Thank you for your interest in bringing a basketball camp to your community
LET’S GET SPECIFIC ON WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
Basketball Camp for
MULTIPLE GROUPS
Work Hard, Get Better, Have Fun
Camp format is completely up to the discretion of the organizer. Our main purpose will be to deliver exactly what you’re looking for. an example of Typical camp design is:
3 - 4 Day Camp Schedule
3rd - 5th Graders 1.5 Hours
6th - 8th Graders 2 Hours
9th - 12th Graders 2.5 Hours
DAILY PLAN: SCALED FOR Age
Quality Warm Up & Athlete Development [15 - 30 Minutes]
Little ballers: fun games to work on listening, basic skills, body awareness, and communication.
Older kids: intentional structure to work on body awareness, injury prevention, leadership and communication skills.
Individual Skills [45 - 90 Minutes]
This is the core of camp and is selected based on the camp organizers main goals for the kids. There are a million and one things we can do, but we will always be sure to cover offensive and defensive footwork, ball handling, finishing, cuts and how to get open, triple threat, shooting, and one on one defense.
Team Concepts [30 - 45 Minutes]
This is typically based on the high school programs playing style so that concepts are learned earlier and trickled down to the younger kids. In general from an offensive standpoint, we cover the importance of spacing, passing variations based on game actions, on ball screens, off ball screens, dribble hand offs, etc. From a defensive standpoint we cover man concepts, but are happy to adjust and specify based on the camp organizers wants!
3v3 or Other Small Sided Games [~30 Minutes]
One of the most fun parts of camp for the kids! Small sided games get them a lot of touches and opportunity to work on the skills they are learning in camp. We typically play FIBA style 3v3, as it’s fast paced and great for helping the kids develop. In smaller communities, this is a great option for leagues or tournaments throughout the year as well!
Basketball Camp for
TEAMS
Team Training Tailored to Your Program
The principal goal of a player development coach is to help players succeed in any coach’s system. When brought in to help players succeed in your system, it accelerates growth and future success for each player and the team as a whole. My job as your team’s temporary player development coach is to work on individual skills that your players need more depth understanding (no matter how good they are this need will always exist), and to provide another voice teaching concepts as they relate to game IQ and success in your system.
SKILLS WE can TRAIN
Individual FUNDAMENTALS
Examples not limited to: shooting, ball handling, using triple threat effectively, handling pressure, finishing, footwork, passing, on ball defense, close outs, rebounding.
“Soft” Skills
Examples not limited to: toughness, handling adversity, leadership, communication, ownership, off-season mindset, confidence.
TEAM SKILLS
Examples not limited to: off ball defense, transition, offensive concepts like dribble hand offs, on ball screens, off ball screens, movement without the ball, getting open, trapping, scoring against a zone.
Athlete Development
This can be done on court or in the weight room. Important athletic skills like being able to decelerate, resist rotation on contact, run correctly, etc., are all important skills for a player to have to limit being sidelined due to injury. Coach Alysa is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and owns her own Strength & Conditioning gym in Anchorage. Her extensive education and experience helping players train smarter can give your team an additional edge and help better set them up for fitness after sports.
how to fund camp
Strategies we’ve found effective in the past
Once the budget for coach(es) fees, shirts (optional), travel, and accommodation (willing to stay in a school) are met, any extra funds raised can go directly back to your program!
Camper Fee: from our experience when the word “free” is thrown on something it devalues it; therefore, simply from this perspective alone, it is important to set a fee per participant. This amount can be established based on your community’s median income per household.
Business Sponsors: logos look great on the backs of Sweat Collector T-shirts and are a selling point for the sponsoring business to have their logo displayed on the community’s youth.
Community Tribal or Native Corporation Sponsorship: depending on your school’s location, this may be a more easily accessible option than you think!
Grant Funding: requires a bit more forethought and grant writing experience, but there is great opportunity in this avenue. Camp organizer would write the grant.
READY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?
Meet Coach Alysa
CERTIFIED STRENGTH & CONDITIONING SPECIALIST, FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER & COLLEGIATE COACH
ALYSA HORN
is a former collegiate and professional basketball player known for her toughness, competitiveness and selflessness. As a coach these qualities are at the forefront of her message to the athletes she works with today.
The founder of Make Yourself, owner of the Sweat Lab, a born and raised Alaskan with a Bachelor's of Science in Health and four years coaching experience at the collegiate level, Coach Horn brings an experiential and science based approach on how to train mental and physical toughness.
Coach Horn has been helping Alaskans unlock the best in themselves as a basketball player development coach and strength coach for over 8 years.
