The purpose of the Program is to encourage excellence in sports as a tool and means of encouraging and advancing excellence in academics, developing constructive personal goals, achieving sound moral values and standards including high standards of personal and group behavior, and providing an extended family to assist young people in becoming constructive and successful members of their communities. We are unashamedly seekers of success. We want our members to think of themselves as winners.

All of our players play in the local New York City tournaments, which include City Wide, Pro-Style, Nike Swoosh, UDC, IS8, Rucker and other local AAU and non-AAU events.

Teams travel extensively to all parts of the country, giving its members memorable experiences including the opportunity to interact with young people of very diverse cultures and backgrounds. Such travel also results in positive aspirations, disciplined behavior, academic achievement, pride, positive attitudes and a sense of self-reliance. A sense of team community is always emphasized. We pride ourselves in the excellence we achieve; our young athletes need to experience and understand the rewards of hard work, sacrifice and dedication to achieve worthwhile goals.

GOALS OF THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM

To continue to positively affect and inspire the lives of the young people in our program, many who come to us from New York’s high risk communities, through participation in a program which provides high hopes, positive role models and develops positive self-esteem, demand adherence to high standards and requires high expectations for success in a disciplined environment.

We believe in striving for excellence, in striving to be the best, in believing that winning is good and in achieving worthy objectives which come only from hard work, structure and adherence to rules. These are goals and objectives that our participants need and often are denied elsewhere. Our participants are asked to dream of great things and to know that at the very least they will achieve good things.