Elite basketball promoting values

18.09.2010 15:49

Elite basketball promoting values

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The 'Basketball without Borders' team of NBA players visited XICS Santa Coloma this Saturday where they played educational games and ran a sports clinic for beneficiaries.

The beneficiaries of the FC Barcelona Foundation’s Santa Coloma de Gramenet XICS centre had an unforgettable morning this Saturday. NBA players Jason Terry, Marcus Camby, Serge Ibaka and Vladimir Radmanovic visited the centre to share some time with seventy XICS beneficiaries and convey the positive values of sport.

Educational games in the classroom

The first part of the visit took place in the classroom in the Els Pins Civic Centre in the town. There local youngsters and the NBA players designed a large mural with the slogan 'Our hands will change the world' and played several educational games donated by NBA Cares. "They've had a great time, all these young people got to see us in person and we made sure they had fun," said Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks.

Clinic in the sports centre

Things then moved on to the nearby neighbourhood sports centre where a sports clinic was held. In addition to beneficiaries of the Foundation’s XICS, some sixty young people from various basketball clubs in Santa Coloma took part. "Activities like this one show how you can work on social integration through sport and young people’s sense of belonging, in this case belonging to XICS," commented Tania Plaza, director of the Santa Coloma centre.

The morning ended with a brief display of dunks by the NBA superstars and a moving ‘family photo’ on the court.