Coaching Resources

No fee is required by the Southern Peninsula Basketball Association for you to be a coach. However, you will be required to register on PlayHQ as the coach each season.

At present there is no compulsory accreditation, however as a club we encourage all coaches to enrol in the Southern Peninsula Basketball Association Community Accreditation Course. Please contact the club for more information.

Yes you will require a Working with Children’s Check. Without this check you will not be able to coach and your team will not be able to play. Please ensure that this remains valid at all times.

Not necessarily, however it is definitely helpful. There are many helpful resources available on our website, on Youtube and on the Internet in general. When starting out focus on the basics – defense, shooting, passing, dribbling and rebounding.

We also encourage you to enroll in the SPBA coaching accreditation course.

Yes. The page can be found here: beachcombersbasketball.club/coachingresources

As a club we wish to see all teams rotate players so that they receive a fair share of playing time.

Please refer to our coaches page on this website for a substitution spreadsheet that may assist you to keep track of your subs.

No. It is against domestic competition rules to run a zone defense. You are required to run a ‘man on man’ defense at all times.

Note: The ‘Mercy Rule’ may be required at times and teams should drop back to the three point line and spread out.

You will be required to run practice with your team each week.

We understand that there may be some weeks where life gets in the way and that training will need to be cancelled, or someone else may need to step in. We will leave this at the discretion of each team.

The club has a Coach & Team Manager Page on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/beachcomberscoachesandteamanagers

Generally another parent from the team will need to step in to coach for the week – you should organise this as a team. The SPBA require that all coaches (even fill ins) have a working with children’s check.

As a club we have implemented a “Third Person” within each team that can step in for coaches and team managers.

We request that parents, team managers and coaches follow the this communication structure with the club and the SPBA.

Step by step:

Step 1: Player/Parent should first contact team manager or coach.
Step 2: Team Manager/Coach should contact club committee in first instance (not the SBPA).
Step 3: Club Committee will contact Southern Peninsula Basketball Association (SPBA).

Matches are conducted under the official basketball rules as prescribed by FIBA, except as modified by by-laws. Please read the modified rules in the SPBA bylaws (available from SPBA website).