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After a year of disruption and women’s activity levels decreasing, the national This Girl Can (TGC) campaign is encouraging all women to take time out to get active with a dedicated ‘THIS GIRL CAN WEEK’, starting tomorrow 12 June right through to 19 June 2021. The week coincides with Sport England’s research which shows that […]

Today we are talking about coaching because 7-13 June is national UK COACHING WEEK 2021! Coaching is about people: great coaching changes lives and creates memorable experiences. This week we want to say a huge thank you to the basketball coaches out there, and especially our team of GB Maxibasketball coaches – we appreciate you

Yep, Nottingham and Team Great Britain Maxi Basketball Coach Jimmy “Jumpshot” Smith, will become a British Citizen on Sunday 30 May 2021 in a citizenship ceremony at Bridgford Hall Registry Office, West Bridgford, Nottingham at 12.00 noon. Embargoed until yesterday, Coach Smith actually shared his exciting news with us at the GB Maxis women’s performance

Team GB Maxis Women were in action last weekend at their second elite performance camp in Sheffield, again delivered under secure Covid protocols. A 63-strong contingent of players and staff enjoyed time together on and off court, and it was great to see so many high calibre players in action across all age categories, with

Some fresh lookin’ new merch has arrived at Team GB Maxis HQ!  Yep, we are pleased to showcase some of the quality casualwear created by talented designer and GB Maxis player, ELVYN LEO, who runs his own design company E. Leos Designs. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Elvyn discovered his love for art

GREAT NEWS FOR BALLERS! The UK Government has announced that the country will move to Step 3 of their roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions from Monday 17 May. Basketball England has liaised with Sport England and the department of Media, Culture and Sport, and can confirm the approach for basketball outlined below. Basketball England’s updated

As reported by Basketball England yesterday, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Basketball met with the main stakeholders in the British game to consider the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the sport. In an excerpt from their article, they said: “MPs and peers held a wide-ranging discussion with representatives in British basketball, to hear about

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of another fantastic coach to the GB maxibasketball performance programme, and that is Midlands-based Coach LIAM JEFFERSON. Liam has spent the last 9 years coaching at Loughborough University as part of the staff on the reigning, four-time BUCS Champions. An Assistant Coach with the BUCS and Loughborough Riders

Personal trainer and GB Maxis player Max Curle shares some of his personal experiences of the GB Maxibasketball men’s performance camp at the end of April 2021. Max runs his own business, Max Curle Fitness, so we were keen to read about his camp experience, both from a playing and professional perspective.  The full blog