Basketball
Baskeball Development Is My Priority-Ubon Udoh
The Proprietor of HotCoal Sizzlers Basketball Club of Abuja, Ubon Udoh has explained his quest and hunger geared towards the all-round development of young persons, using Basketball as a tool.
Udoh stated this whole speaking with Journalists, at the sidelines of the ongoing Mark D Ball Women’s Tournament, holding in Abuja.
His relatively young team on Tuesday, fell just short of qualifying for the Quarterfinal phase of the competition.
The Hot Coal Sizzlers got eliminated, after injuries to two key players, in double overtime saw them lose their clash with MFM of Lagos 44-36.
According to Udoh, the positives imbibed from playing the game of Basketball has been key in making him successful in life, noting that his passion was to give back and transfer the qualities learnt from the slam and dunk game.
“I am a beneficiary of the positive things Basketball can do for a person. You can learn the tools to be successful in life by playing Basketball. Seriously; determination, hardwork, focus, discipline, standing out and being assertive. These are things you need to become a good Basketball player, and once you’re a good player, you can become a good and successful person in life, and be better positioned to add value to society.
He added that the virtues above are things he benefited while playing Basketball, and to repay the gesture he has resolved to do his best in transferring these qualities to kids and youngsters, using basketball as the platform.”Udoh stated.
He also thanked the Initiator of Mark D Ball, Igoche Mark for given his team the oppournity to rub shoulders with the big girls of Basketball in Nigeria.
It was the very first time his young team participated in a tournament of that magnitude, where the organisers paid every player and official of the 16 competing teams their appearance fees and daily allowances paid directly into their individual bank accounts.
Hot Coal had always been a dominant side in the local circuits like City Leagues, and other smaller competition. But Udoh said a lot of positives will be taken from their first competition against Premier League oppostions, and still gave a good account of themselves.
Despite bearing the tag of underdogs, HotCoal Sizzlers forced experienced MFM into double over time, after being tied at 32 points apiece at the end of the fourth quarter.
The MFM ladies, however survived the scare, by adding 12 more points to win the grueling encounter 44-36 points.
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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