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TROPIC • UP FRONT
Kerry Williams A DAY IN THE LIFE
Coach
Cairns Basketball Tropic delves into the daily routines and habits of a local identity.
As Head Coach of the 5:00am 1:00pm
Cairns Marlins NBL1 team, This is when my alarm goes off but I Back in the office completing tasks
Community Development generally wake up before it sounds so I set by the Taipans Head Coach.
Scouting takes up a lot of time. I have
don’t wake up my family. I get up,
Manager and Assistant Coach have a glass of water and a coffee. certain NBL teams to scout from to
at the Cairns Taipans and While I’m drinking my coffee, I’ll jump make sure our teams are as prepared
State Performance Officer for on my phone to check the app that as can be.
Basketball Queensland, it’s fair tells me about the players’ wellness,
to say Kerry Williams lives and so I can monitor their day. 4:00pm
breathes basketball. However, 5:35am Home to see the family. My two-year-
old girl probably takes up most of the
Tropic discovered he also likes I’m out the door and headed to time right now. Her older brothers aged
to strum his guitar and spend Cairns Basketball. ten and 13 are pretty self-sufficient.
time with his wife Sharon and Wednesday is my day off, so I get to
children Keenan, Isiah and 5:45am see them a lot more then. I also like
Kiana. Kerry is a descendant I open up the stadium for the first to play my guitar, which was handed
of several mobs across training session. Practice starts at down by my Dad.
6:00am. These are the elite young
Queensland, including the local players in the region that we think 6:00pm
Kuku Yalanji. have a future in the sport and they get At the moment I’m back at the courts
a high level of practice through the on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Marlins
National Performance Program. training until 8:30pm, when I’m home
again for dinner. My favourite is pizza,
7.30am especially from Joe’s at Earlville.
Training is wrapping up and I
head into the Taipans coaching 9:00pm
office for a meeting to plan other
practice sessions. Once the kids are in bed, I spend time
with my wife. I probably don’t get to
sleep til 10:30pm, although on Fridays
8:00am
Another morning coffee, usually it’s after midnight. We run Midnight
Basketball, a community program
a flat white at Blackbird with the
other coaches. providing a safe place for disengaged
kids to come and hang out and shoot
hoops.
8:30am
We’re on court for Taipans practice.
12:00pm
I’m in the office reviewing Image credits: Taipans
1. Taipans Forward Nate Jawai
the practice session and discussing and Coach Kerry Williams
what tomorrow’s schedule might look
like. I’ll get a bite to eat around this MORE: taipans.com
time, too.
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