PRIVATE ONE ON ONE TRAINING
One player, one coach, one plan.
Alex Grant has coached middle school, high school and college basketball for eight years, on the men's and women's side. In a private session you get all of that attention, and a plan written for how you already play.
01 / WHAT IT IS
What happens in a one on one basketball session?
You work for an hour with one coach on the things your game is actually missing. Alex watches how you move, where you get stopped and what you avoid, then builds the drill work around that. Nothing is copied from another player's plan.
The first session is mostly Alex watching. He wants to see your handle under a real defender, which hand you finish with when you are tired, how you set your feet on a catch, and what you do when the first option is taken away. He also looks at your body. A 5 foot 8 guard and a 6 foot 4 forward do not need the same footwork, and a player with long arms finishes differently than one without them.
After that, every session has a written focus. You get a small number of things to fix and a lot of repetitions on each one. Alex does not run a new drill every week to keep it interesting. Skill comes from doing the same correct movement enough times that it holds up when someone is guarding you and the clock is running.
Sessions are outdoors, at Bellevue Beach Park in Bellevue, at a court in Newport, or at Swope. There is no gym and no facility. That is a real limit and worth knowing before you book. It also means wind, a live rim and an uneven surface, which are honest conditions to build a shot in.
02 / INSIDE A SESSION
How a private session is put together
The order changes by player, but the structure holds.
- 01
Warm up with a purpose
Footwork and ball work at game speed, not a jog and a stretch. The warm up is already teaching something, usually the movement pattern the rest of the session is built on.
- 02
Skill block with heavy repetition
One or two movements, drilled until the form does not fall apart. This is the part that is boring to watch and the only part that actually changes a player.
- 03
The same skill against a defender
Alex guards you, closes out on you, or takes away your strong hand. A move that only works on air is not a move you own yet.
- 04
Read work and a takeaway
You finish with a decision drill and two or three things to do on your own before the next session. What you do between sessions decides how fast this goes.
04 / WHAT CHANGES
The numbers worth knowing before you book
One private session, one coach, one player, at an outdoor public court in Bellevue, Newport or Swope.
Seasonal packages are available. Ask for current package pricing.
Share of high school boys basketball players who go on to play NCAA basketball at any division, from 540,704 players to 19,617.
Alex has coached middle school, high school and college basketball, men's and women's, and played three years in college as a team captain.
Coaching background, not a performance claim.
He has coached multiple 1,000 point scorers. Two of them reached that mark after starting development work with him.
06 / Questions
What people ask about this
How much is a private basketball session?
$200 per session. That is one player with Alex Grant for the full session, at one of three outdoor public courts. Seasonal packages exist and cost less per session than booking one at a time, but those prices are not published yet, so ask and he will tell you the current numbers. There is no membership and no sign up fee.
Where do you train?
Three outdoor public courts in Northern Kentucky: Bellevue Beach Park in Bellevue, a court in Newport, and Swope. Training is outdoor only. There is no gym and no indoor facility, so weather can move a session. If an indoor space is what your family needs, this is not the right fit and it is better to know that now.
How old does my child need to be?
Alex has coached middle school, high school and college players. Middle school is a reasonable starting point, because a player that age can hold a correction for a full session and repeat it on their own afterwards. Younger than that, the useful thing is usually more free play and a second sport rather than paid skill work.
How many sessions before we see something?
That depends on the player and on what they do between sessions. Alex will not give you a session count, because anyone who does is guessing. What he will do is tell you at the start what he is trying to change and what it should look like when it is fixed, so you can judge progress yourself instead of taking his word for it.