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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY
Highland Heights players and the odds nobody explains.
There is college basketball inside the city limits at Northern Kentucky University, which makes the gap between a good high school player and a college player easy to see. Alex Grant trains Highland Heights players about ten minutes north.
Court
Players from Highland Heights train at Bellevue Beach Park, a Newport court, or Swope
Drive
About ten minutes north toward the river towns
Surface
Outdoor public court, open air, no gym
Session
$200 per session, one on one or small group
01 / TRAINING IN HIGHLAND HEIGHTS
What are the real odds of playing college basketball?
Low, and worth knowing before a family spends years on it. The NCAA reported for 2024-25 that 3.6% of high school boys and 4.7% of high school girls basketball players go on to play NCAA basketball at any division. Source: https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2013/12/17/probability-of-competing-beyond-high-school.aspx
Highland Heights families watch college basketball in their own town, since Northern Kentucky University is here, and it is a useful reality check. The distance between a strong high school player and a college roster is larger than a highlight video suggests. Alex played three years of college basketball and captained his team, then spent eight years coaching at middle school, high school and college level, so he is describing something he watched from both sides.
That is not a reason to stop. It is a reason to train honestly. A player who does the repetition work gets better regardless of where it ends, and the skills hold up in a high school season whether or not a scholarship ever appears. What Alex will not do is tell a family a player is a college prospect because it makes the next package easier to sell.
03 / AROUND HERE
Highland Heights notes
- 01
College basketball in town
Northern Kentucky University sits here, which gives local players an easy way to watch what college basketball actually looks like in person.
- 02
Campbell County players
A lot of players from this side of the county end up at Campbell County High School, and the work here is aimed at the roster spots they want there.
- 03
Honest assessment first
Alex tells a family where a player really is before selling them anything. That conversation happens after he has watched them play, not before.
05 / Questions
What families in Highland Heights ask
Do you train at a court in Highland Heights?
No. Three outdoor courts are in use and only three: Bellevue Beach Park, a court in Newport, and Swope. Highland Heights players drive about ten minutes north. Alex will not invent a local court to make a page sound closer to home. You get the exact court and time when the session is booked.
Will training get my child recruited?
Nobody can promise that, and anyone who does is guessing with your money. Training makes a player better, which improves their chances and improves their high school season either way. The NCAA numbers above are the honest backdrop. Alex has coached multiple 1,000 point scorers, two of whom reached it after starting development work with him, and he still will not promise anybody a scholarship.
How long is a session?
About an hour of working time, and it is genuinely working time. There is no waiting in line, no long talk at the start and no scrimmage to fill the end. Players finish tired. They also leave with two or three specific things to do on their own before the next one, because what happens between sessions decides how fast anything changes.