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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jim van Wijk

Jonathan Komagum feels grassroots coaches key for children to fulfil potential

Grassroots sport coaches continue to play a key role in helping guide children towards fulfilling their potential, according to London Lions player and Uganda international Jonathan Komagum.

Research commissioned by the Lions, the capital’s only professional basketball team, revealed 28 per cent of people from ethnic minority groups felt the most valuable figure growing up for their development was a community figure outside of friends and family.

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