Tag: Basketball England
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How the Academy Leagues Are Changing
The Elite Academy Basketball Leagues tipped off this week with new and returning academy programmes joining the men’s and women’s competitions. The changes follow Basketball England’s review of Category 1 academies for the upcoming three-year cycle. The new academy line-up shows how education providers, professional clubs and Basketball England each bring something different to help…
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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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When National Rankings Decide Domestic Value
Governing Body Endorsements (GBE) were impossible to ignore last summer. Visas, eligibility, and league recognition became flashpoints that shaped roster construction and even the start of the season. What has received far less attention is how the GBE criteria quietly shape recruitment choices long before a player ever steps on court. This article explains how…
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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…
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Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Isn’t
British basketball has no problem getting kids onto the court. Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People survey shows basketball is the second most-played team sport among children, helped by outdoor courts — varied in quality but found nationwide — that make it easy to pick up a ball and play. The challenge comes…
