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Whole-athlete development programBasketball, ages 10 to 14: Hoop Matter? You Matter.
Tools for your game. Tools for your life.
Building foundations for the game and for life across five pillars: You, Mind, Team, Health and Future.
Ten weeks of mindset, teamwork and wellbeing tools: a kit for home, 18 short videos, and support for the parents and coaches beside your player.
Hoop Matter Ultimate Kit $199 + $20 flat postage Australia-wide $219 total
Pre-orders are open. Kits dispatch end of November. Limited first run.
- Ages 10 to 14Domestic, rep, academy or just love the game
- 10 weeksTwo weeks for each of the five pillars
- 18 Matter MinisShort videos, plus a parent introduction
- 5 days a weekOne journal question a day
- $20 flat postageAnywhere in Australia
Hoop Matter in one minute
What is Hoop Matter?
Hoop Matter is a 10-week basketball mindset and whole-athlete development program for junior basketballers aged 10 to 14 in Australia. It builds foundations for the game and for life across five pillars: You, Mind, Team, Health and Future, with a kit for home, 18 short videos and support for the parents and coaches beside your player.
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For parents of players aged 10 to 14
They train their shot. Who trains the rest?
Basketball is what your player does.
It is not all of who they are.
Between 10 and 14 the game gets serious fast: rep teams, selections, bench minutes, a bad game that sits with them all week. Most of the time goes into skills. Hoop Matter gives the rest of the game its own tools: who they are, how they think, how they treat teammates and how they look after themselves.
The Hoop Matter Ultimate Kit
Tools for your game.
Tools for your life. In one box.
Player journal
You Matter Journal
10 weeks: one question a day, five days a week, plus two free journaling days, notes pages and Plays That Matter pages.
Values and strengths cards
What Matters Cards
Sorted in week 1 to find what matters most to your player and what they bring to a team.
Season planner
Matter Moments Planner
Map the season, the moments that matter and the habits that get them there.
18 videos + parent video
Matter Minis
18 short videos across five series plus a parent introduction. 12 months of online access from dispatch, by private login.
Game day
Hoop Matter water bottle
For training and game days.
Ready to write
Hoop Matter pen
So nothing stops them starting.
See inside the box
Watch the unboxing
The program
Ten weeks of Hoop Matter.
Two weeks for each pillar. About two short videos a week,
and one journal question a day.
Weeks 1 to 2
You Matter
3 Matter Minis
Values, strengths and who they are beyond the scoreboard
Weeks 3 to 4
Mind Matter
5 Matter Minis
Focus, self-talk, nerves and mistakes
Weeks 5 to 6
Team Matter
3 Matter Minis
Being a great teammate, coaching and self-coaching
Weeks 7 to 8
Health Matter
4 Matter Minis
Fuel, recovery, sleep and moving well
Weeks 9 to 10
Future Matter
3 Matter Minis
Goals, pathways and loving the game long term
Week 1 starts with the parent video and a short self-rating. Week 10 ends with the same self-rating, so your player can see what has shifted for them.
The Matter Minis
18 short videos, presented by the experts
Your player watches about two a week, one pillar at a time.
Hoop Matter at home
Built for real family weeks.
- Values and strengths reviewed up front.
- About two short videos a week.
- One journal question a day, five days a week.
- Works alongside club, rep or academy training; no extra sessions to get to.
Hoop Matter? You Matter.
Is it right for your player?
Who Hoop Matter is for.
- Basketballers aged 10 to 14 at any level: domestic, rep, academy or just love the game.
- Parents who want a way to talk about the mental side.
- Coaches and academies who want a shared language.
What Hoop Matter is not
Hoop Matter is not therapy, counselling or a skills program, and it does not promise selection or results.
If you are worried about your child's wellbeing, please speak to your GP.
Meet the Hoop Matter experts
Presented by people who know their field.
You Matter
Anika Brown
Founder, Athlete Matter
Mind Matter
Myles Cherry
Registered Psychologist
Team Matter
Tim Rapp
Director of Coaching Development
Health Matter
Katie Hamment
Sports Physiotherapist
Health Matter
Courtney Baleato
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Future Matter
Ian McKensey
Founder, Momentum Pathways Australia
Pre-order
The Hoop Matter Ultimate Kit
$199GST included
+ $20 flat postage Australia-wide. $219 at checkout.
- You Matter Journal (10 weeks)
- What Matters Cards
- Matter Moments Planner
- Hoop Matter water bottle
- Hoop Matter pen
- 18 Matter Minis + parent video
- 12 months online access
- Secure checkout
- Flat $20 postage Australia-wide
- Everything in one box
- 12 months of Matter Minis
New here? Join the mailing list for 10% off your first kit.
Is your academy a Hoop Matter partner? Use your academy code at checkout.
One discount per order; codes cannot be combined. Postage is not discounted. Pre-orders are open; kits dispatch end of November.
For academies and coaches
Bring Hoop Matter to your academy.
Partner academies get a family code, co-branded posts on both channels, a partner listing and page on our site, and anonymised insights from their group.
Coaches can start this week with the free Matters Trio.
Talk to Anika about partnering
Coming up
Find Hoop Matter courtside.
Kits and free Ride Home Check cards at the stall.
28 to 29 November 2026
AAU Coastal Slam
Port Macquarie
16 to 17 January 2027
Newcastle Summer Shootout
Newcastle
Questions, answered
Hoop Matter FAQs
Still wondering about something? Talk to the team. We reply within two business days.
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How much time does it take?
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What is in the Hoop Matter Ultimate Kit?
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When will my kit arrive?
Can I return it?
Can I use more than one code?
Is my child's information safe?
Is Hoop Matter therapy?
What is the free Matters Trio?
Hoop Matter? You Matter.
Tools for your game. Tools for your life. Ten weeks to get to know themselves as well as they know their game.
Child safety comes first
We work with young people, so we follow the NSW Child Safe Standards. Everyone who works with us is screened, trained and signs our Code of Conduct.
To raise a concern, email [email protected]. If a child is in immediate danger, call 000.
Athlete Matter acknowledges the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, and pays respect to Elders past and present.
