Issue #2
April 2013
Welcome to our April newsletter for the season 2013
of our MWBA Representative Newsletter “The Eagle
Press”.
Our monthly e-newsletter will provide you with
important dates and information for our Representative
teams about camps, trials and social events during our
season.
We want you to get involved! You are welcome to share
any exciting news, game reports, photos or
achievements about your team, coach or one of your
players by sending your contribution to our editor
Angelika Goehring, email
[email protected].
Current as well as previous issues of “The Eagle Press”
as well as latest news about teams, players and camps
can
be
found
on
our
MWBA
website
http://www.manlybasketball.com.au/.
CONTENTS
Dates for your Diary
Congratulations
Chocolate Fundraiser
Basketball Gear at NBISC
MWBA Waratah Championship League
Sweepers wanted
Snapshots – U12M1
Players Tips –Jay Bilas, Part 1
Helpful websites for your Season
Coaches Corner
MWBA Board Members
Contact/Sponsors
Go Manly!!!
Happy reading!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
12th April 2013
MWBA Photo Night, starting from 6.30pm, please check your team’s time-slot with your manager
15th April 2013
Waratah U14 and U15 Boys Trials for Development Camp, Bankstown Basketball Stadium, 10am till 3pm, details
and registration www.nswbasketball.net.au
22nd/23rd April 2013
MWBA Representative Camp, U12 – U14 Rep players only, 10am till 2.30pm, cost $80, details and registration
www.manlybasketball.com.au
26th April 2013
Basketball NSW Guards Camp, U14, U16, U18 only, Bankstown Basketball Stadium, 10am till 3pm, $60, details
and registration www.nswbasketball.net.au
1st May till 26th June 2013
Early Eagles Program, advanced players only, 6.30 till 7.45am, cost $100, details www.manlybasketball.com.au
Early May 2013
Start of MWBA Chocolate Fundraiser, details tba via team managers
1st July 2013
Waratah U13 All Star Camp Trials, Knox Grammar School, 10am till 3pm, details and rego
www.nswbasketball.net.au
6th September 2013
MWBA Junior Presentation Night, Dee Why RSL, 7-10pm
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Our annual Chocolate Fundraiser is soon
starting with chocolate boxes filled with
FREDDO Frogs being available at the
beginning of May.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Congratulations to Gerard
Martin and Nick Duncan
who have been awarded the
Australian
Institute
of
Sport Scholarships to its
National
Centre
of
Excellence 2013, a pathway to developing
potential international athletes to represent the
Boomers and Opals on international level!
We wish them all the best when they will start
their development training and touring China with
the Australian U20Men over the next months.
Congratulations also to Dan Pitcher and Tom
Savage for being selected to play in the NSW
U18Men Team at the Australian Championships
in Queensland in April!
We ask you to sell the chocolates and return
the money raised to your team manager
within the deadline still to be announced.
Managers will be notified via email and
asked to pick up each team’s boxes from the
office once they are ready to go out.
It is expected from each family to participate
in this fundraiser to support our Junior
Representative Program. However you will
be able to not take a box of chocolates and
just donate the total value of the box
directly back to the club.
Additional boxes are available from the
office on request if you would like to help
further.
Thank you for supporting
our Junior Program!
Good Luck!
BASKETBALL GEAR AT NBISC
PEAK Australia shop is open at NBISC. A selection of basketball shoes as well as
a selection of basketball gear can be viewed next to our MWBA canteen during
opening hours on Monday evenings.
For enquiries you can contact Kris Reading at [email protected]
For anybody who still needs to stock up on Representative Uniform items you
can contact the office to organize your purchase during opening hours.
Also available for purchase at our MWBA office are the following
items:
MOLTEN synthetic leather basketball size 6,
Black whistle
FOX 40 whistle
Black lanyard
$30
$2
$9
$2
Please contact Eileen Thompson for your purchases during office opening hours.
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MWBA WARATAH CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE 2013
Expectations are high for our MWBA Waratah Championship League
Team this season and the team wants your support!
A few words from the Team Captain Duane Jordan:
“This upcoming ABA season should be an exciting one for our Men’s program.
We have a lot of the players from last year returning and a few additions one
being Kevin White returning after a successful season with the NBL Sydney Kings. Over the past few
years our Manly Men team has been quite successful in making to the finals weekend every year and
winning the Championship in 2010. We are hoping for a return trip to the finals this year to bring the
Championship banner back to the Northern Beaches. We have a talented bunch of guys this season
from 1-12. The most important thing is we have a group of guys who like and respect each other.
Through the past few years the Manly Men’s programs has been place in high standard throughout
NSW and this season we are looking forward to showing the community high quality Men’s
Basketball.”
Duane Jordan
Director of Basketball
Manly Warringah Basketball Association
Get to know our very own MWBA Waratah Championship Men Squad to cheer them on at their next
home game:
#5
Luke Cooper aka ‘Coops’
Height: 183cm
Position: Point Guard
Player History: Eltham Wildcats, VEF Riga Latvia, University of Alaska Anchorage College
Basketball, Sydney Kings 2011, MWBA Waratah League
#7
Dan Hobin aka ‘Hobes’
Height: 201cm
Position: Power Forward
Player History: MWBA Junior Player, Western State Colorado College Basketball, MWBA
Waratah League
#8
Phil Gray
Height:
Position: Center
Player History: MWBA Junior Player, MWBA Youth League, MWBA Waratah League
#9
Lachlan Kirwan
Height: 191cm
Position: Shooting Guard
Player History: Western State Colorado College Basketball, MWBA Waratah League
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Nathan Kirwan
Height: 196cm
Position: Small Forward
Player History: Western State Colorado College Basketball, MWBA Waratah League
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Luke Overs
Height: 201cm
Position: Power Forward, Center
Player History: Georgia College & State University Basketball, Sydney Comets, Coach MWBA
ABA Women, MWBA Coach of the Year 2012, MWBA Waratah League
#13
David Hazzard aka ‘The Haz’
Height: 196cm
Position: Small Forward
Player History: MWBA Junior Player, MWBA Youth League, Eastern Wyoming JC Basketball,
MWBA Waratah League
#15
Steve White
Height: 182cm
Position: Point Guard
Player History: MWBA Junior Player, MWBA Youth League, University of Alaska Anchorage
College Basketball, MWBA Waratah League
#20
Sam Bresnik
Height: 194cm
Position: Small Forward, Power Forward
Player History: Junior Player Queanbeyan, Canberra Gunners, Canberra Nationals, MWBA
Waratah League, Coach for MWBA Rep Juniors 2012
Coach comment: “Best defensive player in team.”
Creator and Initiator of the famous MWBA-Victory-Song!
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Duane Jordan, Team Captain
Height: 200cm
Position: Center
Player History: Seton Hall University Basketball, Independent General Pico Basketball
Argentina, MWBA Waratah League, Coach for MWBA Rep Juniors 2013
#24
Kevin White
Height: 189cm
Position: Shooting Guard
Player History: MWBA Junior/Senior player, MVP for MWBA Grand Final Winner 2010,
University of Alaska Anchorage College Basketball, Development Player Sydney Kings 2011,
Ballarat Miners 2012, Sydney Kings 2013, MWBA Waratah League
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Alex Evans aka ‘Big Lex’
Height: 195cm
Position: Power Forward
Player History: MWBA Junior Player, MWBA Youth League
# xx
Tim Hill, Assistant Coach aka ‘Timmy’
Height: 195cm
Position: Reserve, Shooting Guard, Small Forward
Player History: MWBA Junior Player, MWBA Youth League, MWBA Waratah League
Rad Radan, Head Coach
MWBA History: MWBA Youth League, Coach for Rep Junior teams, MWBA Referee
Development and Coordinator, Head Coach MWBA Waratah League
All our home games are played at our Northern Beaches Indoors Sports Centre, Warriewood.
Details about all games will be available on www.nswbasketball.net.au. You can find all home games
of our Senior’s team listed below.
Please make sure to check the website for any changes of the draw during the season.
Come and support our Senior teams this season and watch some great basketball at your
doorstep!
Waratah Championship Team Men Home-games until June 2013:
DATE
TIME
VENUE
TEAM
TEAM B
2pm
NBISC
WCLM
Hills Hornets
Sat 13 April
6pm
NBISC
WCLM
Penrith Panthers
th
2pm
NBISC
WCLM
Hornsby Spiders
2pm
NBISC
WCLM
Newcastle Hunters
Sat 1 June
6pm
NBISC
WCLM
Sydney Comets
nd
5pm
NBISC
WCLM
Bankstown Bruins
5pm
NBISC
WCLM
Maitland Mustangs
th
Sun 7 April
th
Sun 5 May
th
Sun 19 May
st
Sun2 June
rd
Sun 23 June
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MWBA Youth League Men1 – Team Squad:
MWBA Youth League Men2 – Team Squad:
#3
Nick Connell
#4
Cale Bulgin
#5
James Asensi
#7
Will Taylor
#8
Jake Ibbotson
#11
Gerard Martin
#13
Abe Bulgin
#21
James Hunter
#22
Mitch Cullen
#23
Pat Martin
#24
Kyle Painter
#31
Nick Duncan
Coach
Assistant Coach
#2
#5
#6
#8
#10
#12
#14
#15
#20
#21
#25
Rad Radan
Daniel Saggus
Alex Perkins
Shemlon Dixon
Nathan Petersen
Ben McNamara
Jordan Neville
Mitch Van Asten
Joel Chapman
Lazarus Jovic
Huw Smith
Matt Washer
Antoine Grant
Coach
Steve Shortland
Waratah Championship Team Youth League Men1 and Men2 until June 2013:
DATE
TIME
VENUE
TEAM
TEAM B
th
1pm
NBISC
WYLM2
Springwood Scorchers
th
Sun 7 April
12pm
NBISC
WYLM1
Hills Hornets
th
2pm
NBISC
WYLM2
Hornsby Spiders
th
Sun 7 April
Sat 13 April
4pm
NBISC
WYLM1
Penrith Panthers
th
12pm
NBISC
WYLM2
St. George Saints
th
12pm
NBISC
WYLM1
Newcastle Hunters
Hornsby Spiders
Sat 13 April
Sun 19 May
Sun 19 May
st
Sat 1 June
2pm
NBISC
WYLM2
st
Sat 1 June
4pm
NBISC
WYLM1
Sydney Comets
nd
Sun2 June
Sun 23rd June
3pm
3pm
NBISC
NBISC
Bankstown Bruins
Blacktown Storm
Sun 23rd June
3pm
NBISC
WYLM1
WYLM2
WYLM1
Blacktown Storm
SWEEPERS WANTED!!!
MWBA is looking for Junior Rep players who are happy to fill the position of floor
sweepers during the Seniors’ games.
Sweepers will sit behind each basket during the game, really close to all the
action, and will need to sweep the floor dry in case a player has fallen down to
avoid any injury on slippery floor.
Your child doesn’t need to sign up for the whole season, MWBA is happy for
anybody just wanting to help once as well.
Every sweeper will be given free entry to the game of course plus
a voucher for a free drink or ice-cream at half-time.
If your child is interested, please give the office and Janet Bilton a call and let her
know when your child will be available. You can bring a friend to help as well.
Thank you for helping our club!
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SNAPSHOTS - U12M1
U12M1 –Talking strategies and excitement before the game
Would you like to see your team or your child in
our newsletter next month?
Just send your photos to the editor and it will be
published in the next edition!
PLAYERS TIPS
“Toughness” – Jay Bilas – PART 1
(Source: Extract from Jay Bilas, Toughness, provided by Brad Dalton)
I have heard the word
"toughness"
thrown
around a lot lately.
Reporters
on
television, radio and in
print
have
opined
about a team or
player's "toughness" or
quoted a coach talking about his team having
to be "tougher" to win.
Then, in almost coordinated fashion, I would
watch games and see player upon player
thumping his chest after a routine play, angrily
taunting an opponent after a blocked shot,
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getting into a shouting match with an
opposing player, or squaring up nose-to-nose
as if a fight might ensue. I see players jawing
at each other, trying to "intimidate" other
players.
What a waste of time. That is nothing more
than fake toughness, and it has no real value.
I often wonder: Do people really understand
what coaches and experienced players mean
when they emphasize "toughness" in
basketball? Or is it just some buzzword that is
thrown around haphazardly without clear
definition or understanding? ...
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Toughness is something I had to learn the
hard way, and something I had no real idea of
until I played college basketball. When I
played my first game in college, I thought that
toughness was physical and based on how
much punishment I could dish out and how
much I could take. I thought I was tough.
I found out pretty quickly that I wasn't, but I
toughened up over time, and I got a pretty
good understanding of toughness through
playing in the ACC, for USA Basketball, in NBA
training camps, and as a professional
basketball player in Europe. I left my playing
career a heck of a lot tougher than I started it,
and my only regret is that I didn't truly "get it"
much earlier in my playing career. When I
faced a tough opponent, I wasn't worried that
I would get hit -- I was concerned that I would
get sealed on ball reversal by a tough post
man, or that I would get boxed out on every
play, or that my assignment would sprint the
floor on every possession and get something
easy on me. The toughest guys I had to guard
were the ones who made it tough on me.
Toughness has nothing to do with size,
physical strength or athleticism. Some players
may be born tough, but I believe that
toughness is a skill, and it is a skill that can be
developed and improved. Michigan State
coach Tom Izzo always says, "Players play, but
tough players win." He is right. Here are some
of the ways true toughness is exhibited in
basketball:
Set a good screen:
The toughest players to guard are the players
who set good screens. When you set a good
screen, you are improving the chances for a
teammate to get open, and you are greatly
improving your chances of getting open. A
good screen can force the defense to make a
mistake. A lazy or bad screen is a waste of
everyone's time and energy. To be a tough
player, you need to be a "screener/scorer," a
player who screens hard and immediately
looks for an opportunity on offense. ...
Set up your cut:
The toughest players make hard cuts, and set
up their cuts. Basketball is about deception.
Take your defender one way, and then plant
the foot opposite of the direction you want to
go and cut hard. A hard cut may get you a
basket, but it may also get a teammate a
basket. If you do not make a hard cut, you will
not get anyone open. Setting up your cut,
making the proper read of the defense, and
making a hard cut require alertness, good
conditioning and good concentration. ...
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Talk on defense:
The toughest players talk on defense, and
communicate with their teammates. It is
almost impossible to talk on defense and not
be in a stance, down and ready, with a vision
of man and ball. If you talk, you let your
teammates know you are there, and make
them and yourself better defenders. It also
lets your opponent know that you are fully
engaged.
Jump to the ball:
When on defense, the tough defenders move
as the ball moves. The toughest players move
on the flight of the ball, not when it gets to its
destination. And the toughest players jump to
the ball and take away the ball side of the cut.
Tough players don't let cutters cut across their
face -- they make the cutter change his path.
Don't get screened:
No coach can give a player the proper
footwork to get through every screen. Tough
players have a sense of urgency not to get
screened and to get through screens so that
the cutter cannot catch the ball where he
wants to. A tough player makes the catch
difficult.
Get your hands up:
A pass discouraged is just as good as a pass
denied. Tough players play with their hands up
to take away vision, get deflections and to
discourage a pass in order to allow a
teammate to cover up. Cutters and post
players will get open, if only for a count. If
your hands are up, you can keep the passer
from seeing a momentary opening.
Play the ball, see your man:
Most defenders see the ball and hug their
man, because they are afraid to get beat. A
tough defender plays the ball and sees his
man. There is a difference.
Get on the floor:
...The first player to get to the floor is
usually the one to come up with any
loose ball. Close out under control: It is
too easy to fly at a shooter and think
you are a tough defender. A tough
defender closes out under control, takes
away a straight line drive and takes
away the shot. A tough player has a
sense of urgency but has the discipline
to do it the right way.
Post your man, not a spot:
Most post players just blindly run to the low
block and get into a shoving match for a spot
on the floor. The toughest post players are
posting their defensive man. A tough post
player is always open, and working to get the
ball to the proper angle to get a post feed.
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Tough post players seal on ball reversal and
call for the ball, and they continue to post
strong even if their teammates miss them.
Run the floor:
Tough players sprint the floor, which drags the
defense and opens up things for others. Tough
players run hard and get "easy" baskets, even
though there is nothing easy about them. Easy
baskets are hard to get. Tough players don't
take tough shots -- they work hard to make
them easy.
Play so hard, your coach has to
take you out:
...Tough players play so hard that
their coaches have to take them out
to get rest so they can put them back
in. The toughest players don't pace
themselves.
Get to your teammate first:
When your teammate lays his body on the line
to dive on the floor or take a charge, the
tough players get to him first to help him back
up. If your teammate misses a free throw,
tough players get to him right away. Tough
players are also great teammates.
...
Part 2 to be continued in our next
newsletter May 2013!
HELPFUL WEBSITES FOR YOUR SEASON
Manly Warringah Basketball Association
www.manlybasketball.com.au
Basketball NSW
www.nswbasketball.net.au
Scoretable information and pamphlet available on
http://www.nswbasketball.net.au/media/files/Scoretable%20Pamphlet%202013
.pdf
Venues for Waratah Junior Metro League 2013 available on
http://www.nswbasketball.net.au/media/files/MLVenueListing(3).pdf
COACHES CORNER
PRIVATE TUITION – BASKETBALL COACHING DIRECTORY
Bianca Penning
0410-248-131
Jess Snell
0422-577-428
Rad Radan
0422-979-549
Tim Hill
0415-218-294
Sanford Jenkins
0406-757-159
Mark Somerville
0413-281-777
John Pete
0434-512-660
Private basketball coaching is available from any of the above coaches. Please contact the coaches directly using
the telephone number supplied. Fees and payments are to be organised with the coach. If you would like
information regarding any of these coaches or would like register yourself as coach please contact the MWBA
office.
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MWBA BOARD MEMBERS
The members of the current MWBA Board are as follows:
Board Member
Position
Owen Evans
Jenny Saggus
Ron Kendall
Brian Chapman
Jon Hart
Phil Smith
Steven Ramage
President
Financial Director
Public Officer
Director
Director
Director
Director
Correspondence to the Board should be directed to the MWBA office.
CONTACT/ SPONSORS
Manly Warringah Basketball
Association
Phone: 9913-3622
Northern Beaches Indoor Sports Centre,
J a c k s o n ' s Ro a d, Wa r r i e w o o d.
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Newsletter Editor – AngelikaGoehring
Email – [email protected]
Manly Warringah Basketball proudly acknowledges the support provided by its
major sponsors.
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