Basketball
Basketball England has given us all the information in this article just for you, the bsporty readers!
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Basketball is one of the most popular team sports in the UK, with over 300,000 people playing the game and over 33,000 players competing across 700 local and national leagues. Basketball continues to grow every year with more and more children taking up the sport.
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How do you get involved in basketball?
There are a number of ways to get involved in basketball at any age. Sessions are run for specific ages and abilities and even if you haven’t picked up a ball, that doesn’t matter! All of these ways to get involved are designed for people who have and haven’t played before.
Local club (various ages)
You can get involved straight away into club basketball! Clubs have sessions and games to meet various levels of abilities and ages.
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Slam Jam (Primary school)
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This introduces primary school aged children into basketball with exciting and fun basketball sessions! You also get your own basketball to take home and practice – you could even try some of the skills videos in this article at home!
https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/get-involved/play/types-of-basketball/slam-jam/
Jr. NBA (Yr7 and Yr8 through schools)
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Basketball England and the NBA (over in America) have created the Jr.NBA. This is school based for Year 7 and Year 8 children in which the school becomes an NBA team for the year! There are various games throughout the year (plus you get to wear some NBA branded vests). Ask your school if this is available for you and if not, why not ask to set up a team?
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All Girls
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This is a campaign, run nationally, to promote basketball and increase opportunities for women and girls of all ages and abilities.
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Big Competitions!
On the 15th March it’s the British Basketball League Trophy final! The best teams in the country will be playing against each other and this year the final will be played between 4 teams; Newcastle Eagles, Cheshire Phoenix, Solent Kestrels and Bristol Flyers in Glasgow. You can keep up to date with what is happening at www.bbl.org.uk and you maybe even able to catch the games live on their social media pages!
Or why not try to get tickets? http://www.bbl.org.uk/2020trophy/
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In the summer, basketball is one of the sports at the Olympics! Keep an eye out for out some of the world best players such as Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic and Lebron James showing what they can do with a basketball!
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