Basketball
Nasarawa Royal Father Endorses Mark D Ball Basketball Championship
The Paramount Leader of Doma,HRH Andoma of Doma,Alhaji Dr.Ahmadu Aliyu Oga Onawo has endorsed the 2022 Mark D Ball Basketball Championship.
The championship recieved the blessings of the Royal Father when the Local Organising Committee LOC paid him a courtesy visit over the weekend at his palace in Doma,Nasarawa state.
An elated Andoma of Doma showered encomiums on members of the LOC for taking the bull by the horn to salvage the game from fighting administrators,especially those who have failed to administer the game properly.
“I feel so happy to hear that Mark D Ball Basketball Championship is going to happen this year,it shows that you people have decided to leave those fighting over power in their fight to rescue the game.The good news is, before they finishing fighting,the game would have gotten to an enviable heights.I am in support of Mark D Ball and we are going to seek sponsors for the championship.I will advise you people to continue in this path of developing basketball and stay away from those fighting for their selfish interest.”The Royal Father,Andoma of Doma stated.
Earlier,the Chairman of the LOC, Igoche Mark said they were in the Palace to inform of their plans for basketball and seek his blessings for Mark D Ball championship.
“Your Royal Highness Sir, as a stakeholder in the game,we are here to tell you of our plans for basketball and also seek your blessings for Mark D Ball Championship.Talents are scattered everywhere in the country, but the leadership tussle and maladministration of the game are the factors that have affected the game negatively; and that is what we are correcting at the moment.We don’t want the game to suffer anymore.”Mark stated.
The Mark D Ball Basketball Championship will dunk off at the MKO Abiola stadium on January 15,2022.
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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