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NBL NOW | Behind the 36ers' NBL26 season with Tristan Chai

Basketball

Taon2026

Panoorin Ngayon

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Adelaide 36ers Head of High Performance Tristan Chai joins Pete Hooley to break down how availability, trust, recovery and relationships powered one of the healthiest seasons in league history, even without heavy sports science data. From workload management to championship turnaround timelines, this is elite performance from behind the scenes. 00:00 - Intro 01:55 - The availability mindset and season results 03:34 - What high performance really looks like on game day 05:50 - Managing players as individuals 09:15 - Trust between performance staff and coaches 11:17 - Operating without sports science data 13:31 - Championship teams and staying healthy 14:22 - Managing Bryce Cotton’s workload 17:45 - Lessons learned and evolving each season 21:00 - Fast turnaround between championship games 25:20 - Outro Want more NBL news and action ⤵️ Download the NBL app - https://nbl.com.au/app Read more - https://nbl.com.au/