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The Playaz Youth Academy (PYA) is again\nhosting its summer programme for the nation\u2019s young basketball enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second summer programme got off to an\nexciting start last Monday at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex with over 40 of the\nnation\u2019s youth in training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The young basketball enthusiasts are\nlearning basic skills in shooting, dribbling, defending, rebounding and\npassing. Apart from the sport itself, they are also learning about social\nissues and are given motivational speeches by career professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The start\nof the basketball training programme was preceded by an official opening\nceremony which heard remarks from coaches and a representative of the local\nbasketball federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President of the local Basketball\nFederation \u2026. Providence, addressing the opening ceremony said he was \u201cswelling\nwith pride at the work that is being done\u201d by the Playaz Youth Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYouth development is the ultimate focus.\nAnd that\u2019s where our country lies in developing our youth. And the sport of\nbasketball is one of the greatest avenues\u2026 for us to ensure this development\ntakes place,\u201d Providence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The local basketball federation president\nwished the programme great success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior basketball coach and foundation\nmember of PYA, Orlando Foster said that when the programme was initiated the\nfocus was not on scholarship or education but merely to find a way for the\nyouth to occupy their time doing something positive and to stay out of trouble.\nThen as time went on, education and scholarship became a major focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fergusson expressed gratitude to parents\nfor their support and to the sponsors, without whom the programme would not be\na success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basketball coach and recruiter Mack\nCleveland of California, USA, is expected to arrive here as a special guest\nduring the camp. He will be scouting for talent among the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basketball youth training programme\nruns for two weeks.\n\n\n\n\n\nn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Playaz Youth Academy (PYA) is again hosting its summer programme for the nation\u2019s young basketball enthusiasts. The second summer programme got off to an exciting start last Monday at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex with over 40 of the nation\u2019s youth in training. The young basketball enthusiasts are learning basic skills in shooting, dribbling,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n