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Nike Basketball Camp Berry College Mount Berry, Georgia
US Sports Camps is excited to once again welcome Richard Ford, Founder/Owner of SmartHoops, as director of the Nike Basketball Camp at Berry College in Mount Berry, GA. Join Coach Ford and his staff as they help you improve your basketball game at this annual camper favorite overnight location! The Complete Skills camp will run from July 14-18, 2013.
As the Founder/Owner of SmartHoops Basketball Program, Coach Richard Ford has run and worked basketball camps for 15 years. He has taught male and female players and second graders to D-I college athletes in a variety of contexts. Under the outstanding guidance of Coach Ford and his staff, get ready for a challenging and fun session of basketball camp this summer!
SmartHoops is a challenging bridge-the-gap basketball program for serious athletes who are moving from entry level hoops into the highly competitive phase of middle school/early high school interscholastic or club play.
The Complete Skills Camp offers a challenging daily format of fundamental instruction, clinics, drills, and team games. Players will have the opportunity to develop and refine their fundamental basketball skills. Emphasis is placed on fundamental development, shooting, offensive moves, defense, rebounding, and team play.
Highlights Include
- Superior instruction
- Daily emphasis on fundamental development, team play, and more
- Fundamental instruction, lectures and team games
- Official NIKE Camp T-shirt
- NIKE Camp workbook and other great NIKE prizes
Berry College is located near Rome in Northwest Georgia, only 65 miles northwest of Atlanta and 65 miles south of Chattanooga. Berry College, one of the world's largest campuses at 28,000-acres, offers a beautiful environment for learning. Overnight campers reside in the dormitories where staff act as resident advisors and supervise campers overnight. In addition to basketball instruction, campers will take part in nighttime activities like movie night and pizza night.
Meet your coaching staff
Camp Director
Richard Ford
Directing our camp is SmartHoops founder and former Duke point guard Richard Ford. After a successful high school career, Richard enrolled at Duke and worked his way from a mere day to day varsity practice player as a freshman to a full member of the varsity team, then to a full scholarship player, and ultimately to a team captain – all under Hall of Fame Coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Read Full BioHis senior year, Richard received the Ted Mann Award as the Duke player contributing most to team morale and also received the Captain’s Award for team leadership. Richard also received recognition in the classroom, being named to the ACC Honor Roll for outstanding academic performance. Richard’s senior year, Duke began its impressive run of NCAA tourney appearances.
Richard has spent much of his life teaching young players intelligent basketball strategies. He has run and worked basketball camps for 20 years, and has taught male and female players from second graders to D-I college athletes in a variety of contexts. For six years, Richard co-directed a national point guard camp, teaching high school and college point guards the finer aspects of point guard play in venues from coast to coast.
Richard’s teaching approach is concept-based. In addition to intense on-court instruction, Richard also holds entertaining classroom sessions to break down the fine points of the game. Richard reinforces his concept-based instruction with video clips, personal stories, and cooperative learning/teaching approaches.
Camp Code: BKXRBC
Complete Skills: This program is intended to help players develop athletically. The individual camp is a great opportunity for young basketball players looking to develop and refine their fundamental basketball skills. This program also includes a curriculum for intermediate/ advanced players looking to enhance their skill set at the post, wing, or guard position. Emphasis is placed on fundamental development, shooting, offensive moves, defense, rebounding, team play, and more.
Upon arrival, all participants are evaluated by the staff so that their own instructional needs can be addressed throughout the week. In addition, campers will be evaluated and then split up into smaller groups according to age and ability.
Sample Daily Schedule
- 7:45 – 8:30 Breakfast
- 8:30 – 10:00 Classroom Session
- 10:00 – 12:00 Gym - Individual Stations
- 12:00 – 1:45 Lunch
- 1:45 – 3:00 Classroom Session
- 3:00 – 5:00 Gym - Team Offense/Defense
- 5:00 – 6:45 Dinner
- 6:45 – 8:00 Classroom Session
- 8:00 – 10:30 Gym - Practices/Games
- 11:00 Lights out
A detailed camper registration packet containing check in location, health/release forms, emergency contact numbers, and a checklist of things to bring will be emailed to all registered campers in the Spring. The US Sports Camps health and release forms do not require a doctor's signature and they will be collected on the first day of camp. Campers must bring their health and release forms with them to check-in on the first day of camp.
Camper
Fabulous camp
This camp was a great experience and delivered wonderfull instruction about basketball and life skills.
Camper Parent
The counselors/coaches were incredibly motivating
The counselors/coaches were incredibly motivating...my son would practice outside until dark after a full day of camp. We will definitely sign up again.
Camper
Camp gave me the courage
The camp gave me the courage to go out for the basketball team at my school this year.
Camper
This was the best one so far
Compared to other camps I’ve been to, this was the best one so far. And I liked the camp this year even better than last year.
Camper Parent
My daughter is looking forward to camp next year
My daughter loved your camp. She came back with a new sense of basketball and responsibility as well. I was 100% satisfied with the results. My daughter is looking forward to gong to the camp next year!
Camper
Camp taught me new skills and made me a better player
The gym was great and the coaches made it fun to be there. I learned more about basketball and new skills like jump stops, pass fakes, and pump fakes. I still use the shooting drills that we practiced. Once I left camp I felt like a better player.