10 Years Experience
Hard-work, Pays off! Changing Lives, Once Bounce At A Time!
WHY SPECIAL NEEDS ACADEMY?
Special Needs Academy is designed to support the special needs athlete and youth to grow and develop their abilities through consistent structured sports, and social interactions. We offer strength and skills training for basketball for all types of abilities, in addition to coaching on etiquette and good sportsmanship. We will support you or your special needs athlete to be able to grow and develop at any level physically, socially, or ability.
STRATEGIES USED DURING TRAINING
Various strategies are used to encourage and engage athletes during the training sessions Including
BENEFITS
Benefits of the training for athletes with special needs include physical fitness
ADDITIONAL SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND PRE-VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
The academy also provides social engagement and volunteering opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities and intellectual developmental disabilities in the community in an inclusive setting.
Healthy Choices
Quarterly training for athletes and their families focused on nutrition, exercise, and healthy living by inviting guest speakers and educators from the community.
Giving back to the Community
Athletes participate in giving back to the community by participating in the monthly
Pre-vocational and Volunteer Opportunities
Athletes have the opportunity to participate in vocational activities during fundraising events. Saving Soles for Kids hosts year-round activities in gathering shoes, pairing, packing, and inventorying.
Leadership Development
Assistant coaching and peer mentoring opportunities are available to those athletes that demonstrate leadership skills or abilities.
Building Community
Our athletes learn to work together, and with the community developing relationships and giving back.
Director
Rodrick Matthews will serve as a director for Saving Soles. Rodrick was an outstanding player in high school at Cole High School in San Antonio and attended Prairie View A&M University on an Army ROTC scholarship. He graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering. He started the XrossOver Basketball Academy in 2008 while working as an Engineer at Abbott Labs. Rodrick also co-founded the basketball training academy Kingdom Performance in 2014. Rodrick's passion to help kids birthed the motivation to give back to those less fortunate and Saving Soles was born. His wife, currently living in Ethiopia, serving as the coordinator for distributing the donated shoes in this area.
Co-Director
Keith Spencer will serve as co-director for Serving Soles. Keith received a full athletic scholarship to the University of Texas-San Antonio(UTSA), where he contributed to charging the dynamics of the roadrunner basketball program. In 2008, Coach Keith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. He then signed a contract to play professional basketball for De Friesland Aris in Holland.
Keith has worked with kids as a coach and also co-founded Kingdom Performance. Keith serves on the board of another non-profit working with special needs children and adults and has prided himself on charity. Keith has been married to his beautiful wife Natasha for 6 years and they have a 5-year-old daughter, Sarai
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday from 9am to 3pm
Location:
2621 Summit Ave Ste 400, Plano,
Tx 75074
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