OUR MISSION

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1Legacy Basketball Academy’s mission is to teach and advance the skills and knowledge of the game of basketball to young men and woman from various communities throughout New Jersey. Our goal is to help our players earn a free education by way of a full athletic scholarship. 1Legacy Athletics was founded by NBA/WNBA Skills/Shooting Coach and CEO, Branden Patterson. Branden has had success implementing strategic and customized skill development plans resulting in the production of 3 NBA All-Stars, 1 WNBA All-Star, and 102 collegiate athletes that have earned athletic scholarships. Branden’s current and past clientele consist of Kobe Bryant, Serge Ibaka, Khris Middleton, Lance Thomas, Tim Frazier, David Lee, Andrew Bynum, Diana Taurasi, Angel Delgado, Phillip Wheeler and more.

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                                                                                 ADMISSIONS

1Legacy Basketball Academy was created to provide basketball players who have a strong fundamental foundation, with access to elite level skills training, exposure to high school coaches at top programs throughout New Jersey, and enhanced exposure for scholarship opportunities in front of college coaches from hundreds of programs across the country. Our academy provides all the necessary resources to help players master basketball skills to distinguish themselves amongst their peers. Our Enrollment is limited to 12 players per age group ranging from 5th-12th grade. Our priority is to give each player individual attention in a small group setting with detailed instruction and weekly evaluation from the best skills teachers in the country. Each player is required to tryout and will be evaluated through an on-court skills assessment by our training staff. Following the tryout, our coaches will evaluate each player’s overall skill set and make a fair assessment to determine acceptance into the basketball academy. Each player will be notified of acceptance or denial into the Basketball Academy in the coming days following their tryout.

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OUR DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Our development plans were designed with two ultimate goals of mastering in game skills and building players confidence. Our plans focus on mastering essential skills that are most used in the game of basketball today to impact winning. Each repetition and skill progression provides a physical reinforcement while our teachers provide a verbal reinforcement that helps to build the confidence of our players. Verbal and Physical reinforcements create the confidence and muscle memory required for players to translate and execute learned skills within a game setting.

OUR STAFF

Our staff of skills teachers provide detailed and customized step by step instructions and focal points to provide to cater to various learning curves of our players. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to learning and understanding. Our staff excels at teaching and providing understanding to help each player reach their optimal potential. Our players teach the skills back to our trainers to ensure understanding of each skill. Our development plans focus on essential skills that consist of shooting mechanics, finishing around the rim, decision making, and ball handling. Our ultimate goal is to help each player master each skill through numerous on court and at home reps. Implementing and mastering of skills consist of three stages: individual skill reps, ability to understand and utilize skill in game like situation, followed by implementation of skill in 5 on 5 scrimmage games. These steps have been put in place in order to simplify the learning curve of each skill to help players understand how and when to translate each skill into game situations.

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WHY 1LEGACY BASKETBALL ACADEMY?

Three areas that separate 1Legacy Basketball Academy from other training programs are:

1. The ability to help players understand, master, and translate skills into a game setting.

2. The ability to hold each player accountable and on track by insuring they are putting in the necessary reps to master skills and grow as a player.

3. Our established relationships with coaches, will provide a platform for our players to give them enhanced exposure for scholarship opportunities in front of college coaches.

TRAINING SCHEDULE

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Our training schedule entails two days of in person group sessions of skill development, game like situations, and scrimmaging. One day of recorded skill repetitions in our skills lab, and two days of at home recorded skills training or zoom training for any of our players that miss a  session. Each skill is tracked on a skill repetition sheet with progress tracking consisting of number of reps, areas of struggle and improvement with a monthly progress report. The basis of our training is to build muscle and mental memory in players mechanics that will result in efficient execution of enhanced or newly developed skills in games. Our main objective is to put each player in position to be successful.

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