Are you from Norwood?

The best kids play! end of story, unless you are refering to a team full of Kadina kids! Then, yes thats probably too many.

Norwood U/16 girls qualified for the classics this year only to lose two starters a week before going to netball comitments, both are from the country. The norwood JDO who also has a country connection told all parents and coaches that weekend how p#*ssed off he was & that having too many country kids is just not worth it & changes would be made!
This is obvoisly not the case as the same JDO has actively recruited more players & coaches from the country to bolster stocks at Norwood.
This is a short term fix, Lions will now start to suffer because of their deal with the devil.
And you wonder why so many leave to go to Sturt or Forestville. These clubs have one set rule for all.

I wouldn't hold Sturt or Fville up as 'Holy Than Out Thou'. Both of those clubs have made secret deals with exceptionally talented country kids & their parents around expectation of training & reduced country discounted fees! This is a fact & is not up for dispute...

Of course they have...yet again, no names, no evidence. Oh right though it is "fact" and not up for dispute...

What in my mind are two key issues is the attendance at training and the placing of kids in teams.

On training it is a team sport and a lot of what is practiced at trainings is team plays. What the problem then becomes is on game night those attending trainings are fully aware and drilled on the plays only to have non attenders at training not knowing the plays or structure and the whole thing breaks down frustrating those who put in the hard yards at training. This comment applies equallyt to country kids or metro kids who do not attend every training.

Travelling is an issue and with Div 2 games being at a different stadium to Div 1 games it makes it difficult for country families which have two or more kids to play at different stadiums. In these circumstances you may find one of the family members be placed in a higher grade to make things easier for the family. Obviously kids know how good other kids are and this inequity soon becomes a cancer within a club

All clubs have country kids of varying quality and the better clubs have better kids. More than two unless they train in their country venue with their local coaches running the game drills is a disaster.

Near country or in name only country kids from Strath or the Bridge train twice as do their metro colleagues but it's unrealistic to ask parents and kids to hit town more than once when distance is excessive.

The centrals/norwood deal will end with the same realisation made by the club associated with this group initially that self interested motivation causes friction and angst.

The country now metro connections in this case are Too cosy by far and the sport needs to have checks and balances so that no particular group can make promises to players/parents because of the positions they hold in both camps.

Would like to say that as a parent of a country kid now no longer a junior, we received no special treatment or discount on anything. In fact the expectations were greater if anything, especially felt we needed to justify position on team. It cost us a fortune for our child to play and it was at one of the aforementioned clubs. Our child has been extremely successful on all levels and will continue to be thru the hard work put in.

Its up to each club and coach. Sometimes the country players are just better therefore you will see a higher number in a particular team. But the way SA Country is being run you may well see a much larger number of country kids playing metro.

Couldn't agreem more, have you seen that the SA Country Coaches has been announced and no changes from the poor performances this year. Yes more country kids will come and play in our metro teams.

SA Country is a complete shambles & good Country players will develop their basketball skill set faster at a good district club that promotes development than the mickey mouse set up that is SA Country Basketball. This has to be an indictment of SA Country Basketball & the person charged with leading SA Country Basketball...

I agree and where I stated earlier that my child wasnt given any special treatment, we also got no support from SA country leadership, I don't put junior coaches in this bracket because they were brilliant with their encouragement and coaching and as frustrated with SAC as parent and players were.

Ha! Here that? that's the sound of a JDO's crystal jaw shattering!

With switched-on, experienced coaches as Norwood have, trainings can be adapted to cover shooting and skills practice at mid week training and cover plays on sundays when all players are in attendance - not rocket science!


ahhhhhhh what a dreamer :)

Reality = resentment, poor team performance, poor midweek sessions, and promises of making state sides and spots in team not fulfilled.

Red dog, you could not be further from the truth. Must be fun making stuff up then posting it is truth. The scary part is that some readers may be dumb enough to believe anything you wrote. Utter crap.

Also, how many clubs do you think the current Centrals 16 Boys coach has been at? You have no clue what you are on about.

Red dog, you could not be further from the truth. Must be fun making stuff up then posting it is truth. The scary part is that some readers may be dumb enough to believe anything you wrote. Utter crap.

Also, how many clubs do you think the current Centrals 16 Boys coach has been at? You have no clue what you are on about.

One thing is for sure on this forum, and that is that there's always someone bagging Sturt, Forestville, Norwood and Centrals.

Really people, give it a rest and sort out your own backyards instead of hanging crap on everybody else.

If Norwood have switched on coaches why are most of there teams towards the bottom of the ladders?At Norwood it appears that they have 2 JDO's who dont get to many training's. The biggest problem at Norwood is weak coaches who are soft in installing club values and rules in the kids that they coach.The last problem at Norwood is keeping coaches that dont improve the kids,team and position on ladders.Each coach should be told this is the expectation by the club this is where we expect this team to finish at the end of the year.If you coach a team that has finished bottom four for the last 3 seasons you will be offered a lower grade.This doesn't happen at Norwood

This thread is pointless.

It is a case by case situation. You cant lump them all in together. Just the same as you cant say all metro kids make the same commitment. I know of a metro player who didnt play State Champs because of band camp. Doesnt mean he should be stopped from playing.

Some country kids live closer and can make all games and trainings. Some cannot.

Some country kids are good enough to play div 1 all the way through, other are not.

So long as the expectations explained and are met, what does it matter if you have 1 or 8. Each scenario is different and you cannot make a single rule that can encompass all.

Why not ? Carlton FC do just ask Brett ,to be the best you have 1 rule which encompasses all.If you dont like or can't meet those standards try elsewhere.

It is a District environment and we should strive for the best we can be and not fall short because we are allowed to set those standards for ourselves.Or because your parents deem training's to hard, it is up to parents to cheer and be supportive and thats all

Why not ? Carlton FC do just ask Brett ,to be the best you have 1 rule which encompasses all.If you dont like or can't meet those standards try elsewhere.

It is a District environment and we should strive for the best we can be and not fall short because we are allowed to set those standards for ourselves.Or because your parents deem training's to hard, it is up to parents to cheer and be supportive and thats all

Carlton fc most likely pay the players and help them financially in other areas but bball does not, there is one major difference before anything else is even discussed.