Sudanese National Basketball Tournament
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Basketball is a sport that we that we have
what’s called motivation from it. To be
0:00:50.410,0:00:54.690
able to do what people know that you’ll
be best at.
0:00:54.690,0:00:58.110
I’ve got to tell you that it’s given me
a lot of enthusiasm about coaching again.
0:00:58.110,0:01:00.890
It’s very fantastic, it’s very cool. I
like basketball.
0:01:00.890,0:01:04.350
I don’t know what about it but I just love
the game.
0:01:04.350,0:01:09.690
If we get out there and we get help we take
it because that’s what we really looking
0:01:09.690,0:01:16.690
for but we don’t know where to go.
0:01:17.500,0:01:23.789
You need to start somewhere. To be able to
get involved with others and that’s why
0:01:23.789,0:01:30.789
we have this tournament. When you are a new
community you need to be able to express yourself
0:01:30.810,0:01:33.060
and to be able to be recognised.
0:01:33.060,0:01:37.800
Over the years I have been coaching junior
sides and what’s happened the last few years
0:01:37.800,0:01:43.560
is that these sides are starting to see more
multicultural or multi-indigenous children
0:01:43.560,0:01:49.380
coming to play. Through that we got some contact
through the Sudanese and we got one of the
0:01:49.380,0:01:51.479
boys to come and play in our team.
0:01:51.479,0:01:55.850
When we got him that brought a few of the
others to training and we ending up with 15,
0:01:55.850,0:01:59.570
20, 25 people from the Sudanese community
coming to training sessions.
0:01:59.570,0:02:05.509
Basketball is a way to give me something to
do. It keeps me out of trouble. If I wasn’t
0:02:05.509,0:02:10.869
doing basketball I’d be running around the
streets sitting outside a house doing nothing.
0:02:10.869,0:02:16.090
That’s how I got started and since then
I’ve been in love with the game.
0:02:23.090,0:02:27.000
These kids they really love basketball.
0:02:27.049,0:02:30.980
All the skills they’ve gained there they
didn’t come from somewhere else, they didn’t
0:02:30.980,0:02:37.980
come from a coach (came from) the street
– its copy and paste, copy and paste. If
0:02:38.250,0:02:44.170
a coach could help them, to put instructions
and demonstrate to them it would be really
0:02:44.170,0:02:44.420
good.
0:02:44.310,0:02:49.859
The Sudanese community brings athletes along
that are well matched for basketball. They
0:02:49.859,0:02:54.709
are very athletic, they are very competitive
and they have really taken a love to the game.
0:02:54.709,0:02:57.799
We see as time goes by that they are going
to play a heavier role.
0:02:57.799,0:03:04.269
By actively going out and meeting that community
through a tournament or through organized
0:03:04.269,0:03:09.310
sport especially clubs and associations it
not only raises awareness that hey there is
0:03:09.310,0:03:14.609
a channel for you to participate in community
life but because you are actually the first
0:03:14.609,0:03:18.239
to do it and be role models you’ll find
that you’ll find that the younger generation
0:03:18.239,0:03:19.519
will also follow in your footsteps.
0:03:19.519,0:03:25.400
Australia is really multicultural. I think
sport and basketball in particular brings
0:03:25.400,0:03:29.840
a lot of people together and you don’t really
think about anything else other than the sport
0:03:29.840,0:03:35.410
and everyone is still the same on that court
so you forget about all your problems.
0:03:35.410,0:03:39.799
It helps these kids to have something to do.
It gives them a purpose and a place to be
0:03:39.799,0:03:43.799
and a goal to achieve.
0:03:49.209,0:03:52.899
It's really hard back there in our country.
0:03:53.009,0:03:58.099
Girls are not allowed to play any sport, because they are girls.
But here because we come to Australia
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so it's a free country
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And people just starting a new home and you
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know how hard it is you know getting to different places which
are brand new to you and you start a new life
0:04:11.999,0:04:18.099
which is very very hard even though the people there
have a warm welcome to you it is still challenging
0:04:18.909,0:04:24.099
Probably the first and the hardest one for us has been parents.
We find that we can get the kids involved pretty quickly.
0:04:24.699,0:04:29.099
The kids come along and do their thing which is fantastic
but parents tend to keep a distance and I find compared
0:04:29.299,0:04:33.099
to say the Australian kids we'll see the parents heavily
involved we do not see that
0:04:33.299,0:04:38.099
The other thing that's a challenge for us is the transportation
getting them there so generally what you do as a coach like to do for everywhere
0:04:38.299,0:04:42.099
you go and pick them up your the taxi you do that so you have
to make a commitment to that.
0:04:42.299,0:04:49.099
Probably the third thing that causes us some problems is the
cost of our sport, it's not the cheapest sport so there is a
fair cost involved.
0:04:49.299,0:05:01.099
Cultural adjustment definately miss home, miss my family, definately
took me a while to adjust to the environment in Australia, worked out good
so far.
0:05:09.209,0:05:09.209
The Sudanese community in particular they
are very much about self help. So what we
0:05:13.270,0:05:17.060
have tried to do is make things available
to them so they can help themselves. They
0:05:17.060,0:05:20.650
have really jumped on that bandwagon and done
a lot of helping themselves.
0:05:20.650,0:05:24.830
As far as the parents go one of the successful
things that we did was that Garang or Gee
0:05:24.830,0:05:29.759
organized with his community to bring the
elders in so we could explain what the program
0:05:29.759,0:05:30.400
was doing.
0:05:30.400,0:05:34.340
We got a very very good reaction to that and
I thought that was really well done but you
0:05:34.340,0:05:37.550
need to a have person who is a sponsor in
the community to be able to do that.
0:05:37.550,0:05:44.180
As far as getting to venues on time just put
more petrol in your car I think is the only
0:05:44.180,0:05:45.090
answer to that.
0:05:45.090,0:05:49.860
We do a various number of programs and one
of those programs is to sponsor local sporting
0:05:49.860,0:05:55.860
teams through basketball. What we do with
the Sudanese community in the ACT is that
0:05:55.860,0:06:02.830
we provide them with the uniforms so that
they can look like a team and be part of the
0:06:02.830,0:06:08.530
team. Any travel expenses we can take care
of that as well.
0:06:08.530,0:06:15.530
If they need players they could come and say
are there any players in your community do
0:06:18.710,0:06:23.219
you have any people who want to play basketball
– they there, they there.”
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Don Craven:
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With basketball clubs I’d recommend to them
it’s about being part of the community and
0:06:28.360,0:06:32.039
this is a really good opportunity for basketball
clubs to be more than just the sport but be
0:06:32.039,0:06:39.039
part of the community as well. I’ve got
involved with a number of the clubs in Canberra
0:06:40.259,0:06:42.310
and we get kids along to their training session.
0:06:42.310,0:06:45.529
They don’t have to play but they can go
along and learn and its gives them an opportunity
0:06:45.529,0:06:46.289
to get involved with the clubs.
0:06:46.289,0:06:51.840
The other thing I’d say to all the clubs
and coaches is that when I’ve asked for
0:06:51.840,0:06:58.749
help it’s been amazing. Its stunning in
the ACT in Canberra from a myriad of coaches
0:06:58.749,0:07:04.569
all at senior level. People who have come
who have coaches at NBL and SEABL level they’ve
0:07:04.569,0:07:08.599
all jumped and come to do a session. So you
don’t ask them to do lots of sessions you
0:07:08.599,0:07:11.860
just come and ask them to do a session and
you’ll find that they will always support
0:07:11.860,0:07:13.740
you and that really helps the kids.
0:07:13.740,0:07:20.159
Most (African) people are shy to go and play
in teams. Some Sudanese are just more comfortable
0:07:20.159,0:07:25.289
just playing with other Sudanese therefore
I think the only way to get more people involved
0:07:25.289,0:07:32.289
is by asking Sudanese people already playing
in there to bring more people and then coaches
0:07:35.169,0:07:40.409
take it on from there.
0:07:40.409,0:07:46.499
I think the future is exceptionally exciting.
I think that when we see the Sudanese boys
0:07:46.499,0:07:52.039
and girls playing and we see their raw talent
and ability, once we get a generation or two
0:07:52.039,0:07:54.840
going through we are going to see some fabulous
basketballers.
0:07:54.840,0:07:59.699
The blocks we build now will make it easy
because they will have the understanding of
0:07:59.699,0:08:03.719
how to be involved and how to get into it.
So the hard part is to build the blocks, once
0:08:03.719,0:08:05.930
you have the template I think then it builds
from there.
0:08:05.930,0:08:12.930
I see that they’ll be a huge difference
later on in Australia. These kids will grow
0:08:13.479,0:08:18.319
up and they will get a lot of support and
they will be out there you know. The change
0:08:18.319,0:08:22.159
will come, the change will come. They will
be a big change for the Sudanese community
0:08:22.159,0:08:27.099
and Australia. It will be really amazing.
Basketball is a sport that we that we have
what’s called motivation from it. To be
0:00:50.410,0:00:54.690
able to do what people know that you’ll
be best at.
0:00:54.690,0:00:58.110
I’ve got to tell you that it’s given me
a lot of enthusiasm about coaching again.
0:00:58.110,0:01:00.890
It’s very fantastic, it’s very cool. I
like basketball.
0:01:00.890,0:01:04.350
I don’t know what about it but I just love
the game.
0:01:04.350,0:01:09.690
If we get out there and we get help we take
it because that’s what we really looking
0:01:09.690,0:01:16.690
for but we don’t know where to go.
0:01:17.500,0:01:23.789
You need to start somewhere. To be able to
get involved with others and that’s why
0:01:23.789,0:01:30.789
we have this tournament. When you are a new
community you need to be able to express yourself
0:01:30.810,0:01:33.060
and to be able to be recognised.
0:01:33.060,0:01:37.800
Over the years I have been coaching junior
sides and what’s happened the last few years
0:01:37.800,0:01:43.560
is that these sides are starting to see more
multicultural or multi-indigenous children
0:01:43.560,0:01:49.380
coming to play. Through that we got some contact
through the Sudanese and we got one of the
0:01:49.380,0:01:51.479
boys to come and play in our team.
0:01:51.479,0:01:55.850
When we got him that brought a few of the
others to training and we ending up with 15,
0:01:55.850,0:01:59.570
20, 25 people from the Sudanese community
coming to training sessions.
0:01:59.570,0:02:05.509
Basketball is a way to give me something to
do. It keeps me out of trouble. If I wasn’t
0:02:05.509,0:02:10.869
doing basketball I’d be running around the
streets sitting outside a house doing nothing.
0:02:10.869,0:02:16.090
That’s how I got started and since then
I’ve been in love with the game.
0:02:23.090,0:02:27.000
These kids they really love basketball.
0:02:27.049,0:02:30.980
All the skills they’ve gained there they
didn’t come from somewhere else, they didn’t
0:02:30.980,0:02:37.980
come from a coach (came from) the street
– its copy and paste, copy and paste. If
0:02:38.250,0:02:44.170
a coach could help them, to put instructions
and demonstrate to them it would be really
0:02:44.170,0:02:44.420
good.
0:02:44.310,0:02:49.859
The Sudanese community brings athletes along
that are well matched for basketball. They
0:02:49.859,0:02:54.709
are very athletic, they are very competitive
and they have really taken a love to the game.
0:02:54.709,0:02:57.799
We see as time goes by that they are going
to play a heavier role.
0:02:57.799,0:03:04.269
By actively going out and meeting that community
through a tournament or through organized
0:03:04.269,0:03:09.310
sport especially clubs and associations it
not only raises awareness that hey there is
0:03:09.310,0:03:14.609
a channel for you to participate in community
life but because you are actually the first
0:03:14.609,0:03:18.239
to do it and be role models you’ll find
that you’ll find that the younger generation
0:03:18.239,0:03:19.519
will also follow in your footsteps.
0:03:19.519,0:03:25.400
Australia is really multicultural. I think
sport and basketball in particular brings
0:03:25.400,0:03:29.840
a lot of people together and you don’t really
think about anything else other than the sport
0:03:29.840,0:03:35.410
and everyone is still the same on that court
so you forget about all your problems.
0:03:35.410,0:03:39.799
It helps these kids to have something to do.
It gives them a purpose and a place to be
0:03:39.799,0:03:43.799
and a goal to achieve.
0:03:49.209,0:03:52.899
It's really hard back there in our country.
0:03:53.009,0:03:58.099
Girls are not allowed to play any sport, because they are girls.
But here because we come to Australia
0:03:59.009,0:04:00.899
so it's a free country
0:04:01.909,0:04:04.799
And people just starting a new home and you
0:04:04.999,0:04:11.899
know how hard it is you know getting to different places which
are brand new to you and you start a new life
0:04:11.999,0:04:18.099
which is very very hard even though the people there
have a warm welcome to you it is still challenging
0:04:18.909,0:04:24.099
Probably the first and the hardest one for us has been parents.
We find that we can get the kids involved pretty quickly.
0:04:24.699,0:04:29.099
The kids come along and do their thing which is fantastic
but parents tend to keep a distance and I find compared
0:04:29.299,0:04:33.099
to say the Australian kids we'll see the parents heavily
involved we do not see that
0:04:33.299,0:04:38.099
The other thing that's a challenge for us is the transportation
getting them there so generally what you do as a coach like to do for everywhere
0:04:38.299,0:04:42.099
you go and pick them up your the taxi you do that so you have
to make a commitment to that.
0:04:42.299,0:04:49.099
Probably the third thing that causes us some problems is the
cost of our sport, it's not the cheapest sport so there is a
fair cost involved.
0:04:49.299,0:05:01.099
Cultural adjustment definately miss home, miss my family, definately
took me a while to adjust to the environment in Australia, worked out good
so far.
0:05:09.209,0:05:09.209
The Sudanese community in particular they
are very much about self help. So what we
0:05:13.270,0:05:17.060
have tried to do is make things available
to them so they can help themselves. They
0:05:17.060,0:05:20.650
have really jumped on that bandwagon and done
a lot of helping themselves.
0:05:20.650,0:05:24.830
As far as the parents go one of the successful
things that we did was that Garang or Gee
0:05:24.830,0:05:29.759
organized with his community to bring the
elders in so we could explain what the program
0:05:29.759,0:05:30.400
was doing.
0:05:30.400,0:05:34.340
We got a very very good reaction to that and
I thought that was really well done but you
0:05:34.340,0:05:37.550
need to a have person who is a sponsor in
the community to be able to do that.
0:05:37.550,0:05:44.180
As far as getting to venues on time just put
more petrol in your car I think is the only
0:05:44.180,0:05:45.090
answer to that.
0:05:45.090,0:05:49.860
We do a various number of programs and one
of those programs is to sponsor local sporting
0:05:49.860,0:05:55.860
teams through basketball. What we do with
the Sudanese community in the ACT is that
0:05:55.860,0:06:02.830
we provide them with the uniforms so that
they can look like a team and be part of the
0:06:02.830,0:06:08.530
team. Any travel expenses we can take care
of that as well.
0:06:08.530,0:06:15.530
If they need players they could come and say
are there any players in your community do
0:06:18.710,0:06:23.219
you have any people who want to play basketball
– they there, they there.”
0:06:23.219,0:06:24.120
Don Craven:
0:06:24.120,0:06:28.360
With basketball clubs I’d recommend to them
it’s about being part of the community and
0:06:28.360,0:06:32.039
this is a really good opportunity for basketball
clubs to be more than just the sport but be
0:06:32.039,0:06:39.039
part of the community as well. I’ve got
involved with a number of the clubs in Canberra
0:06:40.259,0:06:42.310
and we get kids along to their training session.
0:06:42.310,0:06:45.529
They don’t have to play but they can go
along and learn and its gives them an opportunity
0:06:45.529,0:06:46.289
to get involved with the clubs.
0:06:46.289,0:06:51.840
The other thing I’d say to all the clubs
and coaches is that when I’ve asked for
0:06:51.840,0:06:58.749
help it’s been amazing. Its stunning in
the ACT in Canberra from a myriad of coaches
0:06:58.749,0:07:04.569
all at senior level. People who have come
who have coaches at NBL and SEABL level they’ve
0:07:04.569,0:07:08.599
all jumped and come to do a session. So you
don’t ask them to do lots of sessions you
0:07:08.599,0:07:11.860
just come and ask them to do a session and
you’ll find that they will always support
0:07:11.860,0:07:13.740
you and that really helps the kids.
0:07:13.740,0:07:20.159
Most (African) people are shy to go and play
in teams. Some Sudanese are just more comfortable
0:07:20.159,0:07:25.289
just playing with other Sudanese therefore
I think the only way to get more people involved
0:07:25.289,0:07:32.289
is by asking Sudanese people already playing
in there to bring more people and then coaches
0:07:35.169,0:07:40.409
take it on from there.
0:07:40.409,0:07:46.499
I think the future is exceptionally exciting.
I think that when we see the Sudanese boys
0:07:46.499,0:07:52.039
and girls playing and we see their raw talent
and ability, once we get a generation or two
0:07:52.039,0:07:54.840
going through we are going to see some fabulous
basketballers.
0:07:54.840,0:07:59.699
The blocks we build now will make it easy
because they will have the understanding of
0:07:59.699,0:08:03.719
how to be involved and how to get into it.
So the hard part is to build the blocks, once
0:08:03.719,0:08:05.930
you have the template I think then it builds
from there.
0:08:05.930,0:08:12.930
I see that they’ll be a huge difference
later on in Australia. These kids will grow
0:08:13.479,0:08:18.319
up and they will get a lot of support and
they will be out there you know. The change
0:08:18.319,0:08:22.159
will come, the change will come. They will
be a big change for the Sudanese community
0:08:22.159,0:08:27.099
and Australia. It will be really amazing.
