Think The Game
A great basketball player contributes in many ways that the average fan (and even the average player) never notices or thinks about. But good coaches and winning teams know what a great player is, and if you want to be a great player, you’d better know too.
At Think The Game you’ll learn:
- How to Become a Play Maker: How to constantly be a threat to score on each offensive possession, with the ball and when you don’t have the ball in your hands.
- How to Master Decision Making on Penetration: When to take the pull-up, attack the rim, change direction, or penetrate and pitch. How to get to the free throw line three-to-four more times per game.
- How to Beat Pressure with Poise: The keys for beating any type of pressure defense—how to turn an opponent’s full-court pressure into opportunities for your basketball team.
- Defensive Pestitude: Learn how to constantly bother the ball and lockdown your check, influencing them in their zones of inefficiency. How do you make your opponent’s star player have a below-average game?
- Shot Selection: Why does this matter? It’s the difference between winning and losing a basketball game. One bad shot per quarter – two per game – could cost you that championship. Learn the difference between a 60% shot and a 50% shot and how to get your teammates to take higher-percentage shots.
- Point Guard Opportunism: How to consistently make the defense uncomfortable, and how to maximize scoring opportunities on your team’s fast breaks.
- Point Guard Esoterica: These are the things that players are not usually told, but that all good players should know. How do you create time and space for your teammates? How do you control the tempo of a game?
- How to Draw Out the Best from Your Teammates: How do you positively influence the work ethic, focus, and effort of your basketball team with your leadership and communication? How do you run the show without being overbearing?
- How to Master the “little things”: Little things make a BIG difference. Learn how to look special and get noticed by coaches at the next level.
“Now my approach towards everything—training, games, relationships, my teammates, school and life—has made a 180-degree turnaround. I am so thankful that I could attend PGC.”
Merideth Pruden | Wilson, North Carolina
“Tonight I had the best game of my life. And the better decisions and plays I made, and most everything good that I did, you taught me only a couple of days earlier. I thank you for this very special week that has shaped me into a better basketball player and a better person in my life.”
J.J. Landis | Fredericksburg, Texas
“I have learned to become a better playmaker and to take more initiative in pursuing my dreams.”
Jacob Seamons | Kuna, Idaho
“I loved every single adrenalin-filled second.”
Chelsie Romony | Brantford, Ontario
“Everything I’ve learned here will make me a better player and a better person. I am thankful to my parents for letting me come to Think the Game.”
Terri Giudice | Tallahassee Florida
Dates and Locations:
See PGC’s 2010 Summer Schedule and Locations to find the Think the Game session nearest you.
Who’s Eligible to Attend:
Think the Game is open to male and female high school and college players. Mature incoming high school freshmen may attend. The Prep School course specifically focuses on serving younger players.
Course Directors:
Tyler Coston, Lyndsey Fennelly, Chad Songy
Course Tuition:
Athletes – $645 / Coaches – $475.
