Bruins Bankstown Skills and Development
Welcome to the Bruins Skills & Development Program. We offer 1-hour classes that provide our athletes of all ability levels from the ages of 5-17 years with the opportunity to learn the skills and rules of basketball in a fun and friendly environment.
Term 4 2023
Bruins Skills and Development’s first class for Term 4 2023, is Wednesday 11th October 2023
Cost for New Members is $150 for Term 4 and Returning Members is $115.
Bruins Skills & Development offers skills basketball programs on
Wednesday afternoon 4:30pm or 5:30pm
Friday afternoon 4:15pm
Saturday 9:00am or 10:00am
Aussie Hoops Program
For young athletes aged 5 and 6, we offer the “Aussie Hoops” program in which Bruins in conjunction with Basketball Australia aims to introduce the sport of basketball for the first time to our youngest athletes. These sessions include warm-up games, skill activities and modified games with an emphasis on FUN and participation.
Aussie Hoops Link
Skills & Development
Our classes focus on developing our athlete’s fundamental basketball skills including dribbling, passing, shooting, footwork, defence and a basic understanding of game concepts. The classes run alongside the school term for approximately 10 weeks. Our skills and development classes are for young athletes aged 5 – 16 years.
Under 9's Development League
Bruins Under 9’s Development League is designed to provide athletes who have had some basketball experience a pathway into competitive basketball. This program caters for young athletes, who are between the ages of 7 to 9, who are too young to enter into Bruins Junior Domestic Competition. The program run’s for one hour, consisting of thirty minutes of training and a thirty minute game.
Girls Development Program
Bruins Girls Development Program is for young women aged between 9 and 16 years old, and aims to provide girls with a pathway through skill development, competition and beyond. Our 1 hour weekly session, is split into two 30 minute blocks. Participants will train for 30 minutes, and then be split into teams and will participate in a 30 minute game. We focus on developing our athlete’s fundamentals including dribbling, passing, shooting, footwork, defence and a basic understanding of game concepts.
GDP will be hosted on a Friday afternoon at 4:15pm, and will run for the entirety of the school term. A Senior Girl’s Development Program is also run on Wednesday from 5.30pm, for girls 12 to 16.
U/11 Rep Prep Program
Bruins U/11 Rep Prep Program is for children aged 8 to 10 years old, who have progressed through our Skills & Development Program. These players have been identified as possible future Bruins Representative Players. The program runs Saturdays for Terms 2 and 3, with players then trialing for U/12 Bruins Representative in Term 4.
This program is one hour per week and run how a Bruins Representative Training session runs, to prepare the children for what it is like playing as a Bruins Representative Player.
