Dear HD Nation, As I was watching the Final Four games last night it got me thinking back to when I got the chance to play in the NCAA tournament and what a dream come true it was for me. I started to think what it took for me to put myself in a position …

We are proud to have helped so many players fulfill their “Hoop Dreamz” of playing at the college level.   Listed below are former Hoop Dreamz players who have gone on to play in college.  These are all local kids who have grown up in Bergen and Rockland Counties! NCAA Division 1 Brandon Anderson – …

The game of basketball is played in an open environment. This means the environment is random and chaotic. Many of the skills used are not repeated in exactly the same way because of the changing environment. Many coaches and programs teach drills in a closed environment which don’t transfer over to real game-like conditions. An example of …

Psychology!  As a coach, I see it all the time.  We get players of equal skill set and sometimes even better skill set then another player. However the player with the better psychology and less skills will perform better. So many players and coaches neglect this important aspect of player development. At Hoop Dreamz we …