Love and Basketball

Hello readers,

Where has the love for the game gone? What happened to the days, when you would walk by the park and see 25, 30 people waiting anxiously to play basketball, what happened to those days? It might just be my area, but I'm sure I'm not alone when I say it seems like the love for basketball is dying. Is it because children don't have enough positive influences in there lives to be pushed towards something positive, or is it because headphones, and Playstation 3 has taken over? Basketball like many other sports are avenues, to many different life opportunities. Through sports, you learn the value of Family, Teamwork, the notion of failure but only in the Loss column, you learn to fight, compete, push, face, lead, come together, in the settings of a sports team. Not only should you love your sport, but your sport loves you, because through God we have all been blessed to do whatever that sport may be. Not everyone can go on and be successful in there perspective careers, but you are successful in that you are viewed by others in a respectable manner, due to the lessons learned through your sport.

My mission is to get my community excited about basketball again, and help create many success stories in the upcoming generation, through basketball and mentoring, Over and Beyond Basketball LLC, is a blessing to me, and hoping that it is a blessing to many others, as we try to help develop individuals, who aspire to be great people in the future, its not all about basketball, its about becoming someone of value, through all the things you learn on the way. Be blessed, and work hard. Love your sport, and it will love you back.

Love and Basketball,

Omar Collington
Founder/CEO
Over and Beyond Basketball LLC,