From playing basketball in the streets of New York as a kid to playing at the highest levels of AAU and high school, basketball has taught me so much more than just the sport itself. My name is Henry D’Albert, and I am an upcoming senior at the Packer Collegiate Institute. I’ve played basketball on multiple AAU programs along with being the captain of Junior Varsity basketball my freshman year and continuing on Varsity ever since. In my many years of experience, teaching basketball comes with teaching students how to handle mistakes, grit, and discipline. There is no better reward than letting the hard work you put in show itself. For my students, it is essential to progress in skill every lesson but also to recognize our goal of linear growth. Everybody learns at their own pace; in other words, it is completely acceptable to take however many lessons one may need to nail down a skill. Sessions will include on-ball workouts and conditioning, pushing the student to the best of their abilities. This program not only teaches fundamentals of basketball, but teaches the student to push outside of their comfort zone and how results are made from grit and hard work.