Intro
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ALT: Soccer players exercising in circle (State Dept.)
Banding Together
The assistant director of coaching for the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association, Sari Rose (in white), leads young women in a soccer clinic in Bahrain. During her May 2011 visit, Rose conducted several clinics at schools around the country, met with the Bahrain Football Federation and led training sessions for the Bahrain Women’s National Team and the under-16 team.
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Come Play!
Former U.S. Women’s National Team player Amanda Cromwell pauses during a 2012 clinic in Argentina to pass the ball with one of the participants’ younger sisters. From March 15 to 21, Cromwell and fellow player Lauren Gregg led clinics and teambuilding activities for underserved girls in Buenos Aires, Jujuy, Salta and Tilcara as part of the U.S. State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports initiative.
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Bonding over Basketball
Former Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Edna Campbell visits with children at the Sainte-Claire orphanage in Brazzaville, Congo. Campbell and former NBA player Bo Outlaw conducted basketball clinics for more than 250 Congolese youth in August 2011, teaching them basketball techniques and the importance of teamwork, confidence and passion.
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Coaching the Coaches
Major League Baseball legend Ken Griffey Jr. (holding the catcher’s mitt) and former Montreal Expos player Joe Logan (holding the ball) give Little League coaches a few pointers at a baseball clinic in Manila, Philippines. Griffey and Logan conducted a series of baseball clinics in the Philippines in March 2011, teaching coaches how to develop teamwork and sportsmanship among their players.
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ALT: Cal Ripken Jr. talking to boys in baseball uniforms (State Dept.)
Listen Up!
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. shares baseball tips with young players in Japan. In November 2011, Ripken spent a whirlwind week in Japan leading clinics in Tokyo, Tohoku and Kansai, and touring towns affected by the earthquake and tsunami earlier in the year. Ripken has served as a public diplomacy envoy with the U.S. State Department since 2007.
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ALT: Swin Cash passing basketball with teenage boy (State Dept./John-Paul Evans)
Pass It On
WNBA player Swintayla “Swin” Cash passes the ball during basketball clinics she recently conducted in two boroughs near London that will host Olympic competitions this summer. Cash traveled to England in March 2012 as part of a joint effort by the U.S. State Department and the NBA to send current and former professional basketball players to engage underserved youth in 10 countries, both on the court and within their communities.