Our mission is to dramatically improve the skill and basketball IQ of every player throughout each session. We place an enormous amount of self-confidence in each student, and in return they learn to play basketball the way it was meant to be played; with skills, basketball IQ and as a team! Our motto is “developing average players into dominate forces”. Hoops Academy strongly believes in teaching the game and helping players develop both on and off the court.
Hoops Academy coaches know in order to understand the game and play it properly, students must learn that basketball takes hard work, repetition, time and dedication. Our students learn from the ground up the proper way to dribble, pass, shoot, as well as defensive and offensive techniques. Throughout the session, the student will obtain confidence within their abilities; with the help of Hoops Academy’s rigorous repetition training classes. As students put time, effort and dedication into their sessions both at Hoops Academy and home, the transformation from novice player to elite player is then realized and completely obtainable.
When Hoops Academy first started in 2007, a disastrous movement was brought to fruition at all levels of this great game. Even though players had become bigger, faster, and stronger than ever before, the overall skill level of basketball players had taken a backseat to showmanship.
Subsequently, the fundamentals of the game were being overlooked. Proper footwork, shooting techniques, triple-threat position, and understanding passing angles had all been overshadow by the entertainment side of the sport. The game of basketball had become a glorified athletic contest, and skill levels were completely forgotten. Lack of the basic fundamentals and understanding (IQ) of the game is the primary reason Hoops Academy was established.