Rec & Clinics (Gr. 2-6)

Edgemont Hoops offers clinics and recreational play programs for grades 2-6 throughout the school year. To join our e-mail list, contact Jon Lewis.

SKILLS AND GAMES, GRADES 3-6, BOYS AND GIRLS. Skill-building and games in a fun environment–no experience required or expected. There are no tryouts for this program and all coaches are experienced professionals (no parents). Groupings are girls 3rd/4th, girls 5th/6th, boys 3rd/4th, boys 5th/6th. This program typically runs 1x/week in the fall and spring and 2x/week in the winter.

2ND-GRADE CLINIC, BOYS AND GIRLS. “Learn-to-play” program that includes instruction form experienced coaches and small-sided game play on 8-foot baskets. It runs 1x/week in the winter and spring.

ALL ABILITIES CLINIC. Low player-to-coach ratio in a highly supportive, noncompetitive environment. The program is largely focused on instruction and runs 1x/week in the winter.

HOOP EDUCATION CENTER

1. THE PISTOL INVENTED THE “RONDO”
The ball fake move commonly credited to Rajan Rondo was in fact pioneered by Pistol Pete Maravich.

See how Edgemont’s Avery Yee used the move effectively in a playoff game.

2. DIMINUTIVE LEGENDS
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues stood all of 5’3″ but nonetheless was a star point guard for famed Dunbar High School in Baltimore, where his tenacity led the team to a #1 U.S. ranking in 1983.

Muggsy had a successful career at Wake Forest and in the NBA. He remains an inspiration for vertically challenged basketball players everywhere.

3. SPORTSMANSHIP FOCUS

4. GLOSSARY
Posterizing a player involves dunking the ball over the top or in front of another player in such a forceful and/or picturesque manner that it may appear on a poster.

Putting someone on skates is when a player crosses the defender over so viciously that the opponent loses balance like a novice ice skater (break ankles \ synonym).

5. BACK IN THE DAY
Jason Williams was one of the NBA’s great showmen. See his incredible highlight reel.

6. QUOTES
“I like slam-dunks, take me to the hoop, my favorite play is the alley-oop, I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and go…” — Rapper Kurtis Blow in “Basketball.”

What’s wrong with [counting in] twos.” — Moses Guthrie, played by Dr. J in “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.”