Youth Pathway

Youth Pathway is Court Vision’s ongoing series on how young players in Britain move from grassroots basketball to the professional game.

Through profiles, data analysis, research and reporting, it examines how the system fits together, how it is changing and what that means for the opportunities available to young players.

  • Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Isn’t

    British basketball has no problem getting kids onto the court. Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People survey shows basketball is the second most-played team sport among children, helped by outdoor courts — varied in quality but found nationwide — that make it easy to pick up a ball and play. The challenge comes…