GAMES AND TRAINING

Where do we play and train?

Day	Group	Where	Start Time
Monday	Juniors Mixed under 8	Nunawading Stadium or Forest Hill Secondary College, Brentwood Secondary College	Games start at 4.15pm or 5.00pm
Monday	Juniors Under 8 Boys,mixed or girls Juniors Girls Under 10	Nunawading Stadium or Forest Hill Secondary College	Games start at 4.15pm, 5pm or 5:45pm
Monday	Juniors Under 12, 14, 16 & 18 Girls	Nunawading Stadium or Forest Hill Secondary College	Games start at 5.00pm. 5.45pm
Friday	Juniors Under 10 to 23 Boys	Nunawading Stadium, Forest Hill Secondary College, The Knox School and Mullauna Secondary College	Games start at 5.00pm and run through the evening, with younger age groups in the earliest time slots. The last games start around 8.45pm.
Saturday	Juniors Under 8 to 23 Boys & girls competitions	Nunawading Stadium and various venues in surrounding suburbs including: The Rings, Canterbury Rd, Ringwood Forest Hill Secondary College, East Burwood The Knox School, Wantirna South Mullauna Secondary College, Mitcham Vermont Secondary College, Vermont Brentwood Secondary College, Glen Waverley Huntingtower School, Mount WaverleyKingswood College, Box Hill South	Games start at 8.30am and run through the day and evening, with younger age groups in the earliest time slots and oldest teams in the later time slots. The last games start at 8.20pm.

How Long Is a Game?

Games usually last for around 40 - 45 minutes

Saturday games consist of two 20 minute halves, with a 2 minute halftime break

Midweek and Friday games consist of two 18 minutes halves with a 2 minute halftime break.

Is There Training?

Midweek Teams	Undertake one training session in addition to the game, however our older Midweek girls (Under 18 & 23) usually do not train
Friday Teams	Do not train, so the time commitment is only to the game each week. (There are a very small number of Friday teams that do wish to train, at the discretion of the coach).
Saturday Teams	Undertake one training session each week in addition to the game.

Training times are fixed each season on the basis of 1 hour per team between 5.00pm and 10.00pm, usually Wednesdays or Thursdays, with a small number of teams training on Monday or Tuesday.

Training sessions are mostly held at Forest Hill Secondary College, but we also use Nunawading Christian College, Mullauna Secondary College, Orchard Grove Primary School and Vermont Sportslink.

The earlier time slots are allocated to younger teams and training is scheduled to accommodate girls' midweek playing times and coaches' commitments as priorities.

Efforts will be made to fit in with players' commitments, provided that these are advised with each season's registration. However, with over 500 players, some clashes will occur and a player may have to choose between basketball and another activity. Further, the Club has no control over playing times and venues - these are set by the Association with which we are affiliated.