HoopDreams Basketball » nba http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog basketball skills training based in Portland OR Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:49:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Dreamer Nigel Williams-Goss participating at the Nike Deron Williams Skills Academy http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/dreamer-nigel-williams-goss-participating-at-the-nike-deron-williams-skills-academy http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/dreamer-nigel-williams-goss-participating-at-the-nike-deron-williams-skills-academy#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:28:05 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=825 Each summer Nigel has had the opportunity to participate in some very prestigious All-American camps.  Recently, Nigel just participated in the Deron Williams Nike Skills Academy (video), which invites the top 20 point guards in the country!  I believe this is just a testament to all of the HARD WORK that Nigel consistently puts in daily!  Keep up the hard work and continue to pursue your Hoop Dreams Nige!  Article

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/dreamer-nigel-williams-goss-participating-at-the-nike-deron-williams-skills-academy/feed 0 Mychel Thompson pre-draft workout with Golden St (NBA)! http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/mychel-thompson-pre-draft-workout-with-golden-st-nba http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/mychel-thompson-pre-draft-workout-with-golden-st-nba#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:48:14 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=790 Here is a video of former Hoop Dreamer Mychel Thompson (graduated from Pepperdine University) who just finished a pre-draft workout with the Golden State Warriors (NBA)!  Keep up the good work Mykee!!!

Mychel Thompson Pre Draft Workout with Golden State

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/mychel-thompson-pre-draft-workout-with-golden-st-nba/feed 0 How COACHABLE are you? http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/how-coachable-are-you http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/how-coachable-are-you#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 19:42:45 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=753 One of the best talents any player can have is the ability to be coachable.  Taking instructions & information and applying it.  That is called being coachable.  Not just having a good attitude and being a good teammate, but taking information that your coaches are giving you and IMMEDIATELY applying it!  Read this article talking about NBA players and draft picks and the importance of being COACHABLE! 

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/how-coachable-are-you/feed 0 Steve Nash on Living Sugar-Free (Diet Tips)!!! http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/steve-nash-on-living-sugar-free-diet-tips http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/steve-nash-on-living-sugar-free-diet-tips#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:31:44 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=569 Our new columnist quit the white stuff, and it changed everything.

By Steve Nash

Last winter I was talking with a friend about what I needed to do to stay healthy out on the court. (At 35 it’s not getting any easier.)  When the topic of nutrition came up, he urged me to go see his naturopath, Dr. Suneil Jain, here in Arizona.  Read More

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/steve-nash-on-living-sugar-free-diet-tips/feed 0 Dominic Waters 2nd Pre-Draft Workout with the Blazers (NBA)! http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/dominic-waters-2nd-pre-draft-workout-with-the-blazers-nba http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/dominic-waters-2nd-pre-draft-workout-with-the-blazers-nba#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:08:55 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=491

Dominic Waters (PSU) @ his 2nd pre-draft workout with the Portland Trail Blazers (NBA)!  He also, just returned last night from his pre-draft workout with the Utah Jazz (on Saturday)!  Dom is supposed to have a workout with the LA Clippers this upcoming week!  Stay tuned for more info on Dom Waters journey to the NBA!

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/dominic-waters-2nd-pre-draft-workout-with-the-blazers-nba/feed 0 Top PG’s in the world give Passing Tips! http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/top-pgs-in-the-world-give-passing-tips http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/top-pgs-in-the-world-give-passing-tips#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:24:03 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=495

Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns), Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks) and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz) talk about the fundamentals of passing and give basic passing tips to help you improve!  Such as:  reading the defense, what types of passes to use and taking PRIDE in your passing!  I know something we teach at HOOP DREAMS BASKETBALL is that “A good pass, leads to a good shot”!  So, basically saying, making sure that you deliver the pass at the right time, right place, and on the seams (passing, so the seams of the ball are lined up when the receiver catches the ball)!  So, lets get to work and enhance our passing abilities!!!

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A little insight into the mind of Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics), while speaking with Magic Johnson on ESPN!

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/rondo-speaks-with-magic-johnson/feed 0 Rajon Rondo – Arguably the best PG in the NBA! http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/rajon-rondo-arguable-the-best-pg-in-the-nba http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/rajon-rondo-arguable-the-best-pg-in-the-nba#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:28:03 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=479 Rajon Rondo is somebody who has grown on me dramatically throughout this season!  He is very intriguing as a player and someone that I watch constantly because of the intangibles that he brings to the game of basketball as a PG. His feel for the game and ability to see plays ahead is something that stands out when I watch him play.  Rajon Rondo is an impeccable defender on and off the ball, can consistently give you double figure assists every game, is a great rebounder and unbelievable floor general who takes charge and runs his team! Here is a great story or “9 Stories on No. 9 (Rajon Rondo)”  – http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/news/story?page=Rondo-Chapter1 !

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/rajon-rondo-arguable-the-best-pg-in-the-nba/feed 0 NBA Playoffs!!! http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/nba-playoffs http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/nba-playoffs#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:31:27 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=458 To me this is the best part of the basketball season for the NBA!  This is where all of the Top players shine and you see every one’s basketball IQ raise up a notch!  The players are playing their hardest and smartest at this point knowing that every possession of each game counts!  This is to me why it’s so sad, with Lebron being named MVP, that he is unable to get his team to reach the NBA finals.  We have all witnessed it before where players like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have struggled before their time has come to be champions.  But, something is a bit different with Lebron, those players reached it by year 7 of their career’s!   That’s why I have so much respect for Kobe Bryant because he is able to perform and win consistently even though everybody and every team has a game plan to “TRY” and shut him down!  The NBA playoffs also let you see new players emerge into stardom.  You are getting to see player’s like Rajon Rondo go from being good to considered great and arguably the best point guard in the NBA!  That is why the NBA playoffs are FAAAANTASTIC!!!

]]> http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/nba-playoffs/feed 0 Tips from some of the NBAs best on dribbling… http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/tips-from-some-of-the-nbas-best-on-dribbling http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/tips-from-some-of-the-nbas-best-on-dribbling#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:49:35 +0000 admin http://hoopdreamsbasketball.org/blog/?p=437

Here are some of the NBAs best guards, giving tips on dribbling, go to moves and counters.  Every basketball player should have a “go to move” as well as a “counter” to the “go to move”.  Your “go to move” is the move that is your best move and the move  that you know can get you by a defender with the most success!  Your “counter move” is a move that you use in conjunction with that “go to move” in order to set a defender up to believe that your going to use your “go to move”, but you are actually not.  Some call it a “set up move” or a “decoy move”.  This “counter move” enables you to continue to use your “go to move” with a high success rate, so that the defense cannot “read” you and steal or stop your “go to move”.  Get to work and create your “Go TO Move” and “Counter Move”!!!

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