PERFORMANCE TRAINING EMPHASIS:

• Stage 3

WINDOW OF OPTIMUM TRAINABILITY:

BASKETBALL SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS:

• Advanced Elite impact area training
• Specialization for position specific skills for each individual
• Begin deciding on which position to prepare for
• Start strong personal practice emphasis
• Advanced technical and tactical decision-making instruction
• Psychological preparation and technical development individually tailored
• Time and score team practice introduction
• High focus on eliminating mistake for quality
• Mandatory personal practice workouts

GAME APPLICATION FOCUS:

• Club system fully applied
• Advanced level technical application of sets and motion plays
• Structural concepts
• College level offensive and defensive principles
• Up-tempo style with strategy introduced
• Heavy video analysis of performances

• Full weight training program introduced
• Advanced motor skill development
• Speed, strength, aerobic capacity and power are now combined weekly
• High intensity position breakdowns begin
• All combination skill development with flexibility and power at its highest
• Optimal recovery development
• Acceleration and deceleration (distance 90mmx)
• Segmental multidirectional speed (timed 60ms)

TYPE OF LIVE COMPETITION & LOCATION:

• Tournament play
• Local: Dallas, Carrollton, Lewisville, Frisco, Mansfield, Lake Dallas, Argyle
• Regional: College Station, Houston, Tyler, Fort Worth
• National: Tennessee, Louisiana, Las Vegas, Kansas

TRAVEL & COLLEGE RECRUITING EVENTS:

• Local, Regional and National  NCAA certified events
• In-State and Out-of-State travel
• Regional and National invitational tournaments

MONTHLY ACTIVITY PERCENTAGE:

• 30% Training
• 70% Competition

PERFORMANCE TRAINING EMPHASIS:

• Stage 2

WINDOW OF OPTIMUM TRAINABILITY:

BASKETBALL SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS:

• 6 process continuation
• Start getting into technical and tactical decision-making
• High skills introduced and begin scoring path
• Training sessions include more game oriented drills and situations
• Will be given a personal practice workout overview and schedule
• Simulation against pressure while executing technique

GAME APPLICATION FOCUS:

• Club system introduced
• Begin technical application of sets and motion plays
• More structural concepts
• Additional offensive and defensive principles, i.e. man to man or zone
• Up-tempo style with strategy introduced
• Begin video analysis of performances

• Increased emphasis on anaerobic alactic power and capacity training
• Formal weight training is introduced
• Higher emphasis on stamina and endurance training
• Periodization is 2 cycles
• More speed in combination with flexibility and power development
• Acceleration and deceleration individually against opponent (distance 45mmx)
• Focus on speed in a multidirectional with movements (timed 20ms)

TYPE OF LIVE COMPETITION & LOCATION:

• Tournament play
• Local: Dallas, Carrollton, Lewisville, Frisco, Lake Dallas, Argyle
• Regional: Tyler, Fort Worth

TRAVEL & COLLEGE RECRUITING EVENTS:

• Local NCAA certified events

MONTHLY ACTIVITY PERCENTAGE:

• 60% Training
• 40% Competition

PERFORMANCE TRAINING EMPHASIS:

• Stage 1

WINDOW OF OPTIMUM TRAINABILITY:

BASKETBALL SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS:

• 6 process introduction and begin teaching correct form with the basic skills
• Basic concepts; individual ball handling in full court, against a defender
• Spacing without the ball
• How to begin personal practice

GAME APPLICATION FOCUS:

• No real technical application or plays
• Limited structural play
• Focus on basic offensive and defensive principles, i.e. man to man or zone
• Up-tempo style introduction
• Learn how to compete
• Understand winning versus losing and how to handle both

• Training activities with body weight to enhance motor skills
• Individual patterns of development
• Balance while working with an external object
• Fatigue beginning endurance acknowledgement
• Acceleration and deceleration (distance 20mmx)
• Strength development
• Focus on agility, multidirectional segmental speed movements (timed 10ms)

TYPE OF LIVE COMPETITION & LOCATION:

• League play
• Local: North Dallas, Sportsplex

TRAVEL & COLLEGE RECRUITING EVENTS:

• None

MONTHLY ACTIVITY PERCENTAGE:

• 70% Training
• 30% Competition

N.I.T. DIVISION (GRADES 3 - 5)

NCAA DIVISION (GRADES 6 - 8)

NBA DIVISION (GRADES 9 - 11)