Overview
Motor Skills is a clinic designed to develop good hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills in young athletes. The camp will test your son’s skills and athleticism — putting him on the path towards great athletic achievement.
Why Motor Skills?
In the camp, boys work on their reflexes and the dynamics of catching and passing. Age-appropriate games, drills, and challenges make developing these skills both fun and rewarding. Campers build the following skills:
- Body Balance
- Form Running
- Starting, Stopping, Pivoting
- Passing, Dribbling, Ball-Handling
- Changes of Direction
- Speed
- Jumping
- Lateral Movement
Camp Counsellors
Camp Counselors will be members of the Northridge Basketball program: Assistant Coaches and senior members of the Varsity Basketball squad. They are hardworking, knowledgeable, and carefully selected for their attentiveness to young players.
Camp Leadership
- About:
Coach Rey has been the Athletic Director and Varsity Basketball Coach at Northridge since 2004. In January 2021, the Chicago Sun-Times identified Northridge as one of the Top 50 winningest high school basketball programs in the greater Chicagoland area during the previous decade. Drawing on his 43-year career as a NCAA Division 1 and High School coach, the Northridge varsity team has accumulated a 321-154 (.676) overall record and a 151-43 (.778) mark in conference games. In addition, Northridge teams have captured 6 IHSA Class AA Regional Championships, advanced to the state’s “Sweet 16” in 2009 and 2015, won 4 conference championships and 6 conference 2nd place finishes. A passionate educator, Coach Rey has worked with the industry’s leading distributors of coaching education resources to produce 13 instructional videotapes for coaches and players. A firm believer in the role of competitive athletics in the growth and development of student-athletes, he recently launched a Coaching4Character initiative to help coaches at all levels view sports as a tool for building character. Questions about the camp? You can contact Coach Rey at wrey@northridgeprep.org.
Camp fee: $150
Session 1: June 12 - June 15
Hours: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Entering Grades: 1, 2, 3
Enrollment cap: 30
Camp location: Northridge