USCBC partners with USC Sports Science to support junior players
USCBC partners with USC Sports Science to support junior players
USCBC has recently received a grant from the University of the Sunshine Coast to fund a series of activities focussed on supporting the development of junior players both on the court and educationally. As well as sponsorship for the USCBC representative program, USC Sports Science experts (with considerable experience in national and international sporting arenas and education) will share their knowledge with junior players, parents, coaches and interested club members during monthly ‘inspiring talk’ sessions on Friday nights at the club. Final year USC Sports Science students will also be available to work with the representative and club coaches to help train and support the juniors. USC Sports Science staff and students will be available to consider other partnership opportunities as they arise. If you have any ideas for activities that may benefit the players and the University, please contact USCBC parent Tania Stevenson on 5459 4823 or 0411 399 490 tstevens@Usc.edu.au or Mark Brown, USCBC Treasurer on 5459 4483 mbrown2@usc.edu.au
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The speaker will be:The first ‘Inspiring Talk’ session will be at 5.30 - 6.00pm on Friday 1st November 2013 in the presentation room at the USCBC basketball stadium
- Dr Mark Sayers, Biomechanics and basketball.
Mark has an extensive background in the biomechanics of team sports, technique analysis, and the development of sports specific speed and power. He has been a consultant biomechanist and coach for several national and international high profile sporting bodies and is recognised internationally for his work on the key skills in the sport of rugby union. He was the biomechanist and special skills coach for the New Zealand All Blacks between 2000 and 2001 and again from 2004 to 2008 and has been credited as being a key aspect of the team’s success over the past 10 years. Mark is also an extremely experienced and popular lecturer, having held academic positions in sport science since the late 1980’s. In 2012 he received a national award for his outstanding contributions to student learning. Mark will facilitate a discussion about biomechanics – what it is and how it can be used to support basketballers.
While the talks will be directed towards players in the U14 and above age groups, all players and parents are very welcome to attend.
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