Dania Jai-Alai is teaching the game to young people the next two weekends.

The fronton will host free clinics from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and again on Aug. 22-23. It's for children 10 through 16.

Benny Bueno, the fronton's new Player Development Manager, will give a tour of the court, go over the rules and teach them how to throw and catch the ball. (They'll us a rubber one, which isn't nearly as painful as the regular pelota.)

“It's a dream for me… giving back to the sport that gave me so much,” said Bueno, a former professional palyer. He would like to set up youth jai-alai programs at area schools -- but I don't think he'll be explaining how to bet a trifecta, box the favorites in a perfecta or explain what it's like to be out there playing and hearing a patron betting against you yell "DROP IT, FIVE!"

Parents are urged to sign up their kids early online at www.dania-jai-alai.com/clinic or can register when they arrive.