. Basketball SA has 5028 registered MELBOURNE ADELAIDE players overall, including seniors,but District Competition Victorian junior Basketball SA players born in 1989 or later number 3629. basketball league - Figures put together with help of Adrian Campbell, VJBL Admin Officer, and Population 3.8 Million 1.15 M June McKenzie, Assistant Basketball Manager, City stadiums 55 10 Basketball SA. (6 Run by BSA, 4 others) Kerry Minchin 26.06.08 Active registered 8117 3629 junior players (Metro plus country) (Metro only) No of metro 158 31 courts Ratio of players 51 Players per court 117 Players per court per court 6 Coaches Corner

Simon Pritchard Coaching Director

Simon Pritchard reveals how to beat the full court press

Full court press defenses try to The white-coloured get turnovers and easy baskets by zones catch the pressuring, trapping, and harassing the player in the offense. There are several principles and corner. some strategies in beating this pressure. The dark zones are 1. Stay calm excellent trapping The press tries to upset you, and make zones, since the you commit turnovers. Try to be calm and offensive player confident that you can beat this. If you cannot retreat make a mistake, you must immediately across the 8- forget it and stay calm. Otherwise, they second line. may get three more steals from you, like The lighter zones a snowball effect. Do not dwell on what’s are good trapping already happened; always think “next zones because play”, what is going to happen next. The the offence has to coach must stay calm too. An upset, worry about the angry coach is not what the already 8-second count. rattled players need. In a time-out, the coach must be calm, reassure, re-focus his players, and settle his players down. 5. Getting the ball in-bounds 7. Receivers, meet the pass 2. Think “attack!” Get the ball in quickly, before the defense Go to the ball, get open. But keep your can set up. Make sure you make a good spacing. Look for the open spots in the A full court press is always a gamble for inbounds pass. Do not take the ball out defense. Get open so your teammate can the defense. If you think positive, and from directly under your basket, or your pass to you. Before you even get the ball, attack the pressure, you can get an easy passing lane may be restricted by the look to see where other open teammates lay-up and score. So when you see a backboard. If the other team has just are, so you will know where to pass to press coming at you, ATTACK! Think of scored, you may “run the baseline”. You immediately. When you receive the ball, it as something to beat, to get an easy cannot run the baseline if the ball went don’t have your back turned. Immediately score... make them pay! out of bounds and the official is handing pivot and face down-court, so you can 3. Three “looks” it to you. You must stay where the ref find an open teammate. a. Look up. See the floor. Look up the gives it to you. If the ref doesn’t handle it 8. Use the whole court and reverse court. Don’t look down at the ball. (like after a score), you can use the whole the ball to the opposite side. baseline. b. Look before you pass. Make good, Keep at least one player on the “weak- quick safe passes. 6. Quick, accurate passing side” to reverse the ball to the opposite c. Look before you dribble. Don’t dribble You must look and find the open man side of the court. unless you have to. You beat the press immediately, and make a quick, accurate by quick, sharp passing, usually not pass. Avoid soft, lob passes. Passing up dribbling. the floor, and cutting, are the secrets to beating the press. Look up the floor and 4. Avoid “trap areas”... the corners. Don’t anticipate where you will pass the ball, 7 dribble into one of the trap areas (see even before you get it. below)... back away but keep your dribble alive, or pass off. Diary Dates August 3 Intention to Play deadline, Photo Day 9 Central ABA grand final 24 Junior Trials September 14 Junior Presentations 18 - 21 Junior grand finals October 11 Coaches’ first meeting - ALL MUST ATTEND 12 First training of new season 13 Summer subs due - BSA subsidy returned to teams 17 First game of new season

Co-ordinators Coaching Director Basketballs u/10 to u/18 Boys & Girls Liz Wilkins 8336 3687 Simon Pritchard 0412 037 720

First Aid Paul Frisby-Smith 0418 489 890 Information Ofﬁcers Under 10 Uniform Hire Barb Whitford 0439 629 845 Girls Under 10 2nd Hand Uniforms Tania Machek 0407 724 451 Rose Boyd 0403 806 284 Under 12 Sue Virgili 0411 464 492 Playing Numbers Steve & Beryl Thorpe 8364 2281 Under 14 Trudi Spangler 8379 3140 Carnivals Under 16 Gaylene & Steve Billing 8396 1853 Jeanette Chesser 8362 5725 0431 192 131 Under 18 Training Schedule Sharon Walker-Roberts 8271 9194 Steve Schmidt 0418 870 332 Club Postal Address Boys PO Box 72 Club Management Under 10 MARDEN SA 5070 Jenny Burns 0433 165 853 President Peter Roberts 8362 3602 Under 12 Norwood Office Errol & Mary Surman 8336 5216 Phone: 0422 056 947 0401 123 188 Fax: (08) 8211 7708 Vice President Under 14 Boys Michael Headland 8332 7400 Lee-Anne Lord 0408 866 715 Treasurer Under 16 Boys Email Terry Omond 8331 7551 Des Sadauskas 0408 622 936 [email protected] Secretary Under 18 Boys Websites Chris Fryters Ph/Fax 8376 3467 Ellie Cretan 8263 4617 norwoodbasketball.com.au Committee easterclassic.basketball.net.au 8 Katrina Day 8263 6610 Jeff Hooley 8188 1170 Graeme Long 8396 5684 Kerry Minchin 8364 3694 Greg Starkey 8342 3171