Basketball
Basketball Devt: Excitement, As Ganon Baker Trains kids, Players, and Coaches In Abuja
Joel Ajayi
It was great excitement, in the Federal Capital Territory as one of the best and most famous basketball coaches in the world, Ganon Baker commenced a week of training for many young talented basketballers, and coaches in the city.
50 years old Baker has over 3 decades of experience in the game and his systematic curriculum has taken hundreds of young players from zero to pro.
The one-week training with aim of giving technical expertise that will bring Nigerian athletes to international standard and excel locally and internationally anywhere in the world was put in place by an international sports business Organisation, known as the Sports Renaissance Africa Partners SRAP.
SRAP is a sports business organization focused on championing industry standards in the delivery of quality sports development in Africa.
While speaking, an elated Ganon Baker expressed there are unbelievable talents in Nigeria.
According to him, basically, my target is to teach kids, players, and coaches how to win in life, how to win championships in basketball, and change their life in a good way.
“This is day one, I see a lot of talent in Nigeria but they are unpolished, they are inexperienced, they are not secure, unbelievable talents, but it comes down to coaches, to nurture them that is why we are here.
“If you have good coaches, you are going to have a good player, if you don’t have good players may be coaches don’t give them enough information.
“My experience with Africa players is that they’re very humble and hungry to win.”
On her own, the Chief Executive Officer of SRAP Mrs. Relindis Mbu said the aim is to leverage his wealth of tactical experience and expertise to help develop our young talents.
According to her, we started day one and it’s exciting so far, players and coaches are happy, and Ganon Baker has the energy, passion, and content to really transform people.
“The real foundational goal of our project is to get tactical training to coaches so they can transfer it and build an ecosystem of basketball in the world, Africa and Nigeria.
“The end goal is technical expertise that will bring our athletes to international standard so that they can excel locally and internationally anywhere they are.”
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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