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General Announcement
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The Garden City Basketball program has enjoyed tremendous support and has provided instruction to 400-600 children each season. Garden City Basketball is a proud member of the JrNBA/JrWNBA, iHoops, and the AAU, respected national youth sports organizations, and our program follows their rules, policies, and procedures. We believe that Garden City Basketball has the vision, volunteers and dedicated coaches, and sets the highest standard for youth basketball in the village of Garden City.
Make sure you choose the right program…Garden City Basketball. The focus of Garden City Basketball is our Clinic and Friday Night Light programs. Our greater mission is to provide a wonderful experience for all of our participants so that a love of the life long game of basketball will be nurtured and grow.
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Program is in full swing
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The K-1-2 clinic will resume SUNDAY January 8th 12:30pm to 2:30pm at the St Pauls Fieldhouse and has no off dates til we end in March. The boys 7th grade and higher resumes FRIDAY January 6th 7:30pm to 9pm at Stewart school (we are off during the Feb break).
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Registration is still OPEN for the Winter 2011-2012 season
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You may register online or print&mail an application !...no late fees
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Our nationally recognized clinic for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade boys & girls uses 8ft baskets and stations of different foundational skills & drills. Professionals recommend staying at a lower basket as not to create poor shooting mechanics in younger players. Basket height at a young age needs to be set for all players not for the limited few who can use the higher basket. Please use the “clinic link” for background on the skills/format/structure of the clinic. Note; This is a clinic and teams are not formed and participants are not called. The clinic will be SUNDAYS 12:30pm to 2:30pm. Our boys intramural “Friday Night Lights” for the 7th through the 12th grade program is held in town on Friday Nights. The older boys have now enjoyed 11 years of pick-up with Island Garden refs and Coach Skramko at Stewart school. This is by far the longest running program of its type for this age group in the village. This program was originally formed 11 years ago as an “anti-drug and alcohol” alternative. There were teams, uniforms and formal games. The offering has evolved over the years to what it is today. A format where teenage boys play lots of basketball the way they want to play. Last season the boys generally played about 90 minutes of hoops followed by half court “knock out”.
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2011/2012 Season
Registration is Open
Click Here to REGISTER ONLINE or print an application
Welcome to Garden City Basketball !
We
believe that Garden City Basketball
has the vision, volunteers and dedicated coaches, and sets the
highest standard for youth basketball in the village of Garden City.
Make sure you choose the
right program…Garden City
Basketball…
The
focus of Garden City Basketball
is our intramural program. Our
greater mission is to provide a wonderful experience for all of our
participants so that a love of the life long game of basketball will
be nurtured and grow.
Garden
City Basketball is an organization solely focused on
basketball. We have
raised the bar and have injected activity, effort, and excitement
for the sport of youth basketball in the village.
Our goal is simply to have a great program that is our
version of fun for children.
The
Garden City Basketball intramural
program is held in the St. Paul's Field House.
We offer:
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Clinics for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd
grade Boys & Girls – Held on SUNDAY’s from 12:30pm to 2:30pm
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Boys intramural “Friday Night Lights” for the 7th
through the 12th grade
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and a variety of special events
Our intramural program runs from early December through early
March.
“Friday Night Lights - Streetball” is our Boys 7th
thru 12th Grade program that is held at Stewart School on
Friday Nights. This is
the longest running program of its kind in our Village.
All of our other programs have their games on Saturday.
Skill development is important and Garden
City Basketball has some of the best clinics that you can
find. Our Sunday clinic
for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grader’s is
highly regarded by professionals and we are proud to announce is a
model for other programs around the country.
Our K-1-2 clinic supplies over
twenty hours of instruction!
We believe that Garden City
Basketball is second to none in the quality and amount of
training we fairly allocate to our participants.
We
have established special
training for “Speed, Agility, and Quickness” led by experts
at the Professional Athletic
Performance Center . The
training at this facility is used by the Garden City High School
Athletic Department, other local public schools, the Islanders, and
local colleges. A
special conditioning program built for Garden
City Basketball is focused on children 8 years old and
higher. Experts from the
Professional Athletic Performance Center provide instruction at
their state-of-the-art facility located in Garden City and at St.
Paul’s. In addition,
we are also pleased to be able to provide coaches clinics focused on
injury prevention from
this top flight organization.
We
are the FIRST and ONLY
local basketball program that:
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is a member of the AAU, the
Jr.NBA, and the Jr.WNBA
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provides the capability to register online
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has invested in a website that sets us apart from all other
basketball programs
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hosts Jr.NBA/Jr WNBA Skills
Challenge, NBA FIT, and iHoops events
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has had numerous coaches that have received regional
recognition of excellence by the Jr.NBA/Jr.WNBA
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entered the Jr.NBA/Jr.WNBA S.T.A.R.
(Sportsmanship, Teamwork, Attitude, and Respect) essay contest.
A program of NBA Cares.
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has partnered with TWIGS and Adelphi
University to launch “Hoops That
Help” charity basketball for the Child Life program at Winthrop
University Hospital
We
welcome open discussions with our participants.
As we do each season, we will hold at least two open
forums and we are always accessible for the residents of our
village.
Surf
the site and check out the:
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“Background” link for additional general information
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“Application” link for safe and secure online
registration or a paper application
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“Clinic” link for the framework of how our K-1-2 clinics
are performed
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“Upcoming Events” link to obtain a quick view of our
calendar of events
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“Travel Program” link for the framework on how we conduct
travel tryouts
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“Basketball Links” for a wealth of basketball focused
websites
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Graphic for the AAU to launch the Amateur Athletic Union
website
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Graphic for the Island Garden to launch their website
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Graphic for the Long Island Basketball to launch their
website
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Graphic for the Jr.NBA/Jr.WNBA to launch their site and
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Graphics for Fundamental Sports Training and the Professional
Athletic Performance Center websites for specialized training
We
hope that you will join the best basketball program in town.
We look forward to yet another great season.
Our registration fee is $75.
Sign-up TODAY!
If
there are any questions please contact John Skramko at jskramko@live.com
or call 746-9659.
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