I had the opportunity to attend a Jr. Knicks clinic at the Ridgewood YMCA on April 28, 2016. At this clinic, boys and girls ages 5-9 participated in exercise drills in order to stay fit, healthy, and in the process, learn the fundamentals of basketball.
The Abiliene Youth Sports Academy (AYSA) is making a huge push to build a top of the line facility in Abiliene, Texas. AYSA will be given 30 months to raise 7.5 million dollars. AYSA has 25% commited to the project [My Fox Zone]
Future Hall of Famer, Shaquille O’Neal, will travel to Havana, Cuba in June to assist the cities youth sports programs. [Bleacher Report]
Officers do not get the best representation but one officer in Northwest, Roanoke is making a huge impact in youth basketball. [WSLS]
Aryan Young is 11 years old who has been playing basketball since he was seven years old. Below is a series of quotes from teachers, coaches, and his mother, Shantel Brown, on how basketball has empowered Aryan Brown.
Able Camacho is currently with the Garden of Dreams Foundation as a coordinator for the Madison Square Garden Company. Prior to working as a coordinator, Camacho had the opportunity to oversee and assist at various basketball summer camps and clinics throughout New York. Camacho has worked with ProCamps Worldwide, Five-Star Basketball, and with the New York Knicks Summer Basketball Camp as a Camp coach.
March Madness is a month of frenzied excitement for college basketball fans, when teams battle it out for the coveted title of being the nation’s best squad. Some of that madness is being recreated in a unique program at a middle school in Rockland County.