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Building Better Basketball

Basketball Australia Coaches

A Basketball Australia Podcast for Coaches and Volunteers in clubs and associations around the country to hear some interesting discussions from people all over the world talking about issues that directly relevant to them to give them some new ideas or confidence to keep putting their hand up.

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28:52

Martin Heppell - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/03/15

If there was one mental skill set you would want a basketball player to have young or old, Resilience would be high up there. Neil is joined by Martin Heppell from the world famous Resilience Project to talk about all his learnings working with young people about resilience, his experience both as a professional athlete, a parent and now someone working in the mental health space and finally perhaps the most passionate selection of a coach you would want to ask a question too on record!

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26:39

Bec Allen - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/02/21

Bec Allen has been a fan favorite all around the world in the WNBL, WNBA and Euro Basket! With her defensive ability and Sharp shooting skills it’s easy to see why she is often one that catches a watching coaches eye for ideas on how they can get their players to come close to replicating her talents. Neil and Bec get stuck into her philosophy on shooting, the coach who said it was defense or bench and plenty of chat about the importance of whats going on between the ears!

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25:03

Tess Madgen - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/02/13

This weeks guest needs no introduction to the Basketball public in Australia! Opals captain, WNBL champion, role model for basketball fans everywhere, Tess Madgen. We are going to touch on her amazing playing career which still has lots of time to had to her accolades but what some people might not be aware of is the power of work that Tess is doing on the other side of the sidelines as a coach with the Melbourne Boomers academy and her She Hoops Masterclasses with Madgen. Tess discusses the coaches

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30:31

Mel Downer - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/02/07

Covering off a wide range of topics from South Australia Country Basketball & Basketball New Zealand , Mel Downer joins Neil to talk her unique coaching journey, advice she gives to coaches she works with, her strong belief on balance & the future Opals player/coach in her own house!

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33:55

Fiona McCarthy - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/01/30

Fiona is a Sports Psychologist who has worked with numerous athletes, coaches, officials and parents across a large number of sports, at all levels from local level to international level. Providing support and information for sporting parents is a true passion for her. Helping parents to understand how to assist their sporting child reach their full potential and enjoy their sport is a key area of her work. This has lead to the creation of a series of resources with the NSW Office of Sport

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28:32

Peter Lonergan - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/01/22

Todays guest will be no stranger to all of you and I’m sure you are all wondering why it has taken till now for him to make an appearance as his name is synonymous with Basketball Coach Development in Australia. Peter Lonergan is the Director of High Performance Coach Development for Basketball Australia. Peter is an influential coach educator impacting coaching development around the world. He has been an Australian Opals Assistant Coach, a highly successful State Director of Coaching in Victoria

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35:46

Leigh Ellis - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2023/01/17

Trying to describe todays guest could take many turns as Leigh Ellis is known for many different reasons to the Australian Basketball community !. You might know him from his work on NBA TV ? You might know him from the global podcast smash that is the Starters. You might just randomly have started following him on twitter as his shotting competition with Steph Curry, yes THE Steph Curry came across your timeline! Before there was Ben Simmons, Dyson Daniels et al there was Leigh Ellis, arguably the

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32:23

Sydney Masters - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/12/21

Neil is joined by Sydney Masters the Mental Skills coach at the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball. Sydney has experience in Sports Psychology and cognitive performance! Suffice to say Sydney has a lot of experience seeing how athletes brains work when things are going well and probably most importantly when things aren’t! I can confidently predict this pod will leave coaches with plenty to think about and hope you enjoy this discussion! We will take a bit of a break now for Christmas and

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23:13

Carmen Colomer - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/12/15

Neil is joined by an Australian who has been part of one of the NBA’s biggest franchises and worked with Doc Rivers and Joel Embiid but not many of you will know her name! Carmen Colomer started off her working career with the AIS before moving into the world of Rugby with the Brumbies and the Brisbane Broncos. In 2021 she then got the opportunity of a lifetime to join the Philadelphia 76ers as the Director of Sports Science before returning home very recently to take up the position of the Head of

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23:35

Lisa Middleton - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/12/07

Lisa Middleton is one of Australia’s most experienced Sports Dietitians. With over 20 years spent advising some of the nation’s most elite athletes, Lisa has built expertise in reaching optimum levels of performance in sport. Lisa has an unparalleled history of working with teams at the top of their game. In her role as Sports Dietitian, Lisa has advised the Essendon, Hawthorn, Collingwood, Melbourne and St Kilda AFL Football clubs. Melbourne Vixens Netball, Melbourne Storm Rugby League, Melbourne

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33:12

Nic Martin - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/12/02

Neil is joined by a coach who has gone from the top of Australia in Cairns right down to the bottom in Tasmania! Nic Martin is currently the State Head Coach and Development Manager at Basketball Tasmania. Nic is also just recently returned from Guam where he was one of the Assistant coaches of the Gold Medal winning U15 Australian Girls team! Nic's coaching journey started with him shooting his shot in Townsville, a great message and journey for all young coaches!

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20:34

Steph Reid - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/11/23

Neil is joined by one of the most exciting players in the WNBL Steph Reid ! Steph played College basketball in the US for the University of Buffalo, picking up MVP honours and being part of their first ever NCAA tournament run! Back home in Australia she has played for the Dandenong Rangers/Southside Flyers and now with the Townsville Fire and made her Opals debut this year against Japan in Sydney! But Neil, I hear you ask Steph is a player, not a coach? Just wait!

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24:48

Darren Smith -Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/11/16

Darren Smith (CEO Basketball Australia Pathways) was a player himself which we will touch on but we have him on to talk about the US College pathway which is growing increasingly popular for Australian players looking to be able to gain further development of their skills, education and life experience. Darren has been through this experience himself as a player but most recently Darren has also been through it with his daughter Alanna as she secured a scholarship at Stanford University.

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35:47

6.Talking Split x Building Better Basketball Crossover

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/11/10

Today is the crossover episode you have all been waiting for, the OG’s of the Australian podcast game, Talking Split from Basketball Victoria. We were lucky enough to have Jenni Screen on at the end of season 1 and now we get two more of the set! I’m really excited to have the Brains and Voices of that show in High Performance Coach for Basketball Victoria Country Women Zoe Carr (@ZoeCarr85 on twitter) and Rob Coulter, Coach Development Coordinator for Basketball Victoria @RobCoulter on twitter

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22:14

Alex Sarama - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/11/02

Alex shares team and player development ideas for coaches, teams, federations, and organizations all around the world. Alex’s focus is on helping coaches stimulate their thinking by combining their personal and practical experiences with the empirical evidence which exists within the research world. Many of these evidence-informed coaching ideas that Alex shares are based upon the Constraint Led Approach (CLA) underpinned by Ecological Dynamics (EcoD). Alex specializes in helping coaches make sense

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29:47

Brent Goriss - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/10/27

Brent has an honours degree in Exercise Science, is a full time Exercise Physiologist and Strength and Conditioning coach. You might have seen Brents face on your tv’s and wondered who he was as he has roles with the Townsville Fire, Heat and Flames and the Australian Opals. Brent is the brother of Paul Goriss, one of the current assistants of the Australian Opals. We are really excited we have been able to grab a window in his busy schedule to pick his brain about creating and maintaining a body

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24:16

Damien Morris- Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/10/20

Todays episode is a going to be a little bit different, a little bit more serious but you know as coaches sometime we have to deal with the tougher conversations and our guest today is going to help arm you with what you need to look out for and how you can best handle the situations in the event that something does happen to a player under your care. Joining me today is Damien Morris, the Head of Integrity at Basketball Australia. Damien is no stranger to Basketball having held a role on the

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32:33

Howard Beck - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/10/12

Howard Beck is an American journalist. Beck has covered the National Basketball Association for the Los Angeles Daily News, the New York Times and more recently, Bleacher Report. Since December 2020, he has been an NBA senior writer for Sports Illustrated, where he also cohosts The Crossover podcast with Chris Mannix. On the podcast Howard gives us his own insight into how the global nature of the NBA is changing, the role of the coach in that and shares some great NBA stories.

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23:47

Dee Butler - Building Better Basketball

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/10/07

Dee had an AIS scholarship at 16 and made history winning the first and only WNBL championships with an AIS team. Dee as well as representing the Opals also played professionally in Spain and Italy and after 13 years in the WNBL was awarded life membership. Dee swiftly moved into coaching and has had numerous senior roles in Victoria both at Club and state level as well as coaching the Australian U19 Gems at a World Championship level. Dee joins Neil to talk about her role as Official Scout for FIBA

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18:50

Episode 15 - Season Finale - Building Better...

Building Better Basketball ·

2022/08/24

Elite Player, Excellent Coach, Quality commentator and Super Mum ! Jenni Screen joins Neil to talk about her return to coaching, her coaching philosophy and supports and the Womens World Cup which is right around the corner!

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