Nurse a bruised ego on the basketball court with practice and determination

February 28th, 2012

Not everyone makes the team – there are only so many positions on the court. But putting forth the best skills and effort at try-outs is one of the reasons parents call the Basketball Goal Store.

If your child is nursing a bruised ego because he didn’t make the team and he’ll be on the outside looking in… Continue reading

“You play like a girl” is a great thing on the basketball court!

February 23rd, 2012

Female basketball players have a long list of talented women to thank for the opportunity to not only play the game, but to play it without swishing around in a floor-length dress or a cumbersome petticoat. Women started playing basketball in 1892, but their opportunity to actually embrace the game as an Olympic sport didn’t occur until the 1976… Continue reading

Basketball can be a teaching tool for children with autism

January 12th, 2012

Some people say it’s an epidemic. There is still no known cause for why it strikes one child but not another, and there is no cure. To make things even more frightening, current statistics show that 2 to 6 children of every 1,000 will be diagnosed with it. And males are 4 times more likely to be diagnosed with it than females.

We’re talking about autism.

Children born… Continue reading