6-Week “Get Ready for Tryouts” Clinic

Trying out for a School Team can be a daunting challenge if your child does not know what to expect. Performance Basketball Clinic’s “Get Ready for Basketball Tryouts” will prepare your child for the rigors of competitive tryouts and get them ready for this challenge. 

This 6-Week Clinic is open to boys and girls ages 12 to 15 years old. It is designed for players who want to achieve one or more of the following objectives:

• They will be in a competitive tryout situation for a Team this coming season and want to be prepared for this challenge.
• They want to continue to improve their fundamental skill base and apply these skills in more game like situations.
• They want to enhance their understanding of offensive and defensive concepts in full court, 5 on 5 situations.
  

Coach Mello and his staff will get your child ready for the offensive and defensive skills they can expect to perform during tryouts. He familiarizes them with the drills they will likely be evaluated on by their coaches when trying out for the Team. Your child will try out for the Team prepared, more confident and in a better position to realize their goal of making the Team. 

The features of this Clinic include:

• Position Specific Work – a portion of each session will be dedicated to teaching players some of the skills they will need when playing a specific position. There will be small group work for perimeter and post players. Your child can choose the position they would like to play.
  

• Offensive Transition (Fast Break) – Players trying out for a Team will likely be asked to perform a number of offensive transition drills during the course of tryouts. We devote a portion of each session to working on these standard drills. These drills include – 3 man full court passing, 3 man weave, 5 man weave, 3 on 2, 2 on 1 fast break.
  

• Man to Man Defensive Principles – Once your child enters Intermediate School they will likely be playing man to man defense the majority of the time. Youth league teams run primarily zone defenses with limited teaching of the principles of man defense. If players do not understand the principles of man defense before trying out, the concepts can seem overwhelming. We teach them the fundamentals of man to man defense so that by the end of the Clinic they are more confident with their assignments when playing this defense.
  

• 5 on 5 Scrimmages – Coaches will offer instruction, correction and encouragement to the players during these scrimmages. We want to insure that the players are able to apply the skills and concepts they are learning in game like situations.

Lesson Plans for 6-Week Clinic

Click here to review the lesson plans for each week of this Clinic.

Clinic Dates & Times:

Clinics are held on 6 Consecutive Sundays:

September 13, 20 & 27

October 4, 11 & 18 2009

• Session # 2  - 9:30 am – 11:00 am - BOYS ONLY SESSION (Ages 12-15)
• Session # 3 – 11 am – 12:30 pm - GIRLS ONLY SESSION (Ages 12-15)

There is a limit of 25 players per session. Within each session players will be grouped according to age & skill level.

General Info:

• Please wear basketball shoes, t-shirts & gym shorts. No street clothes, hats, jewelry or sweat pants.  

Price & Registration:

•PRICE OF 6-WEEK "GET READY FOR TRYOUTS" CLINIC IS $165 - Full payment needs to be submitted with registration form.

• Accepted method of payment  - credit card or check.
  
  
• Credit card payment can be made when completing on-line registration form.

• If payment is made by check – make check payable to “Performance Basketball Clinics”  

Mailing address:

Performance Basketball Clinics

520 Lunalilo Home Road #231

Honolulu, HI 96825

Location of 6-Week Clinics:

St. Andrew’s Priory School Gym, 224 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu, HI 96813

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