Basketball
Stakeholder Wants More Awareness For Zenith Bank Women’s B’Ball League
Joel Ajayi
The Chairman and CEO of the Airwarriors Babes Mr. Abdulmajeed Solademi, has called on the organizer of the Zenith Bank Women’s Basket Ball League to ensure there is more awareness about the games which he said if put in place will attract more sponsor.
He made this appeal in an interview with Aljazirah Nigeria Sports in Abuja at the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium Package B Indoor court in Abuja
He frowned at the inability of the organizer to create more awareness about the competition.
The event is devoid of spectators which always adds more fun to the game and believed to serve as a tool to which the advertises can use to come in for sponsors.
When asked about his opinion of the empty seat at the stadium as a result of poor awareness he said “I have been longing to see somebody that I can really communicate to, actually the way the Zenith Bank Women’s Basket Ball League is been organized is not too encouraging.
“Like this event of magnitude women league, I think they should inform or make a very good advert and create awareness to the whole nation to come down and watch.
“In short, people don’t even know that this thing is happening they don’t, this thing is real is not that they are collecting any gate fee, we have stars here, young girls that are ready to make something but they are out of the street now, so at the moment everybody should be ready to ensure they support these girls, make their dreams and make our country proud.”
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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