Woodville boys look to be improving

Question is how much will the teams change come the winter season - especially with country kids comng back into teams??

What I don't understand with Norwood is given their resources and their claim to be part of the Big 3 why does their development plan work to some extent for boys but doesn't deliver on the girls side.

Is there more to performing than JDO's?

forestville just keeping top spot warm in the 18 boys for the moment, wont be there long

Why is Norwood's girls program any different to the boys program. Does the JDO and management oversee both programs or is this just rhetoric and individuals within in each program do things differently

Wait till u16 west girls start moving in protest to loosing loved coach,some teams nearby will get hot players.

U18 girls did not win summer, Mavs did. And they list state champs to sturt by 30.

How about at end of summer for finals.

Bottom team of Div 1 plays top of Div 2
Bottom team of Div 2 plays top of Div 3
Etc etc

Winner goes up in case of Div 2 beating Div 1.

At least kids would be playing in correct grades for winter.

At this stage Norwood will have 3 of the 5 teams playing in U14B North Pool A and Top of Div 1 & 2.

Needs to be incentive for teams to take summer seriously.

Ankles is a east coast dad with a chip he likes to off load

Anon 698, youre right. But they were the only team in that comp. to make all three g/finals.Indicating to me that they were obviously the best team over the whole year.Which is possibly what AK-47 and ankles are trying to emphasise?Some of these girls were also involved in the U23s which Norwood won easily.Which team performed best at Classics, not sure but I think it was Norwood.Point is it is only summer which no one REALLY cares about.

hmmm so no-one cares about summer, and they still are the worst girls in Div 1. I hate to think what happens when the other 9 clubs get serious in winter!!

ouch

mines bigger than yours!!

get over it people

As a Norwood player i say welcome to anybody from West who wants to come over for winter.

Ahh spoken like a true norwood player. Norwood have always been very keen poachers. Now no one is moving there the lack of development is standing out... I'm sure you would loose ur spot. West have some very good, well coached juniors.... Struggling atm with lots of bottomager in div 1. The west coaching group is outstanding though, packed with those with real basketball experience and insight and they are developing some excellent talent.

Based on the above is Sturts Championship run under threat!!

No doubt that sturt are dropping the ball. However the fear is now that they have lost a little bit of focus when there JDO eventually is shifted on who will step in. Sturt are very deep and have many people that could step in to the role, revitalised, excited and ambitious. As an opposition club I hope sturt runs with the status quo as it will help ensure their gradual decline.

Someone that sets up and runs domestic comps, someone that gets into schools, someone that runs div 1 district teams, someone that does all the admin tasks, someone that works with elite juniors are all very different jobs. THere are few people good at all this. Clubs that employ fulltime JDOs will find they become strong in some areas and weak in others. Norwood are not good at developing elite players now, but are still growing and have a growing domestic competition. Once the kids get good at norwood or are good they will move onto an environment that they are better supported in.

I know southerns JDO job was advertised last year go 40k a year + bonuses and he left to a new job paying double that so how much should clubs be offering!

Split the job up. Director of Coaching is a part time role for someone well educated or intelligent, that has significant basketball experience. Generally these people have professional jobs paying vastly more what they could earn as a fulltime junior Coaching Director.

JDO is for a younger up and coming kid that will work full time for peanuts. Partner with a school, council or centre for your domestic competition.

Once hte jobs are split if you happen to find someone that is willing and able to do well in all 3 roles then thats fine they might be fulltime, but each role should be treated independently, but overseen by a central board/committee/body.

Vesta,

Just = seven months ago.

Why do you think that Sturt performs better at State Champs compared with Summer.

Is it an influx of country kids in winter?

Is it kids moving from other clubs in winter season following contact by a certain un named person to their parents to cover gaps?

Sturt sand bag during summer?

Maybe that will explain why their 14/1 boys lost to Centrals?

To post above I would say the answer is as follows:

HARD WORK

The answer to all this is :

End of Summer

Top div 2 vs Bottom div 1
Top div 3 vs bottom div 2
etc
etc
etc

Get rid of North South rubbish.

Promote the winner. Relegate the loser.

or maybe the other clubs are working harder and that the gap is truly closing.

Seems that some clubs think a one of tournament called state champs is the be all and end all whereas many other clubs believe the winter GF is best for assessing a clubs performance.

I guess it depends how many people you can get in from the country for the state champs and the qualifying games as to which you think is the better and which is then the best measure of development of players across the club

Vesta, how much more consistent do Forestville girls need to be at the state championships?

State Champion Club Female
2011 Sturt Sabres 
2010 Forestville Eagles 
2009  Forestville Eagles 
2008 Forestville Eagles
2007 Forestville Eagles

Tiger,

You are so right - they are starting the winter season further back than usual but what scares me is your last comment. Already we have had a few kids from our club had "feelers" out about whether they would like to change clubs.

Forrestville aren't doing too bad on the recuitment front.

Anon 4242 ^ what age group are they recruiting and from which clubs