The Euroleague One Team project that Anadolu Efes Sports Club achieved with Koruncuk Foundation collaboration has ended. The evaluation questionnaire that has been done by the Koruncuk Foundation’s children aged between 11-14 at the end of the 8-week long project has shown that the social abilities of the participating children have been raised. Team captain Doğuş Balbay was also one of the coaches in one lesson which has been done by Anadolu Efes Under 16 Team and One Team program coach Ozan Havuzlu and Koruncuk Foundation teacher’s education. Koruncuk Foundation Children have stated that coming together with Doğuş Balbay has motivated them and that they will not be apart from basketball ever in their lives from now on.
Anadolu Efes, as part of the Euroleague’s social responsibility program One Team project educated the Koruncuk Foundation Children about teamwork, friendship, helping, motivation, concentration, and communication through basketball metaphors.
In this education, the content was to create a team spirit, coordination, setting goals, imagination, the stance of a basketball player, decision making, problem-solving and all these have been taught with fun workshops and games.
It was observed that the participant children have strengthened their social and personal developments after this 8-week long project.
“I became a more social person thanks to One Team...”
The Koruncuk Foundation Children those participated in Anadolu Efes’s One Team project have shared what values this project has added to them with the educators through a questionnaire.
The answers to the question of “What sort of positive behaviors One Team helped you to develop?” were as “I became a more social person, I have learned what team work is, I have learned the importance of discipline, I have developed the friendship feelings”.
All of the children have answered as “very satisfied” the question of “how satisfied were you from the One Team lessons?”.
Also, all of the children answered as “absolutely yes” the question of “have these lessons had any contribution to your social life in any way?”.
In the last lesson of the project, the majority of the Koruncuk Foundation Children have said that they loved basketball more through this project and they will continue to play from now on, as well.
Education Coach at May 14th was the team captain Doğuş Balbay…
The project that has been done by Anadolu Efes Sports Club’s collaboration with Koruncuk Foundation’s One Team Ambassador has become the team captain Doğuş Balbay.
Sharing his basketball and life experiences with children and answering them frankly, Doğuş Balbay also became the role model for the Koruncuk Foundation.
The second One Team project will be done in Çanakkale and Balıkesir...
The second One Team project of Anadolu Efes Sports Club will be made for the MİÇOs; the seasonal agricultural laborers’ children those work in Anadolu Etap’s farms in Çanakkale and Balıkesir and will be about personal skill development, communication, sports knowledge and sports culture in the 2016-2017 season.
Anadolu Efes Sports Club will continue to make the social responsibility projects to create an awareness and will continue to meet basketball and education on the same platform.
