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INFORMATION ON OUR BASKETBALL COACHING

BOOKING STEP 1 - LOOK NO FURTHER FOR EXPERT BASKETBALL COACHING!

[This is BOOKING STEP 1 of the 3-step process to booking your best ever Basketball Holiday and/or Basketball Camp. Click on the link to return to the Hoopers Basketball homepage for BOOKING STEPS 2 & 3 and other information.]

Hooper's residential and non-residential basketball holiday & basketball Camp packages offer top quality coaching and instruction, fun and friendship. These international holidays and Camps have been designed to suit everyone - individuals of all ages from 10+ years to 17 years from anywhere in the world who are looking for something a bit different to the normal Summer holiday or who want some high quality coaching to improve and learn new skills and techniques, as well as make lots of new friends having a great time. No question it beats hanging around at home all Summer watching TV!

The common language on our holidays and camps is english but you only need basic english to participate and people of all nationalties are welcome to attend. (We also offer optional conversational English and Spanish tuition and classes for those who want to improve their language skills as well as their basketball, for more information click on the link to read about our optional foreign language classes in English and Spanish.)

We run our football (soccer), inline hockey and basketball holidays and Camps at the same time in the same location so you can come with your friends and have a great holiday together while getting top quality coaching in your favourite sport.

Our basketball coaches are highly experienced, expert basketball coaches who are passionate about the game and love to play themselves too. They like nothing better than sharing their experience and knowledge, meeting new players of all levels and playing basketball 24/7. They are relaxed and easy going, friendly and welcoming.

Examples of Coaches on our Hoopers Coaching team include:

• MATT CHRISTENSEN - Matt is "born and breed" a basketball player and coach. Having begun as a player with the Gloster Jets National League Program, Matt represented the Club and Gloucestershire county as a schoolboy. He began coaching his first National League Team in 2001 leading them to an undefeated league season and final 8 position. He continues to play and coach in the England Basketball leagues. He has directed a number of Basketball Camps, worked with Regional level teams and the South West Area Performance Centre (APC), coached and played on 4 continents with extensive experience in continental Europe. He is currently completing his Level III Advanced Coaching Qualification from England Basketball having already gained a Level II Head Coach qualification.


• ROB NEWSON - Rob lives and breaths basketball, he is hardly ever off court! As the Sussex Community Basketball Coach he coaches a large number of teams every week and is Coach of the Brighton Junior Bears. Captain of his University basketball team while studying for a BSc in Sports Science and Coaching, Rob has wide playing experience in UK and abroad, including the BUSA North Premier League, EBL3 League, BUSA North and the EBL 1 League which he won with the Worthing Thunder Senior Men 2005-2006. Rob has over 7 years coaching experience, primarily in the Southeast and was recognised as SYL Coach of the Year at the Shoreham Sharks 2000-2001. He is looking forward to sharing his experience and passion for the game with everyone on the Camp this year.

(Read more about Matt and Rob and our other Coaching staff on the Hoopers Staff Rosta webpage.)

Over each Hoopers Basketball Camp we cover a broad range of basketball skills essential to your game, whether you play at local team level or in the NBA! We will also have plenty of pick-up games, some matches and an end of Camp tournament... not forgetting the chance for you to test yourself against the Hoopers staff team!

• Dribbling & Shooting
• Drills
• Pickup games
• Footwork
• Passing
• Man to Man Pressure
• Screening
• Blocking Out
• Pitching Out
• Rebounding
• Facing
• One on One Moves
• Game Conditioning
• Offensive Moves
• Post Defense
• Matches
• Hoopers Barcelona Tournament & Barbecue

As with all good coaching from NBA down, we go "back to basics" at the beginning of the Camp. Basics are everything in any sport, whether shooting a puck in hockey, practicing ball control in football or working on shooting skills in basketball. From "back to basics" we will build towards game play, helping you perfect your techniques and skills and then putting them in context of a game situation, playing with your team.

You will need to be reasonably fit for the Camp as you will be playing a lot of basketball (perhaps more basketball in a week than you normally do in a month!) but don't worry, we won't be making you run every morning or anything.

Infact we won't be concentrating on stamina or fitness at all directly, those are things you can work on yourself. Hoopers is not a boot camp! Coming on a Hoopers Camp is all about you becoming better at the game, more skillful, more accurate, more tactical, more consistent, better able to read the play and to position yourself in offence and defence so you are a more effective member of your team.

At the same time we aim to have fun, to ensure you have an unforgettable time sharing your love of the game with lots of new friends. Off-court there will be plenty of time for activities (bowling, swimming, films, internet etc), for seeing something of Barcelona, visiting the beaches, theme park etc!

Read all about the Hoopers Basketball Youth Summer Camp in detail in Booking Step 2 and book your place soon!

Any questions? Please email us.

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Having confirmed that Hoopers offers the basketball coaching and training you want please click on the link to return to the main Hoopers Basketball homepage and scroll down to BOOKING STEPS 2 & 3, to choose your preferred package and to book your next Basketball Summer holiday with Hoopers.

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