While the end goal for Orange District Basketball Association is to get back on the courts as soon as it's safely possible, something that the club's focusing on in the short term is making sure their members are in good mental health.
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President Gerald Power says the association is working closely with its governing bodies and trying to get back onto the court in July but in mean time, his committee is keeping an eye on those close to the club.
"This lockdown has the ability to mentally impact people and we just want to make sure we support the members and their families," Power said.
"The government's offering financial support to community clubs and we're putting together a survey to get some feedback about what we could be doing better."
As is the case with almost all grass roots sports, Orange basketball is aiming to return to the hardwood some time in July but Power doesn't want to pencil in a date while the rules and regulations are changing so often.
"We're keeping our cards close to our chest," he said.
"We don't want to put too much hope out there just in case something does happen and we're in lockdown again.
"All the presidents from basketball clubs in NSW have been getting into Zoom hook ups to see how we're tracking."
A tough blow that the association has taken in the last few months is the forced cancelation of all representative competitions as all that remains for the 2020 winter is the junior and senior competitions throughout the week.
The association has over 900 members and one of the goals for Power throughout the lockdown has been to ensure the younger players have a way of staying on top of their game.
"We're trying to provide opportunities to children with video hook ups and YouTube videos just to make sure they're still practicing stuff... even if it's just in the back yard," he said.
"They can work on their skills without going down to the facilities."
While Power doesn't want to confirm anything, he did say that ODBA is tracking for a return in the same month as everyone else.
"July is something everybody is looking at," he said.
"The NSW premier has given us the opportunity to progress and we're getting more hope with the slowly-reducing restrictions.
"That gives us some sort of hope. Soccer, netball, football... we're all in the same boat and hopefully we can all be back on the fields soon."
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