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Your coach, CameronTen years coaching junior basketball in Melbourne.
Online basketball coaching

Home Court coaching

Your own basketball coach, on call. Message any time, and at least 3 check-ins every week, timed around your child's club training.

  • Girls and boys, 7 to 17
  • Anywhere in Australia
  • Domestic or rep
First 4 weeks free Then $49 a week, GST included I send you a secure payment link only if you decide to keep going. No card to start. Cancel any time with one message.
Player's age
Main goal
What this looks like for themAge 12 to 13: 6 to 7 sessions a week counting club training, home sessions of about 20 minutes, and 1 full rest day. We work back from October tryouts: the skills selectors look for first, then a Tryout Sprint in the last 6 weeks.

I reply to every message personally, the same day.

Progress guaranteeBetter at week 12 or a month free
Parent in every chatNever one-to-one with your child
Working with Children CheckCurrent Victorian check held
Cancel any timeOne message, no notice period
What's included
  1. Your coach, on call. Message me any time with a question or a clip. I reply the same day, 7am to 9pm.
  2. At least 3 check-ins a week, timed around your child's club training: after training, before the game, after the game.
  3. A plan built for your child, in 4-week blocks, rebuilt from their test results.
  4. Clip feedback. Send a clip, get back the one thing to change.
  5. A start test and a retest every 12 weeks. Six simple tests, filmed at home.
  6. A written progress review every month.
  7. A healthy training load. The plan fits around club training and games, with rest days built in.
  8. Tryout support. A 6-week Tryout Sprint before October, and a debrief afterwards, whatever the result.
  9. You're in every conversation. I never message your child one-to-one.
  10. The progress guarantee. Better at week 12, or the next month is free.
How the free 4 weeks run
  1. Week 1: we talk and they test.I learn their club week, their level and what you're worried about. They film the six start tests and the first plan lands in your group chat.
  2. Weeks 2 and 3: the real thing.The plan, at least 3 check-ins a week and clips any time, exactly as paying families get it.
  3. Week 4: the written review.Then we decide together whether to keep going. Nothing charges by itself.
Who it suits, and who it doesn't

It suits a player aged 7 to 17 who already plays, domestic or rep, and wants to get better between team trainings. Most of the improvement in junior basketball happens in the hours nobody supervises.

It doesn't replace club basketball. It works alongside a team, not instead of one. If your child hasn't started playing yet, start with a domestic season first.

Safe coaching

Every conversation happens in a group chat with you in it. I never message a player on their own. Under 13s join on a parent's number.

I hold a current Victorian Working with Children Check. Clips are deleted within 3 months of you finishing, sooner if you ask, and no photo of your child is ever shared without your written OK. The full policy is on the child safety page.

The progress guarantee, in full

Your child films six simple tests on day 1 and again at week 12. If 3 or more of the 6 haven't improved, and they did at least 2 sessions a week, your next month is free.

It isn't a promise of a spot in any team. Nobody can honestly promise that. The details are in the terms.

Most kids do not quit because they were never good enough. They quit because nobody was watching.

70%of kids walk away from organised sport by the age of 13 (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2024)

One session a week in a stadium with thirty other kids is not coaching. It is supervision. Your child gets a handful of touches, feedback that was written for the group, and no idea what to do with the ball when they get home.

That is the gap this fills. Not another session to drive to. A plan for the other six days, and someone who checks whether it actually happened.

Confidence first. Skills follow. That order has never changed here.

Three things happen, and they happen every month.

There is no course to log into and no video library to get lost in. It is a coach, a plan, and a conversation that keeps going.

01

We start with your child

You tell me where they are, what they want, and what their week already looks like. They film six simple start tests, and I build the plan around all of it, not around a drill sheet that gets sent to everybody.

02

We check in at least 3 times a week

In a private WhatsApp group with you, your child and me, timed around their club training. Message me any time in between and I reply the same day. Kids do the work when they know someone is going to ask about it.

03

We review every month

A written progress review so you can see exactly what changed, and a retest every 12 weeks so the numbers prove it.

How it compares

Every option has its place. Here's what each one gives your child, so you can pick the one that fits.

FeatureGroup clinicAcademy squadTraining appHome Court
A plan built for your childNoSometimesAutomaticYes
A coach checking in 3+ times a weekNoNoNoYes
Message the coach any timeNoNoNoSame day
You're in every conversationRarelyRarelyNoAlways
A written review every monthNoEnd of termStats onlyYes
Court time with a coach in personYesYesNoNo, it's online
Works anywhere in AustraliaNoNoYesYes
The video

Me, explaining exactly how this works.

What your child gets in a month and how the check-ins run. Watch it before you decide anything.

Video coming soon
Talk to me first See what is included
Cameron courtside in a Big V coaching polo, watching his team play

Mum's maiden name was Liddicoat.
That is the whole story.

I am Cameron. I will be the one in your chat.

“She taught me to share the ball. Now I am teaching them it is their turn to shoot.”

Liddicoat was my late mother's maiden name. She is the reason I fell in love with this game, and the reason I coach the way I do, which is to believe in a kid before the world gives them a reason to.

Nearly a decade of coaching later, the thing I am certain of is this. The kids who are still playing at seventeen are not the most talented ones. They are the ones who had somebody in their corner the whole way through. That is the job I am doing for your child every week.

You are not getting handed to an assistant and you are not getting an app. There is one coach here and it is me, which is also the reason there are only so many spots.

Talk to me first

Questions parents ask me first.

My child already trains with a club. Does this clash with that?

No. It is built to sit around club training rather than replace it. Tell me their weekly schedule and the plan works into the gaps. Most of the players I coach are also playing domestic or rep, and their coaches never hear from me unless you want them to.

What ages is this for?

Girls and boys from 7 to 17. The plan is written for the age, so a nine year old and a sixteen year old are never doing the same session.

Do I have to be in the group chat?

Yes, and that is deliberate. Every conversation with your child happens in a group that you are in. I do not message a player on their own at any point, for any reason.

What do we need at home?

A ball, a hoop or a flat wall, and a phone to film with. Nothing else, and nothing to buy from me.

How much is it?

The first 4 weeks are free, with no card needed. After that it is $49 a week, including GST, and only if you decide to keep going.

How does paying work?

After the free 4 weeks, if you want to keep going, I send you a secure payment link. It is weekly, and card details never touch this website.

What if we go away?

Tell me and we pause. Your plan is still there when you are back.

How do I cancel?

Send me one message, by email or in your group chat. No phone call and no notice period. You keep access until the end of the week you have already paid for.

How quickly do we start?

The group chat opens the same day you join and the first plan is with you inside 48 hours. If you would rather ask a few things before paying anything, send me a message and I will answer it myself.

Your kid has six other days this week.

Give them something to do with them, and somebody who will ask how it went.

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First 4 weeks freeThen $49 a week