Play On My Team - What can youth sports offer?
| Picture this: Basketball, eight 3- to 4-year-olds on two teams of four, four quarters of six minutes — and not one of these kids has ever played organized basketball before. It's hard to imagine. All they want to do is go get the ball, and once they do get it, run! It doesn't matter which way, either. Some say it's like herding cats — nearly impossible. But I'll get one or two who are interested in what I'm trying to tell them — it has to be the cutest thing ever.I started off young, too. Sports... |
| The Y’s newest Sports Experience Director comes to Plant City after two and a half years in Madison, Ala, at the Hogan Family YMCA. Segura, a two-sport high school athlete and NCAA Division I college football player, started working on the facility’s sports programs at the end of April and has a fully-realized set of goals for the next year.“I want to help the community of Plant City grow,” Segura says.While at the Hogan YMCA, his first sports management job after graduating from Alabama A&M... |
| It's not every day that most parents have to worry about losing their children, but for Josh, he glimpsed what it would be like to lose his daughter, Cassidy. One afternoon while they were hiking in the woods, Cassidy fell into a creek and was sucked under a collapsed bridge, where she became trapped. Using the techniques she learned during her YMCA swim lessons, Cassidy remained calm and Josh was able to help her out from under the bridge. Josh is so grateful to the YMCA swim programs for... |
| The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities offers water safety and swimming opportunities for all. Greta is grateful that the YMCA offers not only private lessons, but also has adaptive swim classes for her son with special needs. See how Samuel thrives in the YMCA adaptive swimming lessons and enjoys the water with his brother, Jackson. ... |