Alley-Oop Basketball

"My daughter attended the Hoopstarz camp held at Loma Prieta school July 17th through the 21st. This was her second time with Hoopstarz, and she loved it and learned more than I thought possible in a week. Adam sparked a love of the sport, and brought out her inner competitor, both on the court, and within herself to do better. She came home with stories of games played to improve skills, shots made, and personal successes. She said "Adam pushes us to do our best, and it's so much fun. Sometimes my legs hurt because they are tired, but he says I know your muscles hurt sometimes, but you have to push that down and keep trying!" On two different occasions I stayed and watched, and was impressed to see how Adam not only used fun games that were obviously helping the kids practice balance, movement, and basketball skills, but also did a great job of breaking the group into smaller groups to practice skill appropriate drills meaning everyone in the camp got to work on their own skill level where they were, but also brought everyone together to scrimmage and play games and do their best in every situation. By the end of the week my not so aggressive kid was very aggressively guarding her opponent, going after the ball, and taking shots in a friendly but hard played game on the court."

"Adam Dallas once again has mis-represented his product. His "camp" this week at Loma Prieta looks more like a playdate, and a poorly organized one at that. With three boys in the age group (10 to 12), they can't hold a meaningful scrimmage, do any kind of full-court dribbling or shooting drills. It's sad that there isn't a better local offering, something that could attract more than 10 boys, or at least 10 boys. Typically, Dallas didn't disclose that four of his eight campers this week are third-grade girls, grouped in with three seventh-grade boys. I would not recommend his camp or any Hoopstarz product."