Checkout some of KVBL best moments and most power full in the VBL on August 15th

As usual what a great day we had @ the KVBL with Rainbeau Mars enlightening them with a very special yoga class. The kids are really starting to understand the benefits of yoga!

VBL: Sunblock took a big upset loss against The Free Agents, Kill The Hype are moving on up after beating on Venice Heat, Venice All Stars had a tough win (78-77) VS Slamball, The Mean Ones took care of business VS The Bartenders and The Frats beat The United Nations

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The day started 7am with the KVBL. We had a bus load of kids from South Central to join the celebration. Special thanks to Kristen from Sidewalk Cafe for donating the excellent grapes and strawberries. They were well needed since our Chef BeLive was out of town. Leilain and Nicole were here to cover and make excellent smoothies and salads for the kids. As usual we started with fundamental basketball drills, footwork, went into some body structural alignment, beach run, parcour threw the kids playfround, 3on3 and 5on5 set of games and finish off with Yoga and a healthy lunch of course. Big thank you to Katrina who came with a bus load full of kids from  South Central and for making a difference in kids lives.

We had two new teams that were introduced to The VBL this week, Venice Heat (LAFD) and The Bartenders. It was a nice opening game with the Scratch Academy warming up with some fresh beats. These guys always come with the best sound and the freshest DJ’s.

We proceeded with the Free Agents VS Kill the Hype game where ZigZag came late and stole the show with some dazzling tricks and great finishes.

We moved on to our 3rd game with United Nations VS Hollywood Hoops rivalry game. This game made it to over time with Ladies Man being the sharp shooter of the day and led his team to victory.

The most anticipated game of the day was The Mean Ones VS Team Advantage who took the Belt from the champs last week. The Mean Ones played hard and put on the show but the fundamentals size and power of Advange Basketball was no match for the intensity.

The grand finale game was Skid Row Ambassador (SlamBall) VS Sunblock with 2 special addition to their team Terrel Owens aka TO and Rashid Byrd aka 7Nsum Change from Sac Kings. Everyone came to play but way too much power for Sunblock… Stay tuned for video

Special thanks to our great performers Cal State Dominguez cheer squad, Her Story, Big Zoo, Young Hustle, and Green Eyes and his fantastic reggae band.

What a great opener we had.. It was really awesome to see how it all came together. Here are some pics of the event…

Game 1- 1pm OPENER

Team Advantage (1-0) VS Venice All Stars (0-1) 75-69

The Nash brothers and few players still not back from overseas so Gil and his crew took advantage of the situation to take down the Champions.

Game 2 – 2.15pm

The Mean Ones (1-0) VS Sunblock (0-1) Double Overtime game 75-73

These two teams have an history of over time games and Sunblock is usually victorious but they changed the script on this one with Action Figure hitting the 3 for the WIN.

Game 3- 3.30pm

United Nations (1-0) VS Vic Battle Free Agents (0-1) 82-64

What a show that was with Prime hitting 7 dunks over everybody, Vic Battle and his squad had no match for the International superstars.

Game 4 – 4.45pm

Kill The Hype (0-1) VS Hollywood Hoops (1-0) 70- 74

This game was down to the wire once again but Hollywood Hoops showed a bit more heart and intensity in the 4th quarter.

It has been the greatest pleasure and experience for me to coach at the boys and girls club. Today will be the last day and i am a bit emotional i must say.

It has been up and down road where we won  our games with my 10 year old (5-1) and lost most with the 11-12 year olds (1-5). All that matters is to participate and i am really proud of both of teams for giving their best week after week and participating in my favorite sport.

I am truly blessed to be able to share my passion with the young ones. It was also a great honor for me to coach the All Star team against the Santa Monica crew who played a great game.  I hope to be back next season and have all the kids join The Natural Leaders Program that will take place every Sunday in Venice Beach. I would also like to congratulate all the great staff and parents for their great support. Sharing is caring

Here are the CHAMPIONS, they played a great game, i think everyone on the team must have scored… on top of that they were putting on a show with dimes and step back 3 pointers…Was a close game and very exciting to coach.

Last 5 standing for the championship.