Hoops

Norwood Jun Program

Please dont let a new stadium trick you into thinking the affairs are together, ha ha ha they are anything BUT.

Any new people to the club have anything to say?

Leisure centres are bloody expensive if privatwly run for councils. Marion Leisure Centre old as they come was council run and charged $33 an hour for a basketball court. YMCA came in and now almost double the cost for same thing so can't imagine cost to ARC users such as Norwood. Pasadena the same, pay BSA who pay Education Department so cheaper to hire externally. Coats to clubs that are non BSA owned are huge.

And sorry,but only 2 out of the 5 courts are regulation size.

ARC is the most expensive court hour they have. Costing money whenever they use it.

But they have the ARC - surely this and their professional development of competitions outside of district basketball is counter intuitive to what anon above is saying

Interesting coming across this post..

the state of affairs at Norwood are 100% worse now.

there is a strong group of 14 boys and that's about it.

Still poaching random counrty coaches and kids.

the mass exodus has begun, kids transferring and unfortunately quitting.

The unanswered question that keeps cropping up in my mind, "what does Norwood stand for?"

I look at the culture of every junior club and I see a distinct culture at each club, albeit range from Bogan pride to elitist snobbery. I would be keen to hear from a Norwood person "what does your club stand for?" "What does it mean to pull on the red and the blue?" "what is the culture at your club?"

Calling "The General" !

Look closer, anon.

The General,

I find your ‘inside’ opinion very intriguing. You sound like you are significantly involved in what goes on at your club which is also very interesting.

A committee member perhaps? Not likely. After the AGM, a brand new committee was appointed, all who are very much on the same page. A parent then? Also unlikely. I wouldn’t imagine a parent would be privy to all this ‘information’ you seem to have about ‘a couple of country coaches’ being non-committal. I believe the majority of the country coaches are involved in the girls program. Interesting. Whilst anyone can have an opinion on the current state of the junior program and the performance of the former development officer (many on this forum have already), I’m going to take a stab and suggest that maybe you’ve been a bit more involved than your average anonymous poster.

As for Simon, he brings a wealth of experience matched by few other coaches in the state. It must be a really great opportunity to be involved with him. Unfortunately, it might be difficult to erect ‘a bronzed state’ out the front of Mars.

Alias’ only hide so much, General.

I agree about the core group. When you keep a core of players together for a long period they know each other's moves etc. "a quality team will always beat a team of quality players"

We have heard it before about Sturt and their "you know you could go a lot further with your basketball if you played for Sturt", but look at their team lists. They have a core group, low turnover, and the occasional player from another club. Clubs that are "easybeats" are always changing their rosters.

Jack, you're asking for it!

I know the anons will bag me for this, but Norwood really need to have a good hard look at themselves and where they want to be. They have always actively sought out country kids from the DNSP programmes and offered them incentives to play at that club. A few players is fine, but when you have significant numbers of country players on a team, I can't see how that is a good thing for the long term benefit of the Club. I don't think a FIFO culture helps a club.

Sturt set the benchmark in this state, so what do they well?:

1. Have a plan to recruit good coaches
2. Develop those coaches
3. Retain those coaches
4. Clearly articulate their standards required by both players and coaches
5. Have clear follow through when those standards aren't met.
6. Work on skills development
7. Develop players early on
8. Don't look for the "next best thing", develop what they have

How does your Club stack up against Sturt?

From Norwood's facebook page:

"The Norwood Basketball Club invites expressions of interest for the Under 18 Girls Division 1 coach position for the Winter Season.

The current coach, Troy Schroeder and his wife, are expecting a baby in May so he will have his hands full! We wish him all the best with his new family when the times comes, and thank him for his 10+ years of service at the club!"

Contrary to what's been posted on previous Norwood threads, that's the reason behind one prominent coach not continuing for Winter.

Traveling hundreds of kilometers a week to coach basketball teams may be enough reason for coaches to move on. Perhaps this was the case with Peter Barry - I don't know.

As an outsider looking in it's quite difficult to gauge whether Norwood is indeed in shambles, or if posters are doing a poor job disguising their agenda. A lack of specifics outside of coaches leaving and the postponed AGM might just be a telltale sign.

Who's left now?

There was a number of country coaches that move to the club, are they there for winter?