Angel City Sports & DK3 Wheelchair Basketball Clinic

Angel City Sports (ACS) held a wheelchair basketball clinic at Venice Beach on October 13, a few weeks ago. It was early in the morning before the DK3 Invitational Wheelchair basketball 3 on 3 half-court tournaments. Paralympic Gold-Medalist David Kiley (DK), teamed up with Angel City Sports for the clinic. DK is a very heavy hitter in the Paralympic ranks. Some of the other contributors were the US Paralympic Women Wheelchair Basketball Team Coach Trooper Johnson, US Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team members, and Gold-Medalist Megan Blunk, Courtney Ryan, US Paralympic Men's Wheelchair Basketball team members, and Gold-Medalist Trevon Jenifer.

I spoke to a mother of a four-year-old child about ACS. The mother's eyes flew open and she said: "My son can participate in those clinics?" I mentioned to her that I have captured an image of a five-year-old child in a wheelchair in a tennis clinic I, sure your son can. The mother replied that her son is four, is that too young? I said I have captured an image of a five-year-old child in a wheelchair in a tennis clinic, there is no age limit for a person to get involved. After giving her an ACS brochure and showing her how to contact them she was very encouraged and excited.

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Written By:
Jaime & Cameron Robles