With three decades of experience, National Academy of Athletics founder Aaron Locks offers parents nine steps for choosing the right camp for their kid • Summer camps should be an awesome experience for all children. The focus should be on fun, education and being active. This is my 32nd... Read more
Hoop Review Update: Boys basketball showcase coming to Chabot College, Hayward features elite ballers, top-tier coaching: 2018 NOR CAL CLASH ANNOUNCEMENT The ninth annual Nor Cal Clash will be held Sunday August 26th at Chabot College in Hayward at 3:00 pm. This one-game event will have elite players from Northern... Read more
Coach Brian Dietschy’s Journey To State Finals Started In Elementary School
High School BasketballNorth Coast Section April 5, 2018 0
Thirty Years After After Losing A NorCal Basketball Final As A Las Lomas Player, Brian Dietschy Coached A Serendipitous Knights Team Into The State Finals • Brian Dietschy story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH The story starts on San Juan Avenue, a quiet Walnut Creek... 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
Exclusive: Want Your Kids to Learn Self-Motivation?
Uncategorized March 16, 2018 0
Follow through and commitment? How about achieving their goals? In our ongoing dialogue about self-motivation, how do you motivate your kid to want to do what it takes to achieve their goals? It’s a big question, isn’t it? You can only remind them so many times before it sounds... 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
