Weekly Basketball Training Sessions
One hour a week is the secret. The kids who get really good aren't more talented than yours. They train every week. One hour of real coaching, every week of the year, ages 7 to 17, beginner to advanced.
Upcoming training sessions
The next 10 days, straight from our booking system. Tap Register to grab a spot for that exact session.
Or see the full weekly schedule for everything we run in the gym.
What weekly training changes
A team practice prepares your kid for Saturday. Weekly training builds the player who shows up to it. Give it a few months and here is what you see.
What a session looks like
The circuit
Shooting form, ball handling, finishing with both hands, defending without fouling. Small groups rotating through real work, so every kid gets real reps.
The correction
A coach whose whole job is catching the bad habit while it's happening. Not four minutes of attention a week. An hour of it.
The live play
Every session ends in games, because a skill you can't use with a defender attached isn't a skill yet. It's also why kids beg to come back.
Coached from a written playbook, not off the cuff
Every session is coached from HoopLife's written coaching library: practice plans built around four training themes, every drill diagrammed, every concept building on the last. And every coach is trained on the same playbook and speaks the same basketball vocabulary, so what your kid hears on Tuesday matches what they hear from every other HoopLife coach all year.
Off-ball movement
Your kid has the ball for a fraction of the game. We coach the rest of it: cutting, spacing, and getting open, so they matter on every possession.
Defence & communication
Positioning, help defence, closeouts, and talking on the floor. The loudest team usually wins, and we teach kids exactly what to say.
Creating advantages
Screens, handoffs and reads: how to beat a defender with your brain, not just your speed. This is the part most programs never teach.
Shooting form & shot selection
Clean mechanics and footwork, plus the judgment to know a good shot from a bad one. Both halves matter, so we coach both.
Character, confidence and leadership are why families stay. This is the other promise: the basketball itself is expert-level, and it is written down.
Every level has a home here
Sessions group by age (7-10, 11-13, 14-17) and by level, so your kid trains with kids at their stage. Beginners are never made to feel behind, and advanced players are never left coasting.
Beginner
- The foundation: shooting form, handles, layups with both hands
- Defending without fouling, getting open, the rules and habits of the game
- Steps small enough that nobody feels behind
- Live games every session, so it stays fun
Advanced
- Advanced shooting mechanics and footwork into the jump shot
- Using space and screens against live defenders
- Finishing through contact, shot selection under pressure
- Competitive scrimmages every session
Girls Only
- Skill work on shooting, handling and finishing
- Game IQ and holding up under real pressure
- Live play with the girls she is building friendships with
- Coaches who know the University of Regina Cougars experience firsthand
Three ways in, all straight to checkout
Every session uses one credit. Pick how you want to buy them, register in a couple of minutes, and their first session can be this week.
Session Packs
- Families with more than one player: everyone shares the same credit pool
- Training around a busy schedule, at your own pace
Membership
- Kids training every week: the 90-day transformation path
- Rookie: 12 credits/quarter · Pro: 24 credits/quarter
Get Started
- Meeting us, watching your kid train, and leaving with a real development plan, for ten dollars
Scenes from our weekly sessions
The improvement compounds
This is the most effective way to develop a player, and it is the one thing we run every single week of the year: through the summer, and through their school or club season. Come once a week or come to several. The more they train, the faster it shows. Nothing to try out for, no season to wait for. Their first session can be this week.
And none of it is improvised. The same coaching staff that writes the HoopLife League's practice books runs these sessions, with concepts that build age group by age group so nothing your kid learns next year feels unfamiliar.
Questions, answered
How do we sign up for sessions?
Two ways: a Session Pack (one-time purchase of credits, valid a full year, flexible) or a Membership (weekly credits plus unlimited open gym, the best value if your kid trains every week). Each session uses one credit.
Which level should my kid join?
If they're new to basketball or still building their base, choose Beginner (Court B): nobody there will make them feel behind. If they know the game and play on a team, choose Advanced (Court A). Coaches will help you adjust if the fit isn't right.
What happens in the hour?
The session runs as a circuit: shooting, ball handling, finishing and defence in small groups, with a coach correcting habits in the moment. The last stretch is always live play, because a skill you can't use in a game isn't a skill yet.
How often do sessions run?
Every week of the year, including summer, at the HoopLife Facility, 661 Solomon Cres. Check the weekly schedule for times by age group.
My kid is 7 and small. Will they be okay?
Yes. Sessions group by age (7-10, 11-13, 14-17), and the hoops are lowered for the ages 7-10 sessions, so they learn real form on a rim they can actually reach.
Can we try it before committing?
New to HoopLife? Book the $10 Get Started package: a 1:1 development planning meeting with a HoopLife Director, plus your kid's first training session included.
What should they bring?
A labelled basketball, a water bottle, indoor non-marking court shoes and athletic clothing. That is it.
Is this real coaching, or supervised drills?
Real coaching. HoopLife runs on a written coaching library: practice plans organized around four training themes (off-ball movement, defence and communication, creating advantages, and shooting), with every drill diagrammed and every coach trained on the same playbook and the same basketball vocabulary. Nothing about the hour is improvised.
What if the cost is a stretch for us right now?
We never want the cost to be the reason a child misses out on basketball. There is funding support available through BOOST Kids, and we will do what we can to help. Just ask.
Want help picking the right session?
Leave your name and email and our team will reach out with everything you need to know.
Their first session can be this week
A few months from now the shot is clean, the handle is calm, and the kid who used to hide is calling for the ball. One hour a week. That's the secret.
