Seven kinds of work, one plan

The format comes first. One-on-one training is where a broken mechanic gets fixed, because every repetition is seen and corrected. Small group training is where that repaired skill gets tested against a defender, a clock and fatigue, which is the only honest way to find out whether it is real yet. Most players need both, in that order, across a plan.

Then the skills. Shooting is mechanics plus volume plus the ability to repeat the same motion when tired and off balance. Ball handling is both hands under pressure, not cone drills that look impressive with nobody guarding. Guard play puts those together with pace, pick and roll reads and the job of running a team. Decision making is the one most families skip, and it is the one college coaches watch: reading the second defender, moving the ball on time, knowing which shot belongs to whom. Girls basketball covers work built for women's programs, which Alex has coached at the college level alongside men's.

The thesis behind all of it is that there are no shortcuts. Skill comes from repetition and drill work, plus decision making trained under pressure, repeated often enough that it survives a real game. Tournament basketball showcases skill. It does not build it. That is why the work here is built around what a player does in a session, not around which events they attend.

Plans are per player. A sophomore who cannot go left needs a different eight weeks than a senior guard who cannot shoot off the catch, and selling both of them the same program would be easier and worse. Sessions are $200 and run on three outdoor public courts in Bellevue, Newport and Swope.