Lauri Markkanen Basketball School
Lauri Markkanen Basketball School is a completely free of charge hobby organized by JBA, HoNsU, Huima, MU Basket, LU and SäyRi. The school is protected by Susijengi and NBA star Lauri Markkanen. More than 500 girls and boys participate in our basketball schools every season, come and experience the fun & joy of basketball!
Basketball Schools for the 2026-2027 season are intended for girls and boys born in 2019-2021. In Jyväskylä there are groups also just for girls and and a group for special needs children!
The basketball school includes one training session a week from September to May, fun tournaments and a free ball and insurance to each player!
Note! You can also join basketball schools in the middle of the season, feel free to come and try basketball!
What & where?
The free of charge basketball schools are made possible by JBA, junior clubs in the region and sponsors.
During its seven years of operation, Koriskoulu has moved more than 4,500 children and was awarded the Sports Act of the Year at the Jyväskylä Sports Gala.
The goal of our free of charge basketball school is to offer as many children as possible the opportunity for a fun sports hobby, regardless of the family’s background or wealth. The basketball school includes a free ball and insurance. You can participate in the basketball school with normal indoor gym clothes and indoor shoes or bare footed.
The groups are divided as follows:
Kids born 2021: aim is to learn skills of working in a group through play and games.
Kids born 2019-2020: stronger focus on learning the game of basketball. These district teams play games regularly plays against each other. At the Lauri Markkanen Basketball school, we learn life skills while playing basketball!
Note! In Jyväskylä there are also groups for girls only and a group for special needs children at the Valteri-Onerva school.
Note note! If your child is too old for basket school, each club offers free trial periods for older children as well. Ask the club in your area for more information!
Parents are welcome as assistant coaches!
Parents are needed as assistant instructors so that enough small groups can be formed during the exercises. The role does not require previous knowledge of basketball, but rather an enthusiasm to help the children focus on the training. You can help casually. Training will be organized for instructors, so feel free to join us for an extremely important task!
Come and support Koriskoulu?
Several different forms of supporting are available for companies and communities, if you or your company want to be involved in doing good, please contact: info@jba.fi / 041-4566717.
Together, let’s give all children the opportunity for fun a fun hobby!
Support the free hobby for kids, order a season ticket!
For individuals, an easy way to support the activity is to order a JBA season ticket, which entitles you to enter the home matches of the JBA men’s and women’s teams.
For the price of one support season card, you move one child throughout the season! https://www.jba.fi/kausikortit/
Sign up!
Registration for the 2026-2027 season opens on WEDNESDAY JULY 15th at 17:00.
Places are limited, so we recommend you register early!
You can also join basketball schools in the middle of the season,
feel free to come and try basketball!
If the group you want is full, you can still register
and we will notify you immediately if places become available.
Basketball Schools 2026-2027
Huhtasuon koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Fri 17:15 (Girls & Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Jokelan koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 10:00 (Girls 2021)
Sun 11:00 (Boys 2021)
Sun 12:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 13:00 (Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Keljonkankaan koulu Aapistie (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 10:00 (Girls & Boys 2021)
Sun 11:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 12:00 (Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Keltinmäen koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 12:45 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 13:45 (Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Keski-Palokan koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sat 12:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sat 13:00 (Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Kortetalo (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 10:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 11:00 (Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Kuokkalan Graniitti (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 12:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 13:00 (Boys 2019-2020)
Sun 14:00 (Girls & Boys 2021)
REGISTER HERE
Kypärämäen koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 15:45 (Girls & Boys 2021)
Sun 16:45 (Girls & Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Lohikosken koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 15:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 16:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Vaajakummun koulu (Jyväskylä, HoNsU)
Sun 11:00 (Girls 2019-2020)
Sun 12:00 (Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Kulttuurikeskus (Muurame, MU Basket)
Sun 14:00 (Girls & Boys s.2020)
Sun 15:00 (Girls & Boys s.2018-2019)
REGISTER HERE
Sydän-Laukaan koulu (Laukaa, LU)
Wed 17:30 (Girls & Boys 2020)
Wed 18:30 (Girls & Boys 2018-2019)
REGISTER HERE
Lehtisaaren Kuntotalo (Säynätsalo, SäyRi)
Sun 09:00 (Girls & Boys 2018-2019)
REGISTER HERE
Muuratsalon koulu (Säynätsalo, SäyRi)
Sun 10:30 (Girls & Boys 2020)
REGISTER HERE
Äänekosken yhtenäiskoulu (Äänekoski, Huima)
Sat 10:00 (Girls & Boys 2021)
Sat 11:15 (Girls & Boys 2019-2020)
REGISTER HERE
Valteri-koulu Onerva (Jyväskylä, JBA)
Tue 17:00 (Special needs 2011-2019)
Contact persons:
HoNsU:
Sami Tolkki 050 4678708
sami.tolkki@honsu.fi
MU Basket:
Jari Parkkali 040 516 4378
jari.parkkali@kolumbus.fi
LU:
Pekka Kauppinen 040 0970941 pekka.kauppinen@gmail.com
SäyRi:
Kosti Naukkarinen 040 7047628 kostinaukkarinen@gmail.com
Huima:
Tiina Penttinen 040 821 8215
tiina.penttinen@aanekoski.fi
JBA:
Jarkko Lohikoski 040 5693273 jarkko.lohikoski@kolumbus.fi
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