lj
Years ago

Pathways in Basketball

What pathway do players actually have? because at the junior level we have great players but these players seem to hit a wall if they dont go off to college, and college is not for everyone as people well know but then again Best case would be Brad Newley not going to college but had a great career in the nbl and his career dident really ever hit a roadblock but on the other hand players like james orr who chose not to go to college and is now struggling in melbounrne .

how can we transfer all that junior talent into the senior ranks and that might be with a 2nd tear leauge but whatever thesolution is it needs to happen because players were loosing are good players but becasue chances are limited they give it up

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Anonymous
Years ago

"thesolution is it needs to happen because players were loosing are good players but becasue chances are limited they give it up" Fact of life.

Very few can play professionally and most just dont make it. Play for the love of the game not just a "pathway".

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Pathway as I see it
Years ago

Pathway for Juniors in SA the way I see it.

Junior Player
TI Camp
SASI Program - if your the best 20-30 players in that age bracket
State Teams - if your in the best 10 players of that age bracket

Than you go either three ways

1. You are the best 2-3 players in a age bracket and receive a scholarship to AIS. This is a maybe 0-1-2-3 players from SA

2. You send away tapes to colleges to maybe receive a 4 year scholarship to a div 2 college or possibly a D1 college if you are lucky enough.

3. You play ABL or SEABL and then try and make it into a national league of 8 teams.

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Libertine
Years ago

The pathways are pretty defined and well-balanced imo. The problem with basketball, especially in Oz, is you see elite guys coming out of juniors and into seniors as 6'4 centres and power-forwards. They're never going to make it to the top level.

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Anonymous
Years ago

One of my concerns I have with early junior basketball is the thought that the biggest player will always be the biggest player and the smallest will always be the smallest. These big players are made to play as a big person and never truly develop as a ball handler in a game environment. What happens when they come back to the pack - they don't have size as an attribute and they are not great ball handlers. How do we do the right thing for all the kids in developing them fully?

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Titan 32
Years ago

Many juniors go through the process of banging their heads against the wall with little or no reward. Unless generally you are someone in the know or with connections it can be hard to get anywhere. Thats why so many kids leave to different sports, college basketball or just give the game away. The pathways are generally as specified but far from some of the better players make it through. Junior basketball is as most people know, bastardized. If you are serious, keep developing with individual training as clubs are generally all about teams and team success. Thats why so many bigs and good junior players go by the way side, not fully developing all fundamentals. You will get some developement there but keep working hard and do the extra then sooner or later once the junior debarcle is out of the way, the cream will rise to the top.

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Anonymous
Years ago

only pathway in basketball is the garden pathway

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