Junior 5-Star Basketball Camp for boys & girls ages 8-15. The camp will be held at The Hoop in Columbus, OH on July 18-22 from 9am-3pm.
(PRWEB) May 28, 2005 -- The Five-Star Basketball Camp, home to many of the nations leading coaches, teachers and NBA players for forty years is running its first ever day camp program in the Jackson area.
Five-Star is offering its Junior Five-Star program for 8-14 year olds June 20-24 at Mississippi Basketball & Athletics in Jackson, MS. The camp will feature the same curriculum and structure that has impacted many of the greatest players and coaches in basketball history. Camp alumni include Michael Jordan to Lebron James, Patrick Ewing to Carmelo Anthony and 23 players drafted in the last two NBA drafts. A few of the coaches who developed at our camp include; Bob Knight, Paul Hewitt, Jeff Van Gundy, Rick Pitino, John Calipari, Mike Fratello and Hubie Brown.
Junior Five-Star has impacted several thousand players the past five years assisting them in their development towards reaching their highest potential. The program is for the serious" player committed to the hard work and instructional format that Five-Star is known for. The camp features Five-Stars world-renown stations (developed by Bobby Knight in the 1960s), lectures, games, and contests. Junior Five-Star is open to all boys & girls 8-14 years of age who want to play at a higher level". The camp utilizes a three league format to ensure that participants play against their competitive peers.
What people say about Five-Star?
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University: "No one has done more for the game of basketball in the past four decades than Five-Star's Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein"
Michael Jordan, Greatest Player Ever: "The camp changed how I felt about basketball and my future. It was the turning point of my life."
Jerry Krauss, Ex-Chicago Bulls GM: "No other institution has had the influence on the game of basketball like that of the Five-Star Basketball Camp."
Skip Prosser, Wake Forest University: "From a coach and father's point of view, that's the best place to be bouncing a ball."
Interested campers can log onto www.five-starbasketball.com or call Todd Yates (601)957-7373.
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