THE INFLUENCE OF COACHING ON THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BASKETBALL IN NIGERIA FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION

This study examines the influence of the coaching system on the history, growth and development in the game of Basketball, which is an extremely demanding profession as a tool for poverty Alleviation in Nigeria. Through a traditional qualitative literature review method, the study proposed that good coaching could provide a platform that can develop the game of Basketball for players to be provided with the professional skill to play a very high level of competition both nationally and internationally to take up jobs that will earned them enough to live above the international poverty line there by reducing hunger, eradicating poverty, and to make an individual fit to live long. However, lack of adequate and trained coaches in the field of Basketball has not provided the most needed support and development for Basketball to succeed.