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Depending on your State/Territory and the level you are coaching, the requirement may vary.

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The current accreditation structure for basketball coaches in Australia is as follows:

Aussie Hoops Coach – recommended for all coaches before commencing involvement with program and or Sporting Schools

Community Coach – recommended for all coaches before commencing interaction with players

Club Coach – recommended for club level coaches and novice representative coaches.

Association Coach – recommended for established representative coaches and NITP coaches .

Performance Coach – recommended for coaches in Basketball Australia’s national team programs.

Master Coach – honorary accreditation by Basketball Australia.

To enrol for an Aussie Hoops or Community Coaching Course click here .

Online enrolment for the Club coach course will be available from January 2023. In the meantime you will be able to enroll through your state and territory website.

Association Coach course enrollment is managed at a State Level so contact your relevant Coach Development manager for further details.

Performance Coach course enrollment will be by invitation. For further information contact your relevant Coach Development Manager.

Each State/Territory sets their own price point due to the fluctuating cost of venue hire across the country.

How do I renew my accreditation?

Basketball Australia is currently reviewing the structure of its coach accreditation system with a view to re-establish national accreditation protocols once the majority of courses are housed on our EtrainU learning platform.

All current processes for accreditation and renewal in your State/Territory remain valid until such changes are announced.

RPL for certain modules may be granted when the applicant can clearly identify prior learning for those modules, such as tertiary education.

There will be no RPL granted for the Aussie Hoops or the Community Coach courses as they are free to complete and online so can be done at a participants convinience.

NB: Playing experience does not entitle someone to an automatic coaching accreditation with Basketball Australia.

Generally speaking, all coaches registered with their affiliated association are covered under their State/Territory Association’s Insurance Program, handled by V-Insurance Group, whilst delivering organised activities for their association.

In the first instance, coaches should contact their club or association coaching director or manager for any support or queries. Association coaching directors or managers may contact the State/Territory association for support.

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Adam Tatalovich (Sacramento Kings) presented in Australia in 2016 some very practical ideas for delivering a quality session with limited space and time for junior players.

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There are lots of reasons why people get involved in coaching.

As a basketball coach, you will often form the first lasting impression that participants and their families have with our game.

Basketball throughout Australia relies on dedicated volunteers to teach people how to play the game and compete.  We recognise there is a need to support these volunteers with high quality, consistent, accessible training.  This is fundamental to the development of players, coaches, pathways in sport and of the game in Australia.

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Club Coach Accreditation(Formerly Level 1)

Suited for domestic and representative grade coaches, the Club Coach Course is the most commonly delivered course throughout NSW.

It is typically viewed as the entry-level basketball coaching accreditation for any coach who is interested in investing time into improving their coaching skill set. This accreditation is mandatory for all head and assistant coaches coaching in Association representative basketball.

During the course, coaches will be competently assessed, and learn about teaching individual skills, offensive and defensive team concepts, communicating with youth athletes, and running efficient training sessions. For a coach to receive their Club Coach accreditation after the course, they must complete the following online components, prior to the course:

1. Online theory component via eTrainu. Details for this online component are emailed to participants after their registration to a course.
2. Completing the Play by the Rules Child Protection and Safeguarding course.

A prerequisite to participate in this course includes being a minimum age of 16.

Association Coach Accreditation (Formerly Level 2)

Suited for higher representative grade coaches (including Division 1, State Teams etc) the Association Coach Course is delivered 1-2 times a year in both metropolitan and regional NSW.

It is typically viewed as a level of accreditation that provides coaches with some specialised learnings from experts from various fields within basketball, for example:

Recovery & Nutrition for Young Athletes
Strength & Conditioning
Advanced Offensive Concepts
Defensive Schemes & Systems
Game Scouting & Preparation

For a coach to register to an Association Coach Course, they must hold their Club Coach Accreditation for at least 1 year and be a minimum age of 21.

Master/Performance Coach Accreditation (Formerly Level 3)

These National levels of accreditation are suited for coaches involved with NSW State Teams, and higher. Facilitated by Basketball Australia, coaching candidates require an endorsement from a State/Territory basketball association or national league club to participate in the program.

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How long does my accreditation last for?

A NSW basketball coaching accreditation lasts for two years. Upon expiry, an email will be sent to the Coach as a reminder to renew and costs $30. Coaches no longer receive a letter to renew.

I am 15 years or younger, and want to learn how to coach?

This is excellent, participants who are 15 turning 16 this year are welcome to register for the Club Coach Course (former level 1). Younger participants who wish to start coaching can find free online coaching courses via the Community Coaching resources accessible here.

How can I check the current status of my accreditation?

Currently, coaches can find their valid accreditation certificate through an email sent via [email protected]. If this email cannot be found, please contact the current Coach Development Manager.

How do I renew my accreditation?

Once you receive a link (through email) to renew your accreditation, coaches will be required to click on the link and follow the prompts. In preparation for renewal, coaches will require:

1. Their Basketball NSW Accreditation number – found on their most recent accreditation.
2. A valid or renewed Play By The Rules Child Protection & Safeguarding badge.

After the renewal is completed through payment ($30), an updated accreditation e-certificate is emailed to that participant by the end of the week from [email protected]. 

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Tom Kyle

Tom Kyle (born 15 June 1959) is an Australian wheelchair basketball coach who coaches the Queensland Spinning Bullets and the Australian women's wheelchair basketball team. He was Assistant Coach of the Australian Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team from 2009 to 2013, during which time he won gold at the IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship and silver at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

biography

Tom Kyle was born on 15 June 1959 in Cooma, New South Wales, where his father worked for the Snowy Mountains Scheme. As a boy he played cricket, and was the captain of the Australian Capital Territory side at age 12. He also played rugby league, rugby union, Australian football, soccer and tennis. He started playing basketball when he was 12 or 13 years old, he played for the Cooma Under 18 team when he was 14 and for the senior men's team when he was 16. At this age he also started coaching, his first team was a basketball team up to 14 years old. ^[1]

Kyle decided to become a basketball coach and he repeated year 12 to get enough marks for a scholarship to study Physical Education at the Wollongong Institute of Education, ^[1] which merged with the University of Wollongong in 1982 ^{[ 2]} He completed the double major He received his Ph.D. in health and physical education, received degrees from both the Institute of Education of Wollongong and the University of Wollongong, from which he graduated at 1983 year. There he played varsity basketball and coached some of the varsity teams, learning practical coaching skills from Adrian Hurley. ^[1]

After leaving school, Kyle married and moved to Brisbane where he began teaching and coaching basketball and tennis at Anglican High School. He became involved with the Brisbane Bullets, a local National Basketball League team that trained at the school and coached youth basketball. In 1985 he moved to Sydney, where he ran the sports center at the Harbord Diggers Memorial Club, and coached the Manly-Warringah men's and senior basketball teams. He was briefly director of the Warringah Aquatic Center before returning to Brisbane at 1989 to take a job as a marketer for the Brisbane City Council Department of Recreation. There he coached basketball at Marist College Ashgrove, which was attended by his two sons. He started his own IT company selling entertainment center management software he wrote. In 2000 he joined Jupiter Hotel and Casino as a Business Analyst. By 2003, his sons had graduated from high school and he divorced his first wife. He accepted an offer to coach basketball at Villanova College, worked in a variety of roles, eventually joining Suncorp Metway as a project manager. ^[1]

In 2008, Kyle and his second wife Jane became coach and team manager respectively of the Brisbane Spinning Bullets, Queensland's. National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) team. Through this, he got to know Ben Ettridge, who coached the NWBL's rival team, the Perth Wheelcats, as well as the Australian Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team, known as the Rollers. At the invitation of Ettridge, he participated in a national training camp in Canberra. He then accepted an offer from Ettridge to join the Rollers at a training camp in Varese and the Paralympic World Championships in Manchester, leaving his job at Subcorp Metway to do so. After that, he accepted another offer from Ettridge to become the assistant coach of the Under-23 team for the 2009 Championships. of the year. IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Paris. ^[1] He became Roller Skating Assistant Coach in 2010 and participated in the Roller Skating Campaign for the London 2012 Summer Paralympics where they won silver. In 2013, he became the head coach of the under-23 team. ^[3] The choice of David Gould, who was an assistant coach for the London Australian women's wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. ^[1]

After London Basketball, Australia decided for the first time to appoint a full-time head glider coach. ^[4] A selection committee chaired by the Australian Basketball General Manager, Stephen Icke including Rollers Head Coach Attridge, former Australian Opals Head Coach Ian Sterling and the Australian Paralympic Committee's General Manager for Sports, Michael Hartung, selected Kyle. Announcing his appointment, Basketball Australia CEO Christina Keneally said that "in Tom we have a coach who is capable of leading the team to future success and who understands the expectations of the Gliders program. " ^[3] Gould became his assistant coach and Jane Kyle became team manager. Troy Sachs also became an assistant coach in 2014. ^[5] For the 2014 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Cup. However, the Gliders finished in a disappointing sixth place. ^[6] Gliders failed to qualify for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after finishing second to China in the 2015 Asia Oceania Qualifier. ^[7] In August 2016, David Gould succeeded him as glider trainer. ^[8] Kyle went to Rio as an assistant rollercoach. ^[9]

Achievements

• 2009: gold for the Paralympic World Cup (Australian rollers) ^[3]
• 2010: Gold for the World Basketball Championship on strollers (Australian rollers) ^[3]
• 2011: NBBL Coach of the Year ^[3]
• 2011: Sports Jeep and Disability Association Coach of the Year ^[3]
• 2012: Silver for the 2012 Summer Paralympics (Australian Rollers) 9 Paralympic Games - Men's Wheelchair Basketball, Australia. Rio 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
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The Australian national team coach keeps a blog: players must not be shouted at, and speeches must be short

Useful advice from Mark Lebedev.

Mark Lebedev / photo: volleyball.world/en/vnl


The Australian team at the World Championships plays in the same group with Russia and has already guaranteed itself access to the second stage from fourth place in the six C. Moreover, the Australians, unlike the Russians, managed to take one point in the match with the USA, losing break.

Australia has been coached by Mark Lebedev since 2016. His father is a post-war migrant and one of the founders of volleyball in Australia, who was secretary and president of the local volleyball federation. Mark himself got into the Australian national team back in 1997th and until 2002 he worked as an assistant coach. At the club level, he won the 2012 German Championship and the 2015 Champions League bronze with Berlin, and took the 2017 Polish Championship bronze with Jastrzembski.

Lebedev is one of the most open coaches in volleyball. He constantly speaks at seminars with lectures, promoting his favorite game in every possible way. Mark translated into English the book of the famous Soviet and Russian coach Vyacheslav Platonov “My profession is a game”. Lebedev also maintains a blog At Home on the Court (“On the site at home”), where there is a very interesting block - 50 tips for coaches. We have translated several fragments.

COMBAT FATIGUE

When players get tired, they start thinking about how much. The more time they have to think, the more talk about fatigue.

Exercises that are aimed at learning require a lot of spiritual energy. And tired players spend all their remaining energy thinking about how tired they are. This does not mean that the players lack motivation or do not want to work and progress. You just need to adjust the training process to the spiritual and physical condition of the players.

If players don't have time to think, they can't get lost in their problems. So the breaks between exercises should be minimal. Let's say you can use exercises where there are many approaches in a short time.

Rivalry also helps keep the players on their toes. It never ceases to amaze me what adults are willing to sacrifice - literally and figuratively - for the sake of a stupid game that has rivalry. If the team is tired, put another ball into the game, come up with a different game, and the guys will definitely find additional strength in themselves.

REJOY THE VICTORY

Hugh McCutcheon said, "Coaches are always unhappy." I fully agree with this. We must always be on the lookout for weaknesses, and this will not work if we are content with what we already have.

On the other hand, volleyball brings us so many frustrations that we need to be able to enjoy big wins, great performances, good training, and do it for ourselves. When your team is doing well, enjoy it, have fun. And make sure that the players also feel positive emotions.

Volleyball is a game, and we must not forget that the game can bring joy. After all, there is always a reason to be upset and under any circumstances.

DON'T GET OVER THE THEORY

Many manuals, books, biographies say that if a coach behaves in a certain way, then he gets certain results. Sorry, but it's not. There are no recipes for success in the work of a coach and there are no predictable outcomes. What worked in one team may not work in another.

Coaching is practice. It is the coach's responsibility to collect all available information and make the best decision possible. By trying, making mistakes and not repeating his mistakes, he can make more right decisions than wrong ones.

But remember - even the most experienced and successful coaches make mistakes that no one expected from them.

PLAN YOUR TIME

It doesn't matter how many points you score, it matters when you do it.

It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, it matters when you make them.

It doesn't matter how strong and fast your blow is, it's when you throw it that matters.

It doesn't matter what speed you have, what matters is when you rush to where you want to go.

It doesn't matter how many remarks you made, what matters is whether you chose the right moment for it.

It doesn't matter how much weight you can lift, it matters what time you do it.

Planning is everything.

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MOTIVATE PLAYERS

Players go to practice for many reasons.


Because that's what parents want.

Because friends are with them.

Because the contract requires it.

Because they feel personal responsibility.

Because they just want it.

The last option is the best. If the players have the desire to go to training, they will be more involved in the process, they will learn more and play better. Regardless of the level. If the coach wants to squeeze the maximum out of the players, he must create conditions under which the players themselves will want to come to training.

This applies to many areas. The atmosphere should be fun, but serious. There must be discipline, but no rules for the sake of rules. There should be a clear structure, but room for experimentation. There should be a team spirit, but an emphasis on individuality. And everything should have its own meaning so that the players complete the exercises without question.

Get the players to go to practice themselves, and your job will be 98% done.

DON'T DEMAND PERFECT PERFORMANCE

When you start with heavy weights, there is a period of rapid progress. Unfortunately, he does not speak about muscle strengthening, but about the fact that you have learned to move correctly. This is called the memory effect. Only after it can one observe real progress, which is caused by the adaptation of the muscles to new loads.

This also applies to other areas of coaching. For example, after a new exercise, the team needs time to adjust to it. At one point, the players begin to perform it with a noticeable improvement. But this is not skill development - this is a memory effect.

It is important to note that before this effect, the exercise is simply awful. The same goes for warm-ups and practice games.

Do not expect perfect performance of the exercise if you are giving it for the first time. Relax and give the players time to learn how to do it.

DON'T PREPARE TOO LONG

There is an ancient axiom that you should spend twice as much time preparing for a workout as you do the actual workout. So for a two-hour lesson, you need to prepare for four hours. Unfortunately, most of these axioms (and quotes from famous coaches) are designed to make coaches feel inferior.

Spending twice as much time preparing is impractical. Most coaches simply don't have that much time. However, it is important to plan every workout. It is equally important to look back and discuss what goals are set for the training, where you need to refine, which exercises to analyze, how to act in different situations that may arise in the classroom.

By going through all these stages, the coach will be able to prepare the best training possible and prepare himself to make the team better.

DO NOT JUST CONCLUSIONS

I don't agree with the opinion that the coach should promptly respond to all questions in the team before the wound fester.

This sounds like good advice, but it can actually cause even more problems. There are many situations in the team when something goes wrong, but it is not always worth taking action. A player can take it out on a teammate or coach for many reasons. Stress, fatigue, family problems, just a bad day. If in such cases a player kicks the ball, shouts at a teammate, argues with the coach, this is not a conflict. He shows that he was tired, could not cope with the pressure, worried about problems at home, had a bad day.

A coach who always reacts to such moments can create additional problems. It's always better to wait a day or two and see what happens next. In most cases, it turns out that there was no conflict at all. Just people are people.

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LOOK FOR WEAKNESSES BUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE STRENGTHS

Coaches - due to their nature - are always fixated on the weak points of the team. Of course, the team can be strengthened by working on these weak points. At least that's how it's supposed to be. But I'm not sure.

Coaches, of course, must be aware of the team's weaknesses and must take them into account when making any decisions. But if you constantly focus on this through conversations and training, you get a double result.

First, you will not have enough time to work on your strengths. By working on the weak, defeats can be avoided. But without the strong, victory cannot be achieved.

Secondly, this is the most important thing, because you have a strong impact on the confidence of the players. If a team constantly hears about its weak points, then it does not expect victories from itself. After the first failure, they will think “well, here it is again,” and this will begin the fall down.

Weaknesses are important, but never forget your strengths. And always keep the confidence of the players at a high level.

DON'T LOOK FOR VICTIMS

For some reason, it's accepted in sports that coaches yelling at players is acceptable, acceptable, and in some cases necessary. In some cases, this is indeed the case. For example, if the coach feels that the team is lacking in emotion, he can raise his voice to correct it. More often there are tense situations when the coach is overwhelmed with emotions and he gives vent to his anger.

Whatever the reason, you must always direct your emotions in the right direction. Too often, coaches choose their “victim” - a player who is yelled at in any situation. Usually this is a young player who is not yet able to fend for himself. Coaches yell at him when their best player really pisses them off, but they can't raise their voice at him.

There are many reasons why you shouldn't yell at your best player, even if he deserves it. But if you take out your anger on another person, you have no excuses.

DONT VOICE UP

Nobody likes to be yelled at. Everyone tries to avoid actions that lead to screaming. In this regard, the players are no different from the rest. They also do not like it when the coach raises his voice at them, so they will do everything to prevent this.

This is useful information. If a player or team constantly does something wrong, provoking the coach to scream, this is a sign. This means that they do not understand the instructions or are simply not able to follow them at the proper level. Therefore, the coach should not raise his voice, but explain again.

And if you're always screaming in training, just change your methods. The problem is most likely hidden in this.

BE CONFIDENT

When the setter hesitates for a moment, he waits for the ball to drop a little lower and holds it a little longer. For ten seconds.

When the finisher hesitates for a moment, he takes a half step back to give himself more time. For ten seconds.

When the blocker hesitates for a moment, he waits a little longer until the ball has left the setter's hands. For ten seconds.

Confident players trust themselves and their eyes, decisions, movements. They don't have to wait.

The difference between a confident player and an insecure one is only a tenth of a second.

ADMIT YOUR ERRORS

"It's my fault" are the three most difficult words for any coach. But perhaps the most important. They are so difficult to pronounce for two reasons. First, this is almost always false. In any case, the blame lies with several people. Secondly, somewhere at the level of instincts, you want to protect yourself and shift responsibility to others.

I'm not saying that you need to stand up in front of journalists, management, fans, parents and admit your mistake. If you want to keep your job, don't mess with it. But you can say these three words to yourself in front of the mirror. And then you will feel relieved. Or even challenge yourself.

Taking responsibility for everything that happened to the team, you find the strength to change the situation. If you understand that it's about training, you change their format. If it's about the level of the players, you work with them more. If it's about tactics, you look for new and more effective schemes.

Admitting a mistake is the engine of progress, something that stimulates personal and team growth. Looking at yourself in the mirror is not easy, but it's worth it.

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LAUGH

Coaches face different types of pressure in their work.

Management, fans, journalists, parents, results - all this affects us. And for a number of reasons, we want to communicate with players with a serious expression on their faces. Whether we accept it or not, the pressure affects our mood and in some cases makes us forget about the joys of life. One of those joys is laughter.

Every day a coach faces many funny things. Laugh. If something funny happened to you, laugh the loudest. So you will become better not as a coach, but as a person. You will get more pleasure from life, and it will be more pleasant to be around you.

CALL BY YOUR NAME

Have you ever felt like someone in a busy place is saying your name? You cannot make out what the conversation is about, but you always catch the sounds of your name. People are very receptive to them.

Despite this, we prefer to put the name at the end of any call. “How are you, Mark?”, “Can you tell me the time, Jimbob?”, “Will you have these meatballs, sir?”.

In the busy place I described earlier, I won't say "How are you?" to get anyone's attention. So the person will not understand that they are being addressed. Of course, it's better to use the name. "Mark! How are you?"

Extraneous noise does not matter. Conduct an experiment: keep two people busy, for example, playing on the phone. You will be convinced of the same. They will listen to you not when you start speaking, but when you say their names.

This is useful information for the trainer. If you want a player to listen to you in a noisy environment, first say his name.

QUESTION EVERYTHING


Question everything you know about volleyball. It doesn't matter how many people talk about it, who talks about it, how long they've been doing it, how successful they've been, what you think of them or they think of themselves. Question everything.

Question everything you know about coaching. It doesn't matter how many people talk about it, who talks about it, how long they've been doing it, how successful they've been, what you think of them or they think of themselves. Question everything.

There is always a better option, and you will never find it until you question everything.

WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

Coaches get mad at players who don't seem to be listening. No matter how much the coach gives instructions to the player, he does not follow them.

It is true that players often do not follow instructions as they are asked. But do not think that they do not listen and, moreover, do not remember anything.

Sometimes the coach is surprised that the players still remember his performances from a year ago, which he himself has long forgotten. Even those statements of the coach that did not have a formal character can remain in the memory of the players to the last - and with the meaning that he did not know.

The coach communicates with the players often, but the player rarely communicates with the coach. Always remember this. Every time you communicate with a player or team, you need to watch your words. Everything you say is heard and remembered.

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USE LESS WORDS

Coaches like to explain. It is precisely those who can explain who find themselves in this work / vocation / profession.

Words are needed to explain. The more intense the argument and the more complex the topic of conversation, the more words you use.

You may think this is normal. At the very least, not so bad. It's important that you succeed. Who cares how many words it took? But the more words, the more likely to lose the essence. The more words, the more you talk about things that don't matter and only distract. The more words, the more chances to lose attention.

In short, there are no things in the world that need to be explained in more words. The coach should speak as simply as possible. In my blog, I try not to exceed 500 words. 300 is already better. 200 is the best. My time is limited.

Remember: more words, more confusion.

TREAT EVERY PLAYER SPECIALLY

It is generally accepted that a coach should treat all players equally. Logically. After all, everyone on the team is equal.

More advanced people think that players should not be treated equally, but fairly. This is also logical. So you take into account the different characters in the team and keep the value system.

But there is another opinion. All players need to be treated differently, especially unique players. They can be “unique” in different areas, personal, sports, tactical, but the key should be their contribution to the performance of the team.

Unique players are those who have distanced themselves from orthodoxy, the “correct” and generally accepted lifestyle. Their individuality gives them advantages that others do not have.

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