Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets, Patty Mills has announced his highly-anticipated return to Australia this September for the first time since leading the Boomers to their first medal win at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The Patty Mills ‘Unearthed’ Australia 2022 Tour, will be an incredible homecoming for the four-time Olympian, NBA Champion and proud Indigenous Australian. Fans will have the opportunity to see and hear Patty Mills in action in this never done before, up close and personal experience with the star with a series of ON-COURT basketball camps and UNCUT conversations planned from the 5th to 21st of September.
The Patty Mills ‘Unearthed’ Tour will comprise of two independent parts:
- ON-COURT: In collaboration with DJ Sackmann, Patty Mills will lead thoroughly immersive
and educational basketball camps for young athletes across seven locations in Australia. - UNCUT: In ‘Speaking My Language – Patty in his own words’, Patty Mills will take to the stage in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane for an uncut, unplugged and open conversation about his life, career, lessons and learnings.
For the ON-COURT component of the tour, Patty Mills will host a tailored and immersive Basketball Camp experience together with world-renowned basketball clinician DJ Sackmann. The camps are designed for young athletes between the ages 12-17 with a specific focus on advanced player-development skill work and how to incorporate those skills into real game-like situations.
The Basketball Camps will provide participants an invaluable educational, hands-on and specialised training session with Patty Mills, DJ Sackmann and the region’s top coaches and volunteers, as well as best in class resources, and in-game fundamentals.
The ON-COURT basketball camps dates and locations are as follows:
PATTY MILLS BASKETBALL CAMPS WITH DJ SACKMAN DATES AND LOCATIONS
DATES | LOCATION |
Wednesday 7th September | Gold Coast |
Thursday 8th September | Logan |
Saturday 10th September | Sydney |
Tuesday 13th September | Thursday Island |
Saturday 17th September | Perth |
Monday 19th September | Adelaide |
Wednesday 21st September | Melbourne |
Further, in an UNCUT and intimate conversation, Speaking My Language – Patty In His Own Words we hear Patty in a way we’ve never known before. This up close and personal experience will allow Australia to hear Patty speak from the heart and understand more about the man we know and love.
In a rare, never-heard before sit down, Mills will touch on his achievements, set backs, anecdotal reflections, lessons, and learning from his past 15+ years as a professional athlete and Australian cultural icon. Major themes Patty will cover will include Leadership, Team Culture, Training Mindset, Balanced Wellness & Lifestyle.
The ambition is to leave guests inspired and motivated to continue on their own journey to a true understanding of identity, purpose and process. Fans will also have the opportunity to ask questions and meet and greet Patty, as well as seek signings and professional photos.
The Patty Mills UNCUT dates and locations are as follows:
SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE – PATTY MILLS IN HIS OWN WORDS TOUR DATES
DATES | LOCATIONS |
Monday 5th September | The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane |
Sunday 11th September | ARA Darling Quarter Theatre, Sydney |
Friday 16th September | Astor Theatre, Perth |
Tuesday 20th September | Palais Theatre, Melbourne |
For further information and to secure your tickets for the Patty Mills ‘Unearthed’ Australia 2022 Tour, please visit: PattyMillsEvents.com and follow Patty Mills on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok using #PattyMillsUNEARTHED. Make sure you sign up to our newsletter for updates. For previous basketball features, click here.