{"id":12637,"date":"2022-10-18T09:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T08:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?page_id=12637"},"modified":"2023-10-18T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:14:14","slug":"basketball-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?page_id=12637","title":{"rendered":"BASKETBALL ACADEMY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Greatfields Basketball Academy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Play competitive basketball and access quality coaching whilst you study A Levels or BTEC courses<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Greatfields\u2019 Basketball Academy is led by Coach Stephane Marcel. This is an exciting Post 16 provision supporting the aspirations of Student-Athletes in our sixth form, through basketball. Our Basketball Academy provides players with the opportunity to receive high level coaching, mentoring and character-building skills during their time at Greatfields.<\/p>\n<p>We currently have 2 teams to give our students more opportunities to play and develop within basketball. Our teams complete in the College basketball league (CBL) and Association of College (AoC) league, alongside the Dynamik National Cup. We also aim to develop a female basketball academy for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Student-Athletes will have the opportunity to be a part of a unique basketball program, that supports their future aspirations in progressing on and off of the basketball court, whilst maintaining the required balance and time management skills to be a success in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Players will have the opportunity to receive a variety of basketball contact time that includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Team training sessions<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Individual development sessions<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Strength and Conditioning sessions<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Competitive games for both Male and Female players in leading Nationally recognized leagues and tournaments<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Performance analysis sessions \u2013 Team and Individual<\/p>\n<p>With an emphasis placed on academics and progression after Sixth Form, student athletes will have access to a support team, inclusive of teachers and support staff ensuring that Student Athletes are pushing their passions both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to welcoming you in to Greatfields Sixth Form Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Full-Squad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14129\" width=\"496\" height=\"229\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greatfields Basketball Academy Play competitive basketball and access quality coaching whilst you study A Levels or BTEC courses &#8211; Greatfields\u2019 Basketball Academy is led by Coach Stephane Marcel. This is an exciting Post 16 provision supporting the aspirations of Student-Athletes in our sixth form, through basketball. Our Basketball Academy provides players with the opportunity to receive high level coaching, mentoring and character-building skills during their time at Greatfields. We currently have 2 teams to give our students more opportunities to play and develop within basketball. Our teams complete in the College basketball league (CBL) and Association of College (AoC) league, alongside the Dynamik National Cup. We also aim to develop a female basketball academy for the future. Student-Athletes will have the opportunity to be a part of a unique basketball program, that supports their future aspirations in progressing on and off of the basketball court, whilst maintaining the required balance and time management skills to be a success in the classroom. Players will have the opportunity to receive a variety of basketball contact time that includes: \u00b7 Team training sessions \u00b7 Individual development sessions \u00b7 Strength and Conditioning sessions \u00b7 Competitive games for both Male and Female players in leading Nationally recognized leagues and tournaments \u00b7 Performance analysis sessions \u2013 Team and Individual With an emphasis placed on academics and progression after Sixth Form, student athletes will have access to a support team, inclusive of teachers and support staff ensuring that Student Athletes are pushing their passions both on and off the court. We look forward to welcoming you in to Greatfields Sixth Form Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12637","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14131,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12637\/revisions\/14131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}