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Hey all you basketball lovers! I just came back from Hoops Extreme! (a Youth Week event we told you about yesterday) and I have to say….it was AWESOME. Even though the weather was freezing outside, the competition in the building was steaming hot.

Surprisingly, lots of youth showed up to compete in this 3 on 3 competition and show off their skills. There were people from all different age groups. I was even surprised to see grade 6 kids who entered their team in this competition. It just goes to show that skills knows no age.

Along with the competition, there were also contests. There were 3 pointer shots contests, half court shots contests, and I even saw a couple of guys dunking!!!! The YMCA did a great job in providing many volunteers!  I had a chance to mingle with some of the players and hand out a bunch of Youth Week stickers. A lot of them said that they were gonna’ check out the website. Many of them hadn’t heard of Youth Week so they were pretty excited to hear all the events coming up.  Meng, my fellow Youth Week planning committee member, did a great job of telling people of all the upcoming events and we handed out two VIP passes to another Youth Week event - ”One Night Only at the Creative Kids Museum” coming up at the Telus World of Science (I recommend checking it out, I hear it’s really cool).

To end off this awesome day, YMCA handed out a bunch of gift bags to the kids. Inside the bags there were basketballs (which you had to pump), huge bags of candies, and water bottles. Some people even got really cool sports bags.  Everyone who attended (including us) got a free YMCA Hoops Extreme t-shirt.  I also went to the kick off on Friday April 23rd and there was a motivational speaker and the kids got pizza!! There was registration, some competition and practice. If you missed out this event, I’m sorry to say..but you missed out on a great day. Check the blog in a couple of day for some pictures, and for updates on more Youth Week events. PCEEEEEEEE EZY.

It’s official:  Youth Week Calgary officially begins today and runs until May 2nd!

There’s tons of really cool events happening for all you awesome youth out there, and today we are kicking things off with four new events:

The Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) in Calgary is kicking off Youth Week by celebrating Global Youth Service Day – a day that encourages youth all over the world to give back to their community through volunteering.  Today, the YVC is working on their ReGeneration Project – they’re planting a beautiful community garden for a youth transitional home in Calgary.

Into basketball? We let you in on a really cool tournament happening this weekend at the YMCA @ Bishop McNally High School…Hoops Extreme! is your chance to enjoy some b-ball this weekend!  Whether you already signed up yourself and two friends to play in this 3 on 3 basketball tournament, or you’re just interested in popping by to sit in the stands and soak in all the action, it’s going to be a great day!

Hey all you film-lovers out there!  The Cochrane Youth Association is celebrating Youth Week by holding their annual Film and Art Festival tonight at the Cochrane Ranchehouse Theatre.  Filmmakers from Cochrane, Calgary and the surrounding area were encouraged to submit short films to be judged, with the results revealed tonight!  Plus, there’s going to be youth entertainers performing all night!

Whether you’re a huge comic book fan, or just want to take in all the celebs that will be there, the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo is happening this weekend.  There’s something for everyone at the BMO Centre both today and tomorrow, whether you’re interested in seeing Leonard Nimoy (a.k.a. the original SPOCK!) or are a Twi-hard (there will be THREE Twilight stars present this weekend), or want to meet some of your favourite sci-fi/comic book writers and illustrators – it’s an event no to be missed!

For more details on all of these events, check out Youth Week’s Events listing page – start planning your week now!

Basketballll!!!

 I am so excited for the Youth Week events starting this weekend!  I hope you guys have been checking out all the cool events that are coming up pretty soon. If you’re into basketball and the NBA or WNBA, make sure you go check out Hoops Extreme! which starts  TODAY (6-10pm) and continues on Saturday April 24th (12pm-8pm) at Bishop McNally High School. Register your team of 3 for a 3 on 3 competition against other good bball players. If you’re not good at basketball, you can come watch. What a great event to go along with the basketball playoffs. Thanks to YMCA for pulling this off!

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT DUDE PERFECT?

I heard about these guys yesterday from my brother and he told me they are the idol for teenage boys. I didn’t believe that and after I saw the film, I felt it’s impossible and I couldn’t understand why they were being looked up to.

These guys make up the films with their basketball skills. Normally, I wouldn’t expect anything special. BUT! These guys are different. They try various way of shooting their basket ball such as back shot or moving shot. Most of their shots seemed impossible but they made their goal perfectly. Even though they couldn’t see their basket or basket is really far. Even though I don’t know much about basket ball, I got really impressed and I believe evrybody will be.

Michael Jordan. 

The NBA website lists him as “the greatest basketball player of all time.”  Throughout his career, Jordan earned nicknames for his great defense, prolific scoring, and amazing dunks.

Jordan didn’t always get things his way in basketball.  He was cut from the team in Grade 10 and 11 because of his height, but he worked to improve himself and became his team’s star player.  He entered the NBA in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls.

Jordan won many awards, led his team to various championships, and emerged as the leader on every team he played on.  He earned many MVP awards and truly is the best basketball player of all time.