To facilitate a premier basketball community while promoting a fun and competitive environment that develops hard-working athletes for sport and for life. Our goal as a club is to prepare our athletes to become leaders in their community. We believe that lessons learned through athletics can translate to other areas of life and can enhance personal experiences. Creating memories that build character and develop confidence in self.
Our logo identity above has been developed to embody Northern Trailblazers Basketball’s unique goals, values, and qualities. The warm gold colour communicates friendliness and a welcoming atmosphere, fun, optimism, and achievement. the shades of green symbolize growth, stamina, vitality, and visually support the environmental connection in the name “Northern Trailblazer”. The Buffalo image pays homage to Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta. The Buffalo embodies strength, speed, endurance, athleticism, and team spirit. The logotype is set in all caps sans-serif in order to improve readability at a small scale, and to improve accessibility for persons with reading impairments. The line illustration and the oblique type of style set in the “Trailblazers” logotype communicates athleticism, movement, and speed. Thick lines, defined illustration elements, and high contrast colours are applied to the logo to improve recognition and legibility at a distance (or at a smaller scale) in print and digital mediums.
Benefits of sports for kids
Playing sports has a range of physical, emotional, and interpersonal benefits:
- Better vision.Β Children who spend time outdoors playing, especially organized sports, are less likely to develop vision problems.
- Motor skills development. Sports participation helps with coordination and learning new skills.
- Social skills development. Playing on a team means learning to work with others and support them.
- Self-confidence. Success as a team member and an athlete builds confidence.
- Sportsmanship. Learning the rules of the game, respect for coaches and referees, and how to stay positive even when losing are all valuable life lessons.
- Fun and enjoyment
- Friendship
