Happy 2013 everybody!
Well what a year it was in 2012, it has been an interesting first year for Cross-Over with many plans ahead and hopes for the future! After the incredible trip me (being Jamie, Hi!), Dan, Paul and our man in India Churchill, we have felt inspired by the incredible people we have met in Uganda and hope to go back and visit soon after the great coaching and ministry sessions out there. The Lilly Orphanage we worked with will be moving very soon to a new building, with a lot more space, which is all very exciting and Aimee who overlooks it all will be going out this month to make sure it all goes nice and smoothly. I have made a donation to the orphanage so Aimee will be able to buy some of the children we worked with some trainers and use some of the money to hire out the Basketball court so they can still continue to play and enjoy all that Basketball has to offer! Will keep you all posted how it goes out there.
So what is the plan? What way are we moving in 2013? Well I have felt inspired by John Wooden who put together a Pyramid of Success. A Christian man who won 10 NCAA titles, basically a man who knew how to coach. He put together fundamental areas that he believes led to his team's success in a pyramid, he believed these building blocks could be used not just on the court but in life to. This is something we want to put into the projects of Cross-Over! You can find out all the information about the pyramid on http://www.coachwooden.com/
I believe these areas are the way that can develop young people further. If we educate them on each area and how to live by these characteristics then we can build hope for the young people we work with and equip them to be game changers in the future within their communities. We are going to try out a few sessions with Feltham Basketball Club in Middlesex who I coach with currently. Through rewarding them getting to each level we hope to really engage with the players and to not only play with the pyramid in mind but also conducting themselves off the court in the same way! It will focus around theree areas, class room based exercises so they can learn what each building block means and how to apply it, develop this building block through Basketball training sessions and build that attribute through a challenge set to them that they need to complete within a certain time frame. Very excited about this and hope it can produce great results and challenge young Basketball players to become all rounded individuals.
Also, this year we are hoping to do another Basketball tournament in the Univeristy of Sussex, in which we had the first one last November, which was a great success and due to the demand by the students we will be doing a couple more this year. We are planning on a dodgeball tournamount this year to down in Worthing and Surrey in April 2013 so if you are interested please let me know and you could be the next Peter Le Fleur (Dodgeball movie reference)! Lots of fun things ahead, could be thinking of the first Cross-Over Basketball summer camp in the UK.
Big plans ahead and I heard that reality is a product of our dreams, decisions and actions so let's make this happen! Anybody want to contact me @JamieGlencross on Twitter and let me know your thoughts you beautiful people, ideas, catch up, constructive criticism, I am all ears!
Blessings to all and keep the support coming #TheCrossOver
