Weplay.com Launches Free Basketball Drills Library with Video from LeBron James Basketball Camp

Weplay.com, the ultimate online destination for the youth sports community, has launched its free Basketball Skills and Drills library featuring content from the LeBron James King James Academy summer basketball camp in San Diego.

Weplay.com was granted access to film drills at LeBron’s camp where kids learned and practiced the fundamentals of basketball, team play, good sportsmanship and healthy habits. Weplay.com’s library of hundreds of free basketball drill videos, animations and basketball plays also includes footage of the NBA’s biggest stars including Tony Parker, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

“Millions of players and coaches are playing basketball this winter and Weplay is dedicated to providing them with the information and tools they need to stay organized and make the most of their season. Our partnership with basketball’s best such as LeBron James gives us a compelling and helpful offering,” said Steve Hansen, CEO, Weplay.com.

The basketball drill library is organized by skill, including ball control drills, defensive drills and plays, offensive drills and plays, passing drills, rebounding drills and shooting drills. The comprehensive library is also organized by skill level so that parents, coaches and kids can find the right basketball drills based on the age of their teams and leagues.

“We’re building the online home of youth sports. By empowering parents and coaches to teach sports, giving them the best Internet tools to organize their teams and leagues and making it fun and easy to share the memories of the season, Weplay helps everyone involved celebrate youth sports, and in the process, encourages healthy, active children,” said Mr. Hansen...Read more here or see the site now

Weplay.com Launches Youth Sports Skills and Drills Library for Parents, Coaches and Kids

Youth sports community site Weplay.com has launched a youth sports Skills and Drills library. Initially launched with baseball, softball and soccer, the Skills and Drills library features instructional videos from pros such as baseball stars Derek Jeter and Ryan Howard, softball stars Jennie Finch and Monica Abbott, and soccer stars Jonathan Borstein and Brandi Chastain. The library also includes collections from leading online sports sites. "Weplay is dedicated to providing coaches, parents and kids the information and tools they need to stay organized, get their questions answered, share and save memories and have more fun with less effort," said Steve Hansen, Weplay CEO. "Skills and Drills is an exciting step that represents a partnership between premiere sports professionals, content partners and major organizations to help the youth sports community as a whole. We are looking forward to forging similar partnerships as we launch new sports for Skills and Drills." Skills and Drills consists of several hundred videos, 3D simulations and diagrams organized by skill, such as base running, hitting or fielding for baseball and softball or goalkeeping, defense and passing for soccer. The comprehensive library is also organized by skill level so that parents, coaches and kids can find the right drills based on the age of their teams and leagues.

Baseball Skills and Drills includes online videos of Derek Jeter explaining how to hit an inside fastball, Ryan Howard teaching how to hit for power and Harold Reynolds and Ozzie Smith demonstrating infield fielding techniques among hundreds of other youth baseball drills.

Softball Skills and Drills includes online videos of Jennie Finch showing how to throw her famous "Rise Ball", Cat Osterman demonstrating how to throw a "Drop Ball" pitch and Monica Abbott explaining how to use your legs for power among hundreds of other youth softball drills.

Soccer Skills and Drills includes videos of world champion Brandi Chastain demonstrating how to make aggressive soccer decisions, Jonathan Bornstein teaching how to take a header and Heather O'Reilly explaining shooting drills among hundreds of other youth soccer drills...click to read more

Weplay.com Connects Youth Softball Teams with USA Softball Star Jennie Finch and ASA

URL: http://www.weplay.com/youth-softball

Weplay.com, the ultimate online destination for the youth sports community, announced today their second annual Finch's Favorites contest. Weplay has teamed up with ASA Softball and Jennie Finch to encourage softball coaches, parents and players to connect to Weplay's youth softball community. Every week this season, Jennie Finch will pick her favorite youth softball teams on Weplay, write about them in her blog and sign their team photographs. Weplay offers much more than just a team site. Weplay gives teams an online community where the whole team participates, not just one coach. Using Weplay for their teams and groups, Coaches and administrators can upload sports schedules, disseminate team news and documents, and share the organizational workload with other members; Parents can upload and share photos and videos, coordinate team duties and automatically get notified about games, practices and tournaments; Athletes can participate in the group and connect to pros like Jennie Finch, Derek Jeter, Ryan Howard and many more. "By connecting people to their favorite stars and enabling them to participate in their team and sport communities, Weplay helps everyone involved in youth sports get more out of their experience with less effort. With ASA and Jennie Finch actively involved in Finch's Favorites, we hope that our youth softball hub and team sites will help countless parents, coaches and athletes and connect them to the supporting sports communities around them." said Weplay CEO Steve Hansen...click to read more.