Athletes from the COE Women’s program spent the morning with the Basketball Australia Under 25 Devils squad sharing experiences as elite young athletes. The Devils have enjoyed a high energy camp at Australian Institute of Sport this week

Always very appreciative of the opportunity to talk to Neil Gray

This weeks guest will be no stranger if you have done Australian Sports Commission Reflection Course. Lauren Robinson is a young coach with incredible knowledge and a ever growing coaching CV! This is a great episode to get an insight on reflection and the coaching journey! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bui…

Privileged to have been a part of the new coach education being developed by AusSport!

A huge 8 days of wheelchair basketball action wraps up at the AIS! What a way to finish off the 2022 HP wheelchair basketball season 👏

Read the wrap: bit.ly/WCPathwaysCamp…

#WeAreBasketball

What a huge week at the COE with the massive Wheelchair Pathway camp, the State & Territory HP pathway leads meeting and scholarship coaches from Indigenous Basketball Australia on site

Everyone has times where their confidence level falls. The best players learn to reframe their minds & put it aside. Doing that increases belief in themselves. Redirecting thoughts/actions toward positivity helps you find the balance to perform at normal levels on a daily basis.

Great leaders separate themselves consistently. They complete in conditioning, finish every rep & workout & do it every single day, even when they don’t feel like it. They lead by example & constantly prove themselves to their team & coaches! Great leaders WIN each and every day!

One person can make all the difference.

Be that person.

Never stop coaching your team - whether you’re up 20 or down 20.

Coaches: Please don’t be the coach who shouts your players failures, but whispers their accomplishments. Kids know when they’ve messed up. They don’t need it broadcast for everyone else, but when they succeed, at even the smallest thing, celebrate it! Positive attention matters!

Do your words match your dreams, your training match your aspirations, your actions match your commitments? Your work ethic has to match up. You must have an unshakable faith in yourself & leave your comfort zone behind. You won’t achieve your dreams by staying in cruise control!

Parents: Let your kids be coached. Let them get used to coaches holding them accountable. If you save your children from discomfort, you often keep them from realizing their own strength & abilities. Let them grow their character so they can become confident, independent adults!

Young Assistant Coaches:

- Get off your phones during practice
- Offer to stay after practice for xtra work
- Show up early, set the example
- Help set up / clean up games & practices
- Before games ask HC if they need anything
- You should NEVER be sitting down @ practice

The best things to do for your kids:

-Discipline when necessary
-Teach them not to quit
-Love unconditionally
-Let them experience failure
-Make them face adversity
-Be a solid foundation
-Teach the difference in wanting/working
-Make them stand on their own 2 feet
-Support 100%

Players: If coaches feel like they have to coach your effort, they’ll most likely move on. There’re so many players who want it that it’s wasted time to push the ones who don’t. When you’re ready to get after it, you just may learn something. The 1st lesson is always work ethic!

Everyone wants a coach who’s passionate, dedicated, knowledgeable, but none of that determines a coach’s true worth. The best coaches are the ones who grow their players by impacting/improving not only their players’ performances & abilities, but also their lives & their futures!

Your biggest competition will always be mindset. It’s a battle you’ll constantly fight. If you let it, it’ll make excuses & get you to blame circumstances. It’ll try to keep you soft; it’s made to protect you, but the truth is, it’s all in your head. Your body is fully capable!

The purpose of practice is skill development, not image management. So, don't be afraid to look bad in practice by trying new things in order to play well in competition.
#TheChampionsMind 🏆

Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.