Thursday 4 February 2016

Coach Wayne Preno on How Sports Can Contribute to The Lives of Youngsters

After having a successful collegiate basketball career, Wayne Preno has become a coach to stay in the game. Preno finds the time to get away from his day job as the founder and owner of the Early and Bright Childcare Centers in the Philadelphia region. Currently, Preno is the coach of the Bustleton Bengals basketball team as well. Before that, he had previous experience as a football, baseball, and soccer coach. However, basketball is his first love.

Preno is a firm believer of re-investing one’s time to help to improve the community. That was why he started his childcare centers. However, when talking about coaching, Preno thinks that sports offer a lot to children as well. They are a great way to stay active. More importantly, they help children learn the concept of a team and how to work together to achieve something. Athletics can offer this team-building experience where most schools fall short. Sport can also create discipline and provide a strong authority figure. Where Preno is from, he knows that there are a lot of broken families with not many father figures playing prominent roles in their children’s lives.

Preno has demonstrated that he can do well as an authority figure. He says that he wants to coach for a long time because of the joy that he receives when he watches these children succeed. For Wayne Preno, coaching children give him the opportunity to teach the children about values and responsibility while doing something fun and keeping them physically active.