Hoops

Big V / Youth League

We certainly do Bear.

And I agree that clubs can use it how they best see fit and suits them, which aside from an age restriction, they can do what they want. But I think it's less about development, and more results driven than anything else. I see the Youth Leagues as primarily a development league, where a true measure of success is how many players graduate into senior teams, instead of the win/loss record. Improve the players ability (to get them to the next level) and success in the win/loss column will follow naturally.
I just don't think dropping a stronger, more established player from the seniors, to chew up 35minutes and take the lions share of shots, will help his or her team mates. If a player is good enough to play up and contribute, playing down "just because they can" doesn't make sense.

Victoria (Australia in general) is blessed with a vibrant and large State league for basketball. Something we should be proud of.

Clubs (Associations) can take advantage of their local State leagues to suit their circumstances, their level, finances and purposes according to how it best serves them.

How they do it and how someone else perceives or interprets their methods or intentions is largely irrelevant unless it impacts on the integrity of the league itself.

Some teams have usually players back up with amends by necessity because of lack of numbers


Latrobe energy is a prime example of this

Playing between Div2 and YL2 is good, a few teams do it, probably only one club has a D2 starter that plays down in YL2 sometimes but I don't think Wallan are winning YL2.

I believe raising the standard of each of the YL competitions by adding higher quality young players is a good thing even for the 12th player who misses out for that week, as he's exposed to a higher level of competition for the season on a whole.

Even if say Frankston had a young SEABL player who was between there and YL2M (the most extreme gap) I think it would still be good for those playing against a level of player they may not have been exposed to in the past. And if a club is trophy chasing... let them, YL is for development first, winning is a bonus.

Get that Melbourne Boy. And to a degree, I agree. But have seen this happen between YL2 and Division 2. And there's also the argument that takes a spot away from another young junior to step up and play.
There's also the argument that it's encouraged to trophy hunt for the clubs.

Having better quality players in YL helps the development of the next rung down. For example if a SEABL club has a player who's made his way in the rotation go down and play YL games when there's no clash it raises the overall standard of the league, therefore raising the level of competition for the YL only players.

some big games ahead - all against top 5 contenders - game against Bulleen on 10/02 could be for top spot.