Many basketball programs change coaches or directors frequently, leaving kids feeling like they’re starting from scratch. Chai Athletics was founded to offer a consistent presence, while focusing on overcoming challenges, improving athletic talent and above all, creating a community within a community.
Join our competitive basketball team as you work on your skills and team strategy to win tournaments around the state of Illinois.
Join us every Sunday for our house baseball league. Compete against other teams within the league every Sunday and learn from our experienced coaches. Kids will play games with our coaches on the field to help teach them as they play.
Join us for this introductory class to baseball. Kids will learn the basics from running the bases, fielding position, and batting.
Join us for this introductory class to baseball. Kids will learn the basics from running the bases, fielding position, and batting.
Join Coach Wusu for fun after-school sports activities. In each session, the kids will get to choose their favorite games we have played in class this year and play them again together after school.
Join Coach Wusu staff for fun after-school sports activities. In each session, the kids will get to choose their favorite games we have played in class this year and play them again together after school.
Come join our coaches and play a fun game of volleyball with your friends after school. There are no games against other schools for this club sport.
Join our coaches for an hour of fun-filled skill work and games as we practice our basketball skills.
Learn fundamental movement skills and build overall motor skills. Participation once or twice per week in basketball but daily participation in other sport activity is essential for further excellence.
Group skill competitions recommended throughout the level. Introduction to team principles/concepts ONLY, avoid actual 5×5 competition until fundamentals are further developed.
Learn all fundamental and basic basketball-specific skills, establish building blocks for overall basketball skills. 70% of time is spent on individual fundamental training and only 30% of the time is spent on actual game competition.
Teach position concepts, but DO NOT assign player positions at any point in the level. Divide actual competition between special games (1×1, 2×2, 3×3, skill games) and 5×5 play, trying not to focus on actual 5×5 competition until later in the level.
Build the aerobic base, build strength towards the end of the level and further develop overall basketball skills. Build the “engine” and consolidate basketball skills.
Early in the level, 60% of the time is spent on individual training and 40% is spent on competition including 5×5 play, special games (1×1, 2×2, 3×3, skill games) as well as team-oriented practices. Later in the level, depending on mastery of skills, the switch can be made to a 50:50 training to competition ratio and positions can be assigned.
Maximize fitness and competition preparation as well as individual and position-specific skills. Optimize the “engine” of skills and performance.
Training to competition ratio in this phase shifts to 25:75, understanding that the competition percentage includes team-oriented practices and other competition-specific preparations.