{"id":37999,"date":"2026-02-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=37999"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:55:03","slug":"coach-atto-passes-on-basketball-knowhow-to-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/coach-atto-passes-on-basketball-knowhow-to-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Atto passes on basketball knowhow to next generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG Bacchus Marsh basketballers \u2013 and some not so young \u2013 are being guided on the path to high-level competition by local sports and coaching identity Athanas Zivave.<\/p>\n<p>Zivave, or Coach Atto as he is more commonly and affectionately known, has just opened a new coaching academy called A2Z Basketball in Maddingley \u2013 and it is already attracting solid participation rates.<\/p>\n<p>After playing competitively around Bacchus Marsh and further afield, the 25-year-old has changed gears to pass on what he has learnt to younger enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>He set up and ran AZ Basketball Skills Coaching in 2024, but has made the change to A2Z because of his desire to reach as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38000\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38000\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161159_57115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161159_57115.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161159_57115-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161159_57115-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161159_57115-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Atto takes some of his young charges through the basics at a session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the first and last letters of the alphabet and I&#8217;m trying to reach everyone in between,&#8221; Coach Atto said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a junior I grew up playing in Bacchus Marsh. I was lucky enough to be a multisport athlete; I played footy, cricket, soccer, but basketball stuck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me NBA was the goal, as it is for most kids. I was able to find a place in Hoppers Crossing, Transition Sports, who helped my basketball tremendously.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They not only helped my playing career but also with some of the philosophies that I try and pass on to the kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38010\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161205_59264-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161205_59264-1-rotated.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161205_59264-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_161205_59264-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coach Atto said knowing the burden that travelling placed on aspiring sportsmen \u2013 and particularly on their parents who had to ferry them to training and competitions \u2013 he decided to try to provide some form of structured pathway locally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel that if I had had that here, my basketball would have been even more (successful),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A2Z Basketball runs classes and sessions every day except Saturdays out of its new headquarters in Osborne Street in Maddingley.<\/p>\n<p>They run for up to six hours on a Sunday, three hours on Mondays and Tuesdays, and for one hour on each of Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38009\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_163934_67386-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_163934_67386-1-rotated.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_163934_67386-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_163934_67386-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coach Atto mentors basketballers from as young as 7 to players in their 20s and older, with some local youngsters turning up at coaching sessions as many as three times a week.<\/p>\n<p>He has curtailed his own playing activities to spend more time helping others, but has appeared on the court in Melton, Sunbury, Ballarat and the Surf Coast after he graduated from junior ranks.<\/p>\n<p>He was a regular junior player in Keilor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38011\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38011\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_164118_73134-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_164118_73134-1-rotated.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_164118_73134-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20260216_164118_73134-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Atto, coach-in-training Leigh Murphy, and some of the participants in an A2Z Basketball coaching session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still only 25,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I still have a lot of time left to play some good basketball, but it&#8217;s now my focus has shifted to helping the juniors chase their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mine haven&#8217;t fizzled away, they&#8217;ve just changed shape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The best way to get involved is to phone 0421 698 211 or check out Coach Atto&#8217;s social media: coach.attoz on Instagram or his Facebook page AZ Basketball Skills Coaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG Bacchus Marsh basketballers \u2013 and some not so young \u2013 are being guided on the path to high-level competition by local sports and coaching identity Athanas Zivave. 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