Tony Casella is the National Talent Identification Coordinator at Australian Basketball. With over 20 years experience working in basketball within Australia, Tony has seen some of the best and most high profile Australian basketball players transition into the professional ranks including the NBA.
Show notes
01:00 - Introduction to Tony Casella basketball experience
04:00 - Australian basketball talent and participation pathway
10:30 - Talent identification criteria for high potential players
15:40 - The talent ID framework within Australian Basketball
22:00 - Assessing players who are ready to make the jump in competition level
28:31 - RAE effect and bio banding challenges in talent ID
35:00 - Using physical metrics as performance indicators
40:00 - Creating a programme that allows the system to create multi skilled and positional players
44:30 - Greatest challenge faced within Tony's role.
48:00 - How would he want to be described by fellow practitioners
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