Basketball School
The Tom Pecora Basketball School is offered to those players entering grades 4-12. Players are grouped according to age, skill level and experience so each player experiences a competitive and fun-filled 2 weeks.
The main focus of the program is skill development, learning the fundamentals that make you a better player, and learning to compete. Good sportsmanship will always be stressed by our experienced coaching staff. Our staff will instruct players individually as well as in group settings on the fundamentals of the game. All players will participate in supervised game situations and contests that will push participants to realize their full potential.
Age Level
Boys entering grades 4 through 12.
Director, Tom Pecora.
Tom Pecora served for nine seasons as the head coach of the Hofstra Men’s Basketball program from 2001-10 and 16 seasons with the Pride overall before taking the head coaching position at Fordham in March of 2010. Coach Pecora’s record at Hofstra was 155-126 in his nine seasons. His record includes a 69-26 mark in the three years from 2004-07, when Hofstra recorded three consecutive 20-win seasons and made three straight Postseason National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearances.
Coach Pecora has twice been honored as the region’s Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA), as well as once by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and once by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY). Coach Pecora entered the coaching profession as an assistant to Bob McKillop (Hofstra ‘72) at Long Island Lutheran High School from 1984 through 1987.
Session IV - August 8 to August 19
Tuition
$1050* for the session.
Lunch is available for an additional $60.
*Important Information on our New Pricing Policy
• Attendance and Stretching
• Stations – working on the fundamentals
• Drills and Skills
• Games
• Lunch/Optional Swim
• Stations – working on the fundamentals
• Games and Contests
• Optional Swim
• Home
