A very senior basketball official cum coach had once remarked `Children below 15 years are not ABLE to play basketball. It is too complicated for them. A.B.L.E. Academy for Basketball Learning was born. The success of ABLE is history. A marathon run of matches at different venues - never to be repeated by anyone.
SUMPOORNA basketball is the battle-cry of the `deprived rural children'. Basketball courts are too expensive - say the officials. Well, we have gone ahead and built very nice courts in rural areas and we are `collaborating' with school managements to build basketball training facilities. Success has been beyond our wildest expectations.
Now, a time has come to decide whether to re-introduce the concept of A.B.L.E. once again. AND what direction Sumpoorna Basketball League should take? Decisions that will PROMOTE BASKETBALL in a friendly learning environment.
I still walk alone! I have stopped asking anyone to help me. But there are many who in their own way are `sustaining' the SUMPOORNA project. I am sure in the years to come - the ambassadors of basketball - will be able to promote this game in a much vigorous way.
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