Two of Launceston's brightest basketball prospects have been forced to reconfigure their training programs as world sport feels the full effect of coronavirus.
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With Elphin Sports Centre and many other basketball facilities locked up, Lauren Wise and Sejr Deans have found new places to hone their skills.
Still 16, Wise returned home from Canberra a week ago after spending the past eight months training at the Australian Institute of Sport's Centre of Excellence.
The former St Patrick's College student helped her team start the NSW Waratah 1 League season with two wins before their campaign was suspended, leaving Wise to continue her education and training in Launceston.
"I've got a paddock out the back of my house so I'm doing my running programs out there," she said.
"Then I've got a bit of space at home with a ring and a little courtyard where I do my ball skills and shooting and I just do the weights inside.
"All the gyms and the courts are closed now so we have to work with what we've got.
"As long as you stick with it and work everyday and keep at that level instead of dropping down through this time, you need to just try and get better at the little things."
The enforced layoff comes at a frustrating time for Wise, who had been enjoying her longest injury-free stretch for some time.
"I didn't like the fact that I had to come home because I was on a pretty good run," Wise said.
"Last year I obviously had a few injuries and sickness and from the start of this year I haven't had any major problems so I've been building up, but then this came so it's just another dent in the road I guess.
"It's been kind of disappointing, especially with the season closing and having to come back and not having the facilities we've got up there for training.
"We've got a good support system up in CoE so our coaches and everyone behind the scenes have all been working hard to make sure we're organised when we come back."
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While Wise has embraced the backyard, Deans has ventured to outdoor courts and primary schools to continue his training.
The star of Australia's under-15 Oceania championship gold medal-winning side has seen the Asian under-17 championships wiped from his calendar, but remains hopeful of competing in July's under-17 world cup in Bulgaria.
"The only difference really is just not having a gym and good facilities, but it doesn't really change anything," the 17-year-old said.
"I'm still doing the same stuff I always do and focus on my goal which is the world cup in July, so nothing's really changed for me.
"The basketball development officers have done a really good job of putting together home programs for everybody, so we've got condition programs, skills programs and shooting work we can all do.
"That's really going to benefit everybody in Basketball Tasmania and it also makes it easier having a set plan that people can do."
Like many organisations, Basketball Tasmania has been forced to take its work online due to the need for social distancing.
Deans has been a passionate contributor to the state development program's group chat and has taken plenty of enjoyment from encouraging his peers
"Everybody's started to put videos up of them working out and it encourages each of them to get better," he said.
"Once I'm finished playing [coaching is] something I'll be interested in - I like seeing other people get better and it helps me as well."