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Eagles Program:
We know that it takes 10-12 years to prepare an international caliber basketball player. In our club, the basketball curriculum is based on 2 hours of practice per week and regular games or tournaments. We realize that not all players from the Vancouver Eagles Basketball Club become professional athletes however we strongly believe that all our Eagles Club players will love to play basketball for life!
Players learn how to run properly, have great flexibility, superior physical conditioning, excellent basketball fundamental skills, and exceptional coordination. In two words, our players have: fundamental preparation.
Vancouver Eagles Youth Basketball Club players develop a great friendship with their teammates and great sportsmanship with players from other leagues and clubs.
Our professional coaches give equal opportunities to all Vancouver Eagles Basketball players to develop their skills and participate equally in games and tournaments.
In our club there are 4 seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer.
Fall Season: September 13 – December 10, 2010.
Winter Season: January 04 – April 08, 2011.
Spring Season: April 11 – June 24, 2011.
Summer Season: June 27 – September 09, 2011.
Practices take place once or twice a week depending on the player’s choice.
Each practice lasts a full hour and consists of:
- Warm up. General fitness.
- Steve Nash warm up with ball handling
- Working on players fundamentals skills
- Basketball combinations
- Game/Scrimmage
Some of the games between Vancouver Eagles teams and their opponents will be taped and broadcast on Eagles TV on our website.
During practice time players learn:
(Depending on the age of the player, there is a different level of difficulty for the practice and different expectations of performance for each individual player)
| 1. Footwork Fundamentals: |
- Basketball position
- Quick start, Quick stop, Jump stop, Stride stop
- Pivot: forward, reverse
- Defensive Slide
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| 2. Dribbling Fundamentals: |
- Stationary Dribble, Dominant Hand, Non-dominant Hand, Alternating Hands.
- Control Dribble
- Speed Dribble
- Crossover Dribble
- Change of pace
- Reverse
- Behind the back
- Between the legs
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| 3. Shooting |
- Lay up: Stationary dominant hand, Non dominant hand
- Lay up: Non Stationary dominant hand, Non dominant hand
- Set shot
- Jump shot
- Free throw: 7-8 feet rim, 8-9 feet rim, 9-10 feet rim, 10 feet rim
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| 4. Receiving |
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| 5. Passing |
- Chest Pass: Stationary target, Non Stationary target
- Bounce Pass: Stationary, Non-stationary
- Overhead Pass: Stationary, Non-stationary
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| 6. Rebounding |
- Jump
- Box out position
- Defensive
- Offensive
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| 7. Individual Offensive Moves |
- Direct drive to the basket
- Rocker move
- Jab-step and go, Crossover step
- Shot-fake and Jump shot
- Post-up position
- Post square-up and shoot
- Post drop-step move
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| 8. Offensive Movement without the Ball |
- Direct cut to ball, V-cut, L-cut
- Setting pick, using picks
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| 9. Defensive Stance |
| 10. Defensive Footwork |
- Slide step
- Attack and retreat step
- Drop step
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| 11. Guarding the Player with the ball |
- Dribbler defense
- Dead ball defense
- Defending the shot
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| 12. Guarding the Player without the ball |
- Deny defense
- Helpside defense
- Defending the screen
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On weekdays there may be games between club leagues, or games/tournaments between Steve Nash youth basketball leagues.
Players and parents are advised to check our website regularly for games and schedule changes and announcements of basketball events where Eagle players will participate.
Eagles players will receive regular announcements as to when and where they can watch and/or meet Steve Nash during his games.
Izayah Zeid Mohamedali Scholarship Fund
Vancouver Eagles Youth Basketball Club has established two scholarship funds for a deserving child whose parents cannot afford to pay the registration fee and who would like to practice and play on the Eagles Team. These perpetual scholarships are offered each season to a deserving child.
This Scholarship Fund is established in loving memory of our dear friend, a brilliant young boy Izayah Zeid Mohamedali (December 23, 1997 - May 02, 2003) who started to practice and play basketball when he was 3 years old. Unfortunately a rare cancer prevented Izayah from reaching his path to excellence. However, we his friends would like his spirit to live on with us and help other kids.
One of the scholarships will go to a child playing out of Jamieson and Carnarvon Elementary Schools, another to a child playing out of Van Horne Elementary School and Trafalgar Elementary School.
Representatives of the Vancouver Eagles Basketball Club, the Principals of Trafalgar and Van Horne Elementary Schools together along with Izayah’s parents will make the final decision to whom to award these special scholarships.
Please contact the registrar of the club in order to get a Scholarship Application Form.
Please download Scholarship Application Form.
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