Familiar Faces Jet Back

Head coach Tim McTamney is not the only familiar face returning to the Manawatu Jets hangar for the 2008 Dominion Finance NBL. Along with McTamney - who coached the Jets in 2000 and 2001 – the Jets will welcome back former players . . .

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Kiwis Push For Aussie Honours

Kiwis and NZ Breakers players feature among nominations in four of the major award categories for the Australian Hummer NBL Championship. Tall Black Craig Bradshaw (Brisbane Bullets) is among the frontrunners for Rookie of the Year, while . . .

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Breakers Playoff Riddle

A home play-off match is still in prospect for the Harvey Norman NZ Breakers despite a 103-93 away loss to the record-breaking Sydney Kings in the Hummer Championship NBL on Wednesday night.

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Anzac Spirit

The NZ Tall Ferns will join forces with their old foes when they begin their Olympic preparation with a camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, April 2-6. Their first gathering of the year will see the Kiwi women accepting an invitation to practice alongside the world champion Australian Opals . . .

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NZCT Rescues Rams

The New Zealand Community Trust is to support the Canterbury Rams 2008 development programme for the Dominion Finance NBL with a grant of $150,000.

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Breakers Bow To Kings

Steve Orme, Sportal
The Sydney Kings have extended their unbeaten run in the Hummer Championship NBL to seven matches with a 103-93 victory over the gritty Harvey Normal NZ Breakers at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Wednesday night.

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Dynamos Whir Into Action

Tony Bird, Taranaki Daily News
Taranaki’s top basketball team has a new name.
The Mountain Airs have evaporated and in their place the Devon Taranaki Dynamos are ready to whir into action in this year’s Dominion Finance NBL.

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NBL Teams Log Court Time

With the start of the 27th National Basketball League just two weeks away, six Dominion Finance NBL teams will log court time in pre-season tournaments this weekend in Masterton and Blenheim.

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Wethers To Waikato

Ian Anderson, Waikato Times
The Waikato Pistons may have secured the best import pairing the National Basketball League has seen for many seasons.

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No More Black For Boucher

Retiring Tall Black Dillon Boucher calls himself “The Cleaner” … national team coach Nenad Vucinic refers to “x-factor”.
“When everyone goes to the toilet, someone has to clean up after them,” Boucher quips. “That’s me.”

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Bradshaw Soaring To Hawks

Toby Robson, Dominion Post
Tall Blacks star Craig Bradshaw has pledged his allegiance to the 0800 Easy LPG Hawke’s Bay Hawks for this season’s Dominion Finance NBL.

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Happy Campers

The following athletes have been invited to the BBNZ Regional High Performance Development Camps for 2008.
The camps will be held on February 23/24 and March 29/30. Invited athletes are expected to attend both camps.

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Sirens Halt Spirit

The Christchurch Sirens have ended the Bendigo Spirit’s hopes of a historic finals berth in their first Australian Defence Force WNBL season following their physical 72-68 win at Cowles Stadium on Saturday night.

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Ducks Cooked

Tall Fern Micaela Cocks led University of Oregon with seven points (3/7 FG, 1/4 3pt), two rebounds and a steal, but couldn’t save them from a 34-53 beating at the hands of University of Cal Berkeley, the ninth-ranked team in US college basketball.

Junior Ferns Take On Fiji

The Junior Tall Ferns will help prepare Fiji for their daring Olympic bid with two games in Auckland in early April.
A 12-strong squad was named after last month’s All-NZ Camp in Palmerston North to prepare for the FIBA Oceania Championships . . .

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C-Web Supreme

Former Junior Tall Black Corey Webster continues to improve in his freshman season with Lambuth University, leading them to a 92-65 win over Bethel College in US college basketball.

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X's & O's - Conditioning For Basketball

By Claire Dallison, NZ Tall Black & Nelson Giants strength & conditioning coach
Strength & conditioning is an important part of basketball. It is seen as an integral part of an athlete's regime and training, and takes on many different forms.

It is often isolated from basketball-specific training, which is led by the coach, and is usually not undertaken in an on-court environment.

Strength training and power development are well understood in basketball, but the part of the strength and conditioning development that I feel is understood the least and often not addressed is conditioning.