ADVANTAGE BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMPS

 

 

What is good about Advantage Basketball Training Camps is the fact that we consider all our campers to be a part of the Advantage family. Also we run our training camps like a college practice. We’re trying to simulate the intensity of a college practice; we expose the campers to what it’s like at the next level as far as pace of the drill, instruction, the need to be good listeners and communicators. At our camps we have some of the top players in the country and that enhances the competition which will help them as well. We tell them, Advantage training may be different from what you are taught at your high schools, primary schools, or club teams. Different doesn’t mean better. Different is different. We expose them to some different techniques.

Advantage Basketball Canada is organization that was established in 2005 by Coach Chris Smalling.

Advantage Basketball teaches that becoming a complete basketball player means developing athletic ability, knowledge of the game, self-esteem, confidence, sportsmanship, team concept and a positive attitude on and off the court.

Our instructor’s help athletes develop these skills by coaching them through drills used by university level basketball players. These drills will help improve balance, pivoting, footwork, defense, ball handling, shooting, passing and rebounding skills.

The camp skill level ranges from beginners to those who will play college basketball at a high level.

The Advantage Mentoring Program was established by Chris Smalling as a two-fold purpose. It allows college and university students, as well as peer mentors to assist school children in a variety of activities to help boost the child's self-esteem and appreciation for learning.

Interim at the same time providing an opportunity for the student mentor to assess his/her interpersonal skills set prior to commencing their career. The program provides structured both one-to-one and small groups mentoring predominantly to the population of all youth including "at risk" young children who are already experiencing difficulty or failure in school, children in foster care and children who have been homeless.

Research increasingly indicates that those youth, who succeed, despite often-enormous personal, economic or social obstacles, do so because of the presence in their lives of caring, competent adults who believe in them and give them reasons to succeed. Advantage Basketball believes that we have a responsibility to give back and lend a helping hand when we can. 

 

For the past two summers Coach Smalling has built Advantage Basketball into one of the most prestigious camps in the country. Last year, five of our Junior National players, and nine players that have played for team Ontario were in attendance at the camps.