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As a (soon) former U21 England coach, I have suggested an idea to BB-Edju that I feel it would benefit the England NT and U21 team and the new coaches, but I was told this was (most likely) not an option...

I admire your work to scout all these lower leagues and check all the time what teams are still active and what teams arent. There are only a handful off BB people and only 2 that have the task to bring new players to the game or keep exsisting ones in the game.

Like you have maybe noticed, we have in England the same problem, Austria and many similar sized countries have this problem. Teams in div III and IV come and go more often than trains stop at Utrecht station. For the BB game over all this is a loss, for the NT this means making progress for smaller countries like England or Holland is hard.

This is where my idea could fill that gap, but that idea was turned down. Let me try and explain. As a NT coach/team you spend alot off time checking lower leagues to find new teams with possible U21 and future NT players. What about giving the NT and/or U21 coaches a weekly or two weekly report with what teams signed up recently. This would make their job a lot easier. The way the BB game overal would benefit from this is quite obvious to me, not so obvious to others. The U21 and/or NT coach than could contact these new coaches, welcome them to the community in a personal way and not with the automated standard email, tell them about the buddy system, make them aware off the community and where they can find handy posts on the forums. You could also let them know how they could contribute making the U21 and NT stronger.

If I am a new player, it would give me a very big incentive to stay longer, than to get lost in this maze (bb isnt an easy game when you first start), and on the long term I am sure we would see more people stay playing BB. Even if it is only a few % off the new sign ups that stays, it would be a great gain on the long run...

What do you guys think?

Last edited by Astragoth at 3/19/2010 1:59:22 PM

It will probably help a bit. For a U21/NT it is great. However looking at the problem, something bigger needs to be done.

Currently we got the BB-Buddy system in The Netherlands, managers who apply for a buddy are far more likely to stay. However the managers of new teams do seem to have difficulties to get to us. So we will now try to get to them. I'm curious to find out the rate will get better through this.

yes, i understand and agree that getting to these new coaches is the key. wouldnt it help you to get a list every week or every 2 weeks with the new sign ups?

That way you can direct them to the buddy system and other important things...

If that would happen, I am sure you agree with me that the chance off more players staying longer is bigger right?

More players, means more possible U21 and NT players being trained.

So both BB and the U21/NT would benefit, short or long term, or do I see this wrong?

yes you are right

Like you have maybe noticed, we have in England the same problem, Austria and many similar sized countries have this problem. Teams in div III and IV come and go more often than trains stop at Utrecht station. For the BB game over all this is a loss, for the NT this means making progress for smaller countries like England or Holland is hard.

I think this is only a normal thing, and trying to force it to go an other way is probalby the same as forcing nature to do something unnatural.
It might work for a while, but in the end it will have devastating effects.

Some things are just natural, and it's best to accept it, way better then trying to artificially create an other thruth.

Some people will start the game and get adicted and stay as long as everything remains natural. Others will not get addicted and most of those will leave sooner or later, no matter what tricks you come up with.

The only, and best thing to do, is try to make the game as enjoyable as possible, and that way you wil get the ebst results as most people will stay a longer time.

The other most important thing is to get more people flow in the game, then leaving it, as everybody eventually will leave the game at some point in time.

So in short: have a steady and big flow of incomming players + make sure the game is enjoyable enough so many stay for a while.

:)

niet sarcastisch bedoeld maar je kan genoeg reclame maken op gewoon openbare netwerken?

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Facebook: lijkt me ook vrij makkelijk te realiseren.

Clubs, is leuk maar ik heb jaren gespeeld en het enige wat ik checkte waren de games.....

Zou een suggestie willen maken om de buzzerbeater hyves door iemand te laten maken
en die persoon ook een facebook buzzerbeater te maken en dan daarmee alle Basketball hyves en FB af te gaan.

Een linkje daarin is zo gemaakt

BuzzerBeater is al aanwezig op zowel Facebook als Twitter. Hyves nog niet en dat is wellicht een idee, maar wel veel meer getarget op de NL markt waar de interesse voor basketball niet bijzonder hoog is.

denk dat je even moet kijken op de basketball hyves....toch redelijk wat leden....

Ja, zeker het overwegen waard.