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BELLEVUE, KY
Basketball training at the Bellevue Beach Park courts.
Most of Alex Grant's sessions happen at Bellevue Beach Park. If you live in Bellevue you are already there. Outdoor court, one player or a small group, drill work and decision making at game speed.
Court
Bellevue Beach Park, the court used most often
Drive
Walking distance from much of Bellevue, a few minutes by car
Surface
Outdoor public court, open air, no gym
Session
$200 per session, one on one or small group
01 / TRAINING IN BELLEVUE
Where can my kid get basketball training in Bellevue, KY?
At Bellevue Beach Park. Alex Grant coaches there in the open air, one on one or in small groups, at $200 a session. He has eight years coaching middle school, high school and college basketball, men's and women's, and he builds the plan around the player in front of him.
Bellevue is a small city with a small high school, and that cuts both ways. A Bellevue High School roster is not twenty players deep at every position, so a kid who can handle the ball and finish will get minutes early. The other side of it is that nobody develops that kid by accident. Skill comes from repetition and drill work, then from decision making trained under pressure until it holds up in a live game.
Kentucky does not split basketball into classes by school size. Bellevue plays the same single elimination road to the Sweet 16 as schools several times larger, through the 9th Region. That is why individual skill counts for more here than most parents expect. A short roster with two genuinely developed players can beat a much bigger program, and it happens often enough that nobody around here treats it as a fluke.
03 / AROUND HERE
Who trains at this court
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Bellevue High School players
Varsity and junior varsity players working in season and out of it, usually on one specific thing their head coach has asked them to fix.
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Middle school players
Sixth through eighth graders building handle, footwork and a repeatable shot before high school tryouts, while habits are still cheap to change.
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Players from the next towns over
Newport, Dayton and Fort Thomas families use this court too, because it is minutes away and there is parking right beside it.
05 / Questions
What families in Bellevue ask
Do you train girls as well as boys?
Yes. Alex has coached both men's and women's programs across eight years at the middle school, high school and college levels. The drill work does not change by gender. What changes is the plan, which is built around the individual player, her position, her role on her team and the specific things she has to be able to do in a game.
Is this the same thing as AAU?
No, and it does not replace a team either. AAU showcases skill in front of people. It does not build skill. There is not enough repetition in a weekend of games to change how a player shoots or handles the ball. Training is where the reps happen. Do both if the family has the time and the money for it.
What happens when it rains?
Every court is outdoors, so a session moves rather than gets played in bad weather. You get word ahead of time and a replacement slot. There is no indoor gym option at all. If a family needs guaranteed indoor court time in January, this is not the right fit, and Alex will tell you that before you pay for anything.