The co-ed program operates 44 weeks per year, and is open to any child between the ages of 7 and 19. The whole community is encouraged to get involved. Teenagers, mentored by college and graduate students, instruct teams of 12 to 14 elementary school kids. Direction Sports contracts curriculum experts to design reading and math lessons centered around topics youth regularly experience in their personal lives. Then it's onto the playground for intellectual and physical games.
Players win points for their teams by answering questions and sinking baskets or scoring goals.
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