Aussie Hoopla Nbl & Nba Podcast

Lindsay Gaze sits down with Dan Boyce on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to share how the Australia Boomers program came about and shares his stories from a career that includes either playing or coaching the men’s national basketball team from it’s inception in 1960 to 1984. In what will be a two-part episode, Lindsay shares the stories of how basketball began in Australia and look at how it developed into the medal contender that it is today. Topics on the show include; 1956 - Olympic Basketball reaches Melbourne (2:00) What impact Bill Russell had when the USA Olympic Basketball team competed in the 1956 Olympics (8:30) How basketball developed across Australia after the 1956 Olympics (10:30) The Australian Boomers travel by ship to reach the 1960 Olympics in Rome (16:30) Tokyo Olympics 1964 and how Lindsay brought the jump shot to Australia (21:30) Australia fails to qualify for the 1968 Olympics (26:00) How the shuffle offence came to Australia and its impact over the years (28:00) Lindsay becomes coach of th