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Basketball Kimberley
3x3 Streetball Pilot
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
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• 19 Remote Community Members trained in 3x3 Streetball Program delivery;
• 4 ‘Come-Try’ 3x3 Streetball Camps were conducted in remote Kimberley Communities (Wynd- ham, Looma, Halls Creek & Bidyadanga) with 105 kids in attendance;
• 54 registrations received for 8-week program from the ‘Come-Try’ camps;
• 3 remote Communities, after being trained/mentored by Basketball Kimberley, were able to de- liver their own 3x3 Streetball Programs (8 ninety-minute skills/drills sessions and 8 LifeSkills Lessons (Wyndham, Looma & Halls Creek);
• 537 individual contacts with 11-15-year-old remote kids (opportunities to influence) achieved though out the programs;
• Increased school attendance on 3x3 Streetball days (no school – no Streetball worked);
• Visible signs of increased social cohesion and wellbeing at all sites due to the programs engag- ing format and appeal to multiple generations;
• Significant increases in LifeSkills Knowledge achieved at all sites;
• Looma 3x3 Streetball Program achieved a PERFECT score in LifeSkills Post-program Survey (100% of participants answered 24 questions correctly);
• Basketball Kimberley 3x3 Streetball was nominated in the 2019 Alcohol & Drug Foundation (ADF) National Excellence and Innovation Awards (Primary Prevention category) by ADF - WA and shortlisted as a national finalist for the award.
In 2019 Basketball Kimberley developed a new program called 3x3 Streetball, which is similar to Aussie Hoops in its format (8 sessions over 8 weeks) but targeted the engagement of 11-15-year old’s
in remote Kimberley Communities. The program was
piloted in Communities who love the sport of bas- ketball but currently did not have access to formal basketball programming.
The aim of the program was not only to provide an activity for teenagers and to teach basketball skills, but also to increase protective factors such as com- munity engagement, participation, sense of belong- ing and social connection to assist in the building of strong, resilient, and connected communities.
To achieve this a major component of the program focused on increasing the skills of local remote community members in program administration & delivery. This is an important component because
it gives the remote community ownership of the program. Due to the current lack of capacity in participating remote communities each program was underpinned by action-based learning support/ mentoring system delivered by Basketball Kimberley to help build competence, confidence, maintain
delivery standards and work toward achieving a self-sustaining local delivery model to ensure ongoing impact.
3x3 streetball on court component consisted of eight 90-minute individual and team basketball skill development sessions, an embedded LifeSkills Session, practice games each week, and a local 3x3 Streetball Championship at program end. All sessions included the playing of a non-stop Basket- ball Kimberley 3x3 Streetball music track and use of a funky 3x3 NBL Hustle basketball, which both attracted interest and assisted us to get teenagers involved.
The LifeSkills session component, which was a preventative skills-focused program that used a cognitive behavioural approach, was a major part of the program. Topics covered include personal self-management, general social skills, social resis- tance skills each delivered though conducting small group discussions/activities that worked toward changing what players think (cognition) and what players do (behaviour). To increase engagement all LifeSkills messages were delivered using a basketball context.
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