Our vision is to use sports as a catalyst to positively impact the lives of individuals and the community.

Our mission is to educate, inspire, and empower individuals with lifelong lessons through sports.

What We do

Leagues & Championships

Recreational and professional leagues/championships, including basketball, football/futsal, volleyball, badminton, tennis, and padel.

Corporate Games

Promote sports among corporations to encourage team building activities in a fun and safe environment.

Youth Leagues

Encourage youngsters to channel their energy in sports, compete with a healthy attitude, learn to win gracefully, and lose with pride. Age groups: U14, U16, U18.

Women Empowerment Leagues

Empower young girls to pursue their passion and voice their needs all while building their confidence and self esteem. Age groups: U14, U16, U18, and a U25 summer league.

Workshops & Camps

Leadership workshops and multi-disciplinary sport development condensed camps for youth by top notch coaches, speakers, and sports professionals.

Sports Consultancy& Athletic Mentorship

Tailor made and solution driven seminars to help sports organizations and athletes achieve their goals.

A year before retiring in 2014, Shada, a Lebanese Armenian star athlete founded Play It Forward with a mission to spread the love and power of sports in the Arab world. The essence is to nurture a healthy sports culture, and empower individuals especially the youth to pursue their passion and give voice to their dreams.

Play It Forward is bigger than basketball. It helps generations unlock their full potential, by developing not only their physical talents but mostly improving social skills such as leadership, team work, time management, and discipline. Those life lessons, once cultivated early, become embedded in the characters of future leaders.

Sportsmanship
We encourage athletes to win modestly and lose with pride while always trying their best.

Respect
We respect everybody. Respect yourself, your parents, your coaches, your teammates, your rivals, and respect the game, never looking down on anybody.

Accountability
We cultivate a culture of self-evaluation and criticism, starting by taking responsibility for mistakes instead of blaming others for failures.

Empowerment
We equip the youth with leadership, confidence and self-esteem to think for themselves and stand up for what they love and believe in.

Communication
We strive for honest communication among teammates, coaches, teachers or parents. Open communication strengthens bonds and connections.

Discipline
Discipline is the foundation of success and it provides stability and strength to persevere in tough times.

Our “S-A-C-R-E-D” Values

Meet The Team

Founder

Shada Nasr Ghosn

Business Development Manager

Sabine Fakhoury Abi Elias

Photographer

Jenny Etre

Creative Director

Salma Khalife

Video Editor

Joe Kolozian

Graphic Designer

Tina Raffoul

Coordinator

Antonio Bechara

Web Developer

Zeina Renno

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