Oceania Development News Today

The Oceania Tournament Coach Course is ready for tip-off this June with a swag of Australian and New Zealand basketball royalty lined up to facilitate the nine-week course.

The first edition of the program, which ran in Asia and Latin America, received overbearingly positive feedback and triggered a high level of interest from an increased number of Member Associations across the world. In 2021, the second edition of the program ran across four continents, within the framework of the 2021 Africa, Americas, Asia […]

GOLD COAST (Australia) - FIBA is set to launch the Rising Coaches Program (RCP) in the Oceania region to continue the development of coaches in the Pacific.

GOLD COAST (Australia) - The Marshal Islands Basketball Federation (MIBF) in coordination with FIBA organized an online Statistics training course for its table officials in preparation for the 2022...

Former World Rugby development director Smith dies World Rugby has paid tribute to its former development director Lee Smith, who has died. Smith, a former director of coaching at New Zealand Rugby (NZR), was development director of the worldwide body, then called the International Rugby Board, from 1996 to 2001. He was responsible for the establishment of the union and regional development grants programme during his time as development director. World Rugby said his legacy in this area "lives...

FIBA.basketball WABC hold female coaches clinic in the Gold Coast GOLD COAST (Australia) - The Women in Basketball strategy of FIBA kickstarted basketball activities in Australia with a World Association of Basketball Coaches Clinic (WABC) held in the Gold Coast. In partnership with FIBA, Basketball Australia, and Gold Coast Basketball, the event initially had over 50 participants registering for the coaching clinic, unfortunately, because of restrictions not everyone was able to attend but it ...