Phil Brown Holiday Camps
Phil Brown Holiday Camps are held each school holidays at Belconnen Basketball Stadium.
Camps are aimed at developing players aged 9-17 years with a minimum of 2 years of playing experience.
Phil Brown Holiday Camps focus on covering and enhancing a participant’s skills development, and game understanding. Additional elements that are covered include:
Phil Brown is a former Head of High Performance and Coaching at Basketball ACT, a former AIS Head Coach, a WNBL championship winning coach, and is a former member of the Canberra Cannons.
Participants in the ‘FUNdamental Skills Camp’ will be taught and drilled the foundation fundamentals of stopping, pivoting, dribbling, passing, shooting and defensive containment footwork. The coaches will use combination drills, small-sided games and fun activities to develop and reinforce the correct execution of basketball fundamentals. Each session will include some game play activities to develop players “game sense”.
This camp is suitable for players of all experience levels.
The three-day specialist camp focuses on the development of correct shooting technique and covers form drills to build the shot technique whilst emphasizing footwork/balance, body alignment and the critical importance of the release phase in developing good shooting form. Camp participants will work on shooting the ball off the pass, off the dribble, in addition to developing correct lay-up technique with a particular emphasis on shooting the lay-up with the non-preferred hand. The Shooting Camp incorporates competitions so camp participants have fun while learning and practicing their shooting skills.
This camp will teach participants the basic concepts and principles of 3×3 game play through breakdown drills, 3×3 shooting drills and games. Camp participants will learn about the importance of floor spacing, court balance and the importance of ball and player movement in the 3×3 game. Players will be taught the key offensive actions of 3×3 including the emphasis on dribble penetration & receiver’s principles, cutting & screening principles. Each session will include some 3×3 game play activities to develop players “game sense”.
The Phil Brown Super Camp will focus on the development of correct technique in the key foundation skills of shooting, passing, dribbling, pivoting and defensive footwork. The camp will emphasize footwork, balance and key technical areas in developing good shooting form including the importance of body alignment and correct release phase on the shot. Participants will develop their one on one skills including the ability to get their defender off balance and create scoring opportunities.
In addition to the individual fundamentals the basic concepts of team play including fast break, pass & cut and dribble penetration and receivers principles will be taught and practiced through small-sided 2 v 2, 3 v 3 & 4 v 4 games. Coaches will also use competitions & fun activities throughout the camp.
This camp is suitable for players with a minimum of two years of basketball experience.
The four-day camp focuses on the development of correct shooting technique and covers form drills to build the shot technique emphasizing footwork/balance, body alignment and the critical importance of the release phase in developing good shooting form. Camp participants will develop correct lay-up technique with a particular emphasis on shooting the lay-up with the non-preferred hand.
The camp will teach participants the basic concepts and principles of team play through advantage-disadvantage drills, transition and small-sided games. Camp participants will learn about the importance of floor spacing, court balance and the importance of ball and player movement through small-sided games.
The Camp will incorporate competitions and activities so camp participants have fun while learning and practicing their skills.
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