Basketball Victoria is pleased to announce the Victorian Kevin Coombs Cup (KCC) team tryout dates for December 2021.
Basketball Victoria invite athletes to self-nominate for the 2022 Victorian Kevin Combs Cup tryouts, with the team participating in next year’s Australian Junior Championships at Ballarat Sports and Events Centre in April. Eligible players must be turning 15 years of age prior to 31 December 2022.
To be eligible for selection in the Victorian 2022 Kevin Coombs Cup wheelchair basketball team, athletes need to be born between:
MEN – 01/01/2000 – 31/12/2009 (Aged between 14 and under 23 years of age)
WOMEN – 01/01/1998 – 31/12/2009 (Aged between 14 and under 25 years of age)
The two tryout sessions will be held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Albert Park. The sessions will be run by the 2022 Victorian KCC coaching staff – Head Coach Jason Bryant and Assistant Coaches Ben Hodgens and Gabrielle Smith.
Tryout 1: Sunday 5 December, part of Wheelchair SDP Camp, MSAC - 9am-4pm
Tryout 2: Sunday 12 December, MSAC - 1pm-4pm
Players chosen from the tryouts will represent Victoria at the 2022 Country Metro Challenge in January, and from there the 2022 Victorian Kevin Coombs Cup (KCC) team will be finalised.
Anyone who is interested in representing Victoria at the Australian Junior Championships must attend these tryout sessions. If anyone cannot attend a session, they must contact the Head Coach before tryouts commence.
These sessions will cover a range of wheelchair basketball skills including, but not limited to chair skills, ball-handling, endurance, shooting, and team offence and defence. Players will be selected on wheelchair basketball ability, experience, point classification and how athletes can best contribute to the team’s performance.
All players must bring:
- Appropriate basketball gear, including a reversible light and dark playing singlet
- No state or national attire
- A basketball
- A drink bottle
- Their own sports wheelchair
Expressions of Interest will close at 5pm Friday 26 November at 5pm. jason.bryant@basketballvictoria.com.au
