Dibia Athletic Development

Author: Brandon Okpalobi

  • Sign up for DIBIA Spring Skills Clinic

    Sign up for DIBIA Spring Skills Clinic

    The DIBIA basketball team is returning to Bermuda for a Spring Skills Clinic at Warwick Academy.

    The camp, which is sponsored by the Bermuda Sun, aims to improve mental toughness, speed, agility, basketball IQ and leadership skills.

    Open to boys and girls aged eight to 18 years old, the clinic takes place April 7-9 and costs $80 per person. The sessions take place from 9am-12pm and spaces are limited.

    On each of the three days, athletes will experience various stations, specializing in the fundamental skills of basketball.

    To register online go to www.dibiaathletic.com or for more information email info@dibiaathletic.com or call 786-543-8826.

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  • Former NFL player partners with DIBIA with scholarships

    Former NFL player partners with DIBIA with scholarships

    Famed former NFL player Desmond Howard partnered with the Miami based company, Dibia Athletic Development to provide scholarshipsfor 30 local youth to participate in a football skills clinic hosted at Ransom Everglades earlier in July.

    “I had an interest in doing a clinic so we decided to give it a shot,” Howard said. “I enjoy seeing kids competing and getting the most out of their abilities. There was a lot of hard work that goes into putting on a clinic [but] you have to keep in mind that you’re doing it for the kids.”
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  • Bermy youth get skills with Dibia Athletic

    Bermy youth get skills with Dibia Athletic

    About 75 eight to eighteen year-old boys and girls participated in a Dibia Athletic Basketball Camp this week at the Warwick Academy gym. The students received free basketball skills training while on break from their schools. A more extensive basketball camp is planned for August when students are on summer break. Bermuda Sun is a proud supporter of Dibia Athletic programs in Bermuda.

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  • CJ Okpalobi signs with Nicholls State

    CJ Okpalobi signs with Nicholls State

    CJ Okpalobi signs with Nicholls State
    By: Akilah Laster

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    Chuka Okpalobi Jr. (CJ), the first to represent Team Dibia Football, recently signed with Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It was a celebratory moment for the Dibia athletic family, but a true mark of the legacy that CJ hopes to continue.

    A New Orleans native, but displaced to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina, CJ has developed into a leader for his St. Michaels High School team, playing on both sides of the field.

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  • Sam Singer’s Road to Pac-12

    Sam Singer’s Road to Pac-12

    Sam Singer’s Road to Pac-12

    By Akilah Laster

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    Sam Singer, one of Miami’s top basketball prospects from one of its most elite academic schools will be attending one of the country’s top public universities. It makes sense, but it was not given, it was definitely earned.

    The academic prestige of Ransom Everglades would likely have prepared Sam for the challenging curriculum at the University of California-Berkeley (Cal), but he chose to take a road less traveled.

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  • Belen Jesuit’s Mike Fernandez Faithfully Prepared for Rivalry Game Against Columbus

    Belen Jesuit’s Mike Fernandez Faithfully Prepared for Rivalry Game Against Columbus

    Belen Jesuit’s Mike Fernandez Faithfully Prepared for Rivalry Game Against Columbus

    By: Akilah Laster

    Dibia athlete and Belen Jesuit senior guard, Mike Fernandez, is in an exciting time in is his athletic life. Through diligence and perseverance he will be one step closer to realizing his dreams on signing day as he joins Cornell University’s elite basketball squad and academic institution. With his signing, he will be the third Dibia trainee to advance to the next level.

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