THE Jr NBA Malaysia presented by Dutch Lady returned to Malaysia last April and introduced the Jr NBA Coaches Academy in an effort to further develop local basketball by teaching on-court training, strength and conditioning, basketball education and nutritional knowledge to Malaysian coaches and physical education teachers.

The Jr NBA Coaches Academy reached more than 1,400 physical education teachers in over 900 schools across 10 states in Malaysia including Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Selangor and Terengganu.