LOS ANGELES - In 1987, Fil-Am Youth Basketball was established in the greater Los Angeles area to assist the Filipino community in providing young Filipino-American boys an opportunity to play basketball in an organized league. The mission of Fil-Am Youth Basketball was to deter the Filipino-American youth away from gangs and other high-risk activities within the inner city of Los Angeles. In 1993, Hooptown International Youth Basketball was officially established to provide an additional opportunity to further develop the growing basketball talent within the FIl-Am Youth League. Hooptown's mission was to compete against the best players and competition throughout Southern California as well as the United States. In addition, Hooptown aimed to prepare players for the high school and college level by focusing on academic achievement and teach proper basketball fundamentals.
Currently, Hooptown assists in the development and success of its student-athletes on and off the basketball court. Hooptown prides itself on teaching the proper basketball fundamentals of footwork, movement without the basketball, ball handling skills, defensive positioning and shooting mechanics.
Hooptown is fortunate to have developed student-athletes who have had the opportunity to play at the collegiate level. Hooptown student-athletes have played at the following Educational Institutions: Air Force Academy, Brigham Young University – Hawaii, California State University, Chico, California State University, Humboldt California State University, Maritime, Citrus College, Glendale Community College, Hofstra University, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College, Pasadena City College, Pomona-Pitzer College, University of Great Falls, Montana, University of Hawaii, and Hilo, Whittier College.
On June 19th, 2009 after weeks of ongoing training, development leagues, and practices the Hooptown International youth basketball high school team will compete for Goodwill in the Goodwill Games Philippines Tour against some of the best local high school basketball talents of the Philippines. All interested youths who want to develop their basketball skills and are part of any of these categories: Group1 - High School Division, Group2 - 14U (7th-8th grade), Group3 - 12U (5th-6th grade), Group4 - 10U (3rd-4th grade) are encouraged to join Hooptown’s Youth Sports development basketball league beginning March 21st, 2009 at (9am-2pm) at Eagle Rock High School 1750 Yosemite Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90041
For more information contact Johnny Garcia 818-262-5485, Don Requejo 310-350-3296
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