Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Philippines 2014 presented by Alaska returns to Cebu on Sunday for its Regional Selection Camp at the Sacred Heart School -Ateneo de Cebu in Mandaue.
Boys and girls aged 10 to 14 will get the chance to participate in a learn-and-achieve camp that will test their physical and basketball smarts through NBA style skills tests and basketball drills. The two-day selection camp starts at 9 a.m. on March 23 and ends March 24. This is the fourth time that the Jr. NBA has come to Cebu but the very first time that the Jr. WNBA has come to the Philippines.
The first day of the Regional Selection Camp will subject participants to a whole day of vitals tests, skills tests and drills after which the top performers of the day will be chosen. The second day will consist of more drills and work at skills stations, along with scrimmages for the participants. At the end of the day, as much as eight boys and four girls will be chosen in the Iloilo camp to represent the region in the National Training Camp in April . Jr. NBA /Jr. WNBA coaches led by Coach Chris Sumner, Specialist of Basketball Operations, NBA Asia and local Jr. NBA coaches led by PBA Legends Jojo Lastimosa and Jerry Codiñera and Perlas Pilipinas Coaches Ish Tiu and Melissa Jacob will run the camp with Alaska coaching staff and local volunteer coaches.
Besides undergoing skills, aptitude and endurance challenges designed to hone their basketball fundamentals, Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA participants will also learn about the S.T.A.R. values of Sportsmanship, Teamwork, a positive Attitude and Respect.
A total of 40 boys and 14 girls will be culled from the Regional Selection Camps held in Surigao, Iloilo, Puerto Princesa, Cebu, Dagupan, and Manila in March and April. Ten more boys and six more girls from the Alaska Power Camp will make up the final cast of 50 male and 24 female participants in the National Training Camp which will be held in Manila on April 25-27.
The National Training Camp is the high point of Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Philippines 2014 presented by Alaska and will be held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Tent on April 25 and 26 and at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on April 27. At that event ten Jr. NBA Philippines 2014 All Stars and four Jr. WNBA Philippines 2014 All Stars will be chosen and will be rewarded with an authentic NBA experience later in the year plus the chance to play against a counterpart Jr. NBA team abroad. The Coach of the Year 2014 will also be announced at the National Training Camp.
Registration for the Iloilo Regional Selection Camp can be made online on the Jr. NBA website at www.jr.nba.asia/philippines or on site at the Ateneo de Iloilo starting at 8 a.m., before the start of the clinics.
Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA is presented by Alaska Milk. Gatorade and Phoenix Petroleum are Official Partners, while KFC and Spalding are Supporting Partners. The SM Mall of Asia and SM Cinemas are the Official Venues for Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA. Official NBA Broadcasters are Basketball TV, NBA Premium TV and ABS-CBN Sports. Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA is also supported by the Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines (BCAP).
The Jr. NBA program was first conducted in the Philippines in 2007 and has more than doubled in participation in the past six years. Each year a new city benefits from the grassroots basketball program that involves not just young players but also their parents and coaches. This year, more than 80,000 students, parents, and coaches will benefit through Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA activities including camps and clinics, NBA Cares outreach activities, television programs and digital initiatives. Registration is now ongoing through the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA event website www.jrnba.asia/philippines. Fans can also follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jrnbaphilippines. For all things NBA, visit us at www.nba.com and follow us on our official Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/NBA_Philippines.
About Alaska
Alaska recognizes the need of Filipino children for proper nutrition. According to the 7th National Nutrition Survey done by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute and the Department of Health, trend of obesity is increasing with nearly 2 out 10 children considered as overweight. Under-nutrition also remains to be a public health concern affecting nearly 3 out 10 children. Alaska is committed to help provide proper nutrition through its leading brands, Alaska Powdered Milk Drink and Alaska Chocolate Powdered Milk Drink. It contains essential nutrients that help children reach their full growth potential. Aside from proper nutrition, an active lifestyle is needed in order to shape and nurture healthier children. Because of this, Alaska encourages children to “go out and play” through its various sports programs: Alaska Basketball and Football Powercamps and Cups, Alaska Ironkids Triathlon and Alaska Family Run. At the same time, Alaska has a professional basketball team, the 13-time PBA champion, Alaska Aces, which continues to inspire the youth to become future champions who are guided by positive values. Finally, Alaska partners with excellent local and international organizations that share the same objectives, vision, and values namely the Philippine Basketball Association, Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Philippines, Makati and Alabang Football Schools and the Philippine National Football Team, the Azkals.
About the NBA
The NBA is a global sports and media business built around three professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League. The league has established a major international presence with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages and NBA merchandise for sale in more than 125,000 stores in 100 countries on 6 continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2013-14 season featured a record 92 international players from 39 countries and territories. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, which is available in 60 million U.S. homes, and NBA.com, which averages more than 42 million page views per day, more than half of which originate from outside of North America. The NBA is the No. 1 professional sports league on social media, with more than 500 million likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league and its teams and players have donated more than $225 million to charity, completed more than 2.6 million hours of hands-on community service, and created more than 830 places where kids and families can live, learn, or play.
Boys and girls aged 10 to 14 will get the chance to participate in a learn-and-achieve camp that will test their physical and basketball smarts through NBA style skills tests and basketball drills. The two-day selection camp starts at 9 a.m. on March 23 and ends March 24. This is the fourth time that the Jr. NBA has come to Cebu but the very first time that the Jr. WNBA has come to the Philippines.
The first day of the Regional Selection Camp will subject participants to a whole day of vitals tests, skills tests and drills after which the top performers of the day will be chosen. The second day will consist of more drills and work at skills stations, along with scrimmages for the participants. At the end of the day, as much as eight boys and four girls will be chosen in the Iloilo camp to represent the region in the National Training Camp in April . Jr. NBA /Jr. WNBA coaches led by Coach Chris Sumner, Specialist of Basketball Operations, NBA Asia and local Jr. NBA coaches led by PBA Legends Jojo Lastimosa and Jerry Codiñera and Perlas Pilipinas Coaches Ish Tiu and Melissa Jacob will run the camp with Alaska coaching staff and local volunteer coaches.
Besides undergoing skills, aptitude and endurance challenges designed to hone their basketball fundamentals, Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA participants will also learn about the S.T.A.R. values of Sportsmanship, Teamwork, a positive Attitude and Respect.
A total of 40 boys and 14 girls will be culled from the Regional Selection Camps held in Surigao, Iloilo, Puerto Princesa, Cebu, Dagupan, and Manila in March and April. Ten more boys and six more girls from the Alaska Power Camp will make up the final cast of 50 male and 24 female participants in the National Training Camp which will be held in Manila on April 25-27.
The National Training Camp is the high point of Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Philippines 2014 presented by Alaska and will be held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Tent on April 25 and 26 and at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on April 27. At that event ten Jr. NBA Philippines 2014 All Stars and four Jr. WNBA Philippines 2014 All Stars will be chosen and will be rewarded with an authentic NBA experience later in the year plus the chance to play against a counterpart Jr. NBA team abroad. The Coach of the Year 2014 will also be announced at the National Training Camp.
Registration for the Iloilo Regional Selection Camp can be made online on the Jr. NBA website at www.jr.nba.asia/philippines or on site at the Ateneo de Iloilo starting at 8 a.m., before the start of the clinics.
Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA is presented by Alaska Milk. Gatorade and Phoenix Petroleum are Official Partners, while KFC and Spalding are Supporting Partners. The SM Mall of Asia and SM Cinemas are the Official Venues for Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA. Official NBA Broadcasters are Basketball TV, NBA Premium TV and ABS-CBN Sports. Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA is also supported by the Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines (BCAP).
The Jr. NBA program was first conducted in the Philippines in 2007 and has more than doubled in participation in the past six years. Each year a new city benefits from the grassroots basketball program that involves not just young players but also their parents and coaches. This year, more than 80,000 students, parents, and coaches will benefit through Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA activities including camps and clinics, NBA Cares outreach activities, television programs and digital initiatives. Registration is now ongoing through the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA event website www.jrnba.asia/philippines. Fans can also follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jrnbaphilippines. For all things NBA, visit us at www.nba.com and follow us on our official Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/NBA_Philippines.
About Alaska
Alaska recognizes the need of Filipino children for proper nutrition. According to the 7th National Nutrition Survey done by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute and the Department of Health, trend of obesity is increasing with nearly 2 out 10 children considered as overweight. Under-nutrition also remains to be a public health concern affecting nearly 3 out 10 children. Alaska is committed to help provide proper nutrition through its leading brands, Alaska Powdered Milk Drink and Alaska Chocolate Powdered Milk Drink. It contains essential nutrients that help children reach their full growth potential. Aside from proper nutrition, an active lifestyle is needed in order to shape and nurture healthier children. Because of this, Alaska encourages children to “go out and play” through its various sports programs: Alaska Basketball and Football Powercamps and Cups, Alaska Ironkids Triathlon and Alaska Family Run. At the same time, Alaska has a professional basketball team, the 13-time PBA champion, Alaska Aces, which continues to inspire the youth to become future champions who are guided by positive values. Finally, Alaska partners with excellent local and international organizations that share the same objectives, vision, and values namely the Philippine Basketball Association, Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Philippines, Makati and Alabang Football Schools and the Philippine National Football Team, the Azkals.
About the NBA
The NBA is a global sports and media business built around three professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League. The league has established a major international presence with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages and NBA merchandise for sale in more than 125,000 stores in 100 countries on 6 continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2013-14 season featured a record 92 international players from 39 countries and territories. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, which is available in 60 million U.S. homes, and NBA.com, which averages more than 42 million page views per day, more than half of which originate from outside of North America. The NBA is the No. 1 professional sports league on social media, with more than 500 million likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league and its teams and players have donated more than $225 million to charity, completed more than 2.6 million hours of hands-on community service, and created more than 830 places where kids and families can live, learn, or play.
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