Her Time To Play

Her Time To Play is a national initiative from the Jr. NBA and WNBA co-created with the Women's Sports Foundation for girls age 7-14 to pair on-court training with off-court life skills lessons to build confidence and prepare them for the challenges of adolescence.  This program is meant to inspire the next generation of girls to play basketball in a positive and healthy way! 

This is a completely FREE program led by female Coaches from around this area to serve as Mentors to the girls in the program. Each Coach/Mentor in our program is certified/licensed by USA Basketball. The program will take place over the course of 12 weeks starting the first week of December (specific day/time will announced soon) and will run through February.  We will meet for approximately 90 minutes each week - sessions will include going over that week's curriculum plus working on drills and playing basketball! We will have two separate groups: one group 7-10 year old girls as well as a separate group for 11-14 year old girls.  

Each participant will receive:

• T-shirt
• Headband
• Wristband
• Participant Workbook

Each week a new topic will be covered, using WNBA role models to educate girls about being physically active and avoiding health-risk behaviors.  We hope to even have some suprise guest speakers!

Topics covered include:

• Building confidence
• Dealing with Difficult feelings
• Nutrition
• Smoking & Substance Abuse
• Body Image
• Self-Care
• Teamwork/Cooperation
• Playing Fair
• Diversity
• Bullying
• Community Service
• Strong Body/Strong Mind
• Dating & Sex *
• Digital Media Smarts *
• Family Issues *
• Stress Management *
• Pay It Forward *

*asterik denotes topics that are covered ONLY by the 11-14 age group.  

PARENTS: We will be covering sensitive issues with safe discussions based off the curriculum that is provided to us.  If you do not feel comfortable with them learning a specific topic, please discuss that with a Coach!

Additional information about "Her Time To Play" can be found on the Jr. NBA's website here: https://jr.nba.com/hertimetoplay/

There is also a Parent Guide available that can provide more detailed information.  

Please pre-register below BEFORE October 31st! There will be a separate required registration on the Jr. NBA website but we will provide that link to you all! 

Program Dates/Times:

We will meet MONDAY'S starting December 2, 2019 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm.  The rest of the dates are as follows:

 

Dec 9th

Dec 16th

Dec 23rd

Dec 30th

Jan 6th

Jan 13th

Jan 20th

Jan 27th

Feb 3rd

Feb 10th

Feb 17th

Any questions can be directed to Sarah Berry at 859-351-5297