Booking

For incoming 4th-8th grade players, the starting place is our Point Guard Prep day camps.
For older players, we recommended they attend our 5-day, 4-night 3-camp curriculum in the following order:

i) Playmaker College – Incoming 7th-11th grade players
ii) Scoring College – Incoming 9th-12th grade & college
iii) Point Guard College – Incoming 9th-12th grade & college

We get this question often and it’s not about being ‘good enough.’

If your child is a dedicated player who loves the game and wants to improve, they’ll fit right in. If they’re not interested in learning the game, HSA is probably not for them, regardless of how good they are.

Players are placed in skill-based groups, so if your child is a less experienced player, they’ll be with others who are similar — and if they’re one of the top players, they’ll be with other top players.

Yes. We teach the game, not a group of skills specific to one position.

Any player will benefit from any HSA camp—regardless of their position—as long as they are eager to learn the game.

The majority of our overnight camps have 80-120 players with a 12:1 player-to-coach ratio, while our day camps have 50-80 players. Typically, basketball camps are two to three times the size of our sessions, but we don’t take any more players than our course director can know by name.

Most of our programs fill up and we turn away lots of players each summer, but we limit enrollment so that we can provide the best experience possible for players.

While the level of competition may vary slightly from session to session, there is nearly always suitable competition for the varying levels of the players.

We occasionally have a player or two who is significantly better than everyone else, but these players understand the intention of the week is development and learning, not competition. As long your child understands this too, it won’t matter much who they’re competing against through the week.

Speaking of top players, while there are significantly more high school players than college players in attendance at Scoring College and Point Guard College courses, college players typically benefit even more than high school players. As we teach details and subtleties of the game, we’ve found the more playing experience someone has, the more likely it is they’ll benefit from HSA.

Over 125,000 players and 10,000 coaches have attended a HSA camp over the past 31 years and the feedback is consistent.

Players who are eager to learn and get better have a really special experience. A player who thinks they know it all already who isn’t interested in getting better doesn’t typically enjoy their time with us.

As we stand behind the experience we provide, and to remove any risk for you, we are the only camp in the camp industry to offer a 100% Money-Back Guarantee.

If your child attends an entire HSA session and you aren’t completely satisfied with their basketball experience, simply contact us within this calendar year and not only will we refund your entire camp tuition, we will also send you an additional $500 cash to help cover any of your other basketball events or travel related expenses this year, to help further your child’s development.

You can wait until you know your child’s complete summer schedule before you register. The only problem is, the session you want to attend may be sold out by then.

To help you deal with this challenge, HSA offers Tuition Protection. You can also transfer to another session, if needed, without any additional cost, as long as it’s at least two weeks prior to your session.

We understand this can be a challenge, and we increase our number of locations each summer in order to make our camps easier to access.

The average HSA camp—in any single location—attracts players from 11 states, as well as a handful of international players. Hundreds of players fly, endure long bus rides, or beg a parent or coach to drive them 10-12 hours to get to HSA. We are constantly amazed at how far some players will travel in order to attend a session. Right now, players in North Dakota, Alaska, Lithuania, and New Zealand are coming up with creative ways to get themselves to HSA.

So, don’t let distance be a deal-breaker for you. Where there’s a will, there’s usually a way.

The camp tuition fees vary depending on the type of camp.

For our 5-day camps that run from 9am-4pm each day, the tuition fees range from $495-$795.

For our 5-day, 4-night camps that include meals and accommodations, the tuition fees range from $995-$1,495.

Note: All camps include a non-refundable Registration Fee of $25 for day camps and $35 for overnight camps.

Our teaching curriculum has been specifically designed to progress from one course to the next:

1.Playmaker College → 2. Scoring College → 3. Point Guard College

This Is Why We Created Our 3-Camp Pass

To make it easier to attend ALL our camps, we’re pleased to offer our 3-Camp Pass, which gives your child access to 3 overnight camps for the price of 2. (A 33% SAVINGS)

The pass can be used this summer or any following summer and can be applied to ANY combination of our camps.

No-Risk Guarantee: If your child attends their first camp and does not want to return for another camp, just contact us after their first camp ends and within this calendar year and we’ll refund the entire 3-Camp Pass fee.

Cancellation Policy: If your child can’t attend the camp for any reason, including schedule conflicts, last-minute injuries, a concussion, an unexpected illness, or a family emergency, you will receive a 100% credit for camp fees paid that can be applied to a future camp, transferred to a friend, or donated to an underprivileged player.

In the event that HSA cancels a session, including due to restrictions imposed by by government authorities or the college or facility, 100% of the tuition fees paid will be credited towards a future HSA camp.

Things sometimes come up that are unavoidable—we get it. That’s why we offer Tuition Protection, so you can have peace-of-mind. Without tuition protection, camp fees are non-refundable.

With Tuition Protection: The purchase of tuition protection during registration will give you a full refund if you cancel more than 5 days before your camp and a 100% HSA credit if you cancel within 5 days of camp.

Fee: $55 for Fall Shooting Colleges, $75 for day camps and $125 for residential camps.

Note: Without a protection plan, tuition is non-refundable.

Players do not receive an evaluation of their skills at the end of their HSA camp. We spend 100% of our time teaching players, not evaluating them.

Players receive feedback from our director, the instructors, and other players throughout each court session, in addition to the dozens of pages of notes most players take in the classroom. We expect players to write down all the helpful feedback they receive all week long, just like any dedicated player would do.

If your child gets injured prior to their session, we recommend they still attend. Many players have done this, and nearly every player has said they were glad they did. The majority of teaching takes place in the classroom, so as long as they can write and sit in a chair, they’ll get all the information that every other player receives.

During sessions, we do our best to ensure that an Athletic Trainer will be on site to provide ice and first aid as needed. If there is a serious injury, parents are notified and the player is taken to a local medical facility.

Note: If your child decides not to attend their camp due to an injury, our cancellation policy still applies.

Yes. Good basketball is good basketball, regardless of gender. That’s why all our courses are co-ed. All players attend the classroom sessions together, but the genders are separated in the dorms and for the majority of the gym sessions.

At HSA courses, the safety and well-being of each player is our top priority. For nearly the entire day, all the players and staff are together on the court, in class, or in the dining hall.

Dorms

For overnight camps, our staff stay in the dorm building with the players, and we ensure appropriate supervision and curfew checks each night. The players do not have a lot of time in the dorms, as they typically have less than an hour following the evening gym session to shower, have a snack, and be in their room before curfew.

Our Three Rules:
1. Players are not permitted to enter the dorms of the opposite gender at any time or they will be immediately sent home.
2. Players are not permitted to leave the campus at any time unless it is with a parent.
3. Players are must be in their own room by curfew.

Coaches who observe HSA camps are there to grow as a coach, and coaches who are on staff at sessions are there to assist you as a player. Exposure is not the focus of a HSA session.

With that being said, we typically have Directors, Instructors, or Observing Coaches who are college coaches or who are highly connected in the college coaching world. So, just like with any experience in life, it often pays to stand out and be special.