Las Lomas Basketball To Its First State Finals Appearance
High School BasketballNorth Coast Section March 19, 2018 0
A Nine-Point Flurry From Senior Devin Payne Helped Lift Las Lomas To Its First State Finals Appearance • For almost three full quarters, Palo Alto High and Las Lomas Basketball teams played the equivalent of a three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust football game, grinding out possessions and hoping to score. Then Devin Payne... Read more
Pinewood High Won The NorCal Open Division Title
Central Coast SectionHigh School Basketball March 19, 2018 0
With A Triple-OT Triumph Over Archbishop Mitty, Pinewood Won The NorCal Open Division Title After Topping The Nation’s No. 5 And No. 1 Teams In The Same Week • A 16-point second-half deficit against the undefeated No. 1 high school girls team in the country — especially against a... Read more
Modesto Christian’s Deep, Versatile Bench Could Be The Crusader’s Best Weapon As CIF Basketball Open Division Tips-Off As the postseason gets longer, the bench typically gets shorter. But the Modesto Christian boys’ basketball team still relies on the depth of its roster as the teams left with a shot... Read more
Learning the R.A.C.E. Formula to Perform to Your Potential
High School BasketballLEVELUP INSIDERS March 8, 2018 0
If you’re still with me in this ongoing conversation, you clearly connect with the messages I’ve been espousing, that young basketball players, like Tod, are carrying around mental/emotional baggage that interferes with ones ability to perform to your potential. Remember this equation: Performance = Potential – Interference Let’s talk about some typical... Read more
Emotional Father-Daughter Dance: Bamberger Family
High School BasketballNorth Coast Section March 5, 2018 0
Concord’s Bamberger Family Shares A Special Winter Through The Seasons Of Carondelet And Clayton Valley Basketball • Father-Daughter Dance: Eric Bamberger and his daughter Ali have a rule when it comes to breaking down her basketball games. “If I was able to see the game, I get five minutes... Read more
Hopeful Pride – McClatchy High School Girls Basketball
High School BasketballSac/Joaquin Edition March 5, 2018 0
After Falling In The Quarterfinals Of The Section Playoffs, McClatchy High School Girls Basketball Looks To Make The Most Of Its Inclusion In The State Playoffs • *EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an updated version of a story which first appeared in the March 1 issue of SportStars NOW Few... Read more
The University of California, Merced women’s basketball team fell 65-54 to Antelope Valley. In the California Pacific Conference Championship game Tuesday night. The NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Bracket reveal is tomorrow at 4:00pm. If the Bobcats are not selected for an at large bid, they finish the season... Read more
Basketball Performance = Potential – Interference
High School BasketballLEVELUP INSIDERS February 28, 2018 0
In our ongoing dialogue on basketball performance entitled, “What you don’t really understand about your kid”, We left off the last email just about to go into C. in my R.A.C.E. Formula with Tod, my game-changing 14 y/o basketball player who inspired me to create all of this. C = Clear... Read more
Clayton Valley’s Boy Basketball Team Is Rare Air
High School BasketballNorth Coast Section February 24, 2018 0
With 25 Wins And A Ticket To The Section Semifinals, The Ugly Eagles Boys Basketball Team Is Near Uncharted Altitude Outside the Clayton Valley Charter boys basketball varsity team room, the locker room is practically still at 8:35 on a Friday night in late February. For a moment, all that’s audible is the... Read more
A Mental Toughness Trainers’ Biggest Mistake By An Athlete
High School BasketballLEVELUP INSIDERS February 23, 2018 0
Before becoming the mental toughness trainer, I played a lot of sports, especially golf. (I still do) In addition, as I look back at what held me back (not just in sports, but in life), most it was this: The need to control! (The opposite of trusting yourself and your skills.) Remember the formula... Read more
Hoop Review Announces 2018 Showcase Schedule
High School Basketball February 19, 2018 0
It’s pretty simple really. Gerry Freitas is renown for bringing in the most elite basketball players for scouts, recruiters — and us to see! Put these HOOP REVIEW 2018 Scouting events on your “must-see” schedule! SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: March 25: So Cal Spring Senior Showcase at Cerritos College, Norwalk April 7-8:... Read more
Time to Shine Sharpens Heritage Boys Basketball Postseason Focus
High School Basketball February 13, 2018 0
Heritage Focus on Postseason, As It Closes Out Another Dominant Regular Season, Just May Be Its Time To Shine • Pat Cruickshank is in a good place. Well, as good a place as any boys varsity basketball coach can be when his Heritage boys basketball program is one win away... Read more
