3rd Avenue Sportscenter 800 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232-1510 718-965-0004 www.3rdavenuesportscenter.com The ultimate family entertainment center in Brooklyn, featuring arcades, a basketball arena, a new kiddie area, six machine-operated batting cages, plus a live Hitting & Pitching Tunnel.

These days, people are more active, more interested and more educated than ever before. We’re trained in fitness, sports, healthy eating—even iPhones. It’s almost impossible to accurately describe anyone simply using the word "trainer." In honor of National Athletic Training Month, we want to share with you the fundamental differences between an athletic trainer and a personal trainer.

The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority announced in February that it selected the venerable New York City-based not-for-profit, Asphalt Green, to operate its new stateof-the-art, 52,000-square-foot community center, which will be located in the base of Liberty Green and Liberty Luxe, two residential towers located on North End Avenue between Murray and Warren Streets. The center is slated to open in January 2012. Here, New York Family Sports will give you a sneak peak at the plans for the brand new center that is sure to bring the excellence of Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side sports programs to families all across Manhattan.

If you've spent any time in Riverside Park, you’ve most certainly noticed the buzz of contagious laughter and enthusiasm pouring off the baseball diamonds. Those are the Kids of Summer. Their practices and games not only instruct droves of Manhattan’s youth, but also provide a one-of-a-kind day camp experience.

Whether you are 13 or 31, the Camp of Champions (COC) snowboard, ski and mountain bike camp at Whistler Blackcomb offers enthusiasts the opportunity of a lifetime—the chance to train with the pros and spend a summer in the snow.

There's nothing like gliding gracefully, or not so gracefully, across the ice with the wind in your hair and the New York City skyline as your backdrop. Ice skating is fun and it's good exercise. Hockey, figure skating, or freestyling, New York City has some great ice for everyone. Here's a little list for you to consider while you chilling out this month.

For 84 years, the Harlem Globetrotters—the “clown Princes” of the hardwood, magicians of basketball—have dazzled audiences across 118 countries. They’ve had their own cartoon TV show and have shared the animated with heavyweights like Scooby-Doo and Muhammad Ali. Coming off the most successful year in the franchise’s amazing history, breaking 62 box office records and over two million smiling fans, the “world’s most famous” basketball team is primed to showcase their eyepopping 2010 World Tour in New York City on Friday, Feb. 12, with the wholesome family entertainment known worldwide for thrilling fans young and old and making cherished family memories.

The second annual MSC Kick-off Classic Tournament needs you! Volunteers are being sought right now to help run the tournament, which takes place March 5-7 on Randall’s Island, Icahn Stadium and Tibbetts Brook Soccer Field in Yonkers. The inaugural 2009 MSC Kick-off Classic was a huge success, quickly putting MSC on the map as one of the top youth soccer tournaments in the Northeast, and this year, with boys’ and girls’ teams in the U10-U16 age groups, promises to be even bigger.

NBA powerhouse Dwight Howard to appear on a new episode of The Electric Company, Friday February 5th. Check out the details here! By bringing back The Electric Company for a second season, Sesame is continuing to pave the way for kids to make the transition from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn.'

Henry Cerudo is the youngest American gold medalist ever in free-style wrestling winning the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has a new memoir, American Victory: Wrestling, Dreams and a Journey Toward Home, which came out January 5th. He’s also a HUGE advocate and mentor for NYC’s own Beat the Streets Wrestling. This is one inspiring and inspired human being.