00:00Another day, another year, but the passion remains the same. Former international
00:05cricketer Samuel Badry runs an academy where different coaches work with
00:09children. The two-time T20 World Cup winner with the West Indies is the
00:13chairman of Badry's Academy of Sport Education, also known as BASE. The venue
00:18for the program is the San Fernando branch of the University of Trinidad and
00:21Tobago. This week was the start of our 2025 cycle one program. It is actually a
00:28continuation of a program that started way back in 2016 and since then every
00:34year we've grown exponentially. So typically this program takes place on a
00:39Saturday morning where we have close to 185 children coming out and
00:44participating in our sessions. This year for the first time we've had to
00:48introduce a Sunday session or a Sunday cycle based on the tremendous interest
00:52in our program. So we've instituted that so we have a group of close to 185
00:58children on a Saturday morning and now around 60 children on a Sunday morning.
01:03Many of the parents have been happy with the program. Badry can boast about the
01:08way it has been running with 90% of the children returning from one cycle to the
01:12other. So it's a year-round program catering for boys and girls ages 5 to 15.
01:18We use cricket as the vehicle for skill development but also other facets of
01:24human development such as the social domain, the intellectual domain and we
01:30also have elements of theory involved in cricket. So children when they leave our
01:33programs not only can bat and bowl and feel but also they know the laws of the
01:39game, they know the umpiring signals etc. The young ones are also pleased with the
01:43program with Zain talking about what he hopes to achieve. I want to represent my
01:48school and one day join the national team. Plus there's this young lady Avisha who is new to the camp and how much does she enjoy
01:59working with a coach? Very well I like how he teaches us and I wish he could be
02:07teaching us every day, every Sunday. The program includes financial literacy,
02:12public speaking and nutrition with the aim being to produce well-rounded
02:17individuals that are now wanting to export.
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