The basketball club Jaca

The basketball club Jaca was founded on February 7, 2003, after a long period in the there was no club or activity related to basketball either in the city or in the region. It was established as a club Deportivo Elemental, and it was enrolled in the registries of the DGA, comarca of the Jacetania and town Council of Jaca, in the register of sporting entities of Aragon with the number 5284/1 the 07/02/2003. For us, basketball starts at the base. We work mainly, therefore, in the recruitment and training of players from very young (from 6 years to 18 years, also has higher and veteran categories), with the challenge of bringing them to the highest level of development and Competition that allow their skills, in a framework that understands as fundamental their training as people and athletes. Over the last few years we have been growing and, after several seasons in competition, we can say that basketball has become a very important sporting activity for our young people, over the years that small group of friends "lovers of Basketball "has given way to a CLUB that has a sports structure and management according to its size. The Club has grown and has become one of the largest in the city of Jaca, in the last season 2017-2018, has competed with 170 players, of which 120 have done in the various categories of school sport both female and male with 11 teams in competic Ion and the rest, in 4 teams federated in autonomous categories. Our approach remains to maintain a philosophy of the club oriented to the base and the promotion of the equality of male and female participants in these last years the female participation is being strengthened, obtaining that at present the 40% of The players of the club are women and in recognition of this effort in the year 2016 we obtained the recognition of elected by the Association of the Sports Press of Huesca, as the best club of sports promotion. Goals and principles of action: For US basketball starts at the base, that is to say for the boys and girls of our territory. We work mainly, therefore, in the recruitment and training of players from very young, with the challenge of bringing them to the highest level of development and competition (understood from sportsmanship, respect for each other and oneself, and work at To develop their skills, in a framework that understands as fundamental their training as people, athletes and members of a community such as the city of Jaca. Principles -Promote sport as a means for physical and mental health, development as human beings, and constructive integration in society. In order to do this, we try to promote, within the club and in everything that the club organizes, a climate of friendship, mutual respect, participation, and appreciation for the sport. -To help more and more people practice basketball in Jaca and its region, for being a complete sport, in which the mental and physical effort are complemented in an essential way, and the team and the shared responsibility are the most important. -To have a technical team of the highest quality possible, integrated in the development and the activity of the club at all the levels, with coaches able to teach, orient and to involve in the framework of the philosophy of the club to the other coaches and the players. To do this, promote and support the jump to the technical side of the players of the club, and encourage the training. -To seek the development of the greatest possible number of physical, psychic and technically complete athletes and, in this context, to promote the spirit of struggle, the effort, the desire to overcome, cooperation and solidarity. -Promote men's and women's basketball equally to match them in quantity and quality. -Promote and protect above all basic basketball (school), in such a way as to practise and compete as many girls and boys as possible in our area of influence, and their value and recognition grow as much as possible. -To ensure that the teams of the club compe