TrueLeague Newsletter for week of 5/20- 5/24
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6th/7th Grade Division
TEAM ESFACE SUMMER CAMPS ARE A MONTH AWAY!
We are just one month away from our first Summer Camp session starting! Our Summer Camps is the most immersive program we offer and is a great way for our TrueLeague athletes to stay connected to the academy over the Summer! We will have many of our top coaches back at camp to coach as well as multiple current college basketball players who will be highly involved in the day-to-day of camp. We currently have an early bird special going on right now for registering early so please look below to utilize the codes to register! These codes expire at the end of this month, so make sure to register as soon as possible! If you have any questions or concerns please reach out.
HC24FAMONLYMAY15 - BOGO 15% for all current TrueLeague Families
HC24MAYONECAMP - 12% off any one singular camp.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: ANNIKA SHAH
For this week's alumni spotlight, we wanted to take a look at 2021 Palo Alto High School graduate Annika Shah! Annika was a constant worker and dedicated athlete who grew up in our Black Club playing against the boys all the way through middle school. When she entered her freshman season at Palo Alto High School, she was an instant starter on the varsity team where she averaged 16 points, 5 assistants, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals per game. She led the Vikings to a 17-7 overall record and was named First Team All-League as a freshman. As a sophomore, Annika averaged 29.8 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds per game and became the only sophomore and public school athlete ever to make the California All-State team. Palo Alto finished the season with an undefeated league championship and 23-5 overall record on the season and Annika was named the CCS Division I MVP for her efforts. Unfortunately, that was her final high school season, as she missed her junior year while recovering from a torn ACL and was unable to play her senior season due to COVID. Despite all these obstacles, Annika signed to play Division I basketball at Cal Poly as just a 5-foot-3 point guard.
While at Cal Poly, Annika has started every game as a sophomore and junior and led the team in scoring both years. As a junior last season, Annika averaged 11.7 points per game and led the Big West with a 94.0% free throw percentage. She also shot 38.9% from three-point range and averaged a team-best 2.4 assists per game. Annika was named to the Honorable Mention All-Big West team for her achievements last season as the Mustangs finished 17-14 on the year. We're excited to see her end her college career on a high note as a senior this upcoming season!
Basketball 101: Increasing parents hoop knowledge
For this week’s segment we want to talk about building an athlete’s confidence and ability to impact an overall game.
Too often athletes correlate their on-court success to making and missing shots. While this is a big part of basketball, we all also recognize that this is a game that requires far more than just scoring. With our coaching, we want our athletes to focus on all the other aspects that go into a game and to understand that makes and misses don’t define a performance. If an athlete is consistently working on their game outside of practice, we always encourage them to trust their work and let it fly on game-day. If their shot is feeling off, that just means to get back in the gym and continue to work. But whether the shots are falling or not, there’s always a other ways to impact the game: Rebounding, defense, passing, etc.
We encourage everyone to watch and show their athlete this quick clip below!
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