Seebohm Puts Burdekin Juniors Through Their Paces

The Burdekin’s next generation of ‘ballers had a taste of elite-level coaching earlier this month, with Townsville Fire coach Shannon Seebohm running a one-day S3 Basketball Academy camp in the region. Photo credit: Jacob Casha

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The Burdekin’s next generation of ‘ballers had a taste of elite-level coaching earlier this month, with Townsville Fire coach Shannon Seebohm running a one-day S3 Basketball Academy camp in the region.

Led by Seebohm—a multiple-time WNBL Coach of the Year and championship-winning coach with the Fire—S3 Basketball Academy is a Townsville-based development program focused on building strong fundamentals, decision-making and game habits in junior players through high-performance training environments.

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The visit to The Den in Ayr formed part of the academy’s broader push to provide regional athletes with access to structured, high-level coaching that mirrors the standards of elite pathways.

Seebohm said the Burdekin camp was designed to bridge skills work with real-game application.

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“We tried to put the kids into a lot of skill development work, but also linking that into direct gameplay so they start to see where they can use those skills in-game,” he said.

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“I thought they did a really good job. The work rate was really high, the intensity was really good, and they got a tonne of reps of different skills that they can now go home and work on and, hopefully, use to keep building their games.”

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He praised the standard of local talent, noting a “high level of enthusiasm” for Basketball in the region.

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“I think there’s a great level of talent in the Burdekin. You can tell that the kids have been really well coached at a young age, and they’ve got really good fundamentals. There’s a true love for the game which is really nice to see,” Seebohm said.

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Seebohm said S3 was established to broaden access to high-level coaching in regional areas and support the growing appetite for basketball across North Queensland.

“We started this to give families in this area affordable access to professional-level coaching… and anything we can do to help build that base and promote the game is a real positive,” he said.

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