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Basketball for everyone: Seawolves bring sport to every school in MV!
Rostock Seawolves are planning basketball at all schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania by 2032 - goal: promoting exercise and integration.
Basketball for everyone: Seawolves bring sport to every school in MV!
The Rostock Seawolves have big plans in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Bundesliga basketball team wants to introduce a comprehensive basketball offering at all schools in the state by 2032. Board member André Jürgens has announced that 605 schools are currently to be included in the ambitious project. The club relies on recruiting fee-based trainers to achieve its goal. [n-tv.de]. Large-scale advertising for this project is to take place at the upcoming test match against EWE Baskets Oldenburg.
But what is actually behind the project? “Basketball goes to school” aims to introduce children and young people from Rostock and the surrounding area between the ages of 6 and 14 to exercise and important life skills in a playful way. seawolves.de informs that topics such as exercise, creativity, integration and nutrition are taught through the various formats. The club even takes over physical education lessons at partner schools and offers regular basketball trial lessons. In 45-minute units, the children learn the basic elements of dribbling, passing, catching and throwing and can then put what they have learned into practice in a game.
Support through partnerships
The project is continually looking for new partner schools that are interested in working together. Headmasters and those responsible can contact Tobias Hahn, the project manager. Each partnership comes with attractive offers for the schools, such as: B. Advertising signs for companies, company logos on T-shirts and competition jerseys as well as the opportunity to be visible together with the club during training and tournaments. In addition to the 34 existing school clubs, around 800 students are already active every week, which underlines the great demand for such a sporting offer.
In order to further promote young talent in basketball, additional events and training courses for coaches and teachers are also being held. basketball-bund.de points out the importance of a broad foundation in the youth sector. It's about not only supporting children and young people in sports, but also supporting their personal development through the values of sport. With the “Basketball goes to school” project, this approach is consistently implemented in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region.
The Seawolves seem to have a good hand here - similar to their promotion to the Bundesliga in 2012, which they were aiming for as a fourth division team. The current plan to bring basketball to every school also has the potential to significantly change the sports landscape. Let's see how things develop in the coming years!