IBL to hold first rookie contest<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The A Mild Indonesia Basketball League (IBL) will start a
\ncompetition for rookie players early next year for the first time
\nas part of a campaign to scout for new talent.<\/p>\n
IBL business development manager Muhammad Rifky said on
\nTuesday that registrations for the contest opened on Dec. 20 and
\nwould close on Jan. 10.<\/p>\n
All those over 18, who were Indonesian citizens, did not
\nbelong to a professional club, had clean bills of heath and no
\ncriminal records were encouraged to apply, Rifky said.<\/p>\n
Six cities -- Jakarta, Bandung, Solo, Surabaya, Medan, and
\nPontianak -- would host the competition, he said.<\/p>\n
Fifty contestants each from Jakarta, West Java, East Java, and
\nNorth Sumatra, and 30 candidates each from Central Java and
\nKalimantan will be invited to compete.<\/p>\n
\"The contest will start from Jan. 13 to 20 to choose 20
\nfinalists,\" Rifky said.<\/p>\n
The selection would focus on height, physical strength and
\nindividual skills.<\/p>\n
The 20 that passed selection would join a training camp in
\nJakarta, starting from Feb. 1 to Feb. 13, he said.<\/p>\n
During the training camp period, evaluations would be made on
\nthe endurance, shooting, defense, and attack strengths of the
\nrookies.<\/p>\n
Such an assessment would determine the ranking of the 20
\nfinalists, who would then be offered to the basketball clubs.<\/p>\n
Taking America's National Basketball Association (NBA) as a
\nmodel, the IBL administrator ruled a club with the lowest
\nposition in IBL competition 2004 would be given priority to buy a
\nrookie.<\/p>\n
IBL director Agus Mauro said that the rookie competition would
\nbe good for the regeneration purposes.<\/p>\n
\"We need this rookie competition to find new talent that will
\nstep into the boots of the oldies someday,\" Agus said.<\/p>\n
\"It will also help distribute good new players into weak clubs
\nand the IBL competition will become more competitive and
\nattractive.\"<\/p>",
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