{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F77a46cbf-be1f-4408-b7fd-2dd18d7e63f2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Mano Watsa - President & Owner of PGC Basketball - Episode 285","description":"Mano Watsa is the President & Owner of PGC Basketball. PGC offers over 110 camps across North America in the summer for players from 4th grade to college.\n\nMano was the first Canadian athlete to ever attend PGC. An example of the impact PGC Founder Dick DeVenzio had on so many players, Mano returned from his PGC experience and his game transformed. Mano attended the University of Waterloo, where he was a 2-time All-Canadian basketball player and Academic All-Canadian.\n\nMano began his journey as a camp director at an early age, starting his first basketball camp in his parents\u2019 backyard at the age of 15. By the time he finished high school, over 150 kids were attending his backyard camps each summer. By his last year of university, nearly 400 kids were attending the camps. \n\nSince 2007, when Mano took on leadership of PGC, the camps have grown from 1,000 players each summer to 12,000 players and 2,000 coaches annually. Over the past 10 years, 85,000 players and 15,000 coaches have been impacted by PGC.\n\nAfter you\u2019re finished listening to the show hop over to iTunes and leave us a 5 star rating and review to help others in the basketball community find the Hoop Heads Podcast. We\u2019ll be reading some of your reviews on future episodes. Subscribe now on your favorite podcast app so you don\u2019t miss a new release. You can find every episode we\u2019ve ever recorded on our website hoopheadspod.com where you can also get signed up for our newsletter and check out our blog as well.\n\nGet ready to take some notes throughout this episode with Mano Watsa from PGC Basketball.\n\nEmail \u2013 mano@pgcbasketball.com\n\nTwitter - @manowatsa @pgcbasketball","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/302a8756-97c0-498e-9d17-a63f6feb53dc/avatars-g6oje4lizoplua9e-rycgaq-original.jpg"}