Category: Youth Pathway
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20 Things I’ve Learned About the Youth Pathway
Every other week this season, I published an article on youth basketball in Britain. I started out knowing very little. What I did have was time, curiosity, and a willingness to knock on doors, talk to people, and do the research. The deeper I got, the clearer it became that this is one of the…
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North West Regional Finals
The Manchester Basketball Centre is hosting the North West Regional Finals, the culmination of the North West regional league season. A banner of Trafford-born Georgia Anderson — the all-time leading scorer in the British top flight — looks out over the courts where 16 teams will play for this season’s playoff titles. Tables are being…
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What Should an SLB Club Be?
When Bristol Flyers were founded, the ambition was bigger than simply putting a professional team on the floor. Speaking on The Bristol Flyers Podcast last season about the club’s early days, former director of basketball Danny James made clear that the idea was there from the start. We set out a platform for what basketball…
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Brits in College Through the Years (Women)
Every year since 2017/18, Hoopsfix has published a Brits in College article tracking which British women are playing in North American college basketball. Each season also includes a list of players who have left North American college basketball, along with a short note on what they did next. By combining those lists across multiple seasons,…
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Brits in College Through the Years (Men)
Every year since 2010/11, Hoopsfix has published a Brits in College article tracking which British men are playing in North American college basketball. Each season also includes a list of players who have left North American college basketball, along with a short note on what they did next. By combining those lists across more than…
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Mapping Access to Basketball in England
Every weekend across England, junior basketball teams load into cars, pile into minibuses, and travel to play competitive games across the country. Hundreds of fixtures. Dozens of towns and cities. That is national scale. But a club being nearby does not tell you who it serves, or how long it can serve them. What National…
