“That’s why I am proud to launch the Luka Donc\u030cic\u0301 Foundation. That’s why we won’t stop working to create a positive youth sports culture all over the world. We will keep starting new programs, supporting coaches and players, educating parents, building courts and bringing in fresh ideas to make the game more fun and accessible for everyone.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Don\u010di\u0107 announced that the first project will be an “Inside Youth Basketball” report, an analysis from “players, coaches and parents” about what youth basketball in the United States and Europe is doing well and not handling as well.<\/p>\n
That report discovered that the pressure put on kids was causing them to drop out of youth basketball at high rates, and led to the launching of the “Total Hoops Approach” in an effort to “create more fulfilling, positive programs for kids, under the guidance of a Youth Sports Leadership Council that includes many of my personal mentors, heroes and peers.”<\/p>\n
That council includes Dirk Nowitzki, Stephen Curry, Sabrina Ionescu, Steve Nash, Tracy McGrady, Pau Gasol, Igor Kokos\u030ckov and Bill Duffy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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