Basketball gives African girls more independence
0:00:26.080,0:00:31.710
They are enthusiastic kind of girls.
hey love basketball. They really want
0:00:31.710,0:00:33.540
to go somewhere with it.
0:00:33.540,0:00:37.500
It’s a great sport to play. I love
everything about basketball (actually)
0:00:37.500,0:00:40.360
and getting out here and knowing you
are having fun with the girls and
0:00:40.360,0:00:40.910
everyone you like.
0:00:40.910,0:00:45.470
I like the Ravens. It’s really nice
and I really enjoy it. I just want to
0:00:45.470,0:00:52.470
have a go and enjoy myself. We are all
people from different backgrounds and
0:00:53.699,0:00:54.690
want to join in and have fun.
0:00:54.690,0:01:01.690
I started when I was in Egypt. I used
to play with the big girls and big boys.
0:01:07.070,0:01:12.100
This team started off with another
association. They found it a bit
0:01:12.100,0:01:15.640
hard to continue playing with that
association because they weren’t
0:01:15.640,0:01:20.070
getting the attention and support
they needed. Of course getting girls
0:01:20.070,0:01:23.360
involved in sport means that you’ll
have to get their families involved
0:01:23.360,0:01:27.580
as well and that wasn’t happening that
much. A lot of girls started to pull
0:01:27.580,0:01:32.020
out and but I knew that they wanted
to keep playing so I did a lot of
0:01:32.020,0:01:33.250
running around and spoke to their
parents and got the girls back together
0:01:33.250,0:01:35.010
again and registered.
0:01:35.010,0:01:40.800
1I actually started playing basketball
because I enjoyed it. I did it with my
0:01:40.800,0:01:42.300
friends and stuff at school.
0:01:42.300,0:01:46.530
Basically if I’m walking out and I see
a group of young women that I think
0:01:46.530,0:01:51.410
might want to get involved, or that
I would like to invite to play a certain
0:01:51.410,0:01:55.950
sport, I approach them and tell them
who I am and where I work and what we
0:01:55.950,0:02:00.110
try to do. We encourage them to come
and join in with any activities that
0:02:00.110,0:02:03.990
we’ve got or if they have activities
that they want to do that are not being
0:02:03.990,0:02:07.400
run – let us know and we’ll try and run
it for them.
0:02:07.400,0:02:12.890
When I came first in Australia, in
language school Noble Park, that
0:02:12.890,0:02:16.620
(basketball) was the (most popular)
sport that people played there. So I
0:02:16.620,0:02:22.129
got involved in it and I love it. I
asked my mum if she can enroll me in
0:02:22.129,0:02:26.170
(the) basketball stadium – Rangers
Basketball – and she was like ‘Yeh’.
0:02:26.170,0:02:29.370
We just heard (about it) from the
community. They were saying that
0:02:29.370,0:02:33.239
there is a basketball team that is
going on so maybe you can join and
0:02:33.239,0:02:37.540
have some fun. So I think it was a
good opportunity. Instead of sitting
0:02:37.540,0:02:44.540
at home I think it’s much better to
go off and have some fun you know.
0:02:44.790,0:02:51.170
Enjoy your life.
0:02:51.170,0:02:53.620
Just the fact it’s a great opportunity
for them (the girls) to meet up with
0:02:53.620,0:02:59.510
other young people. The benefits of
sport in terms of health, having fun
0:02:59.510,0:03:03.050
and also being part of the community –
having some fun socially.
0:03:03.050,0:03:08.200
I learn more English than before and
(my mother) thinks that I could be
0:03:08.200,0:03:13.720
more responsible if I could go out at
night and come home safe.It will show
0:03:13.720,0:03:15.700
that I am responsible and she can
trust me.
0:03:15.700,0:03:19.020
There’s a lot of stuff going on.
There’s violence and misunderstanding
0:03:19.020,0:03:24.459
between kids you know. Kids don’t
listen to their parents so I think
0:03:24.459,0:03:29.930
with basketball you can forget about
all that stuff and any bad stuff that
0:03:29.930,0:03:34.540
has happened to your family. Just
continue playing and you forget and
0:03:34.540,0:03:35.910
have good habits to.
0:03:35.910,0:03:41.239
I just like the fact that I’m not in
it by myself, you know. There are a
0:03:41.239,0:03:47.520
lot of us working together as a team.
We help each other out all the time.
0:03:47.520,0:03:49.140
That’s friendship you know, that’s
good.
0:03:49.140,0:03:53.500
If you like it, just come. It’s a
lot of fun. You meet a lot of people
0:03:53.500,0:03:55.750
and make new friends and different
cultures.
0:03:55.750,0:04:01.099
With the basketball I guess it’s
opened up the doors to try a whole
0:04:01.099,0:04:05.930
lot of other sports. Some of these
girls have taken part in soccer,
0:04:05.930,0:04:09.360
netball, dance and each time something
comes up they are not afraid to have
0:04:09.360,0:04:12.900
a go because they have already put
their foot in the door and tried other
0:04:12.900,0:04:15.989
things. It’s a great opportunity for
them to meet up with other young
0:04:15.989,0:04:19.169
people, share their stories and
encourage them to be in the position
0:04:19.169,0:04:23.449
that they are in now where they are
having a go and having lots of fun.
0:04:23.449,0:04:29.009
I guess it’s good for them to know
what it’s like to be in an environment
0:04:29.009,0:04:36.009
where you have to work together as a
group, work as a team and try to
0:04:42.229,0:04:44.740
achieve as much as you can.
0:04:44.740,0:04:46.349
There are a lot of girls out there
whose culture and background stops
0:04:46.349,0:04:50.639
them from coming out and playing
basketball. Their parents might
0:04:50.639,0:04:54.650
feel that it’s not right for them
to be away from home.
0:04:54.650,0:04:55.580
There are a lot of girls out there
whose culture and background stops
0:04:55.580,0:04:57.430
them from coming out and playing
basketball. Their parents might
0:04:57.430,0:04:59.169
feel that it’s not right for them
to be away from home.
0:04:59.169,0:05:02.210
My parents are not that supportive.
It’s actually different backgrounds
0:05:02.210,0:05:09.210
so it’s hard for her (my mother)
to find the rules in here. Sometimes
0:05:09.229,0:05:12.949
basketball games start late and I
get home late so she feels it’s
0:05:12.949,0:05:14.180
unsafe for me.
0:05:14.180,0:05:18.960
Parental involvement is very important.
Our families need to be part of
0:05:18.960,0:05:22.809
everything we do. The parents need
to know where the girls are, what
0:05:22.809,0:05:25.330
they are doing and things like that
so it’s very important to get the
0:05:25.330,0:05:29.389
parents involved because without
them giving us the permission the
0:05:29.389,0:05:32.449
girls would not be able to come.
0:05:32.449,0:05:35.619
They really didn’t agree with the
decision of me going out at night
0:05:35.619,0:05:41.219
and playing basketball. They wanted
me to stay home and help out but
0:05:41.219,0:05:46.150
somehow they managed to let me go
because they spoke to Claudia and
0:05:46.150,0:05:47.809
understood what was going on.
0:05:47.809,0:05:53.400
It was things like the girls being
outside of the home several nights
0:05:53.400,0:05:56.800
of the week. Of course they have to
train and play on game nights so
0:05:56.800,0:06:00.800
being out of the home and not
spending much time on studies and
0:06:00.800,0:06:05.360
too much time playing (was a problem).
They were also worried about being
0:06:05.360,0:06:08.889
in the South East. Sometimes there’s
some negative stories that come out
0:06:08.889,0:06:15.889
in the media so parents are a bit
cautious about letting their girls
0:06:19.479,0:06:24.619
go out at night.
0:06:24.619,0:06:30.069
Just to get them to understand there’s
more to it than just letting us go
0:06:30.069,0:06:33.059
outside and play basketball. They
(parents) want all the information
0:06:33.059,0:06:38.199
that they can get. They want to see
if we are doing what we say we are
0:06:38.199,0:06:40.419
doing because some people don’t say
what they really do.
0:06:40.419,0:06:42.430
Speak to people in organisations
that work with young people from
0:06:42.430,0:06:45.430
different cultural backgrounds.
They’ll have links and networks
0:06:45.430,0:06:49.839
that get you touch with families
and people that you might want to
0:06:49.839,0:06:52.990
get involved. Get in touch with
those local agencies and they will
0:06:52.990,0:06:58.610
help you get to the groups you
need to get to.
0:06:58.610,0:07:02.279
Be polite and approach them in an
easy way.
0:07:02.279,0:07:05.789
The advice I would give them
(coaches) is to try and understand
0:07:05.789,0:07:10.759
the girl and her family. Not only
approach the girl but also her family.
0:07:10.759,0:07:16.939
Sometimes the girls are controlled by
their parents, you know ‘you can’t
0:07:16.939,0:07:21.679
be out this late without coming home
without us knowing’ and all this stuff,
0:07:21.679,0:07:26.710
so they just have to try and be patient
with the girls and try to help them
0:07:26.710,0:07:28.889
out in any way they can.
0:07:28.889,0:07:35.889
The girls are easy going. They are
good at listening – they are easy
0:07:39.270,0:07:44.089
to coach
0:07:44.089,0:07:50.689
My ambitions (is) like, I would love
to play for Australia. Sometimes
0:07:50.689,0:07:54.419
when I see the girls play on TV I
say ‘mum I want to go to play there’
0:07:54.419,0:07:58.020
and see says ‘yeh you could do it
if you want to do it’.
0:07:58.020,0:08:01.270
Maybe I can have a go a little bit
and try it on. Maybe one day I can
0:08:01.270,0:08:02.849
get into a big team.
0:08:02.849,0:08:09.050
I only do it because it’s really good
for my health and I just enjoy it.
0:08:09.050,0:08:15.779
I don’t aim to go to NBA or NBL.
I just do it because I just love
0:08:15.779,0:08:17.499
to play the sport.
0:08:17.499,0:08:21.869
Yesterday we had training and my
mum wasn’t at home to drop my there.
0:08:21.869,0:08:28.580
It was like a 30 minute run. By the
time I got there I was so tired but
0:08:28.580,0:08:31.209
it’s what I love doing so I’m not
going to let nothing stop me from
0:08:31.209,0:08:31.459
doing that.
They are enthusiastic kind of girls.
hey love basketball. They really want
0:00:31.710,0:00:33.540
to go somewhere with it.
0:00:33.540,0:00:37.500
It’s a great sport to play. I love
everything about basketball (actually)
0:00:37.500,0:00:40.360
and getting out here and knowing you
are having fun with the girls and
0:00:40.360,0:00:40.910
everyone you like.
0:00:40.910,0:00:45.470
I like the Ravens. It’s really nice
and I really enjoy it. I just want to
0:00:45.470,0:00:52.470
have a go and enjoy myself. We are all
people from different backgrounds and
0:00:53.699,0:00:54.690
want to join in and have fun.
0:00:54.690,0:01:01.690
I started when I was in Egypt. I used
to play with the big girls and big boys.
0:01:07.070,0:01:12.100
This team started off with another
association. They found it a bit
0:01:12.100,0:01:15.640
hard to continue playing with that
association because they weren’t
0:01:15.640,0:01:20.070
getting the attention and support
they needed. Of course getting girls
0:01:20.070,0:01:23.360
involved in sport means that you’ll
have to get their families involved
0:01:23.360,0:01:27.580
as well and that wasn’t happening that
much. A lot of girls started to pull
0:01:27.580,0:01:32.020
out and but I knew that they wanted
to keep playing so I did a lot of
0:01:32.020,0:01:33.250
running around and spoke to their
parents and got the girls back together
0:01:33.250,0:01:35.010
again and registered.
0:01:35.010,0:01:40.800
1I actually started playing basketball
because I enjoyed it. I did it with my
0:01:40.800,0:01:42.300
friends and stuff at school.
0:01:42.300,0:01:46.530
Basically if I’m walking out and I see
a group of young women that I think
0:01:46.530,0:01:51.410
might want to get involved, or that
I would like to invite to play a certain
0:01:51.410,0:01:55.950
sport, I approach them and tell them
who I am and where I work and what we
0:01:55.950,0:02:00.110
try to do. We encourage them to come
and join in with any activities that
0:02:00.110,0:02:03.990
we’ve got or if they have activities
that they want to do that are not being
0:02:03.990,0:02:07.400
run – let us know and we’ll try and run
it for them.
0:02:07.400,0:02:12.890
When I came first in Australia, in
language school Noble Park, that
0:02:12.890,0:02:16.620
(basketball) was the (most popular)
sport that people played there. So I
0:02:16.620,0:02:22.129
got involved in it and I love it. I
asked my mum if she can enroll me in
0:02:22.129,0:02:26.170
(the) basketball stadium – Rangers
Basketball – and she was like ‘Yeh’.
0:02:26.170,0:02:29.370
We just heard (about it) from the
community. They were saying that
0:02:29.370,0:02:33.239
there is a basketball team that is
going on so maybe you can join and
0:02:33.239,0:02:37.540
have some fun. So I think it was a
good opportunity. Instead of sitting
0:02:37.540,0:02:44.540
at home I think it’s much better to
go off and have some fun you know.
0:02:44.790,0:02:51.170
Enjoy your life.
0:02:51.170,0:02:53.620
Just the fact it’s a great opportunity
for them (the girls) to meet up with
0:02:53.620,0:02:59.510
other young people. The benefits of
sport in terms of health, having fun
0:02:59.510,0:03:03.050
and also being part of the community –
having some fun socially.
0:03:03.050,0:03:08.200
I learn more English than before and
(my mother) thinks that I could be
0:03:08.200,0:03:13.720
more responsible if I could go out at
night and come home safe.It will show
0:03:13.720,0:03:15.700
that I am responsible and she can
trust me.
0:03:15.700,0:03:19.020
There’s a lot of stuff going on.
There’s violence and misunderstanding
0:03:19.020,0:03:24.459
between kids you know. Kids don’t
listen to their parents so I think
0:03:24.459,0:03:29.930
with basketball you can forget about
all that stuff and any bad stuff that
0:03:29.930,0:03:34.540
has happened to your family. Just
continue playing and you forget and
0:03:34.540,0:03:35.910
have good habits to.
0:03:35.910,0:03:41.239
I just like the fact that I’m not in
it by myself, you know. There are a
0:03:41.239,0:03:47.520
lot of us working together as a team.
We help each other out all the time.
0:03:47.520,0:03:49.140
That’s friendship you know, that’s
good.
0:03:49.140,0:03:53.500
If you like it, just come. It’s a
lot of fun. You meet a lot of people
0:03:53.500,0:03:55.750
and make new friends and different
cultures.
0:03:55.750,0:04:01.099
With the basketball I guess it’s
opened up the doors to try a whole
0:04:01.099,0:04:05.930
lot of other sports. Some of these
girls have taken part in soccer,
0:04:05.930,0:04:09.360
netball, dance and each time something
comes up they are not afraid to have
0:04:09.360,0:04:12.900
a go because they have already put
their foot in the door and tried other
0:04:12.900,0:04:15.989
things. It’s a great opportunity for
them to meet up with other young
0:04:15.989,0:04:19.169
people, share their stories and
encourage them to be in the position
0:04:19.169,0:04:23.449
that they are in now where they are
having a go and having lots of fun.
0:04:23.449,0:04:29.009
I guess it’s good for them to know
what it’s like to be in an environment
0:04:29.009,0:04:36.009
where you have to work together as a
group, work as a team and try to
0:04:42.229,0:04:44.740
achieve as much as you can.
0:04:44.740,0:04:46.349
There are a lot of girls out there
whose culture and background stops
0:04:46.349,0:04:50.639
them from coming out and playing
basketball. Their parents might
0:04:50.639,0:04:54.650
feel that it’s not right for them
to be away from home.
0:04:54.650,0:04:55.580
There are a lot of girls out there
whose culture and background stops
0:04:55.580,0:04:57.430
them from coming out and playing
basketball. Their parents might
0:04:57.430,0:04:59.169
feel that it’s not right for them
to be away from home.
0:04:59.169,0:05:02.210
My parents are not that supportive.
It’s actually different backgrounds
0:05:02.210,0:05:09.210
so it’s hard for her (my mother)
to find the rules in here. Sometimes
0:05:09.229,0:05:12.949
basketball games start late and I
get home late so she feels it’s
0:05:12.949,0:05:14.180
unsafe for me.
0:05:14.180,0:05:18.960
Parental involvement is very important.
Our families need to be part of
0:05:18.960,0:05:22.809
everything we do. The parents need
to know where the girls are, what
0:05:22.809,0:05:25.330
they are doing and things like that
so it’s very important to get the
0:05:25.330,0:05:29.389
parents involved because without
them giving us the permission the
0:05:29.389,0:05:32.449
girls would not be able to come.
0:05:32.449,0:05:35.619
They really didn’t agree with the
decision of me going out at night
0:05:35.619,0:05:41.219
and playing basketball. They wanted
me to stay home and help out but
0:05:41.219,0:05:46.150
somehow they managed to let me go
because they spoke to Claudia and
0:05:46.150,0:05:47.809
understood what was going on.
0:05:47.809,0:05:53.400
It was things like the girls being
outside of the home several nights
0:05:53.400,0:05:56.800
of the week. Of course they have to
train and play on game nights so
0:05:56.800,0:06:00.800
being out of the home and not
spending much time on studies and
0:06:00.800,0:06:05.360
too much time playing (was a problem).
They were also worried about being
0:06:05.360,0:06:08.889
in the South East. Sometimes there’s
some negative stories that come out
0:06:08.889,0:06:15.889
in the media so parents are a bit
cautious about letting their girls
0:06:19.479,0:06:24.619
go out at night.
0:06:24.619,0:06:30.069
Just to get them to understand there’s
more to it than just letting us go
0:06:30.069,0:06:33.059
outside and play basketball. They
(parents) want all the information
0:06:33.059,0:06:38.199
that they can get. They want to see
if we are doing what we say we are
0:06:38.199,0:06:40.419
doing because some people don’t say
what they really do.
0:06:40.419,0:06:42.430
Speak to people in organisations
that work with young people from
0:06:42.430,0:06:45.430
different cultural backgrounds.
They’ll have links and networks
0:06:45.430,0:06:49.839
that get you touch with families
and people that you might want to
0:06:49.839,0:06:52.990
get involved. Get in touch with
those local agencies and they will
0:06:52.990,0:06:58.610
help you get to the groups you
need to get to.
0:06:58.610,0:07:02.279
Be polite and approach them in an
easy way.
0:07:02.279,0:07:05.789
The advice I would give them
(coaches) is to try and understand
0:07:05.789,0:07:10.759
the girl and her family. Not only
approach the girl but also her family.
0:07:10.759,0:07:16.939
Sometimes the girls are controlled by
their parents, you know ‘you can’t
0:07:16.939,0:07:21.679
be out this late without coming home
without us knowing’ and all this stuff,
0:07:21.679,0:07:26.710
so they just have to try and be patient
with the girls and try to help them
0:07:26.710,0:07:28.889
out in any way they can.
0:07:28.889,0:07:35.889
The girls are easy going. They are
good at listening – they are easy
0:07:39.270,0:07:44.089
to coach
0:07:44.089,0:07:50.689
My ambitions (is) like, I would love
to play for Australia. Sometimes
0:07:50.689,0:07:54.419
when I see the girls play on TV I
say ‘mum I want to go to play there’
0:07:54.419,0:07:58.020
and see says ‘yeh you could do it
if you want to do it’.
0:07:58.020,0:08:01.270
Maybe I can have a go a little bit
and try it on. Maybe one day I can
0:08:01.270,0:08:02.849
get into a big team.
0:08:02.849,0:08:09.050
I only do it because it’s really good
for my health and I just enjoy it.
0:08:09.050,0:08:15.779
I don’t aim to go to NBA or NBL.
I just do it because I just love
0:08:15.779,0:08:17.499
to play the sport.
0:08:17.499,0:08:21.869
Yesterday we had training and my
mum wasn’t at home to drop my there.
0:08:21.869,0:08:28.580
It was like a 30 minute run. By the
time I got there I was so tired but
0:08:28.580,0:08:31.209
it’s what I love doing so I’m not
going to let nothing stop me from
0:08:31.209,0:08:31.459
doing that.
