Develop. Empower. Compete.
We have a simple core philosophy...develop and inspire each individual athlete in our organization physically, socially, and psychologically to reach their maximum potential as young women and as basketball athletes. We approach this philosophy through a concept of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) in which the goal is to create an athlete-centered environment that maximizes the experience while preparing our players to excel at the next level. While no philosophy can ensure every player develops equally, as an individual determines his or her own success, we believe our philosophy creates the best environment for development, giving athletes and their parents the best opportunity to develop the desired end-product.
At Lady Jags we recognize that a great philosophy cannot be executed without great people. Our professional staff includes coaches with experience at all levels of the game, and we are confident that we have assembled the premiere staff of any club organization in the region. We fully understand the coach drives the development process through the environment he creates, his instruction and his communication…that’s why we have the best!
Finally, our training and evaluation methodology may be the most exciting part of who we are at Lady Jags. We believe in a performance based evaluation system as opposed to outcome based due to the fact that winning and losing is externally controlled while performance is controlled internally. Simply put every loss does not equate to a bad performance and every win a good performance. We compete hard and play to win every contest but from a developmental aspect we understand what’s most important to our process. In regards to training, we come from the school of thought that while there are many gifted athletes it still takes practice to become a great player. We believe our system stands out due to three principles 1) Volume of practice 2) Quality of practice 3) Individualization of training. Our emphasis is on developing the “fundamentally complete” player. This means every player develops every skill regardless of size. We believe to develop the elite basketball athlete training must be maximized in four primary areas. 1) Athletically (strength, agility, explosiveness, lateral quickness, etc. 2) Mentally (confidence, concentration, mental toughness, decision-making, etc. 3) Technical Skill (shooting, ballhandling, footwork, post moves, etc. 4) Tactical Skill (using a screen, court spacing, handling a trap, defensive rotations, etc.)