Guides for families
The Barna Blog
What families in the neighborhood ask us, answered straight: what age to start, how to choose a club, what a skills-development camp is and how youth basketball works in Barcelona.
Escoleta open days: book a place for 19 and 26 September
Two Saturdays, at 9 am, at La Nau del Clot. A real training session, free and with no commitment, for boys and girls aged 4 to 8. 50 places per Saturday per session, booked first come, first served.
ReadWhich NBA coaches have trained kids in Barcelona
You hear the question every summer courtside: those names on social media, do they actually turn up? Here is the list, with the video of each session.
ReadHow many teams does the Barna have? The federation counts 32, and 38 train
Both figures are true. The difference is not a counting error: it is six teams the Catalan Basketball Federation does not register, and which train every week just the same at the Nau del Clot.
ReadFrom sacrifice to progress: the culture of effort at the Barna
«If you want it, you can have it» is a motivating line. It is also false. Wanting something increases the chances of acting, but it does not guarantee the result. That is why at the Barna we do not educate through sacrifice: we educate through progress.
ReadNova Farmàcia Clot, new CB Grup Barna partner
The pharmacy on Carrer del Clot joins the sponsor ecosystem of the neighbourhood's youth basketball club for the 2026/27 season.
ReadCB Grup Barna sponsors: all the partners of the 2026/27 season
23 companies and organisations, most of them from the Clot and Sant Martí, make the club's day-to-day life possible. Here is the full list, with a link to each one's page.
ReadFons Barna 8M: the club's proposal to the FCBQ to qualify 38 women coaches
CB Grup Barna has formally put to the Catalan Basketball Federation a proposal to recognise and help qualify the club's 38 women coaches who, despite coaching every week, hold no federation licence.
ReadTime Chamber Camp 2026: programme, prices and venue
Six weeks, six different technical focuses, at La Nau del Clot. The camp CB Grup Barna runs with Time Chamber now has its programme and prices set for the summer.
ReadThe Barna, with data: eleven lines of research into youth basketball
Three club studies merged into a single report: what the science says about how a young player should be developed, the Marc Gasol precedent and the Barna's real position among 22 Catalan and Spanish clubs.
ReadWhy sponsor a neighbourhood basketball club: the Barna figures
A neighbourhood club is not a small brand: it is the way into a real community of families. These are the figures behind the CB Grup Barna sponsorship pack.
ReadChild protection and the Equality Plan: what the club has in writing
A basketball club is, above all, a place where children spend many hours a week. That means having things written down, approved and with a named person responsible. These are CB Grup Barna's, explained for families.
ReadWhy girls quit basketball in adolescence
At 15 and 16, only 8% of girls meet the recommended minimum levels of physical activity. Boys reach it at 23.2%. The comfortable reading is that they quit. The uncomfortable one is that the system pushes them out.
ReadWomen basketball coaches: why who is on the bench matters
Women hold 35.7% of basketball licences in Spain. Among Barcelona's club presidencies, 0%. Between one end and the other there is a ladder that loses people at every rung, and always the same people.
Read0.75%: the paradox of women's basketball in Barcelona
Barcelona has 1.6 million inhabitants, 134 girls' youth teams and one of the largest development bases in Europe. And a 0.75% conversion rate to national categories. La Seu d'Urgell, with 12,000 inhabitants, has 12.5%.
ReadEleven questions to tell whether a basketball club really looks after your daughter
Every club says it looks after its players. The difference is that some have it written down, approved and with a named person responsible, and others just say it. These are the questions that tell them apart.
Read«Shrink it and pink it»: when the kit drives players away
Take a garment designed for men, shrink the size and, if you must, change the colour. The industry calls it «shrink it and pink it» and it affects everyone from the WNBA to a ten-year-old girl in the Clot.
ReadInclusive basketball: how an adapted sport team works
The Barna Màgics are not a social responsibility programme. They are a club team: with their own fixture list, their weekly training sessions, their coaching staff and the same shirt as everyone else.
ReadBarna, among Catalan basketball's biggest names: the FCBQ's own numbers say so
Barça, Joventut, Manresa, Girona… when people talk about the giants of Catalan basketball, a neighbourhood club rarely gets a mention. The official club record on basquetcatala.cat tells a different story.
ReadWhat age can a child start playing basketball?
It's the question families in the neighborhood ask us most. The short answer: age four. The long answer has nuances, and it's worth knowing them before signing anyone up anywhere.
ReadHow to choose a basketball school in Barcelona
Barcelona has dozens of clubs and they all say the same thing on their website. These are the seven points that truly set one basketball school apart from another.
ReadBasketball camps in Barcelona: what to check before signing anyone up
Every camp promises the same thing on the poster. The difference shows up in three or four details that never make it into the advertising.
ReadWhat is 3x3 basketball and where to play it in Barcelona
Half a court, one hoop, three against three, and a match that lasts about as long as a break. The format that took basketball to the street and to the Olympic Games.
ReadYouth basketball in El Clot and Sant Martí: how a neighborhood club works
A neighborhood club isn't a small version of a big club. It's a different thing altogether, and it's worth understanding before deciding where your child plays.
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