New Jax City Hoops

Learning basketball skills as a child, fosters a lifelong appreciation of the game and promotes the benefits of healthy fun exercise, to stay active later in life – avoiding the ‘couch potato’ syndrome, and help to minimize the chance of developing diabetes and heart problems later in life.

Physical Fitness: Children aged 6 to 17 require at least one hour of moderate-intensity physical activity every day for optimum health and should engage in vigorous-intensity physical activity three days a week. Frequent and fun physical activity contributes to physical and mental well-being and fitness.

Motor Skills: Basketball uses techniques and skills for throwing, dribbling, catching, jumping and pivoting. Learning these skills when young improves gross motor skills by using and developing major muscle groups, which supports greater flexibility, coordination and endurance. Basketball also improves fine motor skills such as hand-eye coordination to support other activities in daily life.

Psychology: Being involved in sport at an early age helps kids develop psychologically. Team sport improves a child's ability to communicate and solve basic problems. Aspects of healthy competition at a young age prepares young people to manage achievements and failures in later life. Basketball skills and game strategy teaches children a variety of social skills, and enhances coping strategies useful at school, home and in peer relationships.