:: SYF Academic / Basketball Academy ::

SYF 4.0 Program - Click here to download information packet.

Purpose:

The SYF Basketball Academy staff is committed to athletic excellence. We are preparing our athletes for the future. We are committed to the development of skills necessary to achieve this full potential in the highly competitive environment of both secondary and higher competition.

This Academy has been developed to assist in organizing and prioritizing athletics skills and performance. Additionally, this program will help the Academy staff to maintain a proactive approach in helping the athletes to secure the highest academic opportunity available.

Mission Statement / Goals:

SYF is committed to promoting excellence in athletic intelligence and its overall approach to competition. Excellence will be achieved by developing a competitive sport, self-discipline skills and an extraordinary knowledge of the game in the athletes prospective position.

SYF will instill a comprehensive knowledge of the game in each athlete, while instilling a life-long commitment to excellence and athletic integrity.

Goals:

  1. To instruct athletes on proper skill and techniques of their respective position

  2. To maintain & increase the athletes' knowledge of the game

  3. To equip the athlete with appropriate tolls, creative thinking and problem-solving skills of the game

  4. To focus the athelete's intellectual attitude of goal-setting abilities of the game.

Classroom Skill Setting:

Players will be assigned to the following class groups:

Group 1 - Point Guard Class
Group 2 - Shooting Guard Class
Group 3 - Wing
Group 4 - Low Post/Center

Athletes' Responsibilities to the Program:

  1. To attend all training and classroom sessions

  2. To maintain an open learning environment

  3. To complete all assignments before leaving sessions

  4. To participate in all drills and learning sessions

  5. Come to sessions prepared to learn.

Academy Rules:

  1. To maintain an average of 2.5 on all assigned lessons

  2. Come to sessions prepared and with all gear and equipment assigned to your group

Program Outcomes:

  1. Understanding of an offensive/defensive court match up

  2. Understanding all assigned position responsibilities on the court

  3. Understanding body mechanics of shooting, dribbling

  4. Understanding rules of the game as determined by referee

  5. Understanding good practice habits

The following offensive setup will be discussed with respective application to each player position, along with player responsibilities.

Players will focus on:

  1. Stretching

  2. Pound Dribble

  3. Perfect Feet

  4. Sprint Break

  5. Sprint Back with Focus on Point Guard

  6. NBA Tight Ball

  7. 5-Man Movement

  8. Dribble Drive Attack

Offensive Division:

  1. 1-4 Baseline Offense

  2. 2-1-2 Attack

  3. Offensive vs Zone Press

  4. Power Offense

  5. 2-3 All-purpose Offense

  6. Shooter Zone Offense

  7. Box and one / Triangle & two

Offensive Division:

  1. Defensive Balance Drill

  2. Transition Balance Drill

  3. Team Rebound Drill

  4. PT to Inside Power Drill

  5. High - Low Seal Drill

  6. Flash Point Drill

  7. Gray Area Drill

  8. Open to Ball Drill

  9. High to Low Power Drill

  10. Wing Spot Shooting Drill

  11. Ten Passes & Shoot Drill

  12. Power Shot Drill

  13. Reversal Drill

  14. Five vs 6 Drill

  15. Dribble Exchange Drill

  16. PT Dribble Gap & Pass Drill

  17. Read Pass Drill

  18. Post Entry Drill

  19. Wing Dribble Gap & Pass Drill

  20. Skip Pass Drill

  21. Roll, Flash, Call for Ball

  22. Kick-out Move, 3 point

  23. Diagonal 3 Point Shooting

  24. Post - Kick out

Defensive Division:

  1. Zone Press

  2. 2-1-2

  3. 3-2

  4. 2-3

  5. Man to Man

  6. Defense Drills

  7. Defense Zig Zag

  8. Defense Shell

  9. Balance Drill

Workout #1

5-Game Warm-up
Perfect Feet
Pound Dribble
Shoulders - Hips
Play Game Low to High
Shoulders Game
Transition Work
Workout #2

Speed & Quickness
Getting Open the NBA Way
5 Game
Quick Catch Reads
NBA Shell
Positional Shooting
Workout #3

Speed & Quickness
Lay-Up SEries
Low Post Moves
2 on 2 Drills on Skills
Controlled Scrimmage
Workout #4

Speed & Quickness
Quick Catch Reads
Face-up Low Post Moves
Scoring Off Curl Cuts
Pick & Roll
Single - Double Action
Shell Trap & Rotation
Workout Wrap-Up