Hested Hoops Skills Training

🏀 Players. Parents. Where should you start? At Hested Hoops we built Minnesota’s Player Development System to guide athletes from their first dribble all the way to varsity basketball. ⭐ Hoops Foundations (K–3) ➡️ Complete Player Program (4–8) ➡️ Personal Training & Academy (Advanced Development) ➡️ High School Success Development should be intentional. Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped. 👇 Comment START and your athlete’s grade and I’ll send the best program to begin with. #HestedHoops #PlayWithIntention

Pillar 2: Game Enhancement Players don’t always struggle in games because they lack skill. A lot of times, it’s an application problem. They look great in training… Then the game starts and it disappears. Game Enhancement is the bridge. Apply your skill: • In your system • Under pressure • vs real defenders We don’t replace games. We prepare players for them. Every pillar matters. This is one part of the system. Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

What are we working on here? • Distribution/ delays • Shoulder positioning • Body control • concentration when finishing A lot of this can be trained without a defender. Train it right → it shows up in games. Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped

Congratulations @MckennaQuinnell !! Hope to see you soon in the gym .

Way to go @OliviaBungum @KylieOlson27 and @stork_kayla !!

Just getting started @KylieOlson27 !! Keep putting in that work.

Pressure in October reveals what wasn’t built in the summer. Build it now. 🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped. #HestedHoops

Pillar 1: Skill Enhancement Skill matters. But without intention, it doesn’t show up in games. Most players move first… Then try to decide. That’s why it breaks down in games. We train players to think before they move — the same way elite players do in games. Basketball isn’t just read and react. It’s intention first… then response. Definition → Intention → Completion. 🏀 #PlayWithIntention

Most players don’t know which step they’re using. That’s why they get cut off. Same move. Different result. Cross step → weak angle Inside step → downhill pressure Details matter. 🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped. #HestedHoops #BuiltDifferent #MinnesotaBasketball

Make sure to check out @ReeseMalmgren this AAU season!!

Week 3 of the Shooting Accelerator. Hand placement. Wrist load. Two things most players never get corrected on. Fix the foundation. Everything else improves. 💬 Comment SHOOTER if you want to learn more about our Summer Shooting Accelerator. 🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped. #HestedHoops

AAU won’t fix your athlete’s skill problems. It exposes them. Skill is built in training. Confidence is built through clarity. Fix the skill first. Then compete. 🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped. #HestedHoops

Most players drive and hope. Elite players drive with a plan. Read and react = always a step behind. Play with intention = always a step ahead. That’s not talent. That’s training. 🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

Play with intention. Score until stopped. That means you attack for something specific. You do not just drive and hope something opens.

Stop stuttering. Start fitting. Shortening your stride isn’t about chopping your feet. It's about the space and putting your steps where they need to go. The court doesn’t adjust. YOU adjust.

Most parents invest in one thing and wonder why their player isn’t putting it together. Real development = 5 pillars: In no particular order  1.Skill — Hested Hoops 2.Game — your coaches and other trainers 3.Strength and performance  4.Mental side  5.Nutrition Miss one → it shows. We don’t just train skill. We help athletes connect the dots across all five. That’s the system.

Not for everyone. For players tired of guessing. 👉 hestedtraining.com/shooting-accel…

Most players hope. Serious players prepare. Spring builds it. Summer reveals it. 👉 hestedtraining.com/shooting-accel…

Keeping the ball on a string while the feet stay on time. That’s what real players train. Work doesn’t stop.

Most players rush. The best players slow the game down. Play relaxed. Operate out of a walk.

I asked a player: “What changed the most?” Answer: confidence. Not random built through structure. 👉 hestedtraining.com/shooting-accel…