HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SPRING 2017

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1 HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SPRING 2017 A detailed plan to help improve specific areas of your game in order to help you impact on your high school team

2 Our high school program primary focus is help players improve their skill and ability to execute in live competition. We target June 1 st to help each player transform weaknesses into strengths so they can continue to compete for roles with their high school teams. What is your plan for improvement Our program stresses the fundamentals of the game, focusing on playing correctly so that down the road players have what they need to play in any system a coach may ask them to play in. Our primary goal is to help make each player more valuable to the team they play on. This is done with high level teaching, hard work from our players and coaches and continued player progression, until each player reaches their goals. Former professional players, coaches and executives, will help with complete player development and is founded on four primary areas: Learning the correct way to play, and building a long term foundation will have a major impact on your athletes ability to earn playing time each season. 1. Physical Conditioning - Too many players are lacking in true physical development. A great way to improve player performance in games and higher level skills, is purely improving total body strength. Proper nutrition and training technique will help you avoid injury and improve functional strength. With help from our staff, we will educate, plan and help execute so you can reach your goals. 2. Skill Development Skill work is not hard to teach; the hard part is putting in the time and hard work to refine these habits. Teaching proper execution is critical for long term success. 3. Mental Conditioning Our program will challenge players mind set. Understanding the game, situations, self correcting and become true leaders. Together we help improve our players with film review, guest speakers and on court application. 4. Game Execution The final piece of all performance is live game execution. Whether is it be trusting a post move, their jump shot or their ability to shut down an opposing player, we need to be able to apply these habits in games. In game coaching is critical to reaching the final piece of player development.

One of the most important questions you need to ask when selecting a team to play with who is actually coaching your son and what to expect from the coaches. All of our coaches have one goal.

Vince Thomas / HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Vince s athletic background began with him playing basketball at Wheaton North High School from 1992-1996.

Vince was invited to participate with the Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves in the Boston Shaw NBA Pro Summer League and later went on to play 8 years professionally in Europe.

3 One of the most important questions you need to ask when selecting a team to play with who is actually coaching your son and what to expect from the coaches. All of our coaches have one goal. Improve your sons ability to positively impact their teams play with and without the ball in their hand. Vince Thomas / HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Vince s athletic background began with him playing basketball at Wheaton North High School from He then went on to attend the University of Wisconsin-Superior to play in the highly competitive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Vince was invited to participate with the Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves in the Boston Shaw NBA Pro Summer League and later went on to play 8 years professionally in Europe. Vince will direct all Thursday John Holakovsky / HIGH SCHOOL GAME DIRECTOR NIU student graduating in May Has coached basketball at Lakeview Junior High for the past 6 years. Also, worked summer camps with kids grades 4-8 focusing on basketball fundamentals. Currently Head Sophomore Coach at Hinsdale South HS and Champions Club Basketball High School Summer / Fall Director. Kyle Keck / PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COACH Was an All-County Honorable Mention player in high school while scoring over 1,000 points in high school career. Went on to play collegiately at Bethel University (MN) as a freshman, Cape Fear Community College (NC) as a sophomore, and Taylor University (IN) as a junior and senior. Spent season as a Student Assistant Coach at Taylor for the men's basketball team before moving to the Wheaton area. Most recently was an Assistant Coach at Wheaton College for the men's basketball team during the season Additional coaches will be added to the program as we move closer to the season

4 One of the most important factors in developing players is exactly who is coaching your son, what are they being taught and how are they taught. As director of the program I am directly involved with making sure each player is meeting the goals of development per grade. We focus with three main areas of training. 1. Skill Work Every player needs to refine their skills in order to execute. Several of our drills focus on multiple skills simulating game play needs. Learn the skill, when to apply it and have the confidence in knowing we want to see correct decisions whether they make the basket or not. 2. Strategy Training Probably one of the least taught areas of the game today. Too many kids now are turning into play runners and not playmakers. Failure is a big part of helping kids improve and correcting is just as critical. We teach our players and teams to take what the defense gives you. This requires patience and constant adjusting. Game film review has been introduced this past winter with great response. We will be adding live game review after some events. 3. Live Play Live game play is the final piece of our development. Proper in game coaching will allow the kids to focus on playing correctly and learn how to correct when needed. Live game play is a key part of our ability to address the mental emotion aspect of these kids performance. As a parent you can expect to see the following areas of development with our practices. We feel these six areas will lead to a very solid player in the long run. We use these habits as the foundation of our training curriculum. 1. Ball Handling with both hands 2. Shooting 3. Finishing with both hands 4. Passing with both hands 5. Moving without the ball 6. Defending on and off the ball Developing these six areas will truly help each player reach their potential. Long term habits will separate themselves from the competition.

5 Cost: $ per player Practice: See Calendar Practice Locations: Primary Location will be in Wheaton and surrounding schools. Spots are secured upon payment. Players will be given opportunities to play up if talent and execution merits March Player evaluations and goal setting April - Player training begins May Continued player development with tournament play St. Francis High School, Wheaton

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In the spring of 2014, I had a chance to watch over 20 kids I have helped (at some point), compete in Regional Championships, Sectional, Super Section and State Championship games.

9 Every year, coaches develop much like players do; some for better and some for worse. As for me, I have coached every level of high school, and have seen incredible stories of teams raising their game to great levels. In the spring of 2014, I had a chance to watch over 20 kids I have helped (at some point), compete in Regional Championships, Sectional, Super Section and State Championship games. As a Coach, I was proud these young men had a core to them. Developing the core of an athlete improves their physical skills, their understanding of the game, makes them a better teammate and strengthens their mind and competitive spirit. The process works when the parent, player and coach have the long-term in mind and that long-term is much bigger than these games. The long-term is creating Champions for life, leaders in the their schools and their community. It s not always easy, its not always fun. It s critical though, that you learn it takes every aspect of your development to be a great team player and a playmaker. These skills will have impact throughout your entire life! Our program has 4 key components; mental, physical, skill and live performance. Coaches love play-makers and play-makers can see an opportunity and adjust on the fly. Being great at running drills is one thing, but making a read and a play in a sectional championship game, is much different almost an anticipation or knowing what the next play will be. It requires an understanding of how to play correctly. Play-makers are not born this way, someone helps them and they apply it. The backbone of this program is our coaching staff. Each coach is committed to enhance each player s individual skills, their understanding of the game, increase their confidence, reach their full potential and become major assets to their schools teams. If you re interested in being part of our program, please contact the person who offered you this opportunity for more details. We are looking for players who are serious about reaching their potential and parents that will support our approach. Building better players makes them more valuable to their program. Coach Erin Dwyer erindwyer4@gmail.com

BRONZE: INTRODUCTION TO BASKETBALL

BRONZE: INTRODUCTION TO BASKETBALL Th, 4-4:45 p.m., Basketball Gym Bronze is designed to train players on the fundamentals of basketball. Basic skills such as dribbling, passing and shooting are introduced.