2016 Ontario Cup Train to Compete (Female) Magazine by Jason Jansson

WHEN ATTENDING GAMES SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO: ENCOURAGE THE PLAYERS’ EFFORT BY ONLY MAKING POSITIVE COMMENTS. PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. POSITIVELY SUPPORT THE PLAYERS, COACHES AND OFFICIALS. ENCOURAGE THE PLAYERS TO ABIDE BY THE RULES. RESPECT THE OFFICIALS' DECISIONS. CHEER THE PLAYS AND PERFORMANCE OF BOTH TEAMS. SUPPORT THE COACHES WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. SUPPORT THE GAME OF BASKETBALL BY BEING A POSITIVE FAN. HELP KEEP THE FACILITY CLEAN BY THROWING AWAY ANY GARBAGE. REMEMBER THAT THE PLAYERS PLAY FOR THEIR OWN ENJOYMENT, NOT FOR YOURS.

UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR: VERBAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE OF ANY KIND. QUESTIONING OF ANY OFFICIALS’ AND/OR COACHES’ DECISIONS IN PUBLIC. HARASSING ANYONE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE FAIR PLAY FACILITY. USING PROFANE OR FOUL LANGUAGE. INTERFERING WITH THE GAME OR EVENT. CHEERING FOR MISTAKES OR ERRORS BY THE OPPOSING TEAM. AT NO TIME SHOULD SPECTATORS GO ON TO THE BASKETBALL COURT OR APPROACH THE TEAM BENCH AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE TIME WHEN THE PLAYERS ENTER THE COURT FOR WARM UP UNTIL THE TIME WHEN THE PLAYERS LEAVE THE COURT AT THE END OF THE GAME. IF A SPECTATOR DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE ABOVE CODE OF CONDUCT, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE FACILITY. STAY CONNECTED

Ontario Premier 04 Welcome Letter Ontario Basketball 05 Welcome Letter CS4L Education 06 Train to Compete Ontario Basketball 11 Coaching U15 Girls 12 Info & Rosters U16 Girls 20 Info & Rosters Ontario Basketball 30 Merchandise Ontario Basketball 31 Partners U17 Girls 36 Info & Rosters Ontario Basketball 43 High Performance U19 Women 44 Info & Rosters Ontario Basketball 54 Community

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR To all Ontario Cup Participants and Attendees, On behalf of the board of directors and staff of Ontario Basketball (OBA), we would like to extend a very warm welcome to all the athletes, coaches, officials, parents, volunteers and spectators to the 2016 Ontario Cup Provincial Championships. Organizing a tournament of this size and nature is a very time consuming endeavor. This year, Ontario Cup is being hosted in nine communities between April 1 to May 29 for U10 Novice to U19 Junior boys’ and girls’ teams. There will be over 15,000 athletes and 2,500 coaches among the nearly 1,150 teams. Please join us in thanking our tournament host committees and volunteers for all of their efforts in coordinating our pinnacle event. This event program contains everything that you need to know about your Ontario Cup weekend (with the exception of game schedules, which have already been shared and can be found online at www.basketball.on.ca). There are messages from our event hosts, addresses to facilities, rosters for all participating teams and much more, including information about Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD). One of OBA’s guiding values is a commitment to basketball development according to LTAD and Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L), which is a movement to improve the quality of sport and physical activity in Canada, ultimately enhancing physical literacy, improving performance, and increasing lifelong participation. At Ontario Basketball, we are continually striving to ensure that our programs align with LTAD and CS4L. According to Canada Basketball’s LTAD, teams in the U15 Midget to U19 Junior divisions are in the “Train to Compete” stage of development. To learn more about how CS4L guides OBA’s programming and helps youth develop as athletes, be sure to read the CS4L Education section (refer to page 6). Ontario Basketball gratefully acknowledges all of our corporate sponsors and partners in development for their continued support of amateur basketball in the province. (For a full list of our partners, refer to page 31.) Additionally, we would like to thank the Ontario Basketball member clubs and parents. Without the ongoing support and commitment from all our basketball communities across the province, OBA would not have the opportunity to contribute to the development of our youth and have basketball continue to flourish in this country. The Ontario Cup Provincial Championships are the culmination and celebration of your efforts, commitment and development throughout the basketball season. Safe travels, good luck and have fun! Yours in basketball,

Greg Verner President

Jason Jansson Executive Director

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COMPETE FOR THE NATION

At Ontario Basketball (OBA), “we are unwavering in our commitment to basketball development according to the principles of Canadian Sport for Life.”

DEVELOP THE GAME

Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) is one of OBA’s values that guides our decision-making. From grassroots programming to clubs and competitions to elite teams, OBA strives to ensure that our structure and programs align with CS4L principles, including Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD).

DEVELOP PHYSICAL LITERACY

What is Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L)? www.canadiansportforlife.ca CS4L is a movement to improve the quality of sport and physical activity in Canada in order to enhance the health, wellness, and sport experiences of all Canadians. The key outcomes of CS4L are physical literacy, improved performance, and increased lifelong participation in physical activity. What is Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD)? www.ltad.ca The LTAD model is a key feature of CS4L. It is a multi-stage training, competition, and recovery pathway designed to increase participation and optimize performance, guiding individuals’ experience in sport and physical activity from birth to adulthood. LTAD is a holistic approach that not only considers individuals’ physical development, but mental, cognitive, and emotional development as well. LTAD is athlete-centred, coach-driven, and supported by administration, sport science, and sponsors. Every National Sport Organization in Canada, including Canada Basketball, has adopted LTAD and adapted it to their sport. What are Canada Basketball’s LTAD stages of development? Canada Basketball’s LTAD has eight stages, and OBA’s club players fall into four stages: Learn to Train, Train to Train, Train to Compete, and Active for Life (see Figure 1).

Figure 1

DEVELOPING PHYSICAL LITERACY In the first three stages of development (Active Start, FUNdamentals, and Learn to Train), athletes should learn fundamental movement skills and develop physical literacy in a fun environment. They should also begin learning fundamental sport skills.

Physical literacy means having the confidence and competence to move in various ways in a variety of environments (e.g., land, water, ice, snow).

Fundamental movement skills are basic movement skills, like running, jumping, throwing, and catching, that are necessary to participate in many sports.

Physical literacy is the foundation of CS4L. It leads to both sport excellence (Train to Train, Train to Compete, Learn to Win, and Train to Win) and being Active for Life.

The ABCs of movement (Agility, Balance, Coordination, and Speed) are also important skills to master because they underpin all fundamental movements.

Fundamental sport skills are fundamental movement skills, like throwing, that are sport-specific, like throwing a basketball to a teammate or into a basketball net. In order for children to be successful in sport, t h ey s h o u l d m a ste r f u n d a m e nta l m o ve m e n t s k i l l s b efo re l e a r n i n g fundamental sport skills.

DEVELOPING THE GAME At the end of the Learn to Train stage, athletes either move into the Excellence Pathway to begin to “Develop the Game” in the Train to Train stage or they move on to the Active for Life stage. When players enter the Train to Train stage, they should be physically literate. The goal of the stage is to develop overall basketball players, not positional players. Participants should play different positions to become well-rounded players. By the end of the stage, participants should begin specializing in one sport. After the Train to Train stage, a small number of elite athletes continue along the Excellence Pathway and enter the Train to Compete stage, while most participants move into the Active for Life stage. The Train to Compete stage is characterized by pursuing sport excellence through a periodized, high-intensity sport-specific as well as individual training schedule. The major objective of this stage is learning to compete under any circumstance through a high performance daily training environment. Athletes, who are now proficient at performing both basic and sport-specific skills, learn to perform these skills under a variety of competitive conditions during training. This stage also emphasizes personal preparation with individualized fitness plans, recovery programs, psychological preparation routines, and technical development to address each athlete’s individual strengths and weaknesses.

COMPETING FOR THE NATION

Figure 2

After the Train to Compete stage, a very small number of athletes advance to the Learn to Win and Train to Win stages to “Compete for the Nation” in international competitions. Athletes who are not training and competing in a high performance daily training environment then transition into the Active for Life stage. Learn to Win and Train to Win athletes play in professional leagues and/or in international competitions representing their country.

WHAT DOES LTAD RECOMMEND FOR TRAIN TO COMPETE ATHLETES? • Focus on one sport and developing sport- and position-specific skills. • Participate in basketball-specific training six times per week. • Adhere to the following Training to Competition and Competition-Specific Training Ratio: - Spend 40% of time in basketball developing technical and tactical skills and improving fitness. - Spend 60% of time devoted to competitions and competitionspecific training, like end of game situations related to time and score (e.g., playing out a scenario of being down by two points with 45 seconds remaining while in possession of the ball in the frontcourt with both teams in penalty and only having one timeout remaining). • The most skilled and qualified coaches should lead periodized training programs that ensure athletes’ physical, mental, and emotional needs are adequately addressed. • Athletes should be supported by an Integrated Support Team. Being a high performance athlete is about more than just on-court performance. In addition to having the necessary technical basketball skills, high performance basketball players must have other skills, including: • Mental/Social-Emotional (e.g., passion, leadership, resilience, commitment to training) • Physiological (e.g., speed, strength, agility) • Tactical (e.g., decision-making) High performance programs should address all these aspects of athlete development to provide a holistic training environment. Periodization is defined as “a strategy to promote long-term training and performance improvements with pre-planned, systematic variations in training specificity, intensity, and volume organized in periods or cycles within an overall program.” A yearly training plan (YTP) incorporates all aspects of an athlete’s life (e.g., training, competition, rest and recovery, academics, social life, etc.) and is planned strategically in phases, with varying intensity and volume, which builds towards ensuring athletes peak at one or two culminating competitions throughout the year (e.g., national or international competitions). A periodized YTP is essential to ensure maximum gains and longterm development for high performance athletes.

An Integrated Support Team is composed of professionals in sport science, medicine, and administration who provide support for high performance athletes and teams with regards to training, competition and rest and recovery (e.g., physiotherapist, nutritionist, performance analyst, etc.).

WHAT PROGRAMS ARE IN PLACE TO DEVELOP TRAIN TO COMPETE ATHLETES? Centre for Performance (ages 13-16) Centre for Performance (CP) is a nationally established program designed to develop athletes for the purpose of competing at the international basketball level. CP is not based on a competition model. Instead, it is a group of athletes training in pods across Ontario with the common goal of improving. Targeted Athlete Strategy (ages 15-18) The targeted athlete strategy (TAS) provides identified Canadian athletes with the individualized support that they need in their development to enhance what the team based system already provides. Working with provincial partners, TAS identifies top Ontario athletes within the national team program’s depth chart and assesses those athletes to determine their individual areas of need in various core areas of development. Team Ontario (U15 and U17) Team Ontario consists of the top male and female basketball players and coaches in the province and the teams are a continual medal favourite at the annual Canada Basketball National Championships. For the 2016 National Championships, the girls will be competing in Regina, SK from July 25-30 and the boys will be hosted in Winnipeg, MB from August 1-6. National Teams (U16-U19) Athletes and coaches represent the nation at various levels. Within the Train to Compete category, Canada Basketball has Cadet (males) and Cadette (females) national teams (ages U16 to U17) and Junior Men’s and Women’s national teams (ages U18 to U19). The National teams will be participating in the following competitions this year: Cadet & Cadette Teams - U17 FIBA World Championships in Spain Junior Men’s & Junior Women’s Teams - U18 FIBA Americas in Chile

BEING ACTIVE FOR LIFE The majority of the population is in the Active for Life stage. Participants can enter at any time following the Learn to Train stage, and they should be physically literate. The Active for Life stage has the following three streams: • Competitive for Life: Some participants compete in structured, organized sport such as Ontario Basketball’s member club teams and provincial championships. • Fit for Life: Most Active for Life participants are Fit for Life. They take part in physical activities such as hiking, snowboarding, and yoga as well as recreational sports like pick-up basketball. • Sport and Physical Activity Leaders: Being part of the Active for Life stage also means being active in sport as coaches, officials, administrators, and volunteers.

WHAT ARE THE CANADIAN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES TO BE ACTIVE FOR LIFE? Youth between ages 12 to 17 should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity every day, including: • Vigorous-intensity activities at least three days a week. • Activities that strengthen muscles and bone at least three days a week (e.g., using free weights, running on an elliptical, etc.). Moderate-intensity physical activities cause participants to sweat a little and to breathe harder and their heart rates become elevated. Examples include brisk walking and cycling. Vigorous-intensity physical activities, like running, cause participants to sweat and their heart rates greatly increase.

HOW HAS OBA STRUCTURED ITS CLUB PROGRAMMING TO ALIGN WITH CS4L AND LTAD? COACHING

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

CS4L highlights the importance of knowledgeable and qualified Recovery, for example, performing a proper cool-down or ensuring individuals leading sport programs using stage-appropriate training sufficient hydration, is an important factor in training and to ensure participants’ proper development. performance. Proper rest and recovery is essential for athletes to adequately recover and ultimately achieve optimal performances. If Coaching Requirements athletes perform in a fatigued state, they will not receive the full • Coaches must be certified through the National Coaching benefit of the training session or competition. Additionally, athletes Certification Program (NCCP). who are being over-trained, without adequate rest and recovery, • Coaches for U10 Novice to U12 Major Atom teams must have often experience overuse injuries and in many cases will experience Learn to Train certification. a career-altering or career-ending injury early in their career (e.g., • Coaches for U13 Bantam to U19 Junior teams must have Train to ACL tear, jumper’s knee, etc.). Train certification.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Active for Life website (www.activeforlife.com) Canada Basketball Development Model (www.basketball.ca) CS4L: A Sport Parent’s Guide (www.canadiansportforlife.ca) Steve Nash Parents’ Guide (www.basketball.ca)

Tournament Structure Requirements • OBA recommends that teams play a maximum of two games per day in tournaments, which is the format followed for all provincial championships. • Teams are not permitted to play back-to-back games; they must have at least 90 minutes of rest between games.

FUTURE CHANGES In keeping with LTAD’s philosophy of “Kaizen” (continuous improvement), OBA will continue to make changes to further align our programming with CS4L. Changes may include stage-appropriate league structures, game modifications, and annual periodized training and competition schedules. For future changes stay connected at www.basketball.on.ca.

For information on coaching certification and professional development opportunities visit www.basketball.on.ca.

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By living our values, Ontario Basketball aspires to be a world-class leader in the development and enrichment of the people in our sport.

We provide leadership and structure to enable the sport of basketball to flourish in Ontario.

Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) We are unwavering in our commitment to basketball development according to the principles of CS4L. Clarity of purpose We are clear, committed and passionate about basketball development. Innovation We believe that creativity, diversity and flexibility are necessary to thrive in a complex environment. Relationships We value collaborative and open relationships between members, volunteers, partners and staff.