Been There, Done That

Lately I’ve been working on my screenplay which focuses on men’s relationships.

It’s set in the Australian basketball scene and my research has led me back to a basketball club I co-founded in 1974.

I needed to tap into the ‘feel’ of coaching and of basketball again, so I can write an authentic screenplay set in modern times.

I’m currently following the U/18 boys’ representative team which plays in the championships competition here in Melbourne, Australia. I’m attending their training sessions and games as an observer.

The other night I walked into a stadium to watch them play. As I looked at the three basketball courts in front of me I took a deep breath and was suddenly ‘boomeranged’ back into the past as a coach.

It was as if I had never left and the 20-year break vanished in a second.

Although I am still enthusiastic about basketball, watching American college and professional games on television, it’s unlikely I’d go back to full time coaching again.

My basketball past is fun to visit but I don’t want to live there.

Besides, ‘I’ve been there, done that’.