Building Better Basketball

Mens COE Head Coach Robbie McKinlay recording of his oncourt session at the National Coaches Conference 2024 running through an efficient practice and drill session.

A video recording of the session will be released later. Other oncourt sessions will be released over the next few weeks.

Please enjoy the audio recording of the first oncourt session from the National Coaches conference and International Presenter Joerik Michiels.

Joerik Michiels – Founder, Elite Athletes Belgium

• Drills alone can’t mimic the complexity of the game
• The 7 types of constraints for practice – player limitations, space, scoring, tactical, defensive, tools, time
• Embrace the mess
• Don’t be a “PlayStation coach” – you can’t control every action or decision like a video game
• Managing your interventions as a coach – rewind, remind, demo, question

A video recording of the session will be released later. Other oncourt sessions will be released over the next few weeks.

You might know him better as one of the voices of the Talking Split podcast but at Basketball Australia he is our u17 Crocs coach as well as the preacher of the Master skill, the consumer of any and all Basketball content and one of the best chats for coaching in the Business. Enjoy this conversation with Neil and we look forward to seeing you at the National Coaches Conference or you jumping online to register for youth other upcoming Coach Development seminars, happy National Volunteers week!

Join Lauren Jackson as she goes one on one with only the second female coach in NBA History and WNBA Championship winning Coach Becky Hammon.

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Welcome back, everyone! If you caught our last episode, you know we’re in the middle of a great conversation, and I’m excited to bring back our guest for round two. We couldn’t fit everything into the first session, so we’re diving back in today to continue where we left off.

For those just joining us, let me reintroduce Alex Lascu. Alex, or as she calls herself, a 'skill acquisition amateur,' is an Adjunct at the University of Canberra (look that one up!) and a Learning and Capability Specialist at WA Cricket. She works in the space between research and practice in sports coaching, with the aim of merging those two worlds one day. What makes her so interesting is her generalist background—she’s worked across 15 sports and explored research from two faculties covering eight different topics.

So, without further delay, let’s jump back into it discussing Skill Acquisition in Basketball: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice and Talent Development: Building a Pathway for Success