What's better then getting a basketball in the hands of your little ones?  Getting a basketball in the hands of your little ones and seeing them run, shoot, jump, play, throw and catch.  Although in our child development portion of SlamDunkerz we call Hoppin Hoopsterz, we do not promise to make Michael Jordan's out of your children, we do promise to make it fun and engaging. This class is definitely parent participation and we use many different props like balloons, hula hoops, noodles and spots to engage your children in fun activities for 45 minutes.  Bring a mini ball for a Hoppin good time.

This is our introductory course for Children 3 to Under 5 years old. What is a basketball, how do you hold it, how do you pass it, how do you shoot it, how do you play with others as teammates and as a team? This group will involve parent participation in order to facilitate all the activities led by our instructors. Age appropriate equipment will include appropriate size (Size 3) basketballs and small Nets.

They will be introduced to the concept of Ball Handling, Passing, Shooting, Defense or Teamwork in a professional manner while being taught that learning is fun. End of Class small sided scrimmaging will be played in order to learn concepts taught. Achievement of the skills will come in time and practice. Repeating the course re-enforces the skills and allows us to progress the children’s skill level.

This very well might be the first time these 5 to under 7 year olds will be experiencing playing basketball and being taught in a systematic method.  They will be introduced to the concept of Ball Handling, Passing, Shooting, Defense or Teamwork in a professional manner while being taught that learning can be fun.

Being flexible and learning proper warm up techniques is also stressed and the most important aspect will be physical fitness and good energy.  Energy starts with eating and sleeping well which results in playing well. 

Achievement of the skills will come in time with hundreds of hours of practice and repeat of the courses to re-enforce the skills. Scrimmaging will be introduced

This group posses the physical and mental ability to pick skills up much quicker then the younger group.  Therefore we will be advancing the skills of the players by introducing progressions that maintain a challenging aspect to the sport.  Even though they will also be introduced to the concept of Ball Handling, Passing, Shooting, Defense or Teamwork in a professional manner, they will be at a more advanced stage.  At the end of the program our goal will be to make sure that all the skills are learned so they all can recognize and practice the proper way of executing all skills and begin to understand what a game face is as basketball is also about attitude on and off the court.

This group posses the physical and mental ability to pick skills up much quicker then all the younger groups. Therefore we will be advancing the skills of the players by introducing progressions that maintain a challenging aspect to the sport. Even though they will be introduced to the concept of Ball Handling, Passing, Shooting, Defense or Teamwork in a professional manner, they will be at a much more advanced stage as our Coaches scrutinize the smallest of details. Small sided scrimmages in all classes will end our practices.

By the end of the program the goal will be to make sure they are comfortable with the terms and introduced to the proper techniques in order to bring them one step closer to being a TRIPLE THREAT!