Posted January 4, 2012 in Stories, Our Coaches
To my players,
Thank you for being great kids…not just basketball players who played for me but wonderful kids and I am so proud of you all. When this season is over, I hope you never forget how special you kids made it…I never played basketball and never coached before, ...
Posted January 4, 2012 in Stories, Our Coaches
When Coach Amaru (Coach Ru) began coaching sixth graders at an after-school program in Berkeley, he was a busy college student starting his senior year at UC Berkeley. Even so, he made time to coach two seasons of basketball and track and field -- showing his players the fundamentals ...
Posted January 4, 2012 in Stories, Our Coaches
Vivek Voleti grew up in Southern California, playing volleyball for all four years of his high school career. “More than just the game itself, the life lessons we learned were really cool,” Vivek remembers. “I learned not to define your success by wins and losses, but rather how you ...
Desiree is a 12 year-old soccer player at an after-school sports program in Berkeley, California. At a recent clear but cold Saturday soccer practice, she ran around with the other members of her co-ed team, stretching, practicing drills and even getting in some scrimmage time. What’s her favorite part ...
James Byrd, a single parent of two middle school girls in Berkeley, California, knows his daughters – Asha and Nia – learn a lot through playing sports. They learn the value of hard work, he says, and what it means to be part of team. “I think it’s a ...
Posted January 4, 2012 in Stories, Our Coaches
The positive effects of playing sports are easy to demonstrate: Studies show that kids who play sports are healthier, do better in school, and have higher confidence and self-esteem. Sports set kids up to succeed on and off the field with skills they will carry with them for life. ...
For Luzy, and her younger sister, growing up happy is easy. It is growing up safe, confident and healthy that is the challenge.
On the walk home from school, Luzy passes liquor stores and drunken people in the streets. “I get really scared. People are drunk and do really dumb ...
Posted December 21, 2011 in Stories, Our Coaches
Jenny Zhang has played soccer since first grade, so she was excited when she learned about an opportunity to coach her own team through Coaching Corps. “I got so much out of sports, and wanted to give back and get other kids to play sports, too.” “I wanted to ...
When she was 8, Veronica saw coaches rallying on her school’s tennis courts. Clinging to the fence to get a closer look, she knew she had to play. That’s when Veronica got involved with Dexterity Sports and Literacy, a program in East Palo Alto, CA. She’s been hitting the ...
Ask Larry Stupski to name the most influential teachers in his life and he’ll give you two. One is a math teacher, which is no surprise considering Stupski went on to become president and chief operating officer at Charles Schwab.
The other is Coach Brown.
Coach Brown was a broad-shouldered, square-jawed ...