ELITE BASKETBALL Program: 5TH AND 6TH GRADE BOYS AND GIRLS
This class is designed for 5th and 6th grade boys and girls who want to start preparing early for their chances of making their middle school teams. In this class your athlete will be drilled on the fundamentals during a week night session that will get them ready for the more advanced techniques needed for middle school. We will show them these skills in a variety of drills that may or may not be done exactly the same at their school, but the skills we teach will be needed. All coaches do things a little different as far as the drills they use but the skills and concepts are all the same. They will be given key tips on what can impress a coach in a mass tryout that will help them stand out. The Saturday sessions will combine team practices some weeks and two officiated games the other weeks. The practices will provide them the ability to understand concepts and designs of basketball plays both offensively, defensively and pressing situations. Just being able to run these drills and plays will give them a leg up on the competition. This program is not for beginners and only serious players should enroll in this class. Along with drills and skills, your child should expect to be able to handle rigorous conditioning associated with basketball tryouts. There also will be times where the coaches will push the kids harder than they are use to as this is what they should expect at tryouts. Realize your child will have to compete against upwards of 60-80 kids fighting it out for 20-24 spots for two teams (10-12 kids on each team) in Plano and in Allen I have heard there could be over 100 kids fighting for 30-36 spots on three teams (10-12 kids on each team). This is what they need to be doing to give them the best chance to achieve the goal they have chosen.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
This program will be about skills, drills, team concepts and actual team plays. The class will start on Tuesday, March 19th and will end Saturday, May 18th. You will get to select a one hour class on Tuesday or Wednesday that will be your class every week. Your choices will be from the following; Tuesday nights at 5:00, 6:00 or 7:00 pm OR on Wednesday nights at 5:00, 6:00 or 7:00 pm. Then everyone from all six of the weeknight classes comes in for 2 hours each Saturday from 9:00 am-11:00 am. Here is what your choices will look like:
You will choose 1 of these class options;
Tuesday 5:00‐6:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Tuesday 6:00‐7:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Tuesday 7:00‐8:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Wednesday 5:00‐6:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Wednesday 6:00‐7:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Wednesday 7:00‐8:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am
This will be an intense learning experience and the players will be evaluated as the class goes along. Your athlete can increase their chances of making their school teams by doing this class because they will be actually working on basketball skills for 27 hours during this class. We have had over an 80% success rate of athletes making their teams who have come out to this program based on survey results. Each player will receive a written evaluation from the coach whose team they are assigned to.
This class is the first of its kind for this age group here at PSA and we are only taking the first 40 kids that sign up so don’t delay in signing up. Our classes last year for the middle school kids sold out in the fall with 160 kids. We cannot take a waiting list based on our court availability so get in early. We will look to separate the 5th and 6th graders if possible but we do not restrict who can sign up. We will also look to place kids on courts where their skills will have a chance to improve so we don’t just look at age or gender. Weeknight classes will only be drills and conditioning so it does not matter which time slot you select.
As in life there are no guarantees but if you really want your child to have a leg up
on the competition this course will give them that.
SCHOOL TRYOUT PREP PROGRAM: 7TH -10TH GRADE BOYS AND GIRLS
This class is designed for 7th through 10th grade boys and girls who want to start preparing early for their chances of making their middle school teams. In this class your athlete will be drilled on the fundamentals during a week night session that will get them ready for the more advanced techniques needed for middle school. We will show them these skills in a variety of drills that may or may not be done exactly the same at their school, but the skills we teach will be needed. All coaches do things a little different as far as the drills they use but the skills and concepts are all the same. They will be given key tips on what can impress a coach in a mass tryout that will help them stand out. The Saturday sessions will combine team practices some weeks and two officiated games the other weeks. The practices will provide them the ability to understand concepts and designs of basketball plays both offensively, defensively and pressing situations. Just being able to run these drills and plays will give them a leg up on the competition. This program is not for beginners and only serious players should enroll in this class. Along with drills and skills, your child should expect to be able to handle rigorous conditioning associated with basketball tryouts. There also will be times where the coaches will push the kids harder than they are use to as this is what they should expect at tryouts. Realize your child will have to compete against upwards of 60-80 kids fighting it out for 20-24 spots for two teams (10-12 kids on each team) in Plano and in Allen I have heard there could be over 100 kids fighting for 30-36 spots on three teams (10-12 kids on each team). This is what they need to be doing to give them the best chance to achieve the goal they have chosen.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
This program will be about skills, drills, team concepts and actual team plays. The class will start on Tuesday, March 19th and will end Saturday, May 18th. You will get to select a one hour class on Tuesday or Wednesday that will be your class every week. Your choices will be from the following; Tuesday nights at 5:00, 6:00 or 7:00 pm OR on Wednesday nights at 5:00, 6:00 or 7:00 pm. Then everyone from all six of the weeknight classes comes in for 2 hours each Saturday from 9:00 am-11:00 am. Here is what your choices will look like:
You will choose 1 of these class options;
Tuesday 5:00‐6:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Tuesday 6:00‐7:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Tuesday 7:00‐8:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Wednesday 5:00‐6:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Wednesday 6:00‐7:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am or
Wednesday 7:00‐8:00pm and Saturday 9am‐11am
This will be an intense learning experience and the players will be evaluated as the class goes along. Your athlete can increase their chances of making their school teams by doing this class because they will be actually working on basketball skills for 27 hours during this class. We have had over an 80% success rate of athletes making their teams who have come out to this program based on survey results. Each player will receive a written evaluation from the coach whose team they are assigned to.
As in life there are no guarantees but if you really want your child to have a leg up
on the competition this course will give them that.
DETAILS FOR BOTH CLASSES: THIS INFORMATION APPLIES FOR BOTH CLASSES.
LOCATION:
PSA 2, 601 Seabrook, Plano, 75023
REGISTRATION FEES:
$414 per player which can be broken up into 3 easy payments of $138 due on registration day, April 1st and May 1st.
Fee’s include:
9 weeks of classes that will cover approximately 27 hours which also will include
conditioning, skills, scrimmages, team practices and actual games refereed by certified officials just like if you played in a league at PSA.
1. Actually drills that you will be asked to perform if you attend PISD schools
and if not, most likely will see these at other school districts.
2. Reversible PSA basketball jersey
3. 3 hours per week with coaches who know what it takes to make a team.
Former college coaches, college players, elite club coaches and some school
district coaches are on staff.
4. Evaluation at the end of the course based on the skills you will
need to demonstrate at your school tryout.
5. This will be more intense than any summer 1 week camp you might take.
6. Classes can be made up if you miss your night during the week. We
understand conflicts will occur.
SATURDAY CLASS SCHEDULE: THIS IS FOR BOTH CLASSES.
Saturday schedule:
March 23rd-Player evaluation and splitting of teams
March 30th-Team practice/scrimmaging/adjustment of teams
April 6th-Team practice/scrimmage/finalizing of teams
April 13th-Team practice and scrimmages
April 20th-First round of games
April 27th-Team practice
May 4th-Second round of games
May 11th-Team practice
May 18th-Last round of games and class conclusion. Evaluations handed out.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND STAFF INFORMATION: THIS APPLIES TO BOTH CLASSES.
School Basketball Tryout Program Director
Craig Sklar is the director of this program and has over 20 years of high school
coaching experience. Coach Sklar was the Head Coach at the Episcopal School of
Dallas for five years and now serves as the lead assistant and Head JV coach at
Cistercian Preparatory School where his teams have won almost 90% of their
games over the last 11 years. His understanding of middle school athletes carries
over to his son’s team which has participated in PSA’s basketball league in which
his team has won 4 titles and been to the finals in all 5 years of play. The team finished 5th in a national tournament last summer out of 86 8th grade teams and this summer they made the sweet 16 playing against sophomores with his freshman group. He has worked with PISD middle school coaches in his role as camp director for PSA and has a unique understanding of what they will be looking for when players try out.
Coach Sklar is responsible for doing the new coaches orientation for PSA along with an on the court training for PSA coaches using his son’s tenth grade team as demonstrators. Coach Sklar will be joined by a
capable staff of coaches who bring a wealth of experience and expertise in
working with young athletes and have the ability to bring the best out of them.
Some of these coaches will be from local school districts and some of the best
club coaches in the area. The staff will also include former high school and
college players who know what it takes to make a team at the highest level.