Stibners has packed up and will head overseas to play in the Spanish wheelchair basketball league. He last played in the division in 2008 and it proved a lucky charm, with Stibners winning a Paralympics gold medal that year.

The Wollongong Roller Hawks captain will depart Australia on Wednesday and head to Valladolid, Spain.

Fresh from guiding the Roller Hawks to the National Wheelchair Basketball League title, Stibners will now test his skills against some of the world's top wheelchair basketballers.

It is the first time that Stibners has played in an overseas league for more than a decade. He competed in Spain between 2006 and 2008.

Stibners, 40, said the "timing was right" to return to Spain with his family, wife Rebecca and children Lachie, 10, and Eddie, six.

He said he felt relaxed and had learnt a lot from his previous time in the league.

"I have experience there, you can't buy that," Stibners said.

"It's a strong league and there's an opportunity to play a lot of games. I don't know how we will go against the top teams, but there is not much pressure on me."

Stibners said he received positive feedback about the Valladolid club before accepting a contract.

"They've been described as a family club and they really look after their players. That's what drew them to me," he said.

Stibners said he was keen to use the opportunity in a bid to prove his fitness to represent Australia at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Trials for the squad will get under way in November and Stibners is keen to compete at his fourth Paralympics.

"You can train, train and train. But you get more out of playing games against top opposition than training two hours a day," he said.

"During the Games, you don't really get a day off between games so you need to be fit."

The past three Paralympic Games were a mixed bag for Stibners and his Australian Rollers team mates.

The Rollers secured gold at Stibners' first Games in 2008 in Beijing, defeating Canada in the final.

"I was young at the time and there were guys in the team that had been battling for the better part of a decade," Stibners said.

"They were quite emotional about winning."

The Aussies were favourites to win four years later in London, but fell to Canada in the decider. The Rollers were then bundled out by Great Britain in the quarter finals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Stibners said he would love to get the opportunity to get another shot at the gold.

"We have good young players and are on our way back up again," he said.

Stibners said it was an amazing feeling to compete at the Paralympic Games.

"There are tens of thousands of people in the athletes village," he said.

"There is a phenomenal atmosphere and a real camaraderie between the athletes."

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