BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Head Coach Roman Banks and the Southern University's Men's Basketball Program opened its "Future Jaguars" Youth Basketball Camp Monday in F.G Clark Activity Center.
From 8 a.m. to noon kids, ages 6-12, participate in drills and learned basic basketball fundamentals
"This is Southern's first camp on site in seven years and the turnout has been wonderful," said Banks. "I do envision our numbers being greater in the future."
Campers receive one-on-one instruction from the coaches and student-athletes to provide them with a great foundation to the game of basketball. Camp consists of 10-minute stations where stationary ball-handling, passing, layups, defense, shooting and rebounding drill are being conducted.
Most importantly, the youth camp allows the men's program the opportunity to welcome in a new generation of Jaguars fans.
"This camp gives us a chance to open our doors to kids in the area and gives them an opportunity to meet Coach Banks and interact with some of our players while we try to build a basement of fundamentals and build them up," said Rodney Kirschner, Director of Basketball Operations.
"We teach them the correct way to pass, rebound and basic principles of defense. We want them to have fun," said Kirschner.
For a change of pace, younger kids engage in relay races that implore many if the skills the campers learned that day, while the older campers play 3-on-3 games and "Knockout."
"It's really to introduce Southern's basketball program to the campers. Also to interact in the community and be that pillar of young leadership as it relates to our basketball players and the image of Southern University," said Banks. " We're bringing the tradition back!"
Banks and the Jaguars will conclude camp on Thursday, June 14th.
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