GoBasket is a Goducate Philippines program aimed at drawing young people away from illegal drug abuse and other vices. Basketball is the Philippines’ favorite sport, and GoBasket works by creating a movement of basketball leaders happy to organize basketball events. On Dec 3, 2019, Coach Andrian Pagsuguiron, the person in charge of GoBasket Philippines, and Coach Bethtobin Saraza, another GoBasket Philippines coach, went to Barangay Sumpong, Malaybalay City, Province of Bukidnon, to hold that area’s first coaching skills enhancement training. About 40 participants from different barangays (villages) attended the session, which was designed to be sufficient to impart basic basketball skills. The coaching skills enhancement training in December aimed to produce coaches who will conduct basketball clinics to the numerous barangays in Malaybalay City. The coaching skills taught included dribbling, footwork, passing, and shooting.
A basketball clinic followed on Dec 7. Participants were the residents of Barangay Sumpong, Malaybalay City, and the clinic was headed by some of the coaches who were trained in the coaching skills enhancement session.
GoBasket offers further coaching skills enhancement sessions. The next one is planned for Jan 31-Feb 1, and will be held at the Goducate Training Center in Iloilo and conducted by international coaches.
*Our guest writer is Carmela Damaso, a Goducate staff member in Iloilo.