Hoops

How can a div 2 team beat a div 1 team

I think what we sometimes forget is that the majority of kids play for a club because they enjoy the club and have made good friends. That friendship is more important than changing clubs.
Kids will rather play a different sport than change clubs.

Changing clubs is by no means an answer to the problem.

Changing clubs becomes a parent issue more often than a kids issue. I know a few boys in Div 2 who would walk into most Div 1 teams, but are happy to play div 2 with their friends than to move away to another club and play div 1.

As a parent of a boy in Sturt Under 16 team, I would say that a lot of their success has been to do with the hard work they have put in over the last 6 years. The dedication of the coaches has developed the team into a great unit.

Incidently, my club is always accused of poaching players.
Of the 8 boys in the side that won the Norwood carnival, six have come through Sturt from Under 10's, one joined at under 12's and the other under 14's.

So basically, they are all home grown Sturt players.

Also to note, that this team has won Norwood Carnival in 2004, 2006 and now 2008.

Sturt coaches work very hard with the boys. They train very hard and are committed.

When you put so much in, it is good when it gets rewarded.

I do not know what happens at other clubs, so I cannot comment, but how I see them train at Sturt, I am not surprised that they do well.

Having a second team in Div 2 is a great help to the club. It means that the First year boys are kept together, year in and helps them to gel as a team.

Restricting what Sturt does is not an answer to the problem. I do believe that it is the interest of basketball in SA to have a strong competition, but the way to make it strong is not to penalise the top teams, but to help the weaker teams get stronger.
That seems to need to happen within a club, not getting disgruntled players from other clubs.

Victorian, yes there was a merger and unfortunately the success hasnt come but we are working on it. To say that everyone involved at management level isnt doing the right thing- thats bull and an insult to some hard working people. The girls programme led by the Nagys is taking shape and its true a lot of good kids do go down the hill to play. The Sturt and Eagles do it well but even they arent perfect, no-one is! The knockers just like to have a go at every possible opportunity and because of this I have stayed away from this site for ages but hey it got the better of me. Anyway dont knock everyone because the majority have their heart in the right place.