Nike Basketball Camp St. Joseph’s University Brooklyn Test
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Challenge yourself and reach your basketball goals in summer 2024 with Ultimate Champions Basketball Academy Coach Michael Kerr and staff. Located in the heart of Brooklyn, NY, you'll work on your shooting technique, footwork, team play skills, basketball IQ, and so much more.
The High Intensity Camp is the perfect camp for the more advanced basketball player. This camp is for campers with at least 4 years of playing organized basketball. All skilled learned in a control setting will be immediately used in a game like scenario. Campers will learn individual, team and game time basketball concepts.
ULTIMATE SCORING
The Individual Skills Camp: will focus on the individual players skills. This includes Shooting, passing, dribbling, footwork, defense, rebounding. We will break down each skill and make it simple for each camper to understand and implement the skills in a fun and exciting way. This camp is geared toward every level of basketball player from beginner to advance.
The Team Skills Camp will focus on Team Skills. This includes setting screens, v-cuts, reading the defense, read and react, rebounding from any position, learn position 1-5. We will teach individual skills in this camp as well as teach each camper how to take his individual skills and implement them into game like situations. Each camper will be placed in game like situations that will force them to apply their individual skills in various scenarios. This camp is geared toward every level of basketball player from beginner to advance.
The Competitive Skills Camp will focus on competition skills. This includes team skills, individual skills, different presses and press breakers, zone offense, zone defense, man to man offense, man to man defense, tournament style play. Campers will be in multiple game like scenarios. Our focus in this camp is to take the individual and team skills of each camper and help them apply in pressure situations. This camp is geared toward every level of basketball player from beginner to advanced.
Highlights Include
- Unique program emphasis each week
- Excellent training facilities and coaching staff
- 1:12 staff to camper ratio
- Multi Day and Single Day sessions options available
- Extended Day available
- Nike Basketball Camp T-shirt and prizes! (multi-day camps only)
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Camp Coaches
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Camp Director Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr enters his fourth year directing and coaching Nike Basketball Camps in the New York City area. He has a wealth of playing and coaching experience from which he contributes to the development of young aspiring players in the community. Coach Kerr holds a Master's Degree in Physical Education and is currently in his 18th year working as a High School Phys Ed teacher in the NYC Department of Education.
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Staff Ultimate Champions Basketball Academy
With over 22 years of training and coaching experience that covers all age groups and skills levels, Ultimate Champions has become one of the nation's premier basketball training academies.
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Camp Details
SECURE YOUR SPOT!
You can expect high demand for these first-come-first-serve camper spots, so please be sure to register early.
2024 OVERVIEW
- Age Group: 5-16 for all camps
- Gender: All Genders
- Programs: Individual Skills, Team Skills, Competitive Skills, High Intensity, and Ultimate Scoring
- Emphasis: Individual Skills, Team Skills, Competition
- Camp Types: Day (Extended Day available)
- Lunch: Lunch is not provided, please bring a sack lunch & snack to camp each day. No food or drinks will be available for purchase.
CAMP DATES & OPTIONS
Please note: Camp schedules and details may be subject to change. Upon arrival, all participants are evaluated by the staff and placed into groups based on age and ability level.
HIGH INTENSITY
- Dates: July 15-19
ULTIMATE SCORING
- Dates: July 15-19
INDIVIDUAL SKILLS
- Dates: July 29-August 1
TEAM SKILLS
- Dates: August 5-8
COMPETITIVE SKILLS
- Dates: August 12-15
Camp Hours:
- Full Day: 9:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Thursday
- Morning Half Day: 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Thursday
- Afternoon Half Day: 1:00pm-4:00pm Monday-Thursday
- Check-in: 8:30am on Monday for Full Day and Morning Half Day Campers. Check in at 12:30pm for Afternoon Half Day Campers
- Closing Ceremony: 11:30am on Thursday for Morning Half Day Campers. Closing Ceremony at 3:30pm Thursday for Full Day and Afternoon Half Day Campers
- Check-out: Camp will conclude at 12:00pm on Thursday for Morning Half Day Campers. camp will conclude at 4:00pm on Thursday for Full Day and Afternoon Half Day Campers
- Lunch: Lunch is not provided, please bring a sack lunch & snack to camp each day. No food or drinks will be available for purchase.
- Extended Day Fun Competitive Play: Extended Day Game Play is available from Mon-Thurs 4:00-5:00pm. In Post-Camp Fun Competitive Play, Ultimate Champions will be offering skill-specific training catered to the need of each player. The focus is to find out the challenge area of each player and spend the entire session working to improve the challenge areas. It will run Monday-Thursday, from 4pm-5pm, and be $40 (for all 4 days). *Only available for Complete Skills campers.
COMPETITION FRIDAY
- Clinics: July 19, July 2 , August 2, August 9, August 16
- Daily Hours: 9:00am - 4:00PM, Friday
- Check-in: 8:30am
- Check-out: 4:00PM
- Lunch: Lunch is not provided, please bring a sack lunch & snack to camp each day. No food or drinks will be available for purchase.
- Program: Competitive Game Play will be comprised of a multitude of competitive games along with dribbling and shooting competitions. Within the games, campers will be divided based on age and skill level. Note: Depending on the number of campers signed up for the clinic, some of these competitions might not be played. Friday Competitive Game Play will run from 9am-4pm, for $100.
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PRE-CAMP CHECKLIST
To view your customer account, complete your mandatory forms, pay balance dues, and review important camp information, visit Pre-Camp Checklist. All necessary camp information is on this page. If there are any imperative changes prior to camp start, registered campers will be notified via email and this webpage will be updated!
PACKING LIST
Below is a suggested list of clothes, equipment, and personal items. US Sports Camps is NOT responsible for lost or stolen articles or money.
● Athletic, on-court clothing
● Athletic shoes
● Water bottle
● Packed lunch and snacks (Day Camps)
● Small gym bag/backpack
CAMPER EVALUATION
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.
MEDICAL PROTOCOL
Most camps have an athletic trainer on-site to help with illness or injury. In case of an emergency, campers will be transported to the nearest hospital.
COMPANY POLICIES
For information regarding our cancellation policy and all other company policies, please visit USSC Policies.
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation is not provided by the camp to or from any airports. If you are flying to or from camp, we recommend using an airport shuttle service. Please schedule flights as close as you can to the check-in times on the first day and check-out times on the last day.
NIKE BASKETBALL CAMP FAQ
For general questions about our basketball camps, please see our FAQ page.
*Please note, this information is subject to change.
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- 9:00 AM Stretching
- 9:15 AM Ball-Handling
- 9:45 AM One on One Moves
- 10:30 AM Defensive Work (stance, movement, communication, desire)
- 11:00 AM Shooting Work (foot alignment, shoulder alignment, balance, selection, technique)
- 11:30 AM 3 on 3, 4 on 4, 5 on 5
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 1:15 PM Stretching/Warm-Up
- 1:30 PM Ball-Handling
- 2:00 PM Passing
- 2:15 PM Guest Speaker/lecture
- 2:45 PM Offensive & Defensive Fundamentals
- 3:00 PM Shooting Skills Competition
- 3:15 PM 3 on 3, 4 on 4, 5 on 5
- 3:45 PM Ending Speech and Recognition
- 4:00 PM Dismissal
The Hill Center began construction in May 2012 and opened its doors in winter 2014. The 40,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility located on Vanderbilt Ave. is the first new building on the Brooklyn Campus since McEntegart Hall Library opened in 1965. The Hill Center contains a number of outstanding amenities for the entire SJC community including a 270-spectator arena with NCAA-regulation basketball and volleyball courts with a premier sound system, scoreboard and full-color message board
SECURE YOUR SPOT – CAMPS SELL OUT!
Last year over 650 Sports Camps sold out, leaving 7,000+ campers on the waitlist. Due to high demand, early registration for our first-come-first-serve camps is strongly recommended.
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