Our Commitment

We, at BEAF, are elated at the possibilities for our young people in Frederick County. We want to give our children opportunities to take the sport of Basketball and DREAM BIG! But, dreaming without believing is useless. So, we must create places where we foster a spirit of great teaching and endless encouragement. By giving our young athletes exceptional training and encouragement we begin to open their hearts at an early age to strive for excellence in all they do.

The striving towards basketball excellence will be a process of impacting people’s thinking on a few levels and in a few sectors of our communities. We have to realize that basketball in Frederick County is behind other counties in Maryland. We are in some ways playing a never ending game of catch up. We must change our thinking about the sport, and to do that we must change the basketball culture. Our basketball culture is sub-standard. It shows on every age level. When we become serious about what coaching and athletics could mean for our young people, then we will be on the right track to impacting our kids for life.

Sports, in general, has gotten an increasingly bad name because of an unhealthy focus on just winning. So many are fixated on winning! We have lost something very fundamental, and that is the all around growth of the child. The opposite of this “winning mentality” is to teach our children that winning is not important. That is just as detrimental as its counter extreme. We have tried to live by something for the past few years, and that is to focus on being a winner and not simply winning. It is most important that our children be of good character. Many trophies and ribbons don’t mean a lot if you don’t contribute greatly and graciously to the lives of others. We must make our young people winners in life, not simply a winner of championships.

This is our commitment!

Our Emphasis

Camps & Clinics

As expected, we have focused much of our efforts in putting together great teaching and training methods for all of our camps and clinics. Our approach is different from most camps and clinics in that there is a:
• Strong simulation to game time movement
• Intense attention to detail
• No satisfaction with partial execution of movement
• "Tools To Take Home" philosophy

Our style of teaching has proven to be very successful in the lives of many young players!

Personal Training

In our personal training we use similar methods of teaching as with athletic training. Though similar, there are certain advantages to the One-on-One setting. We encourage players and parents to use this area of our services to:
• Give concentrated attention to the players strengths & weaknesses
• Help with confidence
• Expedite learning and application of the fundamentals
• Specialized work outs

High Level Training

In our experience there are five indispensable competencies to playing basketball, or any sport, at a very high level. Of these five pillars, most young athletes are able to achieve only three. We have put together drills and exercises that work on each of the 5 areas of the athlete’s development. We can custom design a work out plan that will help grow our students in these areas with the sport of basketball. We have learned that:
• Sound technique = Good fundamentals
• Good fundamentals = Strong Skill
• Strong Skill Set = Precision & Proficiency

With commitment and concentration the athlete’s game will grow!