OC Premier Basketball

Time is not managed well so that each participant gets a good opportunity to play. If you are a star player, you would probably enjoy being able to dominate the 3:3 or 5:5 time, but everyone else learning is secondary and does not get much opportunity to practice or touch the ball. Mostly sitting on the bench, on the floor, on the bench, on the bench, on the floor… waiting for their turn.

This review is based on day one of the one week basketball camp. If day two is better then review will be adjusted. Bottom line is our son came home saying he didn’t want to return. And he usually likes everything! My husband and I tagged team to observe the whole day and we can see why. Based on day one, so far we wouldn’t even attend if we were paid. The gym had too many kids and time was very POORLY managed.
We were sent an itinerary before the camp started that would lead parents to think the day would be packed with real training. This was the breakdown:
o 9:00 AM: Roll Call /​Warmup
o 9:30 AM: Skills Stations
o 10:15 AM: Free-​throw and hot shot competition
o 10:45 AM: 3-​on-​3 Games
o 11:15 AM: 5-​on-​5 Games
o 12:00 PM: Lunch
o 1:15 PM: Skills Stations
o 2:00 PM: Free-​throw and hot shot competition
o 2:30 PM: 3-​on-​3 Games
o 3:00 PM: 5-​on-​5 Games
o 3:45 PM: Camper of the day awards
o 4:00 PM: Camp ends
The first half of the day was spent with evaluations that supposedly led to the kids being on well balanced teams. According to my husband — Our son did not play much of anything the entire morning and spent 30 min before lunch sitting in a group and then after lunch this was my breakdown of how the actual time was spent.
1140ish-​12 talking to kids
12 – 12:45 lunch
12:45−1 organizing kids into lines and groups
1 – 1:15 free time to shoot balls into basket
1:15−2:15, kids in 2 lines with one basket practicing passing and shooting; each kid gets probably gets about 4 – 5 attempts only each kid then after that each kid gets two min in a contest
2:15−2:45 passing out Tshirts and taking a group photo (this could really take 10 min if u plan ahead and have all adults help instead of doing 200 kids line by line one by one. Also should just pass out at the end when camp is over, not during paid time).
2:45−3:00 more talking to kids while they sit
3:00−3:25 20 kids sit out (our son in this group) while the other 20 kids take turns playing 5 on 5
3:25−3:40 20 kids switch to play 5 on 5 (each 5 on 5 only got 3:20sec twice) and those first 20 sit out for 15 min. Clearly the second group got jilted. And not only that the schedule has you thinking your child will play for 45 min in some 5 on 5
There are enough staff to move 20 kids to another open court since there wasn’t really any coaching happening in our group. One of the 4 guys basically served as a referree while the other adults watched.
3:45 everyone is sitting in a big group yet again
In sum my son got to shoot and pass 5 times, participated in a two min contest, then played 6 min and 40 sec for a 9 – 4 day camp. Would rather keep him home.
I believe this is the second week of the same camp so they should have kinks worked out by now but there are only a handful of parents that can stay and watch so most adult parents don’t know what a waste of money and time it is so far and may still be in the following days.
I did approach two staff members and one tried to explain from her business perspective that it wouldn’t be cost effective to use more courts so the kids need to just wait. The other one thought tomorrow may be different. Husband put a message in to talk to someone. Will update once we hear back to see how they handle the situation.

This is the place to go for youth basketball. If you have a son that is into basketball this is the place to get better. Start with a group lesson and than try a individual lesson. It will make a huge difference in a short time. They will be playing on a advanced club team in no time.