Hawke's Bay kids were bouncing balls and shooting hoops with basketball's elite yesterday.
The Breakers arrived in the region on Wednesday and Pettigrew Green Arena general manager Dan Rodden said it was a very successful trip.
The team did two coaching sessions on Wednesday followed by a coach development session with the public that evening.
The theme for the session was how to be an elite athlete and they focused on what a coach looked for in elite athletes and what it took to coach them. The panel consisted of all three coaches from both the Breakers and Brisbane Bullets.
Yesterday they did another coaching session in Taradale followed by the NBL pre-season game against the Brisbane Bullets.
"We have had a really strong turnout from the community in all the events, it has been great to see," Mr Rodden said.