Basketball
DA-F Back-To- School Basketball Event Ends With Fun and Excitements
…kids received educational materials
The yearly DA-F Basketball Back to School event for the 2022/2023 academic session was concluded Saturday, September 10th, 2022, at the Basketball Stadium, 59B,Niger Street, Port-Harcourt.
The annual event which is co-sponsored by Ahmadu Musa Kida Foundation(AMK ) , featured a novelty basketball match in honour late Emeka Ojukwu, who was a member of the DA-F Academy, as well as, matches in the U10, U13, U16 and U19 categories.
Highlight of the event was the distribution of educational materials worth hundreds of thousands of naira with the financial support by President of Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida owned AMK Foundation.
In the opening remarks of the NBBF President representative at the event, Miss Ngozi Fubara, Engr. Musa Kida advised the participants to be good ambassadors of basketball and also to take their academic studies seriously.
Miss Fubara who also doubles as the Secretary of Rivers State Basketball Association, further donated a cash of N100,000 on behalf of Kida to the kids, adding that he would continue his support to the academy.
Coach Fubara Humprey Onyanabo, the Convener of the event stated that the aims of the event is to encourage the kids and teach them the inportance of education. And the needs for them to strive to be good and responsible citizens in future.
At the end of the event, the over 170 excited kids went home with educational materials like books, mathematical sets, pencils, pens, rulers and crayons, amongst other gifts
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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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