FILO Heads to Dallas for FIT Clinic

On Saturday February 8th, the NBA and FILO Productions teamed up to put on an NBA Fit clinic for the local youths of the Dallas area. NBA Fit is a program that encourages physical activity, healthy living and playing together through the game of basketball. The event was held in Dallas, Texas at the Dallas Walmart Supercenter. The clinic consisted of a full basketball court with two 8 foot basketball hoops, as well as multiple fitness stations inside the court. Kids were split up into groups of five or six and were able to experience each station for three to four minutes.

During each hour long clinic participants were able to interact with former NBA Players. For this particular event the NBA brought in NBA Legend Darryl Dawkins and former Dallas Mavericks player Sam Perkins. For this stop each former player helped run a one hour clinic. Sam started the day off from 1:30PM to 2:30PM and Darryl finished strong from 3:00PM to 4:00PM

Over 70 kids participated in the two clinics. The Fit clinics ran from 1:30PM to 4:00PM with time after each clinic to get autographs from the Legends. It was great to see such an impressive turn out from the people of Dallas despite the low early morning temperatures. 

Although it wasn’t our longest event it was a successful one. Overall, everyone really seems to enjoy their time during the NBA Fit clinics. It’s not every day you get to learn how to become more healthy and play basketball with NBA Legends.