U16 Coach Application Information

Brisbane Basketball Inc. is now accepting applications for passionate, knowledgeable, suitably qualified, and experienced coaches who desire to be part of an association striving to grow the character and performance of the Brisbane Capitals community in pursuit of our Next Championship.

To apply click on the link below, making sure to select "Returning Coaches" for any coaches who have been involved in the Capitals Program previously and "New Coaches" for if you are brand new to the Capitals organisation.

Coach opportunities are available for both Head and Assistant Coaches of Boys and Girls Under 16 Representative Teams (players born 2010 & 2011)

All current applications are on file (including EOIs). Please do not re-submit. If in doubt send through an email and I’ll confirm for you.

APPLICATIONS CLOSING: UNDER 16s– 11.30pm Monday, July 15th

• Online Application Link: Returning Coaches
• Online Application Link: New Coaches

Brief Outline of Commitment

• Team Selection Camps Set (August 25th & Sept 1st): Invited players ONLY
  • Pre-Trial Sessions -Tier #3 & #4 Boys athletes ONLY (August 3rd & 10th)
  • Pre-Trial sessions are specifically for male athletes not selected to a representative team as either a player or train-on in past 12months. Athletes from these Pre-Trial sessions may be invited to attend the Team Selection Camps (August 25th & Sept 1st) in consideration for U16 representative team selection.
• Teams practice twice/week (WTE is managed by BBI Performance Program Manager)
  • Includes integration of Team and Social Cohesion Program
• Preparation Phase & Grading Term 4, 2024 (1 to 2 practices session per week)
• SQJBC Term 1, 2025 (7x Double Header Weekends; followed by a WildCard and Playoff weekends)
• State Championships (4-day tournament; live in with Team)
  • Boys: April 6-9 (Logan)
  • Girls: April 12-15 (North Gold Coast) This event will be a "live-In" event for the team at Gold Coast.
• Position Descriptions: Gold | Silver | Bronze Teams

As a Coach with the Capitals, you receive:

• Coaching Polo and T-Shirt
• Coach Support, Education and Development (Incl. Coach Development Plan if req.)
• Coach Accreditation Support (Incl. Financial)
• Administration Support
• Online Resources aligned with our Game & Athlete Development Models
• Attendance at State Championships and Awards Events (incl. small stipend)
• Other benefits determined season-to-season.

Applications are in the strictest of confidence. 

Applications for U16 Coach Positions close 11.30pm, Monday, July 15^th

Please forward enquiries to Murry Aldred via email at performancemgr@brisbanebasketball.com.au  

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

• Coach Selection Policy
  • Child Protection Policy
  • Guidelines for Interacting with Children
• Coaching Guidelines – ALL Teams (2024)
  • Includes
    • Team Performance Plan
    • Capitals Game Model (Technical Direction aligned with Style of Play)
    • Athlete Development Model
• Position Descriptions
  • GOLD
  • SILVER
  • BRONZE
• BQ Coach Code of Behaviour
• Team Selection Policy
  • Trial Resource for Coaches
• BQ Coach Accreditation Framework

WHAT IS THE REP PROGRAM?

The Brisbane Capitals is the representative program of Brisbane Basketball Inc. (BBI) and form an important part of the Brisbane Capitals Performance Program. Coaches play a key leadership role in striving to growth the character and performance of the Capitals community in pursuit of the next championship in a competitive representative competition environment.

As part of the Performance Program, the successful candidates will be required to work closely with the Performance Program Manager and fellow representative coaches in careful planning and guidance of the learning and development of players in a fun, inclusive and challenging representative team environment.

While the Capitals seek significant coaching experience at key learning and performance levels, we have coaching opportunities for coaches with varied years of experience, and also for those aspiring coaches who are looking to crack into their first representative coaching opportunity.

ADDITIONAL APPLICANT CONSIDERATIONS

• BBI aims to match the experience, abilities, skills, and knowledge of each coach with the player’s needs with consideration of the coaching context.

• Every care is taken to avoid deploying coaches who might mistakenly wish to be associated with players in a context for which their skills, knowledge and competence are not suited (i.e., a performance coach who wants to work with athletes in a participation context but does not understand the contextual difference between the two coaching contexts).

• As there are only 10 Performance Coach Positions available in the Brisbane Capitals Performance Program (NBL1, QSL, QSL-Youth, U18 Gold & U16 Gold) where possible BBI applies a deployment strategy to prevent coaches being appointed to more than one Head Coach Position of these teams. This strategy is in place in order to provide BBI’s many talented and capable Performance Coaches the opportunity to lead a team matching their skills and capabilities.

• An additional consideration for coach deployment across all the Junior Talent Confirmation teams (U12 – U18 Gold teams) is the consideration to avoid the selection of a coach to these teams who has an identified conflict of interest (i.e., parent or sibling, perception of a gained advantage from the appointment). Exceptions to this strategy may occur due to exceptional coaching talent as determined by the Coach Selection Panel, or on occasion of need.