WELCOME TO UTAH SWOOSH BASKETBALL
Utah Swoosh Basketball officially began on September 1, 2008, and looks to be one of the top training programs in Utah for young basketball players. It will become one of the hot beds for producing elite high school and college players. Utah Swoosh Basketball will be based out of Orem, UT, which is just north of Provo and south of Salt Lake City. We are targeting young basketball players in grades 5th-12th. Utah Swoosh Basketball is Nike affiliated. It is the only Nike affiliated girl's basketball program in the state of Utah. We want to thank Nike for allowing us to be affiliated with the greatest supporter of girl's basketball. The biggest event that Nike puts on for club teams is Nike Nationals (Augusta, GA) where the top 24 Nike teams compete at the end of July for the top team on the summer circuit. It is the most prestigious club tournament for high school girls basketball in the nation. It is our goal to strive towards being invited to that event!
Our goal is to help players reach their basketball dreams! Some desire to play high school basketball while others seek to play at the collegiate level. Either way, Utah Swoosh Basketball will push and motivate players to reach their full potential.
Founder and Director, Adam Barrett, brings an elite level of knowledge and skill development to the state of Utah. His energy and passion for this great sport is contagious. There will be various events going on throughout the year, including an NCAA Certified Showcase Camp, Training Sessions, Individual Training Sessions, Swoosh Tournaments, and Swoosh Travel Teams.
Commitment
Dedication
Intensity
Passion
Sacrifice
Keys to Success
SWOOSH
WBCA Pink Zone® Girl's Basketball
All-Star Game
Utah Seniors All-Stars take a 1-0 series lead in 1st inaugural Battle over Nevada
Utah North Underclassman hold on to beat Utah South Underclassman
Photo Gallary can be seen at www.johnlarsonphotography.com
NIKE SKILLS ACADEMY
Camp Summary
Nike Skills Academy is a basketball camp for the top 65 girls in each Region. For the first time, NSA decided to create a Northwest/Mountain Region, including BC and Alberta Canada, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Utah. Each class had the following number of participants: Juniors (10), Sophomores (26), Freshman (17), and 8th (11). Oregon had a total of 30 kids, Washington (12), Utah (10), Idaho (5), Canada (4), Alaska (2), and Montana (1). If I recall, it is the first time a Utah girl has been invited to Nike Skills Academy. Utah Swoosh had seven of their players invited.
Nike invited the following Utah Swoosh players: Soph's: Grace Farnsworth (American Fork), Dezz Ramos (Bingham). Freshman: Dakota Gonzalez (Highland, ID), Dylan Gonzalez (Highland, ID), Kiana Johnson (Lone Peak), Erin Reichle (Weber). 8th Grade: Jayda Bovero (Fremont). Other Utah kids who were invited were Brittney Martin (Syracuse), Makenzi Morrison (Alta), and Miquelle Askew (Skyline), all sophomores.
The camp consisted of Ball Handling, Passing, Positioning Work, Spacing, Shooting, Reading Screens, Defense, 2 Man-Game, and Full Court drills.
This is the first year NSA has held all regional camps during the same weekend. Nike's lead instructor Gannon Baker, who I believe is the best there is at teaching individual fundamentals, was sent to the L.A. region. We really missed Gannon and his passion for the game.
Nike's theme of NSA is to promote fundamentals for USA Basketball. I couldn't agree more with this theme. To many coaches push their kids to learn their systems rather than drive fundamentals. If every coach would spend 3/4 of their practices on fundamentals, our players would be better fundamentally. As John Wooden stated, "it doesn't matter what offense or defense you run. What matters is that kids have the fundamentals to execute your offense and defense." I beg players and coaches to work on their fundamentals!!!
FUNDAMENTALS ~ FUNDAMENTALS ~ FUNDAMENTALS ~ FUNDAMENTALS
Utah Swoosh at Chicago Bulls United Center and Michael Jordan Statue
