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6 Training Openings For Players With College Basketball Dreams

Austin Youth Basketball College Training If you have the passion and are ready to pursue your ambitious dream, we can help.  There are no magic wands or guarantees, just hard work and extreme player development.  This is focused player development work to build the arsenal of individual skills critical to succeed within the team framework next season and beyond.

If you are challenged by playing post when your college position may be guard- then you need to work on these skills in the off season.

Serious perimeter and post play development with specialists available in all facets of the game.

The odds are against you, but we believe chasing hard to reach dreams is a valuable pursuit in building character.

And speaking of odds, the sport of basketball is the toughest of all, not only for boys and their chances of a college scholarship, but also for girls, though it must be noted that this sport is the only one where statistics for female athletes are readily available.

Of all the girls who participate in high school basketball, only one in 34, or 3.1%, attain a college basketball scholarship and only one in 5000, or 0.02%, eventually make it to the WNBA.

The odds of a male basketball player making it to college hoops or the pros are even longer. Only one in 35, or 2.9%, goes on from high school to play in the college game and, of all the high school basketball players in the U.S., only one in 3300, or 0.03%, make it to the NBA. Picturing that figure in team terms, only one fortunate and talented young man out of every seven high school starting fives will receive a college basketball scholarship. And only one incredibly gifted and determined young man out of every 660 starting fives will play in the pros.

Those are the facts.  Talent helps, but persistence and quality coaching are critical to pursuing your passion with purpose and power.

Call today to determine if player development training is a fit with Coach Chris Corbett.  Initial phone consultation is free and no long term commitments are necessary.  512.921.4444.

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Dripping Springs Youth Basketball Academy

Dripping Springs Basketball Academy

Austin Youth Basketball is proud to announce their affiliation with the Dripping Springs Youth Sports Association.  Coach Chris Corbett with help from other top basketball trainers are sharing basketball know how with up to 40 youngsters for 4 weeks prior to the basketball season kickoff.

Austin Youth Basketball is ready to help your basketball league go to the next level by starting an academy designed around your needs.

We look forward to helping Dripping Springs with camps, pre-season conditioning clinics, coaches clinics, and making high level personalized training available to the community and possibly co-sponsoring a lightly structured open gym format.The clinic is open to kids outside of the Dripping Area.

 

Ages 4th grade thru 6th grade (boys and girls)

Dates: Wednesday Evenings 10/14/15  for 4 Consecutive Weeks

Time: 6:45 to 8:15

Place:  Rooster Springs Elementary School

Bring:  Your Basketball and Water

Price: $90

More Info 512-921-4444

chris@austinyouthbasketball.com

To Register Bring Cash or Check for $90 to Rooster Springs Elementary School Wednesday night

 

 

Dripping Springs Basketball Academy directed by Austin Youth Basketball

 

 

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Confidence and Leadership

Austin Youth Basketball Strives To Create Confidence and Leadership in Each and Every Child.

We do this using a very specific method.

  1. We create an environment where failure is encouraged.   This is very difficult to do during a season or even during pre-season for basketball team members at the school/club environment.  Player Development, however, is different and no serious innovation or development can occur without pushing ourselves past our comfort zone.  The failure is part of the journey to purpose and power.
  2. We believe in practice, practice, practice.  Your grandparents said practice makes perfect, scientists call it muscle memory etc. The bottom line is that it works.  Make practice hard, and the game of basketball comes easy.  Each and every practice has to have a sense of purpose.  For shooting practice, game shots, game spots, at game speed are critical to success.
  3. Great Coaching.  Finding a great coach who has a combination of expertise and passion are critical.  Many “been there, done that guys” lack the passion to enthusiastically teach why power skipping lays the foundation for powerful layups and eventually dunks.  Many passionate coaches lack the expertise to teach a drop step with toes pointing at the rim.  Instead they yell “go up strong!”  Children are highly intuitive and young basketball players deserve player development coaches who are both passionate and expert.
  4. Focus and Commitment.  Taking yourself to new levels is not easy.  Magic Wands don’t exist.  The brain needs to be re-wired. Persistence thru this process means fighting past the two steps forward and one step back.   Player development work should be practiced in the driveways and courts of America after coaching sessions.  Commitment to the image of who you are and who you want to become are critical.   The end goal begins with one step, followed by another step.  What are you doing today to reach your goal?
  5. Fun.  Yes, intense hard work can be fun.  Not all aspects are fun, but the goal should be to have fun.  If this is indeed your passion or the passion of your child, we are here to support, teach, and encourage confidence and leadership in your player.