First time together

Hello all,
We had our first training session today on an extremely hot day (30 degrees plus).
Some boys from the development team (pictured above) also joined us for the session.

A big hello to the five development boys, Lachlan Andrew, Jackson Wetherbee, Terry Tsangarliotis, Jack Peters and Jayden Andrew who joined in for this training session.
We’ll keep you in touch with how the development team go through the season as well.

We didn’t have the whole team training today thanks to the school holidays but already have a very good idea of the type of season ahead.
John has said that he wants the boys to "be a good passing and catching team".
‘’If we do that we could be a great team," he told them.
The other side of the coin is defence, and once again John has stressed how important this is.
"If you aren’t playing defence, no matter how good you are, you will be subbed off," he said.
"You must always get between the ball and the basket."
The boys worked really well on their fundamentals and even if the team doesn’t make it to the pointy end of the season there is no doubt that they will all improve markedly.
The representative season doesn’t start until March 26 but it is still going to be a busy time for the boys with a bunch of pre-season games to come.

February 5: We will be playing some teams from the ACT in a round robin tournament at Sutherland. Times are yet to be confirmed but the games will probably be in the morning.

February 12: On this weekend we will host some under-12 and under-16 teams from Manly at Sutherland. Once again times and details have yet to be confirmed.

Goulburn carnival: There is also a basketball tournament at Goulburn in early February or late March that we may enter. I'll post the information on this when we have more definite information.

Pre-season games: March 12 and March 19 are the pre-season games. These games will decide which division or pool we are in.

We hope to see you all next week at 2.30pm for our next Saturday training session.

Cheers

Alvin