Brooklyn Nets host first all-girls youth clinic

The Brooklyn Nets continue their tradition of providing summer activities in the community. Their latest venture encourages girls playing basketball.

The Brooklyn Nets Basketball Academy recently hosted an all-girls youth clinic on the practice court at the team’s home arena.  The unique clinic held approximately 50 young girls, ages 6-14, from local organizations.

The all-female group of clinicians included staff from the Nets performance team, as well as members from Hoop York City, a local organization whose mission is to provide unique opportunities for women to play basketball. This was the first all-female clinic of it’s kind for the Nets organization continuing their community outreach in Brooklyn and beyond.

Nets senior manager of community relations Michael Wisniewski spoke with Empire Writes Back about the event and its importance.

"“The first ever all-girls clinic. We have seen some stats across countries across organizations. Participation in girls in sports is declining. We want to help curb that and get kids more active to get the girls active in sports. Not only basketball any kind of physical activities as sports teams in more male-dominated we’re trying to hinder that and make it female make the levels even this is our initiative. This is the first of many girls clinics we are gonna run. definitely, a big initiative that we’re going to look forward to keep progressing as days, weeks months years go on. So we’re excited about this.”"

"“We go out in the summer he goes to various playgrounds various rec centers very schools really just to get. Basketball and the kids of kids hands and really help them learn the sport. And hopefully, you know they become a Nets fan as well but really just get the kids active and not just sit at home play video games really want them to. Enjoy the weather stay so you know. Just giving back to the community. The Brooklyn Nets organization is about supporting those that support us.”"

Alex Taylor is the founder of Hoop York City, and she was helping to lead the clinic also spoke about the relationship her organization built with the Nets and origin.

"“Hoop York City is a women’s basketball community. I started about a year ago. This time last summer. It’s just a group of really creative women young professionals that get together every week to ball out and have a good time You know. Blow off some steam or just laugh and. We don’t play a game build camaraderie with each other. I get like tons of love notes and everything from all of them just saying how Impactful it’s been to just be able to get together with women have no competition and just really have a great time and laugh most importantly.”"

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How’s it been teaming up with the Brooklyn Nets to run this clinic?

"“This has been amazing. This is something that. I personally haven’t had a lot of experience with but I’ve always wanted to be a part of and this happened really serendipitously and I can’t wait to do more of them”"

The clinic was just one of 40 free clinics the Nets will host throughout New York City this summer which have included in the past star players D’Angelo Russell, Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert. Brooklyn hopes to reach more than 2,000 youth participants by the end of the summer.