Our KING Hoops basketball program had the opportunity to participate in the UBS NextGen Leaders program through our good friends over at Laureus USA. The NextGen Leaders program aims to increase college and career success for first-generation students and advance intergenerational economic mobility ...
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It may be April now but we can’t help reminiscing on March and all the fantastic basketball we were able to watch during this year’s March Madness tournament. 136 teams represented their colleges and universities represented in the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament. This premier c...
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What: Jr. NBA Skills Challenge Who: Boys and Girls, age 13 and under Where: Leman Manhattan - 41 Broad St. 9th Floor Cost: FREE Sign-up: Email Paul@kidsinthegame.com or come to event 30 minutes prior to start Do you have the moves like Steph Curry? Can you handle the ball like Ma...
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This month at the Olympic Games, the world's attention will be on athletes from all across the globe. With names like Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn, Chloe Kim and Aja Evans the United States' women athletes are prepped to make some major noise. On this National Women in Sports Day, we want to celeb...
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Kids in the Game is excited to announce the launch of our brand new podcast "Behind the Game"! The podcast will cover the intersection of youth development, sports, education, and technology in the New York City landscape. You will be hearing from the likes of principals, executive directors, coache...
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Kids the Game often uses the tagline #GrowingUpKing when talking about how we want to positively affect the way kids are growing up in New York City, but the tagline also applies to how we want to grow as an organization. We are dedicated to challenging ourselves, embracing diverse backgrounds and e...
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Big congratulations to our Coach of the Month Wynter! Wynter coaches at a variety different KING programs ranging from recess, after-school and specialized performing arts enrichment classes. Wynter has recently accepted a position to join the Up2Us Sports Coaches program and continue to grow and de...
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Paul O'Connor, our director of KING Hoops program, recently attended the Jr. Knicks Youth Basketball Leadership conference. The event had the likes of Allan Houston, Kym Winter, Tiffany Chag, Don Showalter among other leaders in the basketball world. Topics ranged from how to keep athletes safe and ...
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Kids in the Game is excited to officially announce our 5th summer camp location is opening for Summer 2018! We will be expanding to the Upper East Side and hosting camp out of Saint Stephen of Hungary School. This camp will join our other 4 locations (Inwood, Upper West Side, Park Slope and Riverdal...
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