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play 03 — the play, drawn up ↴

RUN THE PLAY.
THEN RUN IT AGAIN.

We start with equipment delivered straight to the school, partner with the PE teacher, and work toward the part that lasts — a real place to play. Every dollar is tracked along the way. It's built to be copied.

The play, step by step

Drawn on the board. Run on the ground.

1

FIND THE SCHOOL

A PE teacher or principal tells us what their kids are missing. We visit, we look, we listen.

2

DELIVER THE GEAR

Balls, jump ropes, cones, goals, nets — straight to the school, straight off the teacher's list. No middlemen.

3

BACK THE TEACHER

The PE teacher runs the program; we back their plan and check in through the season so nothing sits in a closet.

4

POST THE RESULTS

Attendance, participation, what worked — photographed and published so the next school runs it faster.

no secret plays. that's the point.

Coach Ray talking with a circle of kids in a gym
What a delivery looks like

Enough for a whole class to play at once.

The goal for every school is simple: no kid standing around waiting for a turn. That means a ball for every pair of hands, ropes and cones for stations, and goals that survive a school year.

  • Basketballs, soccer balls, playground balls — a class set
  • Jump ropes, cones, pinnies, agility gear for stations
  • Goals, nets, and rims that replace what's broken
  • Whatever else the teacher's list says — they know their kids
Where the play ends up

Gear gets kids moving. A place keeps them moving.

Equipment is how we start with a school. The bigger build is the place itself — a shaded playground, a gym that isn't the cafeteria, a field that isn't cracked blacktop. That's what every school partnership works toward, and where the largest gifts go.

A school playground with a shade sail, climbing domes, and slides
shade, turf, room to run
A playhouse under shade canopies on a school playground
built for the little ones, too
Game film

Where the play has run.

Kids and coaches with basketballs in a school gym
school gym visit
Coach Ray with an elementary classroom
classroom visit
Coach Ray in a Warriors jacket with a family at an outdoor event
community day

Every dollar behind this plan gets tracked in public — check the box score →

the play only works with five on the floor

RUN IT WITH US.