Philadelphia Youth Basketball

06/12/2026

Looking for basketball development with a coach your young leader already knows and trusts?

PYB’s Performance Pathways brings together our coach-mentors for focused, 1-hour training sessions designed to help players grow their skills, confidence, and leadership on and off the court.

This is PYB’s one-stop training hub: flexible, affordable, and built around development without a full team commitment. Sessions are available Monday through Thursday and start at $25.

Sign up today and help your young leader take the next step with a coach who gets it!

Register at https://pyb.recdesk.com/Community/Program?category=14&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ppssp_2026&utm_content=post

06/10/2026

Thank you to our partners at Deloitte for spending with PYB at The Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center! 💙

Our staff team spent a full day connecting, learning, collaborating, and reflecting alongside Deloitte volunteers. We started with breakfast and welcome remarks, then moved into on-court team-building, learning about Business Chemistry, and workshops focused on networking, personal purpose, and meaningful connections.

At PYB, our impact on young people is powered by the strength of the team behind it. Deloitte’s gave our growing staff time to connect, learn, reflect, and build together, strengthening the culture and collaboration that carry our mission forward.

Thank you, Deloitte, for being part of the PYB family and for making a real impact in the community!

06/09/2026

Been to the Sixth Man Center in the last few months? Tell us what you thought!

Whether you were here for a PYB program, an event, a tournament, or a community gathering, your experience matters. Reviews help more people learn that this space is more than courts. It’s a home for connection, leadership, and community.

Drop us a review and help spread the word!

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06/06/2026

Two years ago, we officially opened the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center by hosting our first-ever tournament.

Since then, this space has become so much more than a facility. When you turn onto PYB Way from Wissahickon Avenue, you’ll find a vibrant community hub where young people, families, coach-mentors, partners, and neighbors gather to play, learn, grow, celebrate, and lead.

We are grateful to everyone who has helped bring this vision to life and to everyone who sees the Sixth Man Center as their community hub.

Thank you for making this place feel like home!

06/04/2026

Parents, summer is coming, and your young leader deserves a safe, fun, and supportive place to grow! Registration is open for PYB’s Early Years Summer Learning Camp for students in grades K to 5.

This 8-week summer experience helps young leaders build confidence, improve reading, make new friends, and grow through:
📚 Reading and literacy
🏀 Beginner basketball
🎨 Arts and creativity
🍽️ Healthy meals
🤝 Leadership, play, and community

At PYB, basketball is more than a game. It is a way to help young people feel heard, valued, and seen while building the skill sets and mindsets they need on the court, in the classroom, and beyond.

📅 June 22 to August 14
💰 $400 per week
🎓 As low as $100 with scholarships available

Register today: https://pyb.recdesk.com/Community/Program?category=5&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ey_summer_learning_camp&utm_content=post

Please share with a parent, guardian, or caregiver who may be looking for a summer camp experience for their young leader.

06/03/2026

We’re growing our PYB team! We're hiring for two important roles at The Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center, Powered & Operated by PYB.

Director of Operations: Help lead facility operations, guest experience, staffing coordination, safety, and day-to-day systems that keep our youth development space running strong. Apply here: https://phillyyouthbasketball.hopp.to/doojob

Youth & Family Support Coordinator: Support young people and families by connecting them to resources, strengthening partnerships, and helping create a safe, inclusive, and supportive community. Apply here: https://phillyyouthbasketball.hopp.to/yfscjob

At PYB, our work is bigger than basketball. We use the game as a powerful environment to build communication, accountability, collaboration, resilience, and leadership. These roles help make that work possible every day.

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06/03/2026

Last week, PYB hosted Game Plans and Great Minds inside the Cohen Family Civic Dialogue Arena, bringing young professionals, civic leaders, and community partners together for a meaningful conversation with Richard Green of Firstrust Bank and Stan Middleman of Freedom Mortgage.

The evening explored philanthropy, business, mentorship, leadership, and giving back. It also showed what The Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center, Powered & Operated by PYB was built to be: a hub for community dialogue, connection, and partnership-powered impact.

At PYB, basketball is the cultural connector, but the ecosystem is much bigger. The Sixth Man Center creates space for people, ideas, and opportunities to come together in service of Philadelphia’s future.

Corporate leaders, let’s build what’s next together! Partner with PYB to host meaningful conversations, engage your team, and make real community impact. Send us a message to get started!

06/01/2026

Before the 2nd Annual Roots Picnic Celebrity Basketball Game, our PYB Academy young leaders had the opportunity to play on the Adelman Family Stadium Court, and they showed exactly what they’ve been building all year!

Moments like this matter: they create access, expand exposure, and open opportunity. Most importantly, they give young people a platform to demonstrate the skill sets and mindsets they are developing through PYB: communication, teamwork, accountability, resilience, and leadership.

At PYB, basketball is the cultural connector and the optimal environment for growth. What our young leaders showed on that court was bigger than basketball. They showed confidence, preparation, and most importantly, PYB pride!

We are incredibly proud of our Academy teams for representing themselves, their families, their communities, and PYB with such joy and purpose.

05/21/2026

What an unforgettable evening in the Cohen Family Civic Dialogue Arena on Monday!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Landscapes of Freedom: Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, a powerful conversation with author Amy Cohen and Bernyce DeVaughn, Kenneth Salaam, and Karen Jordan, members of the Cecil B. Moore Philadelphia Freedom Fighters.

To hear directly from leaders whose courage helped shape Philadelphia’s freedom work was a gift! Their stories reminded us that history is not distant. It lives in our neighborhoods, our families, our institutions, and the young people who will carry this work forward.

At PYB, we believe civic dialogue is part of youth development. Our space is built for moments like this, where generations come together to listen, learn, reflect, and see themselves as part of Philadelphia’s ongoing story of justice, leadership, and community-led change.

We are deeply grateful to Amy Jane Cohen, the Freedom Fighters, and our community for helping make this evening possible.

Watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/Ls8Fiid09AY?si=vftv25H-G5swAjzS