Breakwell not only conducts normal classes but also coaches the Sacred Heart elite netball team in the secondary schools' Super 12 competition.
The goal isn't always to lure pupils to the Huias but live in the hope that some of her "Do as I do, not as I say" mantra rubs off on the youngsters no matter who they end up playing for in Hawke's Bay.
"I try to lead by example. In my job if I play well and work hard then they'll follow in my footsteps," she says.
Protege Hannah Winnie, it seems, has taken her actions to heart.
The year 12 pupil is a goal attack for Huias in her maiden season in Hawke's Bay Netball's premier competition.
"She [Breakwell] did influence me a little bit," says the 16-year-old from Tamatea who will be spearheading Huias' attack against table-topping Otane Thirsty Whale tomorrow from 7.15pm on court No1 at the Pettigrew-Green Arena in Taradale.
However, Winnie emphasises she's been watching netball for a while and saw Huias play a few games and thought it was a "cool club" to join.
The school team captain sees the benefit of working with Breakwell regularly.
"It's really good and she helps me during the game," says Winnie who is in her maiden Super 6 stint after coming through the ranks of the club's second team last season.
Her shooting percentage is around the 70 per cent mark but on a good day it can be 80.
"You zone everything out and focus on the hoop," says the Bay under-17 rep who feels the regional interaction has helped her lift the intensity of her game as well as in the physicality stakes.
No doubt her mother, Kath Winnie, a former netballer, was her initial source of inspiration and her first coach when she started at 7.
Breakwell also recognises her own acquaintance with Kath helped Winnie choose her netball path via Huias before the PE teacher and school co-coach John Dransfield scouted the teen's all-round talent.
Like other teams, Huias are rebuilding and trying to nut out meaningful combinations rather than letting the task of trying to eclipse Otane's ascendancy leave them overawed.
Huias pairing at the coalface is raw with Winnie and goal shoot Emma Vennell.
Midcourter Jade Poi, the younger sister of Kimiora now a tertiary student in Wellington, and GS/GA Laike Baker are the other schoolgirls in the equation of coach Rebecca Martin.
But Breakwell enjoys sharing the leadership role with midcourter Lee-Anne Taylor and defender Raewyn Parahi who are all mindful that the teens are likely to come under a little more pressure when playing Otane.
Coach Martin is happy with the Huias, who are in second place, despite having a drawn match against All In Elusive.
Asked what it'll take her capable 12 to break Otane's run, she said: "Sixty minutes. Teams have played in patches and taken quarters but you won't beat them unless you play for 60 minutes."
Breakwell and her troops have noticed the difference in Martin's coaching compared with last season's mentor, Kaylene Higgs, including their different personalities and ways of communicating.
"We have so many leading players so we contribute as much as Rebecca does," she says, believing it's imperative for players to take ownership.
Fitness is never an issue for a self-motivated Breakwell but the gym facilities of her partner, Jonathon Hall, who owns the Nfinite business, are always accessible although her winter priorities don't leave her much time to frequent the venue.
Super 6 draws:
For tomorrow's round-six games in the Hawke's Bay Netball premier club competition at the Pettigrew-Green Arena, Taradale, from 7.15pm:
* PGA 1: Otane Thirsty Whale v Hastings High School Old Girls Proactive Huias.
Umpires: H Lewis & K Ives.
* PGA 2: Havelock North Jazz Apples Kauri v Hastings High School Old Girls Keas.*
Umpires: D Thomas & P Castles.
* PGA 3: All In Elusive v Outkast Optimise Physio.
Umpires: T Gardiner and J Varcoe.
*Kauri and Keas are playing a promotion/relegation match.
