Originally pencilled in to return with the implementation of stage three restrictions on July 13, the sport could yet get a head start on community netball, which locked in the identical return date last week.

Basketball Tasmania chief executive Chris McCoy said the sport's return could still be shifted forward should the state's accelerated easing of restrictions continue.

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"The competition [return] date was the 13th of July, so we're hoping that gets brought forward 10 days as well so we'd be looking at resuming games and contact on the 3rd of July if that's the case," McCoy said.

Basketballers will be able to resume some group training from 3pm Friday, although Elphin Sports Centre is likely to remain out of action for several more weeks while it serves as a coronavirus testing centre.

The Launceston Tornadoes and North-West Thunder both had their NBL1 seasons called off in March, but most other competitions will go ahead in some capacity.

"We revised the calendar over the last two days as a staffing team and we really wanted to put as much as we could in for the post-COVID 2020 calendar and we've been able to do that," McCoy said.

"There's been a bit of scaling back in a few areas - the junior representative competition was going to be 10 weeks with three weeks of finals and we've got it to nine weeks with one week of finals, so things like that we've just had to scale back a fraction.

"A couple of events we'll hold over for 2021 but the majority of things in there - the junior representative competition, the under-22s, the seniors, the state league, the school championships - they've all remained in the calendar which is really good."

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McCoy said support from state and federal grants had helped navigate the sport through a tricky period.

"We're happy to say the sport's in good shape, the staffing team has all remained the same which is really good," McCoy said.

"Our association structure has remained the same and our NBL1 clubs are in really good shape so we can now attack the next phase with some confidence.

"We'll have a four-week training block from this Friday and then look to return to games after that which is really exciting for everyone."

Launceston brother and sister duo Lachlan and Sophie Brewer are as keen as any to get back on court.

The Riverside High School pair have enjoyed being each other's training partners during the coronavirus period but are looking forward to returning to proper matchplay next month.

"I'm pretty keen to get back into the competitive side of things," Lachlan said.

"We've been doing one person rebounds, one person shoots - you get more shots up that way and we do drills together.

"Normally during the week we do our own training with our own coaches and we go to the gym, so we've been really lucky we've got a lot of stuff we can do at home as well."

Sophie, who at 13 is two years his junior, said she was excited by the prospect of training with teammates again.

"I'm looking forward to competing against other people and not just improving on my own skills but helping others," she said.