Gosport Gunners Basketball Club

21/09/2026

🏀 YOU DON’T NEED THE BALL TO HELP YOUR TEAM

Last week, our games helped us identify something important:

When everyone moves towards the basketball, the court becomes crowded.

When players pass and then stop, the defence can settle.

And when we dribble with our heads down, we can miss the space — and the teammate — right in front of us.

So this week we’re taking the next step:

CREATE SPACE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

Our simple Development-group cue is:

DON’T FOLLOW THE BALL.

Instead:

🏀 Pass — then keep playing
🏃 Cut into space
↔️ Move away from crowded areas
👀 See where your teammates are
🤝 Sometimes move simply to give somebody else room to attack

For our Performance players, we’ll develop that into pass, cut and relocate — constantly asking whether our movement has made the court easier or harder for our teammates to play in.

Good basketball isn’t five people chasing one ball.

It’s five players creating opportunities for each other.

🔴⚫⚪ Work Hard. Think Team. Play Together.

On the way home, ask your player: “How did your movement help somebody else tonight?”

20/09/2026

🏀 WE’RE LEARNING THIS TOGETHER

Something we’re proud of at Gosport Gunners is that our players don’t have to arrive as finished basketball players.

Many of our group are still very new to competitive basketball.

That means there will be mistakes.

There will be missed passes.

There will be moments when everyone follows the ball.

There will even be games where things don’t quite work.

And that’s exactly where learning starts.

This week, our players are taking things they experienced in a real game and bringing them back into training:

👀 looking up instead of over-dribbling
🤝 passing and moving for teammates
↔️ learning how to create space
🛡️ helping each other defend our basket
💪 trying again after something didn’t work

That’s the kind of environment we want to create.

One where young players can learn the game, make mistakes safely, be challenged and improve together.

If your child likes basketball — whether they’ve played for years or are just starting out — we’d be happy to hear from you.

📩 Message Gosport Gunners to find out about coming along for a trial session.

🔴⚫⚪ Work Hard. Think Team. Play Together.

19/09/2026

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17/09/2026

🏀 THE SCOREBOARD ISN’T THE END OF THE STORY

Our teams didn’t win this weekend.

And that’s OK.

For lots of our players, this is the very beginning of learning how to play competitive basketball together.

The most valuable thing we brought home wasn’t a result.

It was information.

We discovered two things we can get better at:

On offence:
We need to look up, share the basketball and move into space rather than trying to dribble through everything ourselves.

On defence:
We’re beginning to understand how to guard our own player — but now we need to learn that defence is also a team job.

Sometimes your teammate gets beaten.

Sometimes somebody drives towards our basket.

When that happens, the other four defenders can’t simply keep watching their own player.

We have to recognise the danger, HELP, and then recover together.

That’s why games matter.

They give us a problem.

Training gives us the chance to solve it.

Then we go back and try again.

🔴⚫⚪ Work Hard. Think Team. Play Together.

17/09/2026

15/09/2026

Two sports…..linked by who? Portsmouth Victoria Artistic Swimming

14/09/2026

🧠 LEARN | Basketball is a team game — with and without the ball

🏀 HEAD UP. PASS. MOVE. CREATE SPACE.

This weekend gave our players a brilliant opportunity to learn what basketball feels like against another team.

Both of our teams are very new to competitive basketball, so this week isn’t about dwelling on the score.

It’s about asking:

What did the game teach us?

One clear lesson came on offence.

At times we spent too long dribbling with our heads down. When that happens, it’s difficult to see teammates, defenders or the space developing around us.

So this Wednesday our challenge is:

👀 HEAD UP — see the whole court
🏀 PASS — trust your teammates
🏃 MOVE — don’t stop playing after the pass
↔️ CREATE SPACE — give the player with the ball somewhere to attack

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your team happens after you’ve given the ball away.

That is exactly what we’re trying to develop at Gunners: players who don’t just execute a skill, but can see the game and make decisions together.

🔴⚫⚪ Work Hard. Think Team. Play Together.

Parents —> Ask your player after training: “What did you do after you passed the ball?”

14/09/2026

🏀 THANK YOU — GUNNERS ON THE ROAD! 🔴⚫⚪

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our U12 and U14 @ @ in yesterday’s friendly against the New Forest Novas.

Firstly, thank you to all of our parents and families. Getting young players onto court takes much more than simply turning up for tip-off — it takes lifts, time, organisation, encouragement and plenty of support from the sidelines. We really appreciate you giving up part of your weekend to give the players the opportunity to compete and develop.

To our Gunners players — well done. 👏 It was brilliant to see both teams out representing the club. Friendlies like this are an important part of learning: testing ourselves against different players, making decisions under pressure, learning from mistakes and discovering what we need to work on next. Most importantly, we saw plenty of effort, teamwork and players supporting one another.

Thank you as well to New Forest Novas for inviting us and being such welcoming hosts. We really appreciate the opportunity to play and look forward to getting our two clubs together again in the future.

Games like this are about much more than the final score. They give our young players the chance to grow in confidence, learn how to compete and put into practice everything we are developing at training.

Very proud of everyone who represented the Gunners. ❤️🏀

Work Hard. Think Team. Play Together. 🔴⚫⚪
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13/09/2026

🏀 “BUT I’VE NEVER REALLY PLAYED BASKETBALL…”

That’s absolutely fine.

One of the things we want new players to discover at Gosport Gunners is that basketball isn’t just about being able to dribble brilliantly or score lots of baskets.

It’s also about learning to:

👀 find space
🏃 move
🤝 help a teammate
🧠 make decisions
💪 keep trying
😁 and enjoy playing as part of a team.

Those are things children can begin learning from their very first session.

Our coaching is built around games and challenges, with players developing from their own starting point rather than needing to arrive as a finished basketball player.

So if your child has been watching basketball, playing at school, shooting at a hoop in the park — or simply fancies trying a different team sport — we’d be happy to hear from you.

📩 Message Gosport Gunners to find out more about coming along and trying basketball with us.

🧡💙 Work Hard. Think Team. Play Together.