Coach & Player Education

Guidelines for the Selection of National Teams: This small document attempts to outline the most important criteria for the selection process for National Teams.  The document contains a number of links to more detailed information for those who might require it. Click here to download the guidelines.

 Basketball Australia's "No Zone Defence" rule manual - A complete guide to assist in the implementation of BA's no zone defence rule in U12 and U14 competitions.

FIBA Oceania Codes of Conduct
It may take a few minutes to download these booklets - please be patient and let the computer do it's work.

How to Coach Booklet  - a perfect beginner coach's booklet
How to Play Booklet - a perfect beginner player's booklet
Minibasketball Coaching - a perfect beginner coach's booklet
Drills and Skills Manual - a perfect addition to the coaches library

"Coaching Made Easy" - A 4 part manual prepared by Basketball Australia will assistance from FIBA Oceania.
Manual 1 - Training Drills
Manual 2 - Role of Coach; Sports Science, Disability Basketball
Manual 3 - Individual Offensive and Defensive Skills
Manual 4 - Team Offensive and Defensive Skills

Below is a list of sites that provide coaches and players with more information about basketball, basketball skills and game tactics.

Coaching Sites: With Free Downloads
COACHING - Mr. Basketball (A good site with free downloads)
COACHING - Guide to coaching basketball (free downloads)
COACHING - An excellent site with free downloads.
COACHING - Excellent Australian site with lots of pdf information to download free of charge.
Havenport Basketball Resource
Basketball Play Book - Create your own plays and drills, print them and give them to your team

Interesting sites:
COACHING - Better Basketball
COACHING - Coaches Clipboard
COACHING - The Basketball Highway