Coach E Basketball School’s Hoop Festival

Rookies GameLast Sunday, we were back Xavier School in San Juan City for Coach E Basketball School‘s Hoop Festival for the first module of this school year. The last time my son joined the Hoop Festival was about eight months ago, so he was very excited to be back.

Since 2012, my son has attended six modules with Coach E. For him (and I’m guessing for many other Coach E students too), the highlight of training with Coach E is the Hoop Festival which comes after every eight-session module. At the Hoop Festival, all of the students from the various Coach E locations or campuses come together for graduation. The All Heart Awards (players with the best effort and best attendance during training) and Excellence Awards (players with overall excellence in skills and effort) are given, with nice medals to boot. Finally, the most awaited part of the day comes as the games begin!

In his first Hoop Festival in 2012, my son was 7 years old and he played in the Little Ones Division (youngest division, for kids 7 years old and younger). Watching the Little Ones play in the tournament was so much fun, as they were just having fun too.

In 2013, he moved up to the Rookies Division. Training has stepped up and become more intense. During Hoop Festival, the games in the Rookies Division are naturally more competitive than in the Little Ones. That is what my son looks forward to – the chance to play the game and to compete in a big venue. For him, it’s serious, it’s exhausting and it’s fun. Sometimes his team wins; other times they don’t. Of course, he is happy when he goes home with a medal. But even when he doesn’t, he still enjoys going to the Hoop Festival.  After all, at the end of all that practice and training, what he really wants to do is play basketball.

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