WORKSHOPS, Tamworth (Term 1, 2010)
Week 1, 13/02/2010, Code of Conduct / Rules
Objective: Players to have a good understanding of the Program (the workshop component, basketball, dinner and transport), the people involved (volunteers, tournament manager, youth worker) and to come up with their own rules / code of conduct to take ownership.
Facilitator: Steve Blanch, Tamworth Youth Centre "Youthie"
Week 2, 20/02/2010, Team Building
Objective: Players to learn the importance of team work. Get to know each other. Come up with team name and create their own team flag.
Facilitator: Paul Kelly and Gary Allan, Dept of Sport and Recreation
Week 3, 27/02/2010, Drug and Alcohol
Objective: Awareness around Drug and Alcohol issues in adolescents. Present the issues surrounding drug and alcohol use and adolescents in a fun and interactive way so as to raise awareness and correct understanding.
Facilitator: Hunter New England Health
Week 4, 05/03/2010, Aboriginal Elders Storytelling
Objective: A number of local Aboriginal Elders will share their life stories, looking at culture, and history. In addition, an internationally acclaimed Didgeridoo player Mark Atkins, will speak with the kids about his journey and give a brief performance. Players to have a greater understanding of aboriginal culture and its historical perspective.
Facilitator: Mark Atkins and a number of local Elders
Week 5, 12/03/2010, Fit Boxing
Objective: Health and wellbeing. Engage the players in a fun and energetic exercise with fitboxing. Look at the links between lifestyle and general health and wellbing.
Facilitator: Richard Lowder, Motiv8
Week 6, 19/03/2010, Fitness & Nutrition
Objective: Fitness assessment and importance of nutrition in sport. In groups, we'll assess individual fitness levels and discuss the role of nutrition in performance at sport.
Facilitator: Peter Annis-Brown, NIAS
Week 7, 26/03/2010, Player Evaluation / Questionnaire
Objective: All players to complete questionnaire provided by Midnight Basketball Australia for independent evaluation by CIRCA Research for final tournament report.
Facilitator: Team Managers
Tamworth (Term 4, 2009)
Week 1, 24/10/2009, Code of Conduct / Rules
Outline: Provide players with an overview of Midnight Basketball, how it runs, 'no workshop, no jumpshot', general housekeeping, rules Players to have a good understanding of the Program (the workshop component, basketball, dinner and transport), the people involved (volunteers, tournament manager, youth worker) and to come up with their own rules / code of conduct to take ownership
Facilitators: Tamworth Basketball
Week 2, 31/10/2009, Team Building
Outline: Players to learn the importance of team work. Get to know each other. Come up with team name. To develop commmunication skills and cooperative learning in order to achieve a common goal
Facilitators: Dept of Sport & Rec
Week 3, 7/11/2009, Agility & Beep Testing and Nutrition
Outline: Fitness assessment and importance of nutrition in sport. In groups access indivual fitness levels and discuss the role of nutrition in performance in sport.
Facilitators: NIAS
Week 4, 28/11/2009, Drug and Alcohol
Outline: Awareness around Drug and Alcohol issues in adolescents. Present the issues surrounding drug and alcohol use and adolescents in a fun and interactive way so as to raise awareness and correct
Facilitators: Hunter New England Health
Week 5, 21/11/2009, Self Defence
Outline: Work in pairs within small groups. Develop discipline and control and greater self awareness.
Facilitators: Self Defence Training
Week 6, 14/11/2009, Love Life
Outline: Relationship Board Game. Presented as a board game which groups of young people participate in addressing issues of what constitutes a Healthy relationship, safety in relationships and strategies when dealing with violence in relationships.
Facilitators: Centacare
Week 7, 5/12/2009, Building Bridges with Police
Outline: Young people and the law. The Police YLO will deliver this workshop to help clarify issues around rights and responsibilities with young people and the law and to break down some of the barriers surrounding youth and the Police.
Facilitators: Police YLO
Week 8, Grand Final Night, 12/12/2009
Player Evaluation/Questionnaire
Outline: Player questionnaire All players to complete questionnaire provided by Midnight Basketball Australia for independent evaluation by CIRCA Research for final tournament report.
Facilitators: Tournament Manager Marg Hombsch and kaz Irwin and Team managers.