Basketball
Excitement as Basketball Skill festival tournament holds in Abuja
…as Hard Rockers emerges winner
Joel Ajayi
It was a great excitement, on Thursday, in the Federal Capital Territory as thousands of young Nigerians took part in the City center sport and skill festival 2022 basketball tournament.
The tournament aimed to support Nigerian youth who really want to grow and excel in life.
While speaking at the event, the sponsor of the tournament, Senator Philip Aduda who was represented by the Senior Assistant on Special Duty, Mr Danjuma Samuel Sakolo expressed that, the program is important because we want to engage the youth in different activities that will make them busy, and will not be idle.
“For example, if you check in some places where the youth are not busy, they are engaged in a lot of illegal activities and criminality, that is why we want to engage them in different activities like football, basketball, music, among others.
“We are encouraging them not to forget their education, that is why are engaging the organizers of these activities, we want to key into the activities so that we can promote, especially those talents that have been discovered, and see how they can progress and excel in life.”
On his own, the project coordinator of City center sport and skill festival 2022 basketball tournament, Ernest Idahosa
said, the competition is part of a series of activities that have been going on for two weeks in FCT.
Today, we’re having sports tournaments which is going to lead to costs and pricing for all the sports athletes and medals for them.
He said, athletes discovered will be nurtured, that is why we partner many coaches and organization that will scout them and help them achieve their dreams in life.
“We are not here alone. In fact, we have partnered organization, others, so, most of the talents here will have opportunity to further their career.”
Meanwhile, at the end of Basketball clinic in Abuja, the Hard Rockers Basketball team of Area 1 emerged winner as 2nd Position goes to Titians basketball Academy ,Karu while TNT Panters, City Canter came third.
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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