Posted by Sarah Behn on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 @ 03:02 PM
I don't see enough young players or older players who can make lay-ups correctly any more. I hardly ever see players who can shoot them with their left hand either. The fundamentals of the lay-up are as essential to the development of a basketball player as any other area of the game.
I see 15 year old boys and girls dribble with their head down, go off the wrong foot, and/or hit the ball too hard off the backboard. I see even more players at all levels attempt the lay-up from an incorrect angle...which is destined to be a miss.
I don't think players are taught the fundamentals of the lay-up early enough and how important it is to take hundred of practice lay-ups a week. If your son or daughter can't take a fluid lay-up from both sides of the basket, they should come to our basketball camp and learn the right way to take a lay-up.
Ask me about my formula for success on lay-ups...
Posted by Sarah Behn on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 @ 02:48 PM
Photos Courtesy of Foxboro Reporter
On Februay 23, 2010 we all witnessed a great event at Foxboro High School. Our senior point guard, Kristen Hoffman, drove in on the left side of the basket (her signature move) to score a beautiful lay-up and become the school's 9th player in history to reach that milestone.
I am quite proud of Kristen for many reasons. She worked diligently for hours with me on her shooting form. She has great BEEF! :) 
She improved as a player each year --- offering more ways to score and more ways to make plays for her team.
The community support was truly awesome for Kristen's big night! There were about 500 people at the game to celebrate in an event that doesn't occur often. Little kids had their faces and chests painted with Kristen's jersey number on them. The boys' varsity basketball team had the girls' away jerseys on and they even presented Kristen with flowers when she hit the big shot.
Kristen has been a joy to coach for the last four years. Hoffman's 1000th point sparked school and community spirit and gave all the young kids in the stands something to "shoot for".....
Posted by Sarah Behn on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 @ 01:36 PM
A few people have questioned me on our decision to open our camps to boys this year. While we have gotten great feedback from boys' parents, a few parents of girls have been concerned -- but shouldn't be! The small amount of people who have had questions have missed a KEY POINT...the basketball is not C0-ED!
Let me clarify this for everyone... I DO NOT BELIEVE IN CO-ED BASKETBALL! At our camps this summer, we will essentially be conducting two camps within one site -- a girls camp and a boys camp. All of the facilities that we rent are large --- the girls will be with thier own coaches on their own courts and the boys will be with their own coaches on their own courts.
Our decision to open the camp to boys is a good one! The integrity of our camp will remain the same. Now all girls and boys will have the chance to learn the skills of the game, gain confidence, and have fun at our camps!
Posted by Sarah Behn on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 @ 09:18 AM
Foxboro HS girls basketball team is off to a great start this season with an impressive 6-1 record. The girls just won the Milton HS Holiday tourney with convincing wins over Taunton (58-34) and Stoughton (50-31). Senior Captain Kristen Hoffman, who is off to play hoop at St. A's next year, led the way both nights with 20 points per game. Junior foward Kayleen Whall scored 19 points vs. Taunton and 8 vs. Stoughton. The Foxboro Warriors will host King Philip HS on January 8th. Junior center Leigha Tacey scored 11 points in the win over Stoughton and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Posted by Nancy Robinson on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 @ 09:16 AM
Everywhere my staff and I go, we seem to field the same question from parents over and over again. They ask us, "Why don't you do your camps and clinics for boys?" For years, I would respond that we had a niche' with our "all female" camps and I didn't want to change that. I still don't.
However, now that I've been coaching my twins' sons in basketball and soccer for the last couple of years, it is becoming quite obvious to me that young boys need just as much fundamental work in basketball as the girls. The boys need our camp and to learn from our coaches also.
So, starting in 2010, many of our camp locations will be accepting male campers! THE BASKETBALL WILL REMAIN GENDER SEPARATE. We have a great staff of boys' varsity coaches, male collegiate players, and dynamic women to coach these boys the fundamentals of the game. It has dawned on me that the way I shoot the ball, the way I practiced as a kid, and the way I was able to score more than 5,000 points in high school and at Boston College can help these boys just as much as our girls. Jack, Joey, and Teddy (my sons) will be first in line...I hope your son is next!
Posted by Sarah Behn on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 @ 09:02 AM
I first opened my basketball camp 17 years ago - those years have been great and they have flown by for sure! The idea for my camp originated from my understanding that girls of all ages need more fundamentals to play basketball well. I had gone to many a camp growing up but most all of them were co-ed....and the girls took a little bit of a "back seat" in that setting. I wanted my camp to be a place for girls to learn the skills, have solid competition, and gain confidence in a place of their own. My camp has achieved just that!
Over the last 17 years, my camp has grown from 2 sites with about 200 girls to over 25 locations and 2500 campers! We now operate one of the largest and most popular camps in the New England area. Our students are taught by college coaches, varsity coaches and top collegiate scholarship and non-scholarship athletes. We work hard to improve our product every year and to stay up to date with new technology on and off the court.
This Blog and our new and improved web site is an extension of our continuing efforts to improve our programs and to bring them to you. Please check out my upcoming blogs about my philosophies on fundamentals, X's and O's, topical discussions like AAU, practice routines, and other related subjects pertaining to the awesome game of basketball. Stay tuned for an exciting development to the Sarah Behn Basketball Camp for 2010....this development is going to benefit my three young sons....and hopefully your son too!