This program is for girls in 2nd & 3rd Grade. Basketball at this age must be tailored to integrating skill development into a team setting. This will be a 10-week program in a clinic format; however, the final two weeks will involve games. The program will be run by a Coordinator designated by the Board of Directors, 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 & 3v3 games will be played to layer offensive and defensive team concepts into the games. The program will end with 2 weeks of 5-on-5 games.

Activities will include:

• Warm-up type 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 need to start to understand how all the basic tools and skills they have been learning are implemented in a game situation.