Welcome to Invictus Basketball Academy
The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently ~ Pete Carroll
GROWTH. DISCIPLINE. UNITY. PASSION.
There is more to playing basketball than shooting hoops. Whether your child wants to play competitive basketball or become the next WABL Star Player or just play social basketball for fun and fitness, we have just the coach and program for you.
If you want to play competitive basketball, you must aim to qualify for WABL. Join Invictus Basketball Academy and get the competitive advantage for your WABL trial.
BASKETBALL is a beautiful game
when FIVE PLAYERS
on the court play with ONE HEARTBEAT
~ Dean Smith ~
How We Work
Our first step is to assess your child’s skill level so that we can make sure that they are placed in the correct skill and age group. It is never about simply throwing you into a team to “make up the numbers”. We follow an assessment process:
- Confirm whether your child has had any experience playing ball – if the answer is no, then we start your child at the lowest training session. If yes, we confirm where they have played before and what division/year group they played in
- Assess the way your child dribble and shoot the ball.
- Determine what the player’s goal is – are they interested in competitive basketball or social basketball and what are they hoping to gain from training
- Continuous review of the skills – some players improve very quickly after some training and can be moved into a higher skill level training quickly, others take much longer.
It is never a “one size fits all” policy. It is always about the player. Neither is it about the height of the player. If there is one common stereotype of professional basketball players, it’s that you have to be tall. Whilst there is a huge advantage to being tall, you can beat the supposed height disadvantage. The most famous is probably Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues who comes in at a tall 160cm … Coach Kevin is 170cm!!
“There are going to be a number of people all of the time telling you that you’re too small. They still tell me that, but I just make them eat their words.” – Isaiah Thomas
