Basketball is no longer part of church culture. When I was a teenager my ward buddies and I were at the church gym…

Mar 13, 2025
10:07:50pm

Brisco All-American

at 7:00 am every Saturday from October through March. We stayed until at least 10:00 am. We had regular practices with our coach, too. We took ward ball very seriously. That was back in the 70s.

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Brisco

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What's happened to the basketball skills of the young men in the Church?

Zenoch All-American

Mar 13, 9:48pm

You have church ball? I haven't seen church ball played since covid

Jwine24

Mar 13, 9:49pm

Video games killed the basketball skills...

BlueKarma

Mar 13, 9:50pm

Churches are locked up, no "pick up" play. No stake Basketball. Fewer "play

BYUtka

Mar 13, 9:50pm

Church buildings have always been locked up but you could always find a key

BlueKarma

Mar 14, 7:36am

Phone apps? Church buildings open with phone apps? Am I understanding that right

Russell Feathers

Mar 14, 9:09am

We have fobs but soon will change to phones based on calling

Dataguy

Mar 14, 9:17am

Our building uses an App that unlocks the door when you're close to it. You have

BlueKarma

Mar 14, 9:20am

Kindoo app

Zenoch

Mar 14, 9:24am

The kids who play basketball generally take it very serious and aren’t prob

titlecoug

Mar 13, 9:50pm

Microplastics

SuperTank

Mar 13, 9:50pm

Sunscreen

cougarfann888

Mar 13, 9:51pm

Parabens

scottfunkel

Mar 13, 9:52pm

I'm sorry, the correct answer was riboflavin

yahtzee

Mar 13, 9:56pm

Too much Fluoride in water

Bushmaster

Mar 13, 10:10pm

Didn't Biden try to stop that?

TNT

Mar 13, 10:12pm

Our stake did YM basketball a bit differently this year. Instead of ward teams

BYUtka

Mar 13, 9:55pm

RE: Or stake did YM basketball a bit differently this year. Instead of ward

Russell Feathers

Mar 13, 10:01pm

Jay Drew didn’t want to keep score… just play for fun

44C

Mar 13, 10:09pm

Some wards have 3 YM, some have 20. Better to find a way for everyone to play

BYUtka

Mar 13, 10:11pm

Very little interest in any competitive sports in my stake.

John Doe

Mar 13, 9:56pm

YM in my stake have 0 interest. There is no organized sports at all. They would

westsidecoug

Mar 13, 10:00pm

My ward's YM has a preference for chair soccer, D&D, and video games more than hooping. It's sad.

BackPacker

Mar 13, 10:06pm

Wait, dungeons and dragons?? Teenagers play that instead of basketball??

BYU Sportz Fan

Mar 13, 10:38pm

My son and his buddies do at times.

BackPacker

Mar 13, 10:45pm

Basketball is no longer part of church culture. When I was a teenager my ward buddies and I were at the church gym…

Brisco

Mar 13, 10:07pm

Same. Went to mutual/scouts every week just to get through it as fast as

westsidecoug

Mar 13, 10:13pm

We have a pretty strong hoops tradition in our stake. Pretty intense

ATX

Mar 13, 10:09pm

I live close to Timpview. Boys still are playing at our church. In fact:

WaffleCheese

Mar 13, 10:19pm

Our ward is terrible at basketball, besides my son none of the kids in our ward even like sports.

Nuke

Mar 13, 10:39pm

Of the 10 active priests in my ward, only 3 like playing basketball

BYU Sportz Fan

Mar 13, 10:41pm

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