Rebuilding basketball in GP

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• Rebuilding basketball in GP
• In association with

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Phase One

• Modeling and Preparation
• Nov 2008 Feb 2009

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Our strategic thinking

• The vision
• To take basketball to a level that competes with
  the 3 major sports in SA i.e. Soccer, Rugby and
  Cricket
• The mission
• To commercialize the sport in such a way that all
  stakeholders in the sport can benefit

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Objectives

• To create the best provincial senior league in
  the country
• To assist regions with junior and development
  programmes
• To build a pool of quality referees through FIBA
  approved systems
• To build a coaching programme with world class
  certification and grading system
• To market basketball through experiential
  activities over and above the traditional
  marketing and strategic PR
• To host some of the best local tournaments in SA
• To attract international basketball events

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Challenges Facing Basketball in GP

• Inadequate district association administration
• No structured developmental programmes
  (unstructured junior leagues)
• Little or no referee development and grading
  systems
• Diminishing number of good quality coaches
• Low market confidence in the sport
• Limited indoor facilities and FIBA approved
  equipment
• No incentive for players, coaches, refs, clubs
  etc due to little funding for the sport

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Pre-season activity objectives

• To market and launch the GBL 2009 season
• To help solidify regional structures with
  legitimate committees
• To assist the regional structures with the
  administration of the junior leagues
• To incentivize clubs to get involved in junior
  development programmes
• To help rebuild the club system in the basketball
  fratenity
• To develop coaches and referees development and
  grading systems

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Objective vs. Action

• Objective

• Action

• To market and launch the GBL 2009 season
• To help solidify regional structures with
  legitimate committees
• To assist the regional structures with the
  administration of the junior leagues
• To incentivize clubs to get involved in junior
  development programmes
• To develop coaches and referees development and
  grading systems

• Must have a pre-season launch tournament
• Need to provide tools to help districts run
  leagues effectively
• Need to capacitate district on the administration
  of leagues
• Ensure that all premier clubs are involved in
  some level of development
• Must offer compulsory coaching and refereeing
  clinics with exams for grading purposes

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Action vs. How

• Action

• How

1. Must have a pre-season launch tournaments
2. Need to provide tools to help districts run
   leagues effectively
3. Need to capacitate district on the administration
   of leagues
4. Ensure that all premier clubs are involved in
   some level of development
5. Must offer compulsory coaching and refereeing
   clinics with exams for grading purposes

1. Junior tournaments in Jan and Senior tournaments
   Feb 2009
2. Districts will be provided with a Laptop, office
   space, sms bundles, landline and all-in-one
   printer
3. Once the district committees have been elected,
   training will be provided at one venue for all
   committee members from all districts
4. All Premier clubs will be required to adopt at
   least one junior/school team (both boys and
   girls) to qualify to play in the league
5. Coaches and refs will be required to be graded
   according to international standards. Accredited
   coaches and officials will be remunerated to
   conduct clinics

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Timelines
These timelines will be adjusted as and when the
budget is approved from the Dep of Sport
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Measurable outcomes (targets)

• Functional districts association with the
  following in place
• Full time league coordinator
• Access to IT tools including laptop, sms, phone,
  internet, email and printer
• All senior GBL clubs with at least two
  developmental teams each i.e.
• 1 x boys team
• 1 x girls team
• 6 x junior district leagues with a minimum total
  of 4320 junior players i.e.
• 6 districts
• Targeting a min of 3 areas/townships
• Each area/township 16 teams i.e.
• 8 boys teams
• 8 girls teams
• Each team with a min of 15 players
• Total no. of new refs introduced to the game at
  district level in year one must be no less than
  144 _at_ 8 refs per area/township across all 6
  districts

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How to enforce the desired outcomes

• It was agreed with GBA that the most anticipated
  GBL will not start until the following happen
• All GBL teams have at least 2 junior development
  teams (boys girls)
• All 6 regional leagues are functional with the
  number of teams and refs as per the previous
  slide. This will force players to be part of the
  district structures
• Each GBL team/club must acquire an endorsement
  letter by its regional association to participate
  in the GBL
• 2 x R100,000 prize money incentive for all
  involved, the condition will be as follows (only
  applicable to Premier division ladies and men
  clubs with township based junior teams as their
  adopted teams)
• If only Senior GBL team wins, prize R5,000 to
  the winning team
• If Senior GBL team wins plus its adopted township
  based boys team wins the provincial league, then
  the prize money will be R50,000 divided as
  follows
• 50 to the GBL team
• 25 to the district association
• 25 to the boys team
• If the senior GBL team wins plus its adopted
  township based boys AND township based girls
  teams win the provincial league, then the prize
  money will be R100,000 divided as follows
• 40 to the GBL team
• 20 to the district association
• 20 to the boys team
• 20 to the girls team

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How to enforce the desired outcomes (Cont.)

• Hefty player transfer fees to encourage teams to
  develop their own players and therefore forming a
  club system
• Clubs will freely recruit/upgrade players from
  their developmental programmes to play in the
  clubs senior division
• Recruiting of a GBL Premier division player will
  cost R10,000 in season and R5,000 off season, and
  will be divided as follows
• 30 plus whatever the player negotiates with
  his/her new team goes to the player
• 20 to the club from which the player is
  recruited
• 20 goes to GBL administration
• 15 goes to district where the club is registered
• 15 goes to GBA
• D1 player transfer costs R8,000 in season
  R4,000 off season
• D2 player transfer costs R6,000 in season
  R3,000 off season
• Junior player transfer costs R4,000 in season
  R2,000 off season
• Non club affiliated new player registration admin
  fee R1,000 in season R500 off season

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Phase Two

• Model Growth and Sustainability
• March 2009 Oct 2009
• and Beyond (5 year plan)

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Model Success Requirements

• Effective Structures structures should be able
  to give everyone a chance to play basketball,
  particularly young talent
• Support the structures need all the technical
  support, tools, training and capacity building in
  order to operate effectively
• Commitment the success of any venture is in the
  commitment and dedication of its human resources.
  Only those who are passionate about the game of
  basketball should be in the structures to ensure
  its success
• Incentive - Recognition and real incentive will
  keep the fire burning within players towards
  achieving the goal of being the best in what they
  do
• Growth the model should have growth strategies
  that will create public and ultimately corporate
  interest and thus funding and self sustainability
  of the sport

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League Structure
Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and
Recreation
Gauteng Basketball Association (GBA)
Pro Sport Consulting
Gauteng Basketball League (seniors)
Districts schools basketball development
Corporate League (leisure) - independent
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No. of teams in the league
Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and
Recreation
Gauteng Basketball Association (GBA)
Pro Sport Consulting
Gauteng Basketball League (seniors)
Districts schools basketball development
Corporate League 12 teams
Total no. of senior teams already registered so
far 52
Min expected no. of junior teams to be registered
by Feb 288
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Growth plan

• The target is to see no less than 50 growth
  every year across the board in GP i.e.
• No of teams
• Players
• Refs
• Mobilization and formation of area committees to
  coordinate their own league at community level
• Shedding off of GBL lower division senior leagues
  for take over by the district association
• Commercialization of the GBL Premier division
  (both men and women)
• Dominance of Gauteng in all levels of basketball
  nationally and in the Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sharing of the successful model with the rest of
  the provinces with the aim to see basketball
  growing across the nation
• Competitive national league across all levels
  i.e. junior to senior levels across both genders

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Growth numbers over 5 years
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For more info, please contact

• Emmanuel Manny Mabusa
• Tel [phone]
• Cell 076 574 3161
• Email manny_at_darkchild.co.za
• Or
• manny_at_prosportconsulting.co.za