The Colorado Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) and Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics (CARA) produce the CARA Skills Challenge.

This program provides the youth of Colorado with a statewide basketball competition testing their skills in dribbling, passing and shooting. This is an exciting program that can take a boy or girl from a local competition to a sectional event, culminating at a state championship if he or she is the top scorer in his or her age group.