Player profile with Jets captain Taylah Cottees

Age: 20

Where are you from: The Hawkesbury

Position: Guard

I have been playing basketball for eight years

It's such an intense game, and anything can happen at any time, the energy you get after a good play just pushes you to give all you can.

Playing against good teams and alongside a great bunch of girls motivates me to give 110 per cent each game.

This is my fourth year with the Hawkesbury Jets.

The Jets are a friendly association that wants the best for each and every player.

Our greatest challenge is playing with a new group of girls who haven't played together, so learning to gel and play as a team, and getting to know each of the girls strength's while playing together.

My greatest challenge as an individual would be learning to take on the new role as captain.

I want to do my best to lead by example, and motivate and encourage the girls week in week out.

We hope to build cohesiveness throughout the team as well as a humble attitude and competitive spirits going into each game.

It's definitely going to be a tough game for us, but we're going into the game with a positive mindset, taking what we've learnt at training into the game.

As a team I think out main focus would be maintaining our sides confidence throughout our games, as well as applying what we've learnt in training to each of our competition games every week.