By Jon Metzgar As my journey to India approaches, thoughts of excitement and fear are appearing my head. As I have never been in a developing country before, I really don’t know what to expect and I still don’t know what I am getting myself into. The reason why I...
By Jon Metzgar As my journey to India approaches, thoughts of excitement and fear are appearing my head. As I have never been in a developing country before, I really don’t know what to expect and I still don’t know what I am getting myself into. The reason why I...
By Jon Metzgar As my journey to India approaches, thoughts of excitement and fear are appearing my head. As I have never been in a developing country before, I really don’t know what to expect and I still don’t know what I am getting myself into. The reason why I...
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By Maggie Brown (@MagsOnWags) The eager anticipation began to rise rapidly among our group of foreign travelers as the rickety school bus climbed through the bumpy dirt roads smushed between rows of cracked concrete storefronts, woven straw homes, and mounds of piling...
Crossover in India – Day 1 Chennai – Day 1 So after landing just past midnight local time, it took us nearly two hours to clear immigration, customs, and arrive at our hosts’ home. Upon waking up – we started the day intent on accomplishing … Continue reading →...
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After receiving favourable feedback after giving this “Morning Wisdom” at our school assembly – I thought I would share it as a blog post. It is important to put students in the best possible position in order to allow them the opportunity to make decisions...
So I have spent the last few weeks actually trying to think of how to post my feelings about a June 10 article by Sampriti Ganguli titled “Dateline India: What Shade of Brown Are You?” The reality of it is – shades of brown when it comes to complexions is ridiculous....
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By George Baldini By George Baldini As the summer days fly by and our trip to India that once seemed so far away is now just around the corner, I’m not going to lie: I’ve started to become a little nervous, but anxious as well. I’ve never experienced something like...
By: Kaustubh Garimella. Kaustubhis a sophomore at Northwestern University and has previously volunteered in India helping students learn basketball. During the summer after my sophomore year in high school, I attended a basketball sleep away camp for a week at...
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← Day 2 – And Then It Rained…. Picking up Eric at the airport By Crossover Basketball | Published August 9, 2012 | Full size is 1836 × 3264 pixels Make sure to check out the observers on the right. Eric has been quite the attraction thus far in Chennai. Bookmark the...
← A Day to be Cherished Getting to work By Crossover Basketball | Published August 7, 2012 | Full size is 3264 × 1840 pixels Shaun explaining the nuances of the crossover dribble Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Reply Cancel...
Crossover’s Tip-off event was awesome. Attendees included those with interests in India (Chennai), Basketball, Education, and wanting to find a way to volunteer or get involved. I want to once again thank Ajit Verghese for his unbelievably kind introduction, as well...
Welcome to the first blog entry of Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy. This has been an idea in my mind for the past two and a half years in trying to find a way to incorporate my love of teaching and basketball and combine that with wanting to continue to...
Grinding. That’s what it feels like right now. Just like those fall workouts where it seems like the games are forever and a day away and you have to find the inner passion to self-motivate. Get to the gym, get up shots, work on your handle (dribbling), and...
By Guest Blogger Matt Sagar I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a moment that I had been waiting for since making the varsity squad. We were the home team with the 3rd ranked high school team in the country coming for a visit. Butterflies, stomach in...
