Monthly Archives: September 2012

Hoops 101 Fall Academy Interest Survey

This Fall, basketball players in the Austin area can benefit from lessons learned at the professional, college and playoff-level high school ranks

No awards.  No ribbons.  No trophies.  Just training.  

For as much money as you would pay for a pair of Air Jordans (and less than the new $300 Lebron James shoes), you can receive the same level of training that college and pro athletes receive.

We are gauging interest for a Hoops 101 Academy to be held Sundays at Dripping Springs YMCA from 1:30- 4 pm. It will run from Sunday, September 16 and will run for 6 weeks until October 21, 2012.  This will be the perfect compliment for those wanting to get skills training before the start of the high school season in October.

There will be classroom sessions as part of this curriculum. Coach Terroba will lead all instruction and will be assisted by other Hoops 101 coaches.

Tuition will be $180 early (the first 20 athletes who commit via this form) and will be $210 late (anyone after that). If the level of interest is high enough (20 athletes minimum), we will move forward with the Academy. If not, we will offer it at another time. So, if you know of any friends, family or teammates who would be interested, make sure they fill out the form below!

How This Works: 

1. Fill out the Form Below, confirming your interest level before this Friday at 7 pm.
2. We will collect the results.
3. If more than 20 athletes express interest, then we will move forward with The Academy.
4. If less than 20 sign up, we will postpone this offering for another time.
5. We will notify you via email this weekend with the FINAL ANSWER as to whether the Academy will take place or not.
6. At that time, we will send out final registration procedures and payment links.

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE FALL ACADEMY

Here are the major details:

• What: Hoops 101 Skill Academy
• When: Starts Sunday, September 16 and runs through Sunday, October 21
• Where:  Dripping Springs YMCA
• Time:  1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  • A total of 6 specialized 2.5 hour training sessions.
• Who:  Open to Boys and Girls who are presently in the 6th-12th grade.  If you are younger than this, and are interested, still fill out the form and we may adjust based on interest level. 
• Cost:  $180 for the first 20 athletes who commit. $210 for all athletes thereafter.
• How do I sign up?:  Click here to confirm your interest.   If we have 20 or more athletes express interest, we will move forward with the Academy.
• DEADLINE: Please respond by 7 pm this Friday.
  • We know it is short notice, but the opportunity to host the Academy is one that has recently come up, and we feel strongly about offering this program and giving our mailing list a chance to take part.

So how do we plan on delivering a high-intensity, competitive and game-changing experience?  Here’s how:

• Updated Curriculum
  • All lessons learned from Coach Terroba’s time with the NBA D League, along with his time at the University of Texas, PGC Basketball and as a high school varsity coach will be combined to offer training that will take the best from all levels to challenge and improve present high school basketball players.
    • Ballhandling
    • Pressure Passing
    • Beating Traps
    • Pick and Roll Offense
    • NBA Screening Actions
    • Post and Perimeter Training for all players.
    • Shooting
    • Finishing
    • 1-on-1 Defense Tactics
    • Video sessions
    • ATTACK Training –How to be a THREAT on the catch
    • How to Draw More Fouls
    • How to be an Intelligent Defender
    • Scrimmage Labs where we use 5-on-5 to TRAIN and APPLY the lessons of the day

Hoops101Nation.com Launches

This is an exciting day for Hoops 101.

We are launching this new website and our new brand—Hoops 101 Nation.

Our intent from the start has been to bring value to the athletes who trust us to train and coach them.

Our first Hoops 101 Basketball Camp took place in 2000 at Dripping Springs Middle School.  That camp was one of my favorite memories as a coach and leader.  It involved everything that I had ever been taught, and applied it in a way that brought it to life.

Aspiring coaches (we were all still students at the University of Texas) came together because we all believed in the cause.  72 campers took a chance on this first-ever camp.

It was a wild success–more than I even imagined.  When it was all said and done, campers requested autographs from the coaches, Texas Longhorns came to speak to the camp, and an a way of thinking about the game was born.  The reviews were great because the coaches were great and because they cared about the job they were doing.  That has not changed.

Hoops 101 Basketball camps have run every summer since.  In 2010, we ventured out into a new project called The Academy.  We just wanted to take our training and teaching to another level.  It, too, was a success.   Parents raved, athletes got better, and we enjoyed finding a new way to bring the game to life.

[quote align=”center” color=”#999999″]In the process, we became a basketball training organization, offering something for almost all levels of interest and skill.  And, so that is where we are at.  We have become a Hoops 101 Nation.[/quote]

The name fits because what we do at Hoops 101 and the way we do it has a culture and has an identity all its own—much like a nation.  Our offerings are as diverse as our athletes’ needs—much like a nation.  And it is our hope that we can share our discoveries and band together to create a better experience for our people—much like a nation.

For those reasons, we have rebranded all of our offerings under the Hoops 101 Nation umbrella.  It serves our mission to reach as many committed basketball players as possible, but never at the expense of our core values of positive attitude, hard work, goal setting, and teamwork.  

So, we are still the same Hoops 101 that began in 2000 with a bunch of 20-year-old college students putting something together we believed in.  And it is our plan and belief that we will continue to grow our influence, provide more value, and do more to make basketball improvement systematic and attainable for all who trust us with their training.   We just had a little change to our websites and to how we share our message.

We hope you enjoy the new website, and we hope you will take a ride with us as we raise the bar for basketball training in the great city of Austin, Texas—home to a culture of excellence and discovery that is at the heart of Hoops 101 Nation.

Images from The First Hoops 101 Basketball Camp in 2000