BASTI — More than 40 area youth were treated to a free high-energy basketball clinic hosted by the Jamestown Jackals.
Integrity First, a local nonprofit and umbrella corporation that owns The Basketball League (TBL) franchise teams, recently hosted a clinic at the Basti Church of God gymnasium.
“What you put in, you get out,” Jackals head coach Ronald “Radio” Singleton said. “If you try hard, you'll get better.”
At the end of the clinic, Ms. Singleton gathered all the program participants and emphasized the importance of staying in school. avoid trouble. get good grades. Listen to your parents. Every day I do chores and practice my basketball skills.
Basketball stations were set up in a round-robin style pattern, and each child was placed in an age-appropriate skill group and given a group-matched colored T-shirt to help keep the clinic organized and flowing. . Each station focused on a specific basketball essential skill set designed to help participants become better basketball players.
“Each station will focus on one of the many skills needed to be a good competitive basketball player,” Singleton said. “Focus, work hard, and have fun.”
While event attendees are having fun, some parents are just as ecstatic as the young basketball players.
“I love this,” said Stephanie Mong, a Jamestown resident and mother of Remy Mong, an 8-year-old student in the Jamestown Public School system. “I would rather as a community invest more in these (clinics) than invest millions of dollars into community skate parks and splash pads that are covered in graffiti and vandalized within 24 hours of opening,” she said. I am thinking.”
When asked about the Jamestown Jackals and the program, Remy said: “I love the Jackals. They are so much fun and know the game so well that I want to be just as good a player when I get older,” she said.
Remy, who also plays basketball, dreams of playing at Jamestown High School.
“When I go to high school, I want to join the national team,'' said the elementary school student. “So, I'm working on my work now.”