Basketball
2021 Afrobasket: Shut-Up, Your Negative Campaign Of Calumny Can’t Work- Group Tells Olumide Oyedeji
Ibrahim Lawal
Basketball lovers, Friends of Nigeria Sports (FSN), group of sports enthusiasts, journalists and stakeholders has called on former D’Tigers player Olumide Oyedeji to desist from negativity on the abilities of the D’Tigers in the ongoing Afrobasketball campaign in Kigali, Rwanda
The group described Oyedeji’s comments as a negative campaign of calumny meant to rubbish the good works of the outgoing NBBF board led by Engr. Musa Kida.
Oyedeji had emphatically stated that D’Tiger cannot win the Afrobasketball championship. He accused the NBBF of taking a team of low quality to the games.
FSN countered by stating that it wonder why Oyedeji remains blinded by self-aggrandizement. Even when he knew it would be difficult for the majority of the players that represented Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympic Games to be released at this time by their respective NBA and European clubs.
” The timing of the Afrobasketball won’t make it easy for these players that played for us at the Olympic games to come for the games. It is, therefore, callous and uncharitable for Oyedeji to express negative vibes about the team.
”The NBBF had never promised to win the Afrobasketball championship. It could be recollected that the board and Coach Mike Brown stated that this is a new team, as it would give more playing opportunities to fringe players to represent the country as the talents pool of the national keeps getting larger.
” We understood the agenda of Oyedeji. There’s nothing fishy, according to him. Let him tell Nigerians what’s fishy about the selection of the present D’Tigers. His recent remarks have continued to betray his desperation for relevance now that Nigeria basketball is the toast of the game globally,” FSN remarked.
Basketball
Fresh Ideas, Science Needed to Revitalise Basketball —ABA
Cyril Ogar
President/Founder, Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, Aliyu Lucky Abubakar has called for a scientific and pragmatic approach to rediscovering the game of basketball in the North East.
The former player of many teams in Nigeria stated this on Saturday during training of coaches in Yola, Adamawa State.
Aliyu said the training is aimed to arm Coaches so they can, in turn, reach the children, especially those that ABA may not. The Deputy Comptroller in Nigeria Customs Service decried non-challant attitudes of the stakeholders in the development of basketball in the North East.
” Basketball is fading in the North East, and we at ABA will not allow it to die.”
“Adamawa was once a force in the game of basketball but had fallen behind. Our plan is to discover talent through coaching training, nurture it, and carry it from state level to the national team, and eventually, the global stage.” The basketball administrator said.
In his keynote message to the participants, which centered on the theme, “HOPE,” Harnessing opportunity, Organising for excellence, Promoting players’ development, and Empowering the next generation, Aliyu said, is far more than a drill instructors.
” Every child you see on a basketball court has a dream, and it is our job as a coach to spot it early and give it somewhere to go.” He concluded.
In his lecture titled, ” Who is a Coach”, Emmanuel Odah, the head Coach, FCT Basketball and former National Juniors team, described a coach as a committed, organised, affectionate, caring and humble.
” Commitment is consistency, and consistency is mother of progress; humility comes first because a coach who can not control himself can never control a game,” Odah insisted.
Other instructors at the training include ABA head of technical, Coach Adeka Daudu, as well as Coach Alexander Anyebe Ujoh, who spoke about the relationship between a coach and child in his care.
Coaches at the training commended ABA for its boldness to give hopes to basketball coaches all over the country. They promised that lessons learned would reshape and reset their mind on the job. They said the training will help them in understanding their role not only as an instructor but also grooming the children for a better future.
Among guests at the event include FCT Acting Director of Sports, Mr. Iyiola Ogundele and Bayelsa Veteran Basketball administrator, Coach Tony
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