Health and Wellness

With health and wellness being a pillar of the Cavaliers community efforts, players, coaches and staff can often be found leading kids through basketball clinics, talking about living a healthy lifestyle and guiding kids through various physical activities. The program encourages physical fitness and well-balanced nutrition among elementary and middle school students across Northeast Ohio.

Gym Class Takeoverspresented by Medical Mutual Cavs Academy, the official youth basketball program of the Cleveland Cavaliers, offers Gym Class Takeovers for students in grades Kindergarten - 6th throughout the school year, September to May. The program focuses on maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle. Cleveland Cavaliers Cavs Academy coaches and other Cavaliers personalities, including Hype Man Ahmaad Crump, Mascots Sir CC and Moondog, and Cavs Entertainment Teams, “takeover” a gym class by leading kids through physical fitness activities including warm-ups, teaching the fundamentals of basketball and speaking about the importance and value of CAVS:Commitment, Attitude, Voices and Sportsmanship.