About 40 girls participated in a basketball clinic hosted by BronxWorks in partnership with the New York Liberty.
Photo Gabriele Holtermann
It was a home court advantage for about 40 girls between the ages of 9 and 11 as they attended a basketball clinic hosted by BronxWorks in partnership with the WNBA team New York Liberty and the American Dairy Association North East.
The clinic was held in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Feb. 7 at the gym of BronxWorks’ Carolyn McLaughlin Community Center, located at 1130 Grand Concourse.
The local nonprofit teamed up with New York Liberty for the second year to teach the next generation of female hoopers fundamental basketball drills, such as ball-handling, defense and rebounding skills. The American Dairy Association North East partnered with BronxWorks to teach the girls about its “Fuel Up” program, which helps to meet the needs of schools nationwide, teaching about fueling healthy bodies and healthy minds.
BronxWorks Director of Middle School After-School Programs Dina Brown shared that last year, the New York Liberty reached out to BronxWorks because they wanted to hold an event in the Bronx to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
“We did it. It was a great turnout. And [the New York Liberty] reached out again and said, ‘listen, we want to bring this back to the community and your girls.’ So they are here, and we’re doing it,” Brown said.
Brown was excited that the Liberty once again teamed up with BronxWorks to teach the girls new skills and bring them out of their comfort zones.
“Many of [the girls] have never played basketball,” Brown said. “They were excited about the event, but they were nervous because they were like, ‘I don’t know how to play basketball.’ But when I told them this is about having fun and learning and meeting new people and trying things differently, they were open and they were like, ‘Okay, let me…
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