NAME: Brett Rainbow
NICKNAME: The Rainman.
BIRTHDATE: 30 October 1975.
BIRTHPLACE: Melbourne, Australia.
PLAYING NO: 23.
POSITION: Guard/Forward.
OCCUPATION: Professional Trainer, Swim Teacher, Life Guard
HEIGHT: 6’4/195cm.
WEIGHT: 97kg.
AGE WHEN STARTED PLAYING: 9yrs
MARITAL STATUS: Single.
OTHER SPORTING INTERESTS: Football, Gym, Tennis, Golf.
PRE-GAME ROUTINE: Sleep, Rest, Energy Drink, Chocolate Bar.
HOURS TRAINING PER WEEK: 25hrs plus.
MOTIVATION: To Beat the odds.
SAYING: Great players win games, but teamwork wins championships.
Playing Career
Junior Career
U/16, U/18, U/20 Melbourne Tigers.
U/18 Member of the Victorian State Championship Team.
U/18 Australian World Youth Champions, Melbourne Tigers.
1992 VBA State Champions, Melbourne Tigers.
1993 VBA State Team, Melbourne Tigers.
1994 VBA State Champions, Melbourne Tigers.
1995 VBA State Team, Melbourne Tigers.
1996 VBA State Team, Melbourne Tigers.
1997 VBA State Champions, Melbourne Tigers.
1998 VBA State Champions, Melbourne Tigers
Senior Career
1992/1999 Member of the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
1993 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
1995 Tour of America to play in warm up pre-season games against top collage teams with Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
1995 Tour of Singapore winning the Merlion Cup Championship with the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
1996 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up
1996 Tour of America & Korea to play in warm up pre-season games against top collages & the Korean National Team.
1996/97 Played as an import in the SBL Singapore’s top Basketball League, resulting in winning the championship, ppg 28pts, 15rebs.
1997 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
1998 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up.
2000-2007 Played in the ABA League with teams Werribee Devils, Ringwood Hawks, Melbourne Tigers playing over 150 games and scoring more than 5000 points.
2002 Part of the Victorian Titans NBL Team Training Squad.
2003/04 Selected to participate and tour China with the Melbourne Tigers NBL team. As a result of the trip I was chosen to join the Guangdong Tigers in China’s top National Basketball League (CBA) as an import for 3 months. Resulting in a championship.
2004 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks.
2005 ABA All Star Team – Was chosen to try out amongst 30 of top players in the ABA league. Was selected as part of the team to travel to Cairns and attend the NBL Pre-season tournament.
2007 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks
Currently playing still in the ABA.
Career Highlights
1993 Winning NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
1993 NBL Australian All Star Slam Dunk Champion.
1994 NBL Australian All Star Slam Dunk Champion.
1995 NBL Australian All Star Slam Dunk Champion.
1997 Winning NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
2004 First Australian player to be selected to play in China as a professional basketballer in the countries top basketball league the CBA
Coaching Career
ONE on ONE I coach Mon-Fri full time, boys & girls aged 8-18yrs in 1hr sessions.
1999 Started my One on One coaching business.
2000-08 Launched Tomorrows Stars Basketball Programs- Now coaching over 60 children a week.
2003 Coached & ran basketball clinic’s in China for the CBA (Chinese Basketball Asst)
2006-08 I conducted One on One private basketball sessions at Melbourne Girls Grammar School for two years. Now, my business Tomorrows Stars Basketball runs the schools entire basketball program, from grade prep-grade 6.
2007 Worked at Fitzroy Secondary Collage as the school’s Basketball Co-ordinator.
2000-08 CAMPS I currently run my own school holiday Basketball Camps across Melbourne/ Victoria helping over 1000 children aged 5-18yrs per year develop their basketball skills.
