Canada Basketball hosting Edmonton Virtual Sessions

The Edmonton Virtual Sessions presented by Canada Basketball’s Women’s High Performance Team will give the local basketball community special opportunities with the country’s brightest minds and greatest talent.

Free registration is now open for online sessions featuring players and staff from the national program, taking place in June and July. To sign up, follow the links below.

The series tips off with the Senior Women’s National Team Panel at noon on June 17. Basketball players will be able to hear from and ask questions of senior women’s national team members Shay Colley, Quinn Dornstauder Ruth Hamblin, and Jamie Scott.

Youth coaches are invited learn coaching strategies for different stages of the long-term athletic development model during the Coaching Young Athletes session on June 24 at noon, featuring Mike MacKay and other international-calibre coaches.

Women in Coaching takes place on July 8 at noon. Jodi Gram will be joined by fellow female coaches to discuss getting started as a coach, balancing family and life with coaching, and other topics.

Since 2013, Canada Basketball’s Senior Women’s National Team has made its home training base in Edmonton, a period of extraordinary success that has included gold medals in the Pan-Am Games and Americas championships and appearances at the World championships and Olympics. Canada has qualified for women’s basketball in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games.

SWNT PLAYER PANEL - Wednesday, June 17, noon MT

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-6gqzMtGtLBOsEc6HZWQyWAggXq8yBp

COACHING YOUTH ATHLETES - Wednesday, June 24, noon MT

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldOihrj8pHND-9GXrepnhpfuSAXFa5xZ-

WOMEN IN COACHING- Wednesday, July 8, noon MT

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-GvqTouE9IpDete11r0wUcwfSP8FTeb