TUESDAY GROUP IMPROVING – COACH!

September 28, 2022

TROJANS RUN A TUESDAY MORNING WALKING BASKETBALL SESSION AT MOAT HOUSE FOR THE OVER 60S AND THE GROUP HAVE IMPROVED THEIR SKILL LEVELS SINCE THEY BEGAN SOME TWO YEARS AGO SAYS COACH MIKE MADDOX.

“MOST OF THEM HAD NEVER TOUCHED A BASKETBALL PREVIOUSLY” SAID MIKE ” BUT THEY HAVE LISTENED AND SOME HAVE PRACTISED AT HOME AND I CAN SEE THE DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT” ADDED THE TROJANS CLUB SECRETARY.

THERE ARE A DOZEN IN THE GROUP AND THEIR ONE-HOUR SESSIONS INCLUDE A WARM-UP, SOME BALL SKILLS AND WARM DOWN EITHER SIDE OF A 30 MINUTE GAME – WHICH IS PLAYED IN THE FRIENDLIEST OF WAYS!

THE SESSION ENDS AND THE COFFEE BAR SUMMONS THEM FOR SOME SOCIAL CHAT BEFORE THEY RETURN HOME, ALL ARMED WITH THEIR PRACTICE BALL, COURTESY OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY  THINK ACTIVE AND WALKING BASKETBALL UK.

TROJANS ALSO HOLD WALKING SESSIONS EACH FORTNIGHT AT WOODLANDS ON A SUNDAY FOR A MORE ADVANCED GROUP WHICH INCLUDES SEVERAL PLAYERS WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS OR INJURY.