Welcome to the Newcastle Coaches Page. The Basketball Association of Newcastle Limited is committed to achieving excellence in the field of coaching. The Coaching philosophy of the Association is formed by a number of key factors: The exchange of ideas and information, the value of innovation, recognised teaching principles and commitment to enrich the lives of those who participate in basketball. This page hopes to provide interested coaches, and players with practical ideas on how to improve their understanding of the game.
NSW Coaches Newsletter Available Online......Free !
‘That’s a Foul!’ is the NSW Basketball Coaches Newsletter. Distributed monthly, the newsletter contains relevant issues for all basketball events in NSW and Australia.
Copies of ‘That’s a Foul! are free and can be downloaded by clicking here.
Building Hunters Basketball Coaches Series
Building Hunters Basketball is a coach’s resource for any coach participating in the sport of basketball. Built from a series of booklets covering a broad range of topics and combined to make-up a fantastic source of information.
Topics include:
- Building Better Rebounding;
- Building Better Screens;
- Building Fast Break Offence;
- Building Full Court Defence;
- Building Fundamental Basketball;
- Building Half Court Offence and Defence;
- Building Individual Basketball;
- Building Off-Ball Defence;
- Building Press Break Offence;
- Building Press Defence;
- Building Transition Defence;
- Building Zone Defence; and
- Building Zone Offence;
Built upon the philosophies of the Basketball Association of Newcastle Limited, the Steel Basketball Academy and the Newcastle Hunters, Building Hunters Basketball is a fantastic resource for the elite coach right down to the beginner.
If you would like to order the Building Hunters Basketball Coaches Book for $10.00, or would like to order a specific topic from the Building Hunters Basketball Series for $3.00 each, contact Trevor Gallacher on (02) 4961 3185 or email trevorg@newcastlebasketball.com.au.
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Basketball Australia
 Here you'll find useful information on coaching including tips, tactics and links aimed to help all coaches from the beginner to the advanced.
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Australian Sports Commission
 Here you will find information on a wide variety of coaching topics.
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NSW Department of Sport and  Recreation
Posts general information relating to dealing with parents, drugs in sport, fitness etc.
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Play by the Rules
 Play by the Rules is, an online training and information resource for sport and recreation clubs and associations.
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NSW Basketball
 Provides information relating NSW coach development programs.
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Basketball Highway
 Worldwide educational and informational resource for basketball coaches and enthusiasts.
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Basketball Tips for Kids
 One page sheet covering key fundamentals for shooting, defence, rebounding etc.
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Kids.net.au Coaching
 Lists multiple sites to assist coaches with development.
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Coaches Clipboard
 A basketball website for players and coaches, featuring articles, plays, offensive and defensive strategies, player tips, animated play diagrams and actual video clips of player and skill drills.
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