HCI holds mini basket clinic

Jan. 23 '10: Hoops Care Internatonal was this weekend at the Buduburam Settlement upon a special request by the Buduburam Basketball Association(BBA). The mini basket clinic started at 7AM local time. There were over 50 children in attendance at the clinic. The children were taken through several drills starting with defensive stance. They were than taken through ball handling, passing, rebound, shooting layups etc. Coaches of the BBA was in attendance to witness so that in the absence of the HCI team they can follow similar format in their training section. Some members of the junior BBA team also joined the drills and were thought some new skills. At the end of the basketball section, the children were talked to on the importance of education health and life skills. It was a totally successful section. HCI team took seven Spalding training balls for the clinic and donated it to the BBA after the clinic so that it may be use for the children basketball development. BBA coaches were glad for the donation stating that the lack of balls is slowing the children basketball skills. HCI s hoping to work closely with the BBA in establishing various project at the settlement. The Buduburam Settlement was open to host Liberians fleeing the civil war in the 90's. Presently the settlement is home to many nationals as well as locals.

Hoops Care International children after morning training

Morning clinic

Jake Sullivan - President of Kingdom Hoops visit HCI

Jan. 1, '10: Jake Sullivan - President of Kingdom Hoops, visionary for Project: Ghana visited Cape Coast along with his wife to meet the children of Hoops Care International program. The visit which was highly anticipated by the children, saw a large crowd of them in attendance awaiting Jake and Janel. Upon their arrival, Jake and Janel met with Directors of HCI to learn more about the ngo and its projects. They than left for the Cape Coast Castle briefly while things were put in motion for Jake to take the kids through some fundamental basketball drills. Upon their return 15 minutes later, the children and some junior players were taken through ball handling and foot work section. Although it was plan for an initial 30-40 mins, the mini clinic took a little over an hour as both Jake and the children were all enjoying the process. At the close of the day Jake talked to the kids about the importance of bettering their skills and informing them that they are the future of Ghana Basketball. He also told the junior players to help the children grow in the game by assisting them with the basic skills. Jake and Janel promised to work closely with HCI and the children of Ghana. At the end of the clinic a group photo was taken and thee children bid farewell to Jake and Janel. Long after they had left, the children were still on the court practicing the drills and playing pickup games among themselves. We strongly believe that the visit of Jake and Janel has greatly inspire the children and will go a long way in their life. Jake and Janel were accompany to Cape Coast by Mark Agbo of Vikings Basketball Academy in Accra.

Basketball Coaching Clinic held in Takoradi

During the weekend, a two day coaching/basketball clinic was held at the Air Force Base in Takoradi. Coaches Brad and Bill from Los Angeles in the United States conducted the clinics with 10 coaches from the Western and Central Region. There were also males and female players from both regions in attendance. Cape Coast Hoops Coach and Hoops Care International had three of their kids and directors also in attendance. The clinic focused on defensive and offensive drills. At the end, both coaches were highly impress with the level of maturity the players and coached showed proving that basketball is far ahead fundamentally in these two regions.

Runhouse-Hoops Project lands two big prospects

Excitement was in the air this weekend at our camp in Cape Coast, Ghana when our latest two prospects arrived for play. Both are 15 years old and are 6′ 7′ and 6′ 10″. Both players are very excited to play against top level competition which can only be achieved in the USA or in Europe.
The staff at Runhouse is currently looking for the best possible situation for them. For more details contact Jack Whitehead, Director of International Recruiting, at jwhitehead@runhouse.net
(Pictured also is Coach Claude Thompson.)

ORU basketball signs Ghana native

Ghana native Chris Angsomwine has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Oral Roberts next season, coach Scott Sutton announced Wednesday.A 6-9, 215-pound forward at Kilgore (Texas) College, Angsomwine is ORU’s first 2010 signee. He will have two years of eligibility when he enrolls next fall.“Chris fills a significant need for us for the future,” Sutton said in a statement. “With (current senior) Kevin Ford graduating at the end of the year, we wanted to try and get the best athletic big man we could find and Chris certainly fits the bill.”Angsomwine is in his first year with the Rangers after spending last season at Harcum College in suburban Philadelphia. Kilgore is 2-0 with Angsomwine averaging 6.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.“He’s a shot blocker who can rebound,” Sutton said. “Chris is not a great scorer yet, but his offensive game is improving. He’ll get better this year while playing at a top quality program and be ready to contribute next year.”As a freshman at Harcum, Angsomwine averaged 1.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 15 games.

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Kilgore College’s Chris Angsomwine, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward from Ghana (played for Cape Coast Hooops), leaps for the ball in the Rangers’ season opener against Cedar Valley.