HoopLife Skills Camp 2025

SKILLS CAMP is aimed at all players who want to develop their basketball skills.
At the camp, players will work on individual and technical aspects of basketball
The following can sign up for the camp:

– beginners players
– intermediate players
– high level players are not allowed in this CAMP

For 2025 edition all campers should be born between 2007 and 2016 (9 years old) but we make an exceptions.

If the participant is younger than 9 and its born in 2017 or 2018 we can make an exception, but usually we ask parents for special attention.

If the participant is 2005 or 2006 we can also make an few exceptions.

SKILLS CAMP created to individually increase your technical skills.
Arriving at HoopLife SKILLS CAMP will allow the participant to find out which aspects of the game he or she should / should work on.
During the training, the players will be divided into groups of 3-5 people and specialist coaches will be appointed for them.
The trainers at the SKILLS camp will be active players who practice basketball on a daily basis or coaches who specialize in individual work with players.

At the SKILLS camp, you will learn new technical innovations, you will receive guidelines on how to eliminate bad habits and improve your individual skills.

In the evenings, camp participants will be able to test themselves in sparring matches.

– a full-day trip to AQUA PARK in Poprad or in Zakopane
– rope park or canoeing
– bbq and music

July 12 – day 0 – arrival day

arrival at 5.00 p.m.
check in hours. 18.00
dinner at 19.00
organizational meeting at 20.00
cognitive training of players and coaches 20.30 – 21.30
2 Dinner at 22.00 – (milk, cereals, bread, peanut butter and jams)

July 13 – day 1

Breakfast 9.00 and 9.30
Hall B – team training: 4 large groups on 4 baskets. Spacing, Cuts, Defensive Assumptions, Mini-games. 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Lunch 14.00
Main hall training 1.5h per group (Groups – 1 and 2 – 14.00 – 15.30 and Groups 3 and 4 15.30 – 17.00)
Hall two training 1.5h per group – group 5,6,7,8 hours 14.00 – 15.15 and group 9, 10, 11, 12 – hours. 15.45 – 17.00
Dinner at 18.00 or 19.00 depending on when Stefan comes in
Evening Indoor Sparring
2 Dinner at 23.00 – (milk, cereals, bread, peanut butter and jams)

July 14 – day 2

Breakfast 9.00 and 9.30
Motor skills training, we save our legs, we work on the core and general development, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – no hall rental
Lunch 13.00
Main hall training 3 hrs. 14.00 – 17.00 (Group 1 and 2 – 14.00 – 15.30 and Group 3 and 4 – 15.30 – 17.00)
Hall two training 3 h – group 5, 6, 7, 8 hours 14.00 – 15.15 and group 9, 10, 11, 12 – hours. 15.45 – 17.00
Dinner at 6.00 p.m. or 7.00 p.m. depending on when Stefan comes in
Evening Sparring with Stefan until late
2 Dinner at 23.00 – (milk, cereals, bread, peanut butter and jams)

July 15 – day 3

Breakfast 9.00 and 9.30
Integration – 10.00 am – Canoeing or Rope Park – no training
Lunch 14.30
team practice for 3 groups: Group 1 – 2h in total – 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Main Hall. Group 2 and 3 – 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – hall two
Dinner at 18.00 or 19.00
Evening Indoor Sparring
2 Dinner at 22.00 – (milk, cereals, bread, peanut butter and jams)

July 16 – day 4

Breakfast 9.00 and 9.30
Main hall training 2 hrs. 10.30 – 12.30 (Group 1 and 2 – 10.30 – 11.30 and Group 3 and 4 11.30 – 12.30)
Second hall, training 2 hrs. 10.30 – 11.30 and 12-13 (with a half-hour break for a change of players)
Lunch 14.00
Main hall training 3 hrs. 15.00 – 18.00 (Group 1 and 2 – 14.00 – 15.30 and Group 3 and 4 15.30 – 17.00)
Hall two training 3 h – group 5, 6, 7, 8 hours 15.00 – 16.15 and group 9, 10, 11, 12 – hours. 4.45 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Dinner at 19.00
Evening Sparring – main hall – 3h
2 Dinner at 23.00 – (milk, cereals, bread, peanut butter and jams)

July 17 – day 5

Breakfast 9.00 and 9.30
Free – Departure to Poprad to the Water Park or, in the absence of COVID vaccinations, the lookout tower in Krynica and a day in Jaworzyna or the park mountain
Takeaway lunch during breakfast – Solid layette. 2 Sandwiches with Chicken, cheese, and sauces. and oat bars, fruit, juice
Dinner at 19.00
2 Dinner at 23.00 – (milk, cereals, bread, peanut butter and jams)

July 18 – day 6

Breakfast 9.00 and 9.30
Main hall training 2 hrs. 10.30 – 12.30 (Group 1 and 2 – 10.30 – 11.30 and Group 3 and 4 11.30 – 12.30)
Second hall, training 2 hrs. 10.30 – 11.30 and 12-13 (with a half-hour break for a change of players)
Lunch 14.00
Main hall training 3 hrs. 15.00 – 18.00 (Group 1 and 2 – 14.00 – 15.30 and Group 3 and 4 15.30 – 17.00)
Hall two training 3 h – group 5, 6, 7, 8 hours 15.00 – 16.15 and group 9, 10, 11, 12 – hours. 4.45 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Dinner at 19.00
bbq and Music

July 19 – day 7 – match day – departure day of the SKILLS CAMP Group

Breakfast 7.00, 8.00 and 9.00
Match of the youngest – 8.00 – 9.15
Middle group match – 9.30 – 10.45
The oldest match – 11.00 – 12.15
End of the Camp – 12.30
Lunch 12.30 and 12.45
Departure 13.15

-Accommodation in Primary School no. 2 in Krynica-Zdrój (see INFO 8)
-Food 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and if you are hungry 4 additional late-evening meals (cereals, milk, peanut butter, jam, bread – see INFO 8)
-Water during training and matches
-Participation in training and matches
-Every rider’s participation in the ALL-STAR GAME on the last day
-Individual prizes and cups (MVP + other individual awards)
-Other attractions and a full-day trip to AQUA PARK
-Fire on a non-training day
-Lycra White Commemorative T-shirt for each participant
-Accident insurance 10,000 PLN
-Transfer (for volunteers) from Łódź, Warsaw, Katowice, Kraków or Lublin, Rzeszów, Brzesko

– access and return by own car with the parent / parents
– access and return by train from Warsaw with a group and supervisor
– access and return by train from Poznań with a group and supervisor
– access and return by train from Cracow with a group and supervisor
– access and return by bus from Lublin with a group and supervisor

-The first step is to register for the camp in the campy tab
-After submitting the form, you will receive an e-mail to the e-mail address provided during registration
-To guarantee participation in the camp (after filling in and sending the application), it is necessary to pay PLN 500 in advance
-The second payment must be made to the organizer by April 15th 2025
-The last payment should be paid to the organizer by 28 June 2025  maximum of 14 days (two weeks) until the beginning of the camp
-We will make the entire refund (advance payment, second payment and last payment) only in the case of documented injury or chronic illness / quarantine presented to the camp organizer by 28 June 2025
-In case of documented injury or chronic disease / quarantine presented to the camp organizer after 28/06/2025, PLN 1650 will be refunded and the organizer will keep PLN 1000 (advance payment + second payment).
-We kindly ask participants to avoid team play in basketball about 10 days before the camp itself
-We recommend implementing the preparatory training for the camp 10-14 days before participating in the camp and 5 days of rest before it starts in order to achieve full regeneration
-If it is not possible to participate in the camp (presented to the organizer after 28 June 2025), it is possible to replace the competitor who is unable to participate in the camp for another interested participant who wants to participate in the camp at the last minute
-After registering, within 48 hours, participants will receive all the necessary documents allowing the competitor to formally participate in our camp. We kindly ask you to read the details contained in this next stage. The email will contain:
1. Agreement
2. Regulations
3. Parent’s declaration
4. Qualification Card
5. Information on a copy of a valid basketball player’s health record
6. GDPR document

Please complete the documents and send them to us by e-mail in the form of scans. We will need scans of these documents to be presented during the inspection from the school board and sanitary and epidemiological station.

The last stage will be contact regarding the arrival at the camp and the player’s departure from the camp. By June 28, we will contact you by e-mail and text message to determine the type of transport that the participant will use when arriving and leaving the camp.

In the return message, we will ask you to indicate 1 of 2 modes of transport that you intend to use:

Own access – by car
Access by train or bus from 4 different locations (Warsaw, Lublin, Poznań, Cracow)

The camp will end on July 19 at 1:00 PM. For those participants who will be returning home by bus or a train we will pass on exact arrival time at each of those location closer to the starting of the camp.