Anonymous
Years ago

east coast challenge

Post results and highlights here.... go sa

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What is east coast challenge?

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fstos  
Years ago

I'm pretty sure it is a money making idea established by Basketball NSW and a sportswear and sports tour company owned by a few past or present board members.

The concept is fine and the kids generally have a good time but it is far more expensive than it should be, particularly for the NSW and NZ players.

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fstos  
Years ago

Or maybe that is the Pacific Coast slam or the Albury tournament.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Boxscores?

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annon  
Years ago

Are the results online, if so can someone put up the link.

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Pauly B  
Years ago

It's basically a watered down national championships

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Follow @australianbball on Twitter for updates and observations from the tournament

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Proud Dad  
Years ago

East Coast Challenge results here
http://www.nswbasketball.net.au/high-performance/east-coast-challenge.html

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Bear  
Years ago

@fstos, yes the sponsorship money for junior sport is very hard to find, basketball included.

Yet kids love to play in these events and I believe coaches only look at kids in these tournaments for the Nationals too, so there is a big incentive to play.

Regardless of the cost...

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how bigger year does a top age u14 in a good team have !

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Anonymous  
Years ago

???? Huh, you mean travelling??

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yeah - could be 4-5 interstate tourneys

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Anonymous  
Years ago

add in an extra 2 months and that could be even more:

Over 14 months a 12/13 year old basketballer could do
SAPSASA (State) National Championship
Under 14 Club Championship
St Clair
Southern Cross Challenge
Eltham/Dandenong
Norwood Easter Classic
State Championships
National Junior Classic
Under 14 Club Championship

Not to mention if they're good at other sports they may have SAPSASA and/or National Championships in AFL, Cricket, Soccer, Rugby etc.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

A country Vic kid, say at 15-16 years old, could do just as much:

Aus Camps
State Country Camps
NITP Camps
Nationals
Country Cup
VJBL
Country Champs
Classic
Club Champs
Youth League or CBL or SEABL

Then throw in year 11 or 12 of schooling!

Who has time for another sport, seriously?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Haven't even included NITP (which Under 14s now do), Club commitments, District/VJBL games etc.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

With all that and training I don't know where these kids find time to fit in drugs, alcohol and antisocial behavior! Don't know what their parents are thinking. Also how are they supposed to fit in with our increasingly obese society if they go around looking and acting like athletes?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anon. Wouldnt be too many that good but if they are u need to be selective. Develop good working relationships with coaches and coaching directors with the kids best interest at heart. Listen to the experts but every kid is different. You need to work with all involved to make the right decisions for your kid.

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LOL anon mentioning st clair in with those other tourneys.....

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@  
Years ago

Add schools nationals

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Is there any in-depth coverage other than full-time game results on the Basketball NSW website/twitter coverage? Any stats, tourney newsletter or photography coming from Basketball Australia or BNSW?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Talented kid doing year 11-12 as a 15 year old.

If you think your kid has too many commitments, have some balls and be selective.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I read the posts above. I hope parents and coaches are pointing out that 99.9999999% of kids playing basketball will survive their life on earnings generated from an education. Parents mainly need to be realistic and take with a grain of salt what various coaches tell them. Priority particulaly in year 12 must be Family, Education and the Basketball.

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res87  
Years ago

Anon #452016

Kids can do all three and with good time management & planning, even work a bit. There are a lot of kids who use their basketball talents to get themselves even better educations post High School.

Nothing like using the basketball, education and college system to better yourself both mentally and physically whilst learning to plan, prepare and organise yourself.

Sounds like good planning to me!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Good point res. Anon those 3 a far from mutually exclusive. No need to prioritise. Plan. Family and basketball go hand in hand often in our house and my kids got vg grades.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

There should be a 3 month period mandated October, November, December where there is NO JUNIOR COMPETITION, MANDATED BY BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA

Players can work on their game, train in small groups and individually with coaches, but no competitions/tournaments.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anon #452069 could not agree more.

Basketball is the only sport that expects full year high level commitment from its JUNIOR players.

No wonder they all burn out and so few continue to support the sport. By the time their juniors are over they find a real life and never want to be sucked back in again!

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cat  
Years ago

3 months with no income stream for BA..?

clearly you think the priorities lie with the well-being of the junior athlete

didn't you know it's all about sucking the maximum amount of $$$ from the cash-cow

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Anonymous  
Years ago

It's the associations that will complain. No stadium entry fees, no cafeteria money, no registration fees.

They can organise and run senior domestic competitions, senior tournaments, even a couple of camps, but the kids need time off.

The alternative is that you run all of your National Junior Championships in this period. 14 Clubs, 16s, 18s and 20s is changed so only bottom age players play.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The basketball schedule is a tough one, even more so for the elite level juniors. So, parents will learn to be selective and must help their kids priorities as a matter of normality not as the exception.

Comments like 'have some balls' are obvious attempts at trolling and not needed.

The overall health and well being of the athlete, the family, having a decent chance at a good education and then the opportunities provided by being an elite athlete (basketball or something else) are all important and will give kids a reasonable start in life.

I agree with a break for junior basketball athletes, but not 3 months, maybe 6 weeks, but it must be across the board. Seasonal sports are exactly that, affected by the weather and played during one season with a season off.

Basketball is in doors, there is no weather factor here, so authorities need to collaborate and cooperate to give kids a real break from the game.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Most kids get 6 weeks off already.

It's clearly not enough. We're harming our athletes. It's impossibe for them to have the same commitment, energy, passion for the game when they're expected to play at the highest level possible every week for 11 months of the year. And then add in the Tournaments every long weekend, State and NITP commitments etc.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anon 940... I think you just put my 2 kids 12 months up on this sight..Have you been following us...lol :) We have traveled from Adelaide to Mount Gambier, Albury to Melbourne and Ballerat twice and then Western Australia for Sapsasa and a Whole lot a traveling for training in between...I just really wish Children's sport was tax deductible it would help parents with talented kids immensely with the financial load. :) Would of course help all parents no matter what standard they are..

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Annon  
Years ago

Back to the East Coast Challenge in Sydney, kids picked from National Intensive Training Programs in each State.... SA U16 Boys playing for Gold at this minute and SA U18 Boys playing for Bronze... go SA........

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Were all SA players available?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Any results? Nothing for Day 3 on basketball nsw.....

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Anonymous  
Years ago

16 Boys lost by 1 on bell to Vic 1

18 boys GF was all Vic with 2 team winning easy. There three main guards were too strong and big kid from AIS owned the key.

Girls were just boring to watch sorry Skill level average in all teams

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Are we saying in U 16s that we have improved that much to be only 1 point behind Vic.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Vic enter 2 teams in this comp. Sa enters one. Also some good players choose to have a break. Its pretty good comp but water3d ddwn somewhat.

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Dandy Lion  
Years ago

Ridiculous comment that the girls were boring and had no skill level. Clearly you are from South Australia. I watched both boys and girls games and there was plenty of talent from both. There were a number of junior Australian players playing in the U18 girls comp. if you bothered to watch their games you might have learned something to take back to SA. Oh, yes U16 both Vic teams played off in the Grandfinal and U18 Vic beat NSW. SA must have gone home early

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