This program is for boys in Grades 2nd & 3rd. Basketball at this age must be tailored to integrating skill development into a team setting. This program will be in a clinic format, however, as the season progresses the sessions will involve games. The program will be run by a coordinator with the express purpose of encouraging parents to participate and learn along with their children. Baskets will be at the 8-foot height. 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 games will be played to layer offensive and defensive team concepts into the games.

Activities will include:

• Warm-up drills that introduce particular movements and sequences of movements

• Dribbling drills, stationary, in motion, and while being defended

• Passing drills, stationary and in motion

• Shooting drills that teach them the fundamentals of shooting relative to their physical strength, lay ups.

• Rules such as traveling, double dribble, and contact fouls

• The triple-threat, and the other options you have from that position (all 7)

• Offensive concepts including spacing, cutting, and driving to the basket

• Defensive concepts including defensive stance and help defense

Players will begin to understand how all the basic tools and skills they've been practicing are implemented into a game situation.