Summer Programs

Summer 2019 "The Complete Player"

Summer League Games? Sure they are fun. It may help politically to make your town or high school coach THINK your son or daughter or committed to get better but are they? Watch these summer league games or open gyms and ask yourself if they are getting better. You may have to attend some summer league games to appease your coaches but if you want to see improvement they need to work on their skills. We did our best to schedule our nights on the least use summer league nights and offered different programs for your choice.

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One on One
Parents you watch other players scoring all the points and your son or daughter are not shooting the ball. Why? Mostly lack of confidence and the skill set to go score 1 on 1 against there defendant. They will be taught how to score in a 1 on 1 situation and will play games of 1 on 1.

​The best program to give a player the confidence and skills to score. 

Players to not get bored at these sessions. They get tired and love playing games of 1 on 1. 
If your son or daughter look to pass the ball every time they catch it then this is the program for them.

• Fridays: 6/28, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9
• Boys & Girls: 6:00 to 7:30 PM

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​Form Shooting
The purpose of the form shooting is to teach players of all ages the correct form to become a talented jump shooter.
To become a talented shooter you do not just catch the ball and throw it up towards the basket.
Correct form and repetition with that correct form make great shooters.
What is taking into consideration when teachings the correct form shot: Foot placement, weight balance, knees, hips, shoulders, arms, elbow, on hand ball placement, off hand ball placement, head... and putting this all together to make the perfect form shot.
Do you establish the correct pivot foot so you won't travel or can shot fake and drive to the basket? Do you have the shooting mentality?

• Mondays: 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 cancelled, 7/29, 8/5
• 7/22 sessions cancelled floor being refinished. We will have a makeup date.
• Boys & Girls:  ​
• Final session: Make up: Wednesday August 7th
• 5 PM to 6:30 PM

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Skills:​
We will be conducting our popular skills workouts. Skills, conditioning, 2 on 2 or more.
This program focuses more on ball handling. You can be a great shooter but if you can't put the ball on the floor with confidence you will not get you shot off.
Full court group transition drills help players to get the true game feeling against competition.
Watch your daughter participate in 6 or more station drills and change from station to station every 3 to 5 minutes. 
Each station focuses on a particular skill that will make them a better all around player.
The other 2 programs focus on certain areas of skills. The skills program works on all skills from offense to defense and individual to group skills required to become a good and confident player. 
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• Sundays: 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4​
• Boys & Girls:  ​
• Final session: Make up: Wednesday August 7th
• 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• ​All Boys & Girls
  

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• Form Shooting Only $ 125
• One on One Only $ 125
• Skills Only $ 125
• Shooting & 1 on 1 $ 210
• Shooting & Skills $ 210
• 1 on 1 & Skills $ 210
• ​All Three $ 280
• ​Drop-in to any session $25
  

• Boys and Girls
• Grades 4th thru 12th
  
• Location: Northern Essex Community College
  
• Skills: Sunday Nights
  
• Form Shooting: Monday Nights
  
• ​1 on 1 Friday Nights
  

If you enroll for 1 or 2 programs and have to miss a couple because of your busy summer schedule you can just choose to go to another program but please notify us 1st so we can plan accordingly.  

To Enroll for Complete Program Click Here

Message from Coach Tardif

It is our focus at the Merrimack Valley Eagles Basketball Program to provide the very best opportunity for all players to improve their basketball skills and confidence while enjoying our program.
We attempt to this by providing the very best coaches that care about all players and teaching them the skills needed to become a better player.
 
It has been our experience what often happens is that the players that develop physically quicker than others their age tend to dominate at a younger age. But, as all the other kids grow and mature many of the players that were bigger, faster and stronger at an earlier age often to not grow while others catch them in size and often surpass them.
 
How do you prevent this? Skills! Have your son or daughter become the best skills player they can become regardless of their size.
 
How frustrating is it for a parent to watch their son or daughter make the same mistake over and over again in games? Why does this happen?
 
This happens because players do not practice basketball skills enough and just play in games. It is having your son or daughter take exams in school without studying.
 

• We treat players individually
• We do not prejudge a player looking at their physical size and then label them  to become a player of a certain position
  • “Oh you are tall, you only get the rebound and pass it to other players”
  • “Don’t shoot the ball pass it to someone else”
  • “Don’t dribble pass it to someone else”
• No yelling, screaming, belittling coaches here. I believe that all that yelling is to cover up for the coaches’ inadequacies and mistakes.
• We motivate, encourage and challenge players to become the best player than can.
• We are the best program to help all coaches; high school, travel and in-house because we teach the players the concept of the game and how to play the game. Not just plays that they will never use in their school games.
• Yes if you are wondering we are different.

 
Contact us anytime and drop in for a free session.
 
Thank you,
 
Coach Joe Tardif Sr.
Call or Text: 603.234.5727
Email: [email protected]