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Years ago

DONT CHANGE CLUBS ... Green grass stains

Anonymous - last time I looked, country kids were still classified as basketball players, and basketball clubs are not regionally zoned, therefore these kids have every right to have the opportuntiy to play in the best level / league available to them in this state. Being city born shouldn't give you automatic rights to a spot on any team in any sport. Country kids have an enormous amount of commitment with travelling, foregoing their hometown social networks,struggling to get their share of the basketball dollar and the list is endless. The "country coaches" who are just basketball coaches looking to use their skills and continue to develop have as many rights in an equal playing field to coach Districts as someone in the city. These kids and coaches from the country regions are passionate about wanting to play / coach, so your beef with them is?

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Years ago

Some of the reasons mentioned by Orlando are exactly why you should leave a club.We have all seen it - kids that just want to play ball, get recognised for doing their best regardless of which div and develop friendships. We have all seen it - a select group of parents who have an inflated view of how everyone should treat 'their star child', coaches that pander to these egomanaics and all at the expense of kids that geniunely want to play and enjoy the game. I have seen parents openly abuse players on their own child's team and the good old, "don't pass to him / her because you've done the work".If your club does not have coaches that treat all kids with respect and be prepared to tell parents to back off AND THEN SUPPORT the coach that has the guts to do that, you need to move on but you need to do it in an adult manner:
1. don't have an open forum whingey negative session in front of the kids.
2. ask the kids and listen to them - how are they doing and enjoying
3. make your decision but don't burn bridges - coaches and officials move on and your kid may just want to as an adult move back.
All clubs are important to the competition and all the volunteers need to be acknowledged but unfortunately there will always be some who are in it for their own egos. However to stay at a club that is destroying your kids love of the game, is also soul destroying - move on.

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