Retired PBA players Kenneth Duremdes and Marlou Aquino, along with the BOC Transformers, coached young basketball athletes during the BOC Hoop Clinic last July 22 at the Davao City Recreation Center.
Students of Magallanes Central Elementary School and children of Bureau of Customs Employees attended the clinic.
In a message, Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte addressed the children, welcomed the activities as beneficial to her constituents.
“This basketball clinic is trying to determine your willpower and determination to follow your dream. And, this also applies to both your basketball dreams and your other pursuits,” Mayor Duterte said.
Coll. Rhea Gregorio, District Collector of the Port of Manila; and Thelma Almario, former Congresswoman of Davao Oriental attended the event to support the children.
“This is part of our social responsibility,” Atty. Erastus Sandino Austria, District Collector of the Port of Davao, describes the event. “It is our way of connecting with the community.”
The children were coached on footwork, passing, dribbling, shooting and stealing exercises. They also had the chance to steal the ball from one of the Transformers players.
The coaches first taught the children the discipline needed in the game. They were taught to assume the defensive stance after hearing one long whistle.
The children were taught to only release the defensive stance after hearing a short whistle. The parents laughed when the coaches trick the kids to sit down without sounding a short whistle.
After the clinic, BOC—Port of Davao team played against the BOC Transformers and Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc (CCBI) basketball team.
The Davao team championed over the Transformers with the score of 87-83 after losing to the CCBI team. # | BOC-PR
