National Performance Program
Basketball Queensland is calling for applications from athletes who have a burning desire to take the next step in their development in basketball. The National Performance Program (NPP) is Basketball Queensland’s elite development program and is a critical step in the player pathway to becoming an Australian representative. Please distribute this information to your members and direct all enquiries to Leonard King at Basketball Queensland.
Entering its third year, the Basketball Queensland NPP has achieved some amazing results in 2013 with two players being selected to represent Australia at the 18 & under Australian Youth Olympics 3X3 competition held in Sydney winning Gold Medals for Australia. In addition, the Basketball Queensland NPP had two players selected to attend the NBA’s Nike “Basketball Without Boarders” camp help in Beijing, China. At this camp the players were coached by NBA coaches and played alongside genuine NBA players. This year Queensland had 7 NPP players attend and participate in an Australian National Development camp.
Located in Brisbane and primarily based at the Queensland Academy of Sport, the BQ NPP takes an holistic approach in the development of the athlete, engaging with all parties to ensure that the athletes workload is managed properly and to ensure we have maximum improvement in all phases of the athletes life. We provide our NPP athletes with individual skill development sessions twice each week, refining the fundamentals of the game and teaching the more advanced skills to our elite players. The NPP athletes are tested three times each year and each athlete is given a hyper-profile performance system, which is a multi-disciplined approach using high performance strength and conditioning methods, cutting edge injury management techniques, and a customized nutrition program to offer maximum improvement results for the athlete. The athletes work with a specialized performance coach 3 times a week to improve their strength, fitness and speed.
The National Performance Program is a key component of Basketball Australia’s national player pathway and is the most elite development program Basketball Queensland offers for our senior and junior men and women players.
If you believe you have what it takes to represent Australia on a world stage we would encourage you to apply for the 2014 Basketball Queensland National Performance Program.
Applications close on Friday 11th October 2013.
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