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“A skilled player with very good conditioning will beat a more athletic player whose skills are not developed almost every time. The same goes for TEAMS. NOTE – it is then not difficult to see if athletic players and teams have sharp skills, the game is basically OVER.”
A SAVING GRACE for players and teams without these natural gifts is the fact that MANY, MANY athletic players and programs DO NOT focus on the fundamentals.”
Coach Jim McGannon
Competitive basketball is about who has sharper skills, better conditioning and mental toughness
Shooting Clinics
2015 AP Michigan High School Player of the Year, Taylor Richards who could FILL IT UP!! In Ferrysburg, these will also fill up! Grab a spot. 25% off for a LIMITED TIME.
Basics Shooting Videos
- Keep the ball up
- 8th grader- attended dozens of shooting clinics. Played in college
- Free Throws (Before Try Outs)
- The Turn Around Jumper – Advanced players ONLY
- Can you make an UNCONTESTED 15 footer – Advanced players ONLY.
- Shoot the 3! Same kid as # 2.. Top college shooter
The Basics Mindset 
One of West Michigan’s best players in 6th grade and now.
West Catholic 42. Notre Dame Prep 14
2025 Finals at Ford Field, November
25% Off
Fall
Packages
INCLUDES SATURDAY GAMES and THE BASICS MINDSET!!
Deadline: August 31 OR when we reach our alloted number
Do not delay. There will be no better pricing for our Fall packages
Lakeshore, Rockford, Grand Rapids
Skills + Scrimmaging
- 25% off Fall packages until August 31.
- Choices here
This 6th grade girl scored over 2000 points in HS, was 1st Team All State and played 4 years of college basketball. This picture is SO FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND, we did a video on it!! REPS, REPS, REPS, REPS
Summer Camps
Indoors and Outdoors! VIDEO
- Indoors: Ferrysburg and Rockford
- Outdoors: Spring Lake
Good examples here of the skills we develop even at these tender ages
NOTE: Private Training is almost always adjacent to our Summer Camp hours.
- Founded 2006
- Gyms in GR, Rockford + the Lakeshore
- Small rosters, trained coaches
- Over 90% of the players make their school teams
- Over 200 Basics Grads now at the college level
- 17 D-1 players
- No Travel EVER
- No mandatory weekends EVER
- We never confuse competition with competitive growth
- They are basically unrelated
- Excerpts from book on Youth Sports
Private Training
The premier choice for skill development and private training
Private Training: imediate feedback on strengths and weaknesses and what and how to practice to improve. NOTE: there is no aditional cost for a 2nd player, great for siblings or buddies.
The Basics Mindset
can you clear the bar and reach your potential?Bradley Richards winning the Michigan state high jump (ALL DIVISIONS) at 6'10" a month after the Mindset. He qualified for Nationals in Philadelphia, finishing 4th IN THE NATION, earning All American status.
The Basics Mindset training improves confidence, resilience, and fosters stronger commitment & attitude. Learn how to approach adversity and challenge with resolve, creating a competitive advantage. A small % of young athletes and teams know how to handle adversity.
