yeah they do have an import. Buts its the GF of the Men import so it could be a big hit or a miss.

Dont think it will help Woodville at all though. With some girls not playing or leaving to go to other clubs it goin to be a long season again for woodville.

I think Lyn has to move on and let fresh set of eyes come in and coach the girls.

who are they

more importantly how much are they paying her?

brady brink
mackenzie onell
yeah think time for woodville to reconsider future of a talented group of young players cant fault dev but time to hasten progress and take next step - think that juniors are heart sole of all clubs and sturt are the leaders here
other have to learn from them - promote dev encourage identify drill drill drill

do ya know who the third one is

anyone got any info on the players

woodville were asking for donations of whitegoods on their website for "3 american imports".

until they get a consistent junior programme with depth - their womens teams will pfffft

You people need to get a life! You come on here bag the Woodville & Centrals women for being crap. They both getting an unrestricted player each (I believe) and you still come on here and bag Woodville for trying to better its team. Good luck to both teams I say and if that's makes people nervous that both teams will do better and there maybe a closer comp in the womens. It can be only better for the state league or ABL whatever its being called this year.

Aon #707 I understand what you are saying. However the same can be said for South and West with juniors development not that great at the moment. However these clubs have done a good job recruiting from other clubs and bring in good players from overseas and so on.
So why bag just a few and not others?
I'm not with any club but I can see what they are trying to do. Not all clubs are willing to spend money on teams any more. A lot of clubs parents are more and more saying the money the juniors pay should go to juniors. I agree!
So whats the answer for coaches where clubs don't want to spend money? Play what you have if that's juniors so be it.
Do I agree with clubs not spend money on seniors no I don't. Having said that BSA has a cap on what teams can spend. Although they have no way to police it. Clubs sometimes use it as an excuse not to pay for some seniors. I don't believe all senior players should be paid but when it comes to some teams as Woodville and Centrals they should try and get better players for there buck so to speak. The comp needs all clubs to be competitive.

lets get one thing straight an import for any team this year men or women would not be getting paid. The working holiday visa allows the players to work like you and me. Clubs are not allowed to pay the player one cent for basketball. Most of these imports pay their own flights as well. Clubs are not going to pay thousanda for an import when the club does not have that kind of money.

John morris is an exception to this thread.

the scene at woodville is a paradox.

lynne has been there for them for years and a loyal servant - when not many have wanted the job.

however she is the secretary as well - so not one to upset.

her position is interesting - very hard to dislodge - but again she has been there and worked very hard and deserves respect.

woodville need more depth and coaching strength - dont worry about zoning the players - zone the coaches.
for their womens programme to get strength - they need at least 2 teams in u10s, 3 in u12, 14, 16,18s and one in u21s.

There are at least 3 current abl coaches that have expressed inerest in coaching the woodville women

that's what i was saying - who's going to dislodge the boss ?

Woodville do not know how to look after coaches after letting the mens coach walk last year. Maybe the conflict of interest that it seems that many of committee have should be addressed then we can move forward and up.

Q - how many have left woodville?

Q - how many have gone to woodville?

Saw Mac play on Tuesday - a nice pick up for Woodville.

Strange shooting action, but effective.

Great hussle around the floor, and reads the game well.

i think a magic trick is needed - something out of the box - to regenerate woodvillwe - fact or fiction - magic does work and maybe thats what wodville need magic

fair come back - but a club with near 600 players have to have some positives -
maybe a take overcome or why not a super mega club of western clubs
progressive and agressive - traditional and model-

who is MAC

big mac Big M - the golden arc - its a burger dip stick

Imports must not be paid to play Basketball.


They can have a job if they have the correct Visa.

There is a reason the Richmond football club are a disgrace every year. At the start of every season, they make these outlandish statements about the development of their list and that they are on their way up. Is anyone really surprised at the end of the season when this doesn't happen?

Woodville, West, Southern, South, Centrals and most other district clubs are in a similar situation where history will keep on repeating itself. Every once and a while a good group of juniors will come through and it is like the second coming. Now, before all you staunch club supporters come on here and tell me how great your club is because it had one Div 1 team win the summer season grand final, answer me how many Classics your club has attended and progressed to at least a top 8 finish? What are your club coaches doing to better themselves and thus better develop the next crop of talented SA basketballers? What has your club done, apart from putting coaches through level 0-2 coaching courses, done to develop their coaches?

It is NOT dumb luck that the stronger clubs have a stronger pool of dedicated coaches. I am amazed that people put success in this state down to poaching kids or just plain luck, really, how obvious can this be? Without a strong talent pool of junior coaches coaching towards the same goal, clubs will consistently have to recruit players at an ABA level.

Until clubs stop focusing their attention on senior programs and invest time, money and support structures into their junior programs, absolutely nothing will change. How do most clubs pay for their senior programs? Yep, through their juniors. Q: Why should an U12 kid have to pay for a reject from another club? A: Because most committees are lazy and have very little foresight into building long term success.

Most U12 games on a Friday night get more of a crowd than ABA games - this says it all.

On a side note, why do the Woodville Senior Men’s program go through more coaches than most of us have eaten hot dinners?

Ans its funny that those clubs who actualy spend money on working and developing their area now are succeding.

having same coach year after year no recipe for success better to more them on or is that not acceptable
time bullet was bitten fools and admit wrong to not recognise success in different form