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Date to go here Inside this issue: TOUR TO THE HEART "AS we move into the 21st century ning drills and several team games land and reflecting on these amaz- Board Member Profile 2 we must remember the lesson and outside. The game I enjoyed ing children, and how wonderful achievements of the past. The the most was "The Highway" in their teacher is to put so much WA Players in College 4 vision, commitment, dedication which skills such as running time and energy into being a posi- and cultural integrity of many (driving), hopping (flat tyre) and tive influence as well as educating people has brought us to where we skipping (bumpy road) reflected them. Waves Player Profile 7 are today and carries us towards a driving conditions. Such a simple solid future." I was introduced to game with huge significance to Next stop was the local hospital Drill of the Month 8 this quote during a radio interview their learning and understanding. where Rohanee Cox and I visited on our basketball road trip to Alice several sick children. I work in the Springs last week. It was then I fully When it was time to say goodbye medical industry so you'd think Website of the Month 9 realised the importance of our visit. some children gave us high-fives, that I'd be used to needles, drips, but most wrapped their arms vomiting, cuts and bruises, but no. Mixed Basketball 9 I might be a fair bit older than most around us and held us tightly. I will I didn't faint and hopefully we put a of my West Coast Waves team- never forget that moment. smile on these kids' faces. mates and of course wiser but I was so touched to be there, It was a relatively quiet trip back to Melissa Marsh writes a weekly learning more about the history of our hotel. I didn't say much as I was column for PerthNow Upcoming Events our land and its people. We didn't taking in the surroundings of the just play a game; we engaged with  2 - 4 March 2012 the communities and hopefully SBL Pre-season Blitz helped influence children's lives.

At the Amoonguna Community we  10 - 11 March 2012 were greeted by about 20 indige- U12 and U14 All-star Weekend nous schoolchildren, who at first were extremely shy, though I could  16 - 18 March 2012 see the excitement in their eyes SBL—Week 1 and I realised how much of a differ- ence we as athletes can make in their lives.  26 March 2012 U20 Coach Applications Open We played basketball games, run-

F ROM T HE CEO

February is well and truly upon us and the level of basketball activity has increased dramatically since I wrote in the January issue of the West Coast Bounce.

The Country Basketball Championships are now in full swing, culminating in the Senior Championships to be held over the long week- end in March. A special thanks to the many volunteers and BWA staff who have worked so hard to put the championships together and to the many teams from all over the state who have travelled to compete.

The long weekend also sees the SBL pre-season tournament being staged at the WA Basketball Centre where teams will get an opportu- nity to see how their own and opposition players line up for what promises to be another exciting season.

Of interest to our members will be the agreement between Basketball WA and Venues West for use of the courts at the WA Basketball Centre. We are cur- rently in the process of discussing a longer term agreement. As always, the Board and I are concerned as your representatives to ensure basketball remains affordable to you the participants and the Mums and Dads that have children playing our great sport. We will keep you informed of progress and are cognisant of this being of interest and importance to many of our members.

In our push to provide greater services to our members, you will have noticed a renewed focus on BWA staff travelling to member Associations to conduct education and training. I am pleased to report that we have secured additional funding to employ an Association Development Officer to assist Associations with the ‘business’ side of basketball. Applications are now open to fill this position. See page 2 for more informa- tion. Another key plank in providing greater services is the Association Conference to be held on 23 and 24 April this year. More information on enrolment and content will be available in the next few weeks.

Basketball Western Australia PO Box 185 FLOREAT WA 6014 9284 0555 [email protected]

BWA B OARD MEMBER PROFILE

Name: Andrew Hugh Stewart Position on Board: Elected Member When joined BWA Board: Board member since July 2011

Profile:

Andy is currently a member of Lakeside Lightning Basketball Association and Lakeside Baptist Church.

Andy is the Head Coach of the Lakeside Lightning SBL program and has been so for 12 years. He has been an Assistant Coach with the Wildcats for three years and a Head Coach with Athletes in Action for 15 years. Andy has under- taken the role of President of the Lakeside Lightning for the past 17 years and continues in this role.

Andy’s other interests include spending time with his family and bike riding.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Association Development Officer (Position Number 120217)

A new exciting and rewarding opportunity has become available to join Basketball WA as an Association Development Officer. This position will be responsible for providing support and guidance to Basketball WA Member Associations.

The successful candidate will have highly developed interpersonal and written and oral communication skills, the ability to work with volunteers and on multiple projects simultaneously, be proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office suite and possess the ability to work as part of a team while also working with limited supervision.

Demonstrated skills in governance of sporting organisations business planning and a sound understanding of the struc- ture of basketball in Western Australia are highly desirable.

We are looking to interview potential applicants immediately with the successful applicant starting straight away.

A full position description is available at www.basketballwa.asn.au or may be obtained by telephoning Basketball WA on (08) 6272 0741.

Confidential applications may be made in word format, quoting the relevant position number and sent to [email protected] or mailed to Lisa Teua, Basketball WA, PO Box 185 Floreat WA 6014.

Applications Close – 5pm Monday 27 February 2012

EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT CAMPS

Education is at the forefront this term with another successful Level 1 Over 330 young basketballers throughout the coaching course conducted last weekend at the WABC by BWA’s own State had attended 1 of the 3 State Develop- Coach Adam Forde. In the coming weeks, a Level O coach course has been ment Camps which were held in January at scheduled to help new coaches or coaches who simply want a refresher on the WA Basketball Centre. current best practice in teaching basketball skills and fundamentals. Bas- ketball WA’s commitment to Education and Training has seen courses The Under 12s Shooting Stars Camp and Un- conducted not only at Association bases, but also educational institutions der 14s Hot Shots Camp was a great success with Murdoch University and Corpus Christi College looking to engage with some players being identified for the their students in formal accredited coaching education this month. newly formed FDP –Future Development Pro- gram. Officiating also took central stage last week with Albany hosting a Level 1 course presented by current National League Referee Coach Carey McAl- For the Under 16s Development Camp, it was lan. Over twenty participants were enrolled in the officiating course in the a great opportunity to bring the players from Great Southern and the education will boost referee standard and confi- Metro and Country together as they prepare dence in the Albany competition. for the National Tournament in July. From the camps also, the Under 12s showed their sup- In the coming weeks, a whole host of education courses are coming port for the West Coast Waves as they came through with the referee, scorebench, statisticians and coaching courses away with their first home win against the available in both metropolitan and country areas. heavily favoured Bendigo team.

A reminder that Basketball WA has its own Upcoming Courses page, where The Under 16s put on a half time show during you can find details of all accredited and planned courses organised near the Wildcats win over Townsville at Challenge you. Stadium.

EAST PERTH’S JOSEPH ACQUIL HEADING TO THE AIS

East Perth’s Joseph Acquil has received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport Men’s Basketball Program. The 17 year old was identified by Luc Longley and BWA High Perform- ance Manager Dave Herbert in the WABL U18s competition last year. Coach Herbert says ‘Joseph is an exciting young prospect and it is to the credit of Steve Williams and East Perth for identify- ing and developing Joseph. I look forward to seeing him continue to develop in our country’s high performance program’.

We asked Joseph a few questions about starting at the AIS:

Height: 208cm Age: 17 Club:

Who has been his greatest influence in basketball? WA players Joseph Acquil (middle) and Keanu Pinder ( Right) at Coach Williams the Australian Development Camp

Background when did he start playing basketball and who for? Started playing WABL in 2010 for East Perth It’s a very good environment to be in. The accommodation is Greatest achievement in Basketball? great and the training is intense. Getting an AIS scholarship What do you want to do after the AIS? What is his major goal in basketball? Go to college To play in the NBA Who is your favourite player? Describe the AIS experience, accommodation, food, training? Kareem Abdul Jabbar and James Worthy

WA PLAYERS IN C OLLEGE

Nick Cody/Willetton/6'7 Fwd/F/Lander/NCAA2/Redshirt- 2nd semester Scott Elder/Willetton/6'8 Fwd/F/Lander/NCAA2/0.8ppg 1.7rpg/3 rebounds and 1 bock in 7 minutes v Allen Univer- sity Jacob Reed/Willetton/6'3 Grd/So/Nova South Eastern/ NCAA2/3.5ppg , 1.3 rpg in 13 mins/Scored 11 points in 19 mins in loss to Florida Southern Josh Johnson/Willetton/6'6 Fwd/F/Oregon Tech/ NAIA/4.4ppg 3.0rpg in 14 mins/5 points in 17 minutes in win over Southern Oregon Daniel Casey/Willetton/6'7 Fwd/So/Dickenson State Uni- versity/NAIA/0.5ppg Kyle Armour/Willetton/6'0 Grd/J/Augusta State/ NCAA2/2.4ppg in 8.3 minutes/12 points in 11 mins in win v Flagler Nick Clarke/Willetton/6'7 Fwd/F/Ohlone College/NJCAA Bunbury Product Cameron Gliddon scored 20 points (7/13 FGs), 6 Jamie Somers/Lakeside/6'6 Fwd/F/King College/NCAA2/1.7 rebounds and 2 steals in a loss to Biola. The 6’5 Senior is leading the minutes/4 games played 2 mpg Concordia Eagles to an 18-5 record, 3rd place in the Golden State Trian Illiadis/Stirling/6'3 Grd/Snr/ODU/NCAA1/8.8ppg Athletic Conference (NAIA). This season Gliddon is averaging 13.4ppg 3.3rpg in 28 minutes/13 points in 24 mins in loss to George and 3.7 rebounds for the Eagles. Mason Robert Huntington/Stirling/6'9 Ctr/Snr/Nova South East- ern/NCAA2/11.4ppg, 3.5rpg in 25.6 minutes/10 points in loss to Eckerd College Lewis Thomas/Stirling/6'7 Fwd/F/UC Santa Barbara/NCAA1/1.7ppg 1.8rpg in 8.4 minutes/10 minutes v Chapman Cody Ellis/Stirling/6'8 Fwd/J/St Louis/NCAA1/10.5ppg 3.6rpg in 22 minutes/10 points in win over Dayton Dannii Devenny/East Perth/6'0 Grd/So/Montana Tech/NAIA/9.4ppg 5.48rpg/7 rebounds in 22 minute v Lewis-Clark State Jarrod Jackson/Perth/6'0 Grd/F/Ohlone College/NJCAA Geordie Murray/Perth/6'4 Grd/F/Vermillion Community College/NJCAA/4.0ppg 1.5rpg Ryan Godfrey/Rockingham/6'3 Grd/J/University of West Georgia/NCAA2/7.2ppg 1.7apg 2.8rpg in 25.8 minutes/5 points 4 rebs in loss to North Alabama Chudia Pal/Rockingham/6'9 Fwd/So/UNC Ashville/NCAA1/2.4ppg 3.2rpg in 4 minutes Igor Nujic/Cockburn/6'8 Fwd/So/University Texas-San Antonio/NCAA1/4.5ppg 2.5rpg in 14 minutes/4 rebs v lamar Gavin Field/Cockburn/6'7 Fwd/Snr/University of West Georgia/NCAA2/14.5ppg 5.0rpg at 44% in 33 minutes/13 points and 3 assists in win over UAH Aru Kok//6'10 Ctr/So/USC Upstate/NCAA1/Yet to play Natalie Burton/Perry Lakes/6'5 Ctr/J/West Virginia/NCAA1/1.8ppg 1.4rpg in 9 minutes/3 rebs in 13 minutes in win over Youngstown Janique Kautsky/Perry Lakes/5'10 Grd/J/Tulane University/NCAA1/0.8ppg 3.4rpg/6 rebounds in 18 minutes in loss to Tulane Ben Murphy/Wanneroo/6'8 Fwd/F/Frank Phillips College/NJCAA/2.7ppg 2.1rpg Reece Maxwell/Wanneroo/6'2 Grd/So/Gillette College/NJCAA/10.4ppg 2.6rpg 2.4apg/16 points a 3 steals v Dawson CC Jordan Hickert/Bunbury/6'9 Fwd/J/East Washington University/NCAA1/3.1ppg 2.6rpg in 14 minutes/3 points in 5 mins in loss to Sac- ramento State Tyler Hickett/Bunbury/6'7 Fwd/F/Neosho Community College/NJCAA/6.6ppg 6.8rpg/4 points and 5 rebs v Labett CC Cameron Gliddon/Bunbury/6'5 Fwd/S/Concordia Irvine/NAIA/13.4ppg 3.7rpg in 29 minutes/20 points 6 rebs in 35 minutes Kelly Bastow/Bunbury/5'7 Grd/S/Texas A&M Kingsville/NCAA1/23.2ppg 1.1rpg in 14.8 minutes Jeremy Paull/Bunbury///Northwest University - Kirkland/NAIA/Redshirt Josh Weir/Bunbury/6'3 Grd/J/Missouri Valley/NAIA Hannah Knight/Mandurah/6'2 Ctr/F/University of Colorado, Colorado Springs/NCAA2/1.8ppg 2.3rpg in 15.6 minutes

2012 SBL PRE-SEASON BLITZ The 2012 SBL Pre-Season Blitz will be your only chance to see all 26 SBL teams and our Under 18 State Teams in action, all under the same roof, on the same weekend.

The Blitz will be held from Friday 2 March to Sunday 4 March at the WA Basketball Centre, in conjunction with the Senior Country Championships.

All games will be held on Courts One & Two in the main arena with each team playing four games over the three days.

Each game will use an exciting one hour format with two 20 minute halves, with the clock only stopping for the last three minutes of each half.

Entry into the Pre-Season Blitz is just $5 a day with over 20 games on Saturday/Sunday and 12 on Friday.

For full details head to sblblitz.sportingpulse.net

U18 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND KEVIN COOMBS CUP UPDATE

BWA still requires volunteers in the fol- lowing areas to support this tournament:

 12 Seat Bus driver (referee transport)  Visit Liaison Officers (as a contact for visiting teams)  Statisticians  Traffic Control

Please contact Craig Reynolds ([email protected]) to register your interest.

BWA SENIOR DOMESTIC COMPETITION WINTER SEASON 2012

** NOMINATIONS OPEN FEBRUARY 27th **

Don’t miss out on nominating a team into the Basketball WA Winter 2012 Senior Domestic Competition at Perth’s Premier Basketball Stadium, The WA Basketball Centre, Mt Claremont.

Winter 2012 Competitions Timetable Monday Tuesday Wednesday Men 2 Men 3 Men 1 Men 6A Men 8 Men 4 Men 6B Men 12 Men 5 Men 7 Men 13 Men 9 Men 11 Men 14 Men 10 Women 2 Women 1 Women 3 Women 4 Women 5 Mixed Open

To nominate a team visit our website: www.basketballwa.asn.au

For more information contact Adam on 6272 0753 or email; [email protected]

Basketball WA is offering the opportunity for male and female players aged 16-18 years, to tour the United States and experience compe- tition against players from the mid-west and west coast of the USA. The WA NITP USA Ex- posure Tour will head to Los Angeles, Indiana, Kentucky and San Diego, visit colleges and compete in high quality basketball tourna- ments. In addition to the tournaments players will receive skill development from top level college coaches and trainers. The Tour is open to all 2011/12 NITP, State Team athletes or players that have been talent identified.

For more information contact Head Coach/ Manager Dave Herbert at [email protected]

W EST C OAST W AVES PLAYER PROFILE

Cortney Hargreaves PERSONAL: DOB : 03/09/1991; Height: 181cm; Place of Birth: Adelaide, SA POSITION: Guard JUNIOR ASSOCIATION: Noarlunga City Tigers/Southern Tigers (Adelaide)

WNBL CLUBS: West Coast Waves 2010/2011-Current

WNBL CAREER NOTES: Cortney played in 14 games for the Waves in her debut WNBL season of 2010/11 and averaged 5.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, and scored a career-high 10 points on four occasions.

GENERAL BASKETBALL CAREER NOTES: State Teams 2006, 2007 & 2008, School Sport Team 2009, Australian School Sport American Touring Team 2009, WSBL Champions 2009, WSBL Most Improved 2009, Willetton Tigers Most Improved 2009; 2011 Cortney played for the in WA’s SBL competition;

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Cortney’s hobbies include basketball, going to the beach, surfing and skimboarding. Her favourite bands are The Red Jumpsuit Appa- ratus and Birds of Tokyo. Cortney’s favourite films are Armageddon and Remember Me. Favourite foods are watermelon and roast dinners. Cortney’s hero is Kurt Fearnley.

COACH’S COMMENTS: Another rising star for the West Coast Waves in season 2010/2011. Cortney is a tall guard who has proven at the state league level that she is more than capable of making it in the WNBL.

D RILL OF THE MONTH

3 SPOT POWER DRILL

 This drill can be set up for multiple players. Cones set out 5m apart.

 Player starts at cone 1 with ball.

 Two power (hard) dribbles towards second cone, picks up ball above head and closes out to cone 2.

 Player reverse pivots and sweeps ball from head to below knees and steps off into two power dribbles to cone 3.

 At cone 3 player picks up ball above head and defensive slides to cone 1.

 Repeat for 60 seconds at high intensity.

 Focus on high to low movements, footwork and ‘push off’ on the dribble.

MIXED BASKETBALL IS COMING TO BASKETBALL WA

Basketball WA is set to launch a mixed basketball competition on Wednesday nights!

The social mixed basketball competition will be played under modified rules to ensure the games are enjoyable for all involved.

Teams will be allowed a maximum of 3 out of the 5 players from either gender on the court at all times and males cannot block the females.

Nominations are now open for the mixed competition, so get your girls and guys together and sign a team up today!

For more information check out our website; www.basketballwa.asn.au Or contact Adam on 6272 0753 or email [email protected]

W EBSITE OF THE M ONTH

FIBA Europe Coaching Website (http:// coaching.fibaeurope.com/default.asp )

This site is packed with a whole heap of information from the top European basketball coaches. Here you can find coaching articles, Tournament and clinic notes and best of all online video clinics from coaches such as Ettore Messina (La Lakers) and Greek and German U17 World Championship Coaches. It’s a great video re- source for coaches looking to learn European trends.

Basketball WA prides itself on delivering top quality services to the people of WA. A Feedback Form is now available on the BWA website for people to provide suggestions and feedback on BWA services. All feedback forms are confidential and are sent directly to the Chief Operating Officer for review and action.

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