Balwyn Blazers Basketball Club

What an incredible opportunity for our U13 girls!

South East Melbourne Phoenix Head Coach, Josh King, spent Monday evening delivering a coaches’ clinic facilitated by the EDJBA at Boroondara Sports Complex. Our U13 girls were lucky enough to participate working with Josh to demonstrate drills to coaches for their learning.

Josh went over his background, experience, passion for basketball, and dedicated the session to defensive techniques. He identified critical defence skills that are often overlooked, and suggested problem solving strategies in difficult defensive matchups. He was engaging and worked great with the kids, demonstrating his ability to coach and educate a range of people.

Thank you to Josh King and Paul Lankford for organising and delivering the clinic, and our DOC Lucas Donnar for getting our girls involved in the event. 👏

BIG NEWS, BLAZERS!
We’re excited to announce our new partnership with iAthletic, bringing fresh new uniforms and merch to our club! This will include:

An awesome new online store
Heaps more Blazers merch
New uniform options
More gear for players, coaches, families & supporters

And most excitingly…
WOMEN’S-CUT PLAYING UNIFORMS ARE HERE! 🙌
For the first time, our players will have the option of a women’s-cut Blazers uniform, providing greater choice in fit while keeping the Blazers look we all know.

Already have a uniform? Keep wearing it! There’s no need to replace your existing Blazers uniform.

THE NEW STORE IS LIVE!
Check out the new range here: https://iathletic.com.au/collections/balwyn-blazers

If you need a new uniform, order by 6th September to have it ready for Round 1 on 10 October.

We can’t wait to see the new gear around the courts!

New partnership. More choice. More merch. Same Blazers.

REP TRYOUTS ARE COMING. ARE YOU READY? 🔥🏀

Rep Ready starts this Friday, and spots are limited.

This isn’t just another basketball session. It’s six weeks specifically designed to help players understand what’s expected at representative level — and give them the opportunity to learn from coaches with genuine high-level basketball experience.

Players will be coached by:
🏀 A Big V Youth Women’s coach
🏀 A coach with Big V and international playing experience

We’ll work through skills, game concepts, scrimmage situations, tryout preparation and the little details coaches notice when selecting teams.

And an important point:

You do NOT have to be a domestic player trying rep for the first time.

If you already play representative basketball, this is still a great opportunity to get additional coaching, hear different perspectives and add more knowledge to your game before the new season.

6 Fridays. $115. Maximum 20 players.

📍 Balwyn High School
⏰ Fridays 4:00–5:00pm
📅 August 14, 21, 28 + September 4, 11, 18
👥 U9 & U11 EDJBA age groups

We start this Friday. Don’t wait until tryouts to start preparing for tryouts.

🔥 REGISTER NOW — LINK IN BIO

Bring a friend. Build confidence. Get Rep Ready.

Our Blazers coaches were fundamental in Greythorn Primary School’s participation at Hoop Time yesterday. It was all business coaching the kids Basketball Victoria Hoop time competition😎

We would love to be involved and make a difference in your local school in the Balwyn area, contact us anytime via DM or email directly to see how we can support your school 🏀

🏀 TEAM SELECTION WEEK IS ALMOST HERE! 🔥

Ready to pull on the red and white? Team Selection Week for our 2026/27 Summer Season starts next week, and we can't wait to welcome both returning and new players to the court.

Our goal is simple: place every player in the team where they'll be challenged, supported and enjoy their basketball the most.

Whether you're joining the Blazers for the first time or returning for another season, we're looking forward to seeing you.

📅 Team Selection begins next week
📍 Check the schedule in this carousel for your age group and venue.

A few reminders:
🏀 Attend the first session listed for your age group.
🏀 If you can't make Team Selection, you can still register and be placed into a team.
🏀 U16, U18 and U20 players do not attend Team Selection—simply register for the season.

For your exact session time, registration details and everything you need to know:

🌐 www.balwynblazers.com.au
📧 [email protected]

We can't wait to see you on court! ❤️🏀

🏀 Could you help shape the next generation of Blazers?

Every great junior basketball club runs on passionate volunteers.

We're currently looking for Age Group Coordinators to support our players, coaches and families throughout the season.

This isn't an admin-heavy role, and you don't need to be a basketball expert.

It's about:
❤️ Welcoming new families
🤝 Supporting coaches and team managers
🏀 Helping with player grading and team selection
💬 Keeping communication flowing across your age group

You'll be supported every step of the way by our Director of Coaching, President, General Manager, Age Group Manager and an experienced team of fellow AGCs.

If you're already at the courts most Saturdays and want to give back to a club that's given so much to our kids, we'd love to hear from you.

No commitment today—just register your interest and we'll send you more information so you can decide if it's right for you.

📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.balwynblazers.com.au

Where community and basketball meet. ❤️🏀