The 4th Quarter Philosophy

We have 4 simple rules:

Fundamentals win championships.
Repetition is the key to mastery.
Quality over quantity.
Hard work can beat talent.

The Details

What: One 75 minute session in small groups of 8 athletes or less

Who: Serious 8th grade – high school players. All players will be interviewed prior to the session to make sure they are the right fit for the program.

Cost: $40 per month (4 sessions)

When: 7-8:15pm Sunday evenings. Next Session is March 8th -29th, 2020.

Misc: This will continue each month through the summer. Athletes in the previous month will be given first opportunity for the next month. Spots are limited and are filled on a first-come-first-serve basis.

How to register: Pick up a form at the front desk at Ageless in Gillespie or download one by clicking here: 4th Quarter Registration 2020

Training Session Template

We firmly believe that success on the court revolves around 3 offensive moves at every level of basketball:

The jab step from a stationary position.
The Crossover off the dribble.
The rip through off the pass.

When those three moves are perfected, a player can score at will. And when a player can score at will, winning is inevitable.

Those three moves are taught in a 4 step process:

Pose – Can the athlete get into the right position?Does he understand what the right position is and why it’s important?
Pattern – Once he’s able to get in the right “pose” consciously, we then rep it out until it becomes part of his subconscious – something he doesn’t have to think about so he can focus on other aspects of the game.
Power – We then make it faster and more powerful with resistance and overspeed drills.
Play – Once it’s game-ready, we then put him in disadvantageous situations where he has to read and react to a defensive player and not only use the move but also the secondary actions of the move.

The majority of our training philosophy is built upon the works of Dr. Carol Dweck and Daniel Coyle.

Dribbling and Shooting Warm-up – 10 minutes

Includes various dribbling and shooting drills that focus on technique. We call this “greasing the groove.”

1st Quarter – Pose work 10-15 minutes

Includes drill that focus on the correct “poses” for the move we’re working on.

2nd Quarter – Pattern- 30 minutes

Includes various drills that rep the technique for the specific move we’re working on.

3rd Quarter – Power work 10 minutes

Includes various drills that add resistance and/or speed up the movement to challenge the athlete’s current capacity at performing the move.

4th Quarter – Play 10 minutes

Includes game-like drills that allow the athlete to use the drill in a sitation he’d encounter in a game.

Coaches

We do offer training sessions at your high school. If you’re located within 40 miles of Gillespie, IL, we offer team training sessions for $119 per session for up to 10 players. We’ll just need basketballs and a court. We’ll bring the medicine balls, mitts, pads, and our other tools. Please contact tjallan30@gmail.com if interested.

What do some of our athletes say?

Nick said Allan helped push him to a higher level to get him ready for varsity play this year. ‘He said if I wanted to play varsity, I had to be able to handle the ball more,’ Nick said. ‘And I needed to be a knock-down shooter. T.J. comes to all of our games and supports us. He works with a lot of guys on the team. He’s helped Evan and me a lot.’ Nick Price Rising Prices spark Gillespie basketball success

‘It’s made me so much better, it’s unbelievable,’ she said. ‘At first, I almost didn’t want to go. But every since I went there, I’ve improved so much. We dribble so much (at 4th Quarter Training), then work on form shooting and shots off screens. Anything and everything.’ – Abby Brockmeyer, Brockmeyer makes big impact for Litchfield girls

‘In our training sessions, T.J. will have us shoot free throws after about an hour of training,’ Evan said. ‘He says shooting free throws is toughest when you’re tired. But he also says free throws are mostly mental. It’s all about mental toughness.’ – Evan Price, Rising Prices spark Gillespie basketball success

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