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Participants in Adams Fundamentals Academy learn the little things when it comes to basketball, to be put together to grow their game.

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AFA clinic travels to Ritzville
June 21, 2022 4:46 p.m.

AFA clinic travels to Ritzville

RITZVILLE - Mario Adams has been helping young athletes grow their game since 2006, when he was a player at De La Salle High School in Concord, California. Now, he has founded Adams Fundamentals Academy, an organization that helps young athletes focus on the intricacies of basketball to help them make their high school teams, and even go on to play college ball. One of these camps will be making its way to Ritzville in July. “My varsity coach was a very big, influential person in my life, and he's one of my mentors to this day, and I remember back in 2006, he asked me if I would be willing to help him run a basketball camp. Being in high school at that time, you know, I kinda want to have my own vacation. ‘You know, we play basketball year-round coach …,’ (I said). But he says, ‘You know, you have an opportunity to make an impact,’” Adams said ...