The BMBA, with support from the Community Bank Bacchus Marsh, is running a series of wellbeing and mental health sessions to support our basketball community, particularly our young members.
There are 6 sessions being held from 24 to 30 March.
Please register below for any sessions that are relevant to you and your family.
The program is externally facilitated by Sport And Life Training (SALT).
All sessions are at MARC Stadium
Session 1
Junior Wellbeing & Mental Health
15-19 year old players, referees & coaches
Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Conference Room
This session gives participants an understanding of anxiety and depression and provides them with positive mental health habits for life. It educates participants in how to have real conversations and aims to reduce the stigma that remains around mental health issues. Participants are encouraged to ask questions to their friends and to be open and honest about how they are coping. Those who reveal they are struggling are connected to people with capacity to ensure they receive follow up.
Session 2
Unstoppable - Peer Group Pressure and Decision Making
11-14 year old girls
Parents are invited and encouraged to attend this session.
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Conference Room
This session is designed to assist girls at a time of life when there is often a drop in confidence and a pressure felt to fit in with peers who may not always be a good influence. This module aims to provide girls up to the age of 14 years, with a tool kit to help them resist this pressure and to respond confidently. Research shows that it young people have rehearsed their responses, they are far more likely to make a positive decision under pressure.
Session 3
Positive Sports Coaching
Coaches, Team Managers & Club Committee Members
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Conference Room
Times have changed and so have young people. This course is designed to assist coaches in the development and potential life success of the people they coach.
Through this session coaches will gain an awareness that positive coaching based on relationships, authenticity and the understanding of individual differences, is far more effective than the authoritarian style that was once acceptable. Positive coaching has been proven to elicit greater motivation, resilience, enjoyment and results for everyone involved. This session will explore how coaches can deliver a strong message in the right way and how to deliver feedback based on process not outcomes.
Coaches will discover a new way of coaching that makes the difference between a good team and an excellent team.
Session 4
Stand Your Ground - Peer Group Pressure and Decision Making
11-14 year old boys
Parents are invited and encouraged to attend this session.
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Upstairs
This session is designed to assist boys at a time of life when there is often significant pressure to experiment with negative risk-taking behaviour. This session aims to provide participants up to the age of 14 years, with a tool kit to help them resist this pressure and to respond confidently. Research shows that it young people have rehearsed their responses, they are far more likely to make a positive decision under pressure when the time comes.
Session 5
Wellbeing Managers Course
Team Managers, Coaches & Committee Members
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Conference Room
The purpose of this session is to equip every participant with the knowledge and skills to focus on the wellbeing and mental health of young people.
The session will enable participants to be the eyes, ears and heart of wellbeing and care for the children in their teams.
They will be taught how to recognise warning signs and how to deal with the anger and stress that young people might be experiencing as well as how the club can best support kids and families with the resources available.
Session 6
Parents' Perspective of Positive Sport
Parents & Guardians
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Upstairs
This session starts with the premise that sport is about life, life is not about sport. Many children form too much of their identities around their sporting talents and achievements, rather than the character strengths and the values they demonstrate.
This will give parents a clear perspective on how to support coaches and clubs in positive ways and how to conduct themselves at junior sporting matches.
They are challenged to see that sport is an opportunity to set their kids up for life success and are encouraged to help their children to value the strengths that sports develop such as courage, discipline, teamwork, good decision making, good communication and sacrifice.
In this session, parents are provided with fantastic tools to prepare their children to be strong, caring, capable and successful adults.