Now it 4th year, the Individual Youth League is one of our most popular Youth Instructional Programs. Designed for recreation to travel level players, grades 3 to 6, the Individual Youth League provides a perfect balance of skill development with organized game play.
Each league session is broken into two segments. For the first segment, players are put through drills to improve their ballhandling, passing, footwork, shooting form, 1 vs. 1 play and overall conditioning. In the second segment, the players are divided into teams and they compete against one another in a 4-quarter game with certified officials. Each session is run by Hoop Group Headquarters Instruction Director Tiny Green and is coached by the Hoop Group Headquarters coaching staff and other quality coaches from around the Jersey Shore area.
League Information and Session Dates
League Nights Mondays
League Times 5 to 6:30pm
Player Ages Boys and Girls - Grades 3 to 6
League Costs $225
Contact Hoop Group Headquarters Instruction Director Tiny Green to register a group for league play
Individual Youth League - Directed by Tiny Green
The Hoop Group is proud to have Coach Ellonya 'Tiny' Green direct all of the Instructional Programming at Hoop Group Headquaters. Coach Green is the President of Nothing But Skills (NBS) based out of South Brunswick. Coach Green is also a former associate head coach at Division I schools Fairleigh Dickinson, Hofstra, and St. Bonaventure. Ellonya has coached numerous players selected by the NBA and European leagues. He has coached in 7 NCAA tournaments. Ellonya achieved All-American status as a player at Upsala College.
Individual Youth League - Assistant Coaching Staff
Jimmy Hill is a former a Assistant Coach at Division III, Upsala College, earning trips to the Division III Final 4 two times. Coach Hill also coached with Coach Green at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ). Coach Hill served as Head Coach at Rutgers University (Newark Campus) for 8 years. During his tenure, they won an ECAC Tournament of Champions. Coach Hill also served as a scout for the NBA, Detroit Pistons. Coach Hill is now committed to training youth in the Tri-State area.
Katie Adams is a former Women's Basketball Player at Ruters University playing under C.Vivian Stringer. She double-majored in Exercise Science and Psychology. In her four years playing for Rutgers, the team went to 1 sweet sixteen, 2 elite eights, and played for the NCAA Championship game in 2007 vs. Tennessee. Originally coming from high school in Utah, she graduated with a 4.0 GPA, earned all-state honors on the court, and was a nominee for a McDonald's All-American.
