Basketball Lessons For Children in Queens, NY: Where Sportsmanship Rules

One can readily see from watching a basketball game on television how clearly professional basketball has changed through the years.

Some of those changes have trickled down to youth sports basketball leagues and schools. Many of those changes involve sportsmanship and the role it plays in the game.

It is a fact that children emulate the pros they see on T.V. Often, what they see is not the best display of fair play or good sportsmanship.

An interesting quote on the First Shot Basketball School website reads “Sportsmanship…we teach it, we preach it, we enforce it.”

When asked, the Director, Joel Mansbach, emphasized the fact that there were no stars in First Shot. Everyone was on treated on equal footing and any form of poor sportsmanship is just not tolerated. First Shot has been teaching children, ages 3-15 for 25 years, both non-competitive beginner basketball lessons and advanced competitive classes.

Explaining the concept of being a good sport is such an important component in any form of youth sports. At First Shot part of the introductory lesson in the younger Supertot, Pee Wee and Beginner classes deals with how to shake hands properly and congratulate your team member. This is a valuable life lesson and an important character builder.

It’s all part of helping young players understand the concept of being a good sport and helping them create relationships and bond with other players. As part of these valuable life lessons shared at First Shot, students also learn about losing.

Often a child has difficulty accepting a loss. Understanding that there is something good that comes out of losing is a hard concept to grasp at any age. Being shown that the benefit of a loss is what is learned the next time a game is played becomes invaluable.

You can find out more about First Shot Basketball at www.firstshotbasketball.com or call 718.2757974.