In our younger divisions, our goal is to evaluate each students level of ability, identify fundamental weaknesses and strengths, enhance the strengths and begin the process of turning the weaknesses into strengths. We start with the basics, teaching and requiring that each student shoot with proper form, dribble with both the strong and off hand with confidence, and play team man-to-man defense. We will build from there. Mastering these skills and then more advanced ones is essential. Part of the learning process is to be able to execute correctly in game situations. Although winning is important and we certainly do not teach to lose, we use our game environment to help master skills. Therefore, at times, we may lose games because we will require you to use your off hand to finish the play when it was appropriate to do so, instead of using your stronger, more confident hand when it was not appropriate to do so. We want to win, but not at the expense of development.
In our older divisions, although practices are still geared towards skill development, they are more advanced and will mirror varsity level practices. Emphasis will be placed on team drills that help sharpen individual and team skills as a whole. Even at the high school level, however, weaknesses in fundamental skills will be addressed. Our objective is to prepare our athletes to not only compete at a high level in the current season, but to give them an edge for a successful season in their next high school year