Spanish language + Basketball Camp ALICANTE SPAIN 2011

Basketball skills development camp for boys and girls aged 14 to 17: 4 hours of basketball per day: themed basketball lectures, individual technique training circuits, workshop focussing on shooting and developing team-play from 3x3 to 5x5. Training sessions and lectures are carried out in Spanish and English.

The Camp is aimed at players that have been several years playing basketball, so that they have experience.

Regarding the age, we try to have a balance camp, and we form the training groups according to his age and basketball level.

The Camp will develop individual techniques (of course, also team techniques) and individual skills, therefore competitiveness and competition are important but not so important than to develop basketball skills.

Basketball lectures (1 hour)

• Psychology and basketball
• The 10 commandments of the bench
• Learn by watching a basketball match
• Being a basketball player: the pros and cons
• Work and succeed
• Shooting training and group training

Warm-up (20 minutes)

• Initial warm-up in whole group with a dynamic and fun game that adapts the rules of basketball
• Games with stretches
• Stretching in groups to begin concentrated individual technique sessions.

Individual technique training stations (12 minutes per station)

• boat work station
• pass and play
• outings, receptions
• playing without the ball
• defense balance, pressure ...

Shoting station (20 minutes)

• drills in real shooting situations
• improving form and touch

Teamwork in basketball (1 hour)

Training aspects which, although individual, we need a partner for success, so focus on reading the defense (passing situations, use of locks, 1x1, 2x2, 3x3 ...)

• free play and reading of the game.
• developing drills progressively
  • from 3 x 3
  • to 4 x 4
  • and 5 x 5

Coaches and assistant coaches

• Sporting consultant in the planning of basketball skills development training sessions: David Gil, senior basketball coach and assistant to the coach of Caja Laboral Baskonia
• Camp coaches: Alex Navarro, senior basketball coach; and Shay Millar West.
• Assistant coaches with extensive experience of coaching at Caja Laboral Baskonia youth levels and at camps organised by the Fundación Baskonia.
• On-site physiotherapist at training sessions.

Learn Spanish, take part in an International Development Basketball Camp, make friends from different countries, enjoy the beach and have fun...

Spanish and international basketball camp Alicante 2011