“I’ve been playing basketball like crazy and it’s killing me (laughs). I can’t move my body.”

This is the story of the Assist For Youth (AFYU) project that ASSIST has been running since 2022 to develop youth basketball in South Korea. Gwangju Flick Basketball Class, a partner in the project, organized the second “Basketball with Dad” tournament this year.

In May of this year, Gwangju Flick held its first ‘Basketball Tournament with Fathers’ after opening its doors. The event was held for the second time on the 9th of this month, where the fathers of the basketball class players teamed up with Flick coaches to 무료 토토사이트 play basketball.

This time, 12 fathers from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade varsity basketball teams and 5 Flick coaches teamed up to play 2 games. The games lasted seven minutes per quarter, but the 17 players on the court were all smiling and playing fiercely.

“More fathers participated than when we held the event in May,” said Bae Sang-hee, director of Gwangju Flick. Although only 12 fathers participated in the match, the gym was noisy with many cheering individually. We had a lot of mothers joining us as well, so it was a great time,” he said, adding that the second event was a success.

Bae, who also participated in the game and bumped into his father, said, “I’m dying (laughs) after playing basketball like this. I can’t move my body. Some of the fathers play sports basketball, so we played at a higher level than I thought,” he said, explaining, ”At this event, the children saw the referees themselves, which was also a lot of fun. Some of the kids said they wanted to play more than the referees, which made the atmosphere more enjoyable. I think it was a time for families to sweat together as players, referees, and cheerleaders on the same court and get closer to basketball,” he said, explaining that the unique event helped unite the basketball class.

Bae, who plans to hold basketball tournaments with his father twice a year in the future, said, “After the event, we had a fun afterparty at the gym with pizza, chicken, etc. I’m proud to see that people realize that basketball classes are a place where they can get closer to their families, not just learn basketball,” said Bae.

“It’s hard for a basketball class to propose something like this, but with the help of parents, we organized a good event. The fathers who participated this time also gave us positive feedback, saying, ‘I want to do it again in the future,’ so we will lead the ‘Basketball Competition with Fathers’ well so that it can become a tradition of Gwangju Flick.” He vowed to organize a time for fathers twice a year next year.