Basketball Skills Training
Players work on game-ready basketball fundamentals, decision-making, spacing, finishing, shooting, ball handling, and defensive habits.
Player development
GBC Huskies Basketball Training
Basketball training for young athletes focused on fundamentals, ball handling, shooting, footwork, defense, basketball IQ, strength, conditioning, teamwork, discipline, and work ethic.
Training details can vary by age group, team, and season.
Athlete Development
Strength and conditioning work supports balance, coordination, speed, agility, durability, and the ability to compete harder on tournament weekends.
Train With Purpose
GBC Huskies skills development is built around the details that translate to real games: ball handling, shooting, footwork, finishing, defense, decision-making, and basketball IQ.
Skills training incorporates concepts and training experience from current and former professional players as well as collegiate basketball players.
Ball Handling
Control, pace, pressure handling, change of direction
Shooting
Mechanics, balance, footwork, catch-and-shoot reps
Finishing
Contact finishes, layup packages, touch, angles
Defense
Stance, slides, closeouts, toughness
Footwork
Balance, pivots, cuts, movement efficiency
Basketball IQ
Reads, spacing, decision-making, game awareness
Build the Athlete, Not Just the Player
GBC Huskies emphasizes athletic development through strength, conditioning, movement, and durability. Training is designed to help players become stronger, faster, more balanced, and more prepared for competitive basketball.
Strength and conditioning programming is designed with certified personal trainers, certified sports performance coaches, and a licensed physical therapist.
Speed and agility
Balance and coordination
Strength basics
Conditioning
Injury prevention habits
Explosiveness
Basketball-specific movement
Our coaches
Training Led With Standards
Gilliam Basketball Club training is guided by coaches who care about the full player: fundamentals, discipline, teamwork, sportsmanship, and growth on and off the basketball court.
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Head Coach@coachjaygill
Coach JayJayson Gilliam
Coach Jay leads Gilliam Basketball Club with a development-first standard built around fundamentals, structure, attention to detail, work ethic, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
We emphasize fundamental skill and work to ensure each player is given the best opportunity to grow their game. Through structure, we highlight each player's strengths and challenge them to excel in many different areas while teaching the importance of teamwork, discipline, work ethic, and sportsmanship.
Coach Jay's College Hoops Influence
UConn basketball fan, GBC standards
Coach Jay loves UConn basketball, and that influence shows up as a clean college-hoops standard: disciplined defense, spacing, toughness, ball movement, and team-first habits.
GBC is not affiliated with UConn. This is a coaching influence note only.
Fundamentals First
Teach the game in detail so every player can become efficient in more areas of basketball.
Player Growth
Build confidence, work ethic, discipline, and basketball IQ through structured training.
Team Standards
Create habits around accountability, effort, sportsmanship, and the DEFENSE program slogan.
Ready to Train?
Contact the program to ask about basketball player development sessions and team basketball training.