1. Basketball Performance Performance
Academy Programme Staff
“Taunton is one of the few successful National League
The Basketball Academy in partnership with Cam Seeley – Academy Head Coach
Men's Team that is made up entirely from locally
Taunton Tigers Basketball Club provides players Cam is an experienced EB Level 3 coach with
produced players. The reason it can do this is quite
with a structured programme of practical coaching, coaching experience at National and International
simply down to the sustained quality of the Academy
fitness and sports science support of the highest level. Cam has also toured the Country developing
programme.”
quality. Our holistic programme ensures that local talent working for the NBA and Nike. During
players will significantly improve their technical, the summer periods Cam is a senior staff member
Ronnie Heath, Taunton Tigers Men's Team Head Coach.
tactical, physical and mental skills within involved in running the internationally renowned
Basketball Camps at Millfeld.
Basketball Academy
basketball.
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The U18 weekly programme is built around the
Basketball Academy
players’ academic commitments and includes
“Taunton Tigers Basketball Club is extremely Gary Carter – U16 Boys Head Coach
the following elements:
fortunate to have formed a partnership with Richard Gary is a EB Level 2 Coach and works for the
Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership (SASP)
Huish College. The Academy programme will • Squad coaching
and as part of his role coaches on the basketball
ensure the best opportunities for players to develop
development squads and is Head Coach for the
• Individual Coaching
their skills and play at the highest level. The Somerset teams. Gary is also the Head Coach for
relationship between the two organisations can only • Footwork sessions the Taunton Tornadoes Basketball Club.
become stronger from such a well integrated set up,
and I look forward to seeing more Huish students • Shooting Sessions
sharing the Tigers experience.” Jenny Ridgway – U18 Women's Head Coach
• Supervised fitness sessions
Jenny has been a full time professional sports
Colin Barrell, Chairman Taunton Tigers Basketball Club
coach since 2004 and is the Somerset County and
• Competitive Fixtures
Development Squad coach. Jenny has 7 years
National League playing experience and is working
Links with Taunton Tigers National League Men's
towards her EB Level 3 coaching qualification.
Division 2 Team & Ladies Division 2 Team.
NB. The U16 programme is usually based around
Academy Player
squad sessions in the evening.
Representative Honours
• Opportunity to gain NGB Coaching Awards
Richard Huish College • Diet and nutrition workshops
• Most players gain
County and Regional
• Video analysis of performance and technique
The College enjoys a reputation of high standards, representative honours.
(individual and team)
academic excellence, quality teaching and for
• Produced 13
developing the whole person to meet the • Sports Science programme
International players, 3 of
challenges of the modern world. The recent
whom have gone on to
inspection by Ofsted highlighted the College’s • Physiotherapy and Sports Massage support
represent Great Britain.
overall quality of provision to be outstanding.
• Basketball Academy clothing

2. Selection
James Quirk – Fitness Consultant
James has a BSc (Hons) in Exercise and Sport
Science and now has a variety of coaching roles across
several sports. James main role consists of developing
physical activity opportunities for a variety of
populations, ensuring that all elements of an
individual’s lifestyles are enhanced. In addition James
is a sportsman himself with athletics being his priority.
Mark Smith – Performance Consultant
Players are expected to have five passes (Grade C or
Mark holds a BSc & MSc in Sport & Health Sciences,
above) at GCSE level and be committed to continuing their
and is currently working towards BASES Sport
Basketball Academy
education. Players will then be selected against a number
Psychology accreditation. He holds strong connections
of criteria including:
within the Football Association from both a psychology
angle and a coaching perspective. His applied work
includes coaching soccer in the U.K. and the U.S.A. • Previous achievements (eg County/Regional
and also providing psychological support to the top representative honours)
young tennis players in La Manga’s (Spain) specialist
• Perceived talent and potential
Basketball
training camp. Mark seeks to facilitate a learning
• Technical skills
environment within the academy in which the players
• Social skills
can prosper, providing both team sessions and
• Application and ability to benefit from overall programme
individual consultations towards this purpose.
Academy
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Dominic Jones – Physiotherapist
Dominic qualified in 1994 with BSc Hons in
Technical skills and talent are important factors. However, it
physiotherapy. Dominic is the Superintendent
physiotherapist in NHS in orthopaedic paediatrics, is very difficult to foresee how players will develop or to
working alongside the orthopaedic consultant in his quantify their potential. Therefore, we have included all the
clinic. Dominic has a private practice in Taunton in its
above criteria in an attempt to make our selection as
fifth year of operating and has a particular interest in
objective as possible. We wish to avoid selection based
sports injuries in children and young adults including
simply on achievement, the aim is to identify and develop
injury management, rehabilitation and prevention. Dom
talent, some of which may as yet be under developed and,
is also the physio for Somerset FA (girls) centre for
therefore, underachieving.
excellence.
Emily Northcott – Sports Masseur Gavin Whitworth
Emily is a level 4 Sports Masseur and a member of the Sport Academies Manager
Sports Massage Association. Emily runs her own
Richard Huish College
private practice, and is the Sports Masseur for Taunton
South Road
Vale Hockey Club, as well as the Taunton Deane and
Taunton
FAST Swimming Teams. Sports massage provides an
Somerset
important element of the programme in terms of
preparation and recovery alongside the prevention of TA1 3DZ
injury.
Telephone: 01823 320869 or 07968 473620
Email: sports.academies@richuish.ac.uk
www.rhcprofessional.co.uk/sports