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To zone or not to zone?

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If a struggling club wants a really good coach ,how do they entice him/her?Use nice manners?When can they keep coughing up for a JDO when the players are late paying fees ?It will come down to some sort of gratuity.Some areas of Adelaide have per capita a higher IQ,GDP,property value,employment levels,income levels,colleges and facilities,lower crime rates.This is the Time Bomb for a couple of clubs outside of there.
Some times a team 'can' perform outstandingly but the rest of the club struggles to lift with their personnel.
Two to three clubs could do with a spiffy new stadium that can attract all the kids to the lights out the front(Dont go to Hillcrest if you are unsteady or frail) .Using the SANFL as an example , they all have facilities built up in the 60's and 70's when cricket and football developed with the rush of baby boomer kids.Basketball didnt hit the heights in those era's.Big town money isnt there for BASA.BASA is equivalent to the district competition of Footy(in SA).
I read and take in all the other posts as I havnt been into this sport a long time but feel some new roofs will encourage better resourcefulness in the suggestions some of you have highlighted.Inside these new roofs provide multiple use type systems the community are always needing .Like Halls and Theatres and function spaces.
Junior basketball has maybe 10-15,000 kids across the State but no Stadiums are renamed for a major sponsor.There are a dozen clubs but no identity around town You cant find a table or column in Saturdays Advertiser.
The Senior Competition doesnt even have huge crowds at their home games.

OK,
So it seems that the common thread is COACHING.

If zoning is not going to solve problems and be the answer that many seem to think, perhaps the question is how does the governing body (BSA) ensure that the coaching level at clubs in the league is adequate? Do they really care?

We hear time and time again, Club X attracts players because of the coaches there and they are better than Club Y. My kid stopped playing because ....

A competent governing body of a sport should be seeking to promote the growth and maintain the health of the sport under its control by resolving issues. A governing body can't fight bushfires, but they can provide resources to members who don't have the resources themselves. Sounds like coaching standards are a hot issue an some clubs have the resources, some don't.

So if that is the case, then what resources do BSA have for clubs to develop coaches? and, how can they ensure the effective delivery and distribution of those resources to those in need?

Oh... I was looking forward to a nuanced discussion on the merits of zone vs. man defence. As you were!

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