Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Elite Madness is our upcoming summer tournament that takes places Sunday August 29. After this year of little basketball activity we want to create an unbelievable 1 day basketball experience for youth players giving them the opportunity to play in front of a big...
Feb 4, 2021 | Uncategorized |
In Joerik’s Skill Development Guide (https://bit.ly/39NMgDH) we share the skill development philosophy we use at our Camps, Training Sessions and our Academy. The full 198 Page Document is a culmination of over 10 years of research, working with youth athletes,...
Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized |
This is one of my favorite games I play with players from all ages to develop balancing. To be able to move athletically on the court, you need to have good balance and strong feet, freedom in your ankle mobility, stability in your knees and flexion in the hip. All of...
Nov 30, 2020 | Uncategorized |
This post is written by Tanner Brightman, new partner at Elite Athletes and youth coach at Elite Academy. Tanner will joins us physically in Belgium as soon as COVID measures allow so and has been part of our behind-the-scenes working since beginning the first quarter...
Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized |
Here’s a post by Joerik Michiels on how we teach basketball skills in a dynamic way. This post was shared in September on our online coaches platform. “There are four phases I use in my way of thinking of developing and progressing a drill. Phase A: On Air...
Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized |
Our athletic director Olivier Goetgeluck will be speaking at the upcoming Embodiment Conference on how we run our athletic development at Elite Athletes. You can sign up for the conference for free here. Here’s more about the topics Olivier will discuss....
Sep 14, 2020 | Camps, Player Development |
Here’s a post that Joerik recently wrote on our coaches platform about a feedback he has often received as a skills trainer. We try to keep our coaching interventions to a minimum. Players learn mostly by playing not by listening to lectures. with limited...
Aug 26, 2020 | Camps, Player Development, Team |
During Elite Europe camp I led one of the stations in the U12-U14 bubble. The players had 90’ of basketball practice in the morning. We did a short warm-up (with and without the ball), three stations of 20’ each with a three to four minute break in between. We did the...
Aug 13, 2020 | Player Development, Podcast |
Joerik recently got interviewed by one of our online Coaches Platform members William Lo of Basketball Performance Podcast. “Joerik Michiels is the founder of Elite Athletes basketball in Belgium. With a burning desire to do everything in his power to elevate...
Aug 13, 2020 | Athletic Development |
In the video above I am teaching at the annual Mini Basket Forum held in Strasbourg, France 2018. I was asked to work with a small group of kids to show some of the methods and ideas I use to support physical development in young basketball players. As you will see in...
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