Top 10 Ways to Improve Basketball Skills this Summer!
1. Play Basketball Everyday
2. Find pick-up games to play at the park or local community centers
3. Play basketball against better competition
4. Do 50 push-ups and 50 sit-ups everyday this summer
5. Attend a basketball camp or clinic to learn new drills and play against good competition
6. Play in a summer basketball league
7. Practice your shooting and ball-handling drills with friends and/or coaches
8. Copy your favorite basketball player’s moves so that you can use them in your game
9. Do plyometric drills to increase your explosiveness (email premierhoops@gmail.com if you want some good drills).
10. Set goals for yourself… dream big!
Improve Basketball Skills this Summer With Premier Hoops
Premier Hoops is offering junior and elite basketball skills training programs from June through August this summer!
North Shore Region– with training facilities in Marblehead – Peabody- Danvers. Kids come to train from cities such as Lynn, Swampscott, Peabody, Saugus, Marblehead, Danvers, Nahant, Beverly, Manchester, Essex, Gloucester, and more.
South Shore Region – with practices locations in Cambridge, MA and Roxbury, MA. Many athletes are coming from these cities to train: Belmont, Lexington, Somerville, Arlington, Medford, Malden, Cambridge, Newton, Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, Hyde Park, Milton, Quincy, Boston, Dorchester and more.
Southern NH Region -with practice location in Methuen, MA and Billerica, MA. Thee places cater to players from Salem, Pelham, Methuen, Haverhill, Lawrence, Dracut, Andover, Reading, North Reading, Wilmington, North Andover and more.
There is a flexible workout schedule to improve every facet of basketball skills for 5-12 grade boys and girls.
During June (click here)
Mondays
6:30-8:30pm Latitude Sports Club Peabody
6:00-8:00pm Reggie Lewis Center Boston
Tuesdays
6:30-8:30pm Veterans Middle Marblehead
Thursdays
6:30-8:30pm Veterans Middle Marblehead
6:30-8:30pm Latitude Sports Club Methuen
Sundays
1:00-3:00pm Latitude Sports Club Peabody
4:00-6:00pm Latitude Sports Club Methuen
Locations:
Marblehead Veterans Middle School – 217 Pleasant St, Marblehead, MA 01945
Latitude Sports Club Peabody – 194 Newbury St, Peabody, MA 01960
Latitude Sports Club Methuen – 116 Pleasant Valley St, Methuen, MA 01844
Reggie Lewis Center – 1350 Tremont St, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
During July – August
4-day Summer Camps (click here)
Week 1: July 6th to 9th | #LowPostCamp
Who: Boys & Girls: 3-5 grade, 6-8 grade, high school & college (three divisions)
When: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: Higgins Middle School in Peabody, Ma
Focus: Great for all positions — Amazing opportunity to improve basketball skills! The basketball camp focus of this four-day clinic is to help young players learn how to finish in the post. This basketball camp includes: lay-up drills, low post moves, and foot-work drills. During the clinic, players will also work on speed/agility, shooting, ball-handling, and passing drills. About half of the time spent in the gym will be focused on fast-break drills and scrimmages.
Pricing: $130.00 ($180.00 after May 15)
Week 2: July 13th to 16th | #SuperWeek1
Who: Boys & Girls: 3-5 grade, 6-8 grade, high school & college (three divisions)
When: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (morning, afternoon and/or game sessions)
Where: Higgins Middle School in Peabody, Ma
Focus: Have a blast and play ball all day in this #SuperWeek basketball camp! Take your game to theAll players need to be able handle the ball, make shots, and create opportunities for their teammates on. The basketball camp is broken up into three sections: Morning, Games, and Afternoon. The morning sessions will be focused on point guard skills such as decision making, ball-handling, passing, dribble moves, and finishing at the basket. From noon-1pm we will have a games portion of the clinic, where players can scrimmage against each other. The afternoon session will be focused on shooting skills such as creating space for your shot, moving without the ball, footwork, form, shooting off the dribble.
Pricing:
Morning session is from 9:00am – 12:00pm -Fee: $130.00 ($180.00 after May 15)
Games- 12:00pm – 1:00 pm -Fee: $30.00
Afternoon session is from 1:00 – 4:00pm -Fee: $130.00 ($180.00 after May 15)
Full Week: $275.00, which is 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (comes with t-shirt) ($325.00 after May 15)
Week 3: July 27th to 30th | #LowPostCamp
Who: Boys & Girls: 3-5 grade, 6-8 grade, high school & college (three divisions)
When: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: Higgins Middle School in Peabody, Ma
Focus: Great for all positions — Amazing opportunity to learn how to play in the post! The major focus of this basketball camp is to help young players learn how to finish in the post. This includes: lay-up drills, low post moves, and foot-work drills. During the clinic, players will also work on speed/agility, shooting, ball-handling, and passing drills. About half of the time spent in the gym will be focused on fast-break drills and scrimmages.
Pricing: $130.00 ($180.00 after May 15)
Week 4: August 10th to 13th | #SuperWeek2
Who: Boys & Girls: 3-5 grade, 6-8 grade, high school & college (three divisions)
When: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (morning, afternoon and/or game sessions)
Where: Higgins Middle School in Peabody, Ma
Focus: This basketball camp is perfect for late summer! All players need to be able handle the ball, make shots, and create opportunities for their teammates on. The camp is broken up into three sessions: Morning, Games, and Afternoon. The morning sessions will be focused on improving basketball skills such as decision making, ball-handling, passing, dribble moves, and finishing at the basket. From noon-1pm we will have a games portion of the clinic, where players can scrimmage against each other. The afternoon session will be focused on shooting skills such as creating space for your shot, moving without the ball, footwork, form, shooting off the dribble.
Pricing:
Morning session is from 9:00am – 12:00pm -Fee: $130.00 ($180.00 after May 15)
Games- 12:00pm – 1:00 pm -Fee: $30.00
Afternoon session is from 1:00 – 4:00pm -Fee: $130.00 ($180.00 after May 15)
Full Week: $275.00, which is 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (comes with t-shirt) ($325.00 after May 15)