Think The Game
The Think The Game course has been designed to assist players in the following ways:
Becoming a Play Maker: How to constantly be a threat to score on each offensive possession, when you have the ball and when you don't have the ball in your hands.
Make the Right Reads 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 3-to-4 more times per game.
Beating 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 team.
Defensive Pestitude: How do you make your opponent’s star player have a below-average game? How do you make your teammates more energized and enthusiastic on the defensive end of the floor?
Shot Selection: Good shot or bad shot—how do you tell? How do you get your teammates to take better, high-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: The things that players aren’t usually told, but that all good players should know. How do you create time and space for teammates? How do you control the tempo of a game?
Leadership & Communication: How do you positively impact the work ethic, focus, and effort of your team? What does it require to make your teammates work harder, work together, overcome adversity and succeed in the long term?
You’ll Also Learn How To:
- Look special and get noticed by coaches.
- Enhance your court awareness.
- Beat all kinds of zone pressure.
- Run the show without being overbearing.
- Master the “little things” that coaches look for.
- Build team chemistry and morale.
- Stay confident when things aren’t going your way.
- Promote teamwork under difficult circumstances.
- Develop on-court and off-court habits that will serve you throughout your career.
“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.
Daily Schedule: To see a daily schedule for Think The Game courses, click here.
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—but there are no exceptions for younger players.
Course Directors: Tyler Coston, Lyndsey Fennelly, Chad Songy
Course Tuition: Athletes - $645 / Coaches - $475.
