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Over the weekend at my Allstar weekend event several players and parents asked about joining my Jackson Allstar boys and girls basketball club team but I didn’t want to involve that in with this weekend. But I told them that I would be taking players up until April 8th but they need to contact me for a time to meet. If you missed my signups feel free to contact me to set up a time to me to register your daughter, or son before April 8th. Thanks 🏀🏀🏀💯
There will be times you will succeed and there will be times that you fail. So wasting your time debating whether you're going to be successful or not is pointless. You just put one foot in front of the other and control what you can control. Then you see what the outcome is. If you win great, you are going to have to wake up the next day and do the journey all over again. If you lose it sucks, but you are going to have to wake up the next day and do the journey all over again.
Words of the great KB Rip
Tryouts signup for 2024 season
Jackson All-Stars will have signups starting March 15th and 16th 2024 for girls and boys ages 7 to 17 years old this our 22nd season of excellence. Join Coach Jackson this upcoming season to elevate your game at a very high level. I bring over 27 years of experience and professional. A place where I put your child first. Last year I was asking for 50 girls and we got that this year I have moved that number up to 75 because I know that their are some amazing girls ball players in our community and I want them in my program. I would like to get 50 boys as well this season as well I love coaching boys and watching them develop into great players with my knowledge and coaching ability. My goal this season is to continue to better all players IQ of the game of basketball and more importantly skill levels. While they are having fun meeting new friends. Remember everyone gets to play in all games. Please help me get the word out about this upcoming spring /summer season. I will be making my rounds to help get my goals of players. Good luck to all the middle school kids who are playing at the moment and good luck to all the high school kids that are playing as well. I don’t need to sell myself you all know my credentials very, I am well qualified. See you soon! Contact me if you need to my contact is on the Jackson All-Stars website Jackson All-stars.com.
I stand on these things below be blessed everyone.🏀🏀🏀
1.There is no secrets to success.
2.Every day matters.
3.Discipline is the foundation to success .
4.Excellent has a price.
Tournament Information - Coming Soon
Very important information about missing practice and being late to practice.
To all players all age groups as of right now today Monday if you are late to practice there will be conquenes know matter what age you child are. Also coming to practice here and there will lead to less playing time we all need to be at practice together like a basketball team. I told everyone that I understand from time to time we will need to miss practice for school events and sometimes other reason and I understand just as long as you let me know and understand that your playing time will be different. All players should be on time just like I want let me high school teams that I coach for North Salinas I will not let my players that players on my club teams be late it's just not how I do things. Everyone should be to class on time and I have always set that same standard for my parents and I am just not willing to bend the rules just to have players in my program leadership is more than just being able to shoot and pass the ball it's about being Responsible on and off the court. I lead from the front and behind to push the ones in the back up to the front. No matter which team you are on you are late There will be consequences. Also I have asked each every plan parent to give me a progress before on that child on how they're doing in the classroom and that has not happened with the whole program yet it must be done at once or there will be consequences for your player until you get done. Education is very important how do I know if I struggle some time with my correct grammar and spelling and I don't want that to happen to any other kid. Don't get it twisted I'm nobody dummy by a long shot. It is very important to attend practice on a regular basis you and your parents signed up for you to get better and You made the best decision they can make by coming to me if you are here and willing to work hard and willing to listen and learn I guarantee you will elevate your game and people will recognize it. People like your high school coach are your middle school coach. I don't think you realize you're not just messing with a average coach. I study day and night to make sure I'm prepared to give you the best coaching around but your kid has got to be there ready to go not ready to play around but to work hard to listen and learn and pay attention to details. Start today if your child is not ready to practice I will be calling you to pick him are her up so that they can play around with you I don't have time for that.if you are late You will be doing some Major running and I don't care who you are I know most of your parents but that doesn't get you any special treatment. I don't care what you look like what color you are I have the same Expectation for everyone and the one Discipline for everyone. If your child is hurt stay at home and bring me a doctor note when you return. I don't have time to babysit players sitting on the sideline for the whole practice and get up at the end of practice and forget they are hurt and walk out like nothing is wrong. I will take playing time away because the best Discipline to me is playing time with players because everyone wants to play in games but not practice. Parents and players don't get to tell when their go in the game they can let me know if their child is feeling better it up to me and my coaches when they get in after missing practice. If a parent can't text me are call me to let me know that their child can't attend practice then I can't see playing that players in the games for not showing up on time to practice it's just easy. Last thing if parents keep talking out loud among themselves why we are conducting practice they will be asked to leave because it hard enough for them to hear and your Extra conversation on our sideline doesn't work. Please use your inside voice are you must leave and return back at the practice is over. You money you pay is for me to train your son are daughter and for me to put them in t Tournaments not for me to just go alone with what ever you like sorry wrong I am not that kind of coach that just won't money I my Character and what I believe in always comes first and I believe in doing things the fair and right way I don't do favors and different parents are players because it wrong. Be on time and ready to go each and every single practice and we will get along fine. Thanks
Things You Need for Practice -- High School and Middle School Teams
Here are a few things that Coach Jackson will need you to have at practice. All middle school and high school players will need a towel with them. If you forget, you will be doing some running. No exceptions for anyone and I mean anyone. Next, you will also need a notebook or note pad and a pencil. This you must bring to practice each and every day until I say it's not needed anymore.
If you want learn how to become a champion come play for me. If that's not important to you go play for them. It's just that simple. I have over 30 years of experience successfully coaching girls and boys. I have 447 wins at the high school level with girls basketball. My teams have won 14 titles - 11 league titles and 3 CCS titles. I have been coach of the year several times. I was also the Northern California coach of the year. I have a top priority and that is getting your child better and there is no one better than myself, in my opinion. I have proven it time and time again each season. It's what I do best but more than that it's my calling. I'm not here to make up your mind on which program to pick because if it's that hard to choose then my program is not the one for your child. I believe in fairness, honesty, hard work, and everyone getting an opportunity to play in all the games because that's how they become better. I don't make promises to get you in my program. I keep it 100% real. I don't tell you and your child lies. Yes, I will do everything I can to help get your child into college but the bottom line is there are very few that leave high and go D1 or D2. The place for your daughter or son to play may be at the JC, D3 or NAIA level. To be real, I can't even promise them that but I will do everything in my power to help them find a good fit. Still, it will not be because of me it will be because your child worked hard in the classroom and on the court. I just happen to be a small part of your child becoming successful by coaching them up and giving them the tools to help them become successful. Don't be fooled by the other stuff coaches are telling you and your child just to get you in their program. If your daughter or son goes to college and play sports it's because they put in the hard work and they were determined to be successful. That had nothing to do with coaching. The coach's responsibility is to make sure that the players understand the game and work them to make sure they have all the fundamentals down so when a coach calls they can tell that coach why they should pick your daughter or son. I am being honest people. I can't do it any other way and feel good about myself. Yes I would love for you daughter or son to play in my program but I want it to because I am a great coach and I am a fair and honest coach that believes in the truth and most of all I have the best interest for everyone child no matter what they look like or how they play. It's my job to help them get better and that I will do and that's a promise I can keep. My Grandfather always told me if a person's word ain't no good that person ain't
no good. My word is good!
Not only for part of practice
Not only for one half of the game
Not only on the days everything is going right
Not only when you feel like it
Not only a few days a week
Not only when your coach is watching
Not only for a couple of games at a tournament
Every Day...Bring it...It's just that simple!!!
Let's Get It!! 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀 Go 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀 All-Stars!! 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
Why Jackson All-Stars?
The Jackson All-Stars program has been in the Salinas area for the past 20 years and is led by Coach Darren Jackson. I have been coaching local middle and high school teams for the past 20+ years. I currently coach at North Salinas High School as the Girl's Varsity Basketball Coach. I have been with this program for the past 17 years and have reached a coaching milestone of 300+ wins with this program. If you want your child to get better with their fundamental basketball skills, learn how to play team basketball, and have fun this summer then you want to join our program.
There are a lot of choices in the area for travel basketball but I am the guy that makes it happen. I make sure that your child (regardless of the school they attend) will be ready for their basketball season. I work them hard but all my players go on to make their school team and earn playing time. I have worked with players from the Monterey Peninsula to South Monterey County. I don't exclude any players that are willing to work hard to get better over the summer. Now, I can't promise you Showcase Tournaments, NBA Player Camps or a College Scholarship. I'm not a college scout so I can't make that promise. We don't have fancy uniforms with all the matching accessories either. What I can promise is that I will make sure that your child improves their fundamental skills, is treated fairly, gets playing time this summer, and has fun doing it.
The choice is yours. You need to go and check out other programs. Look at the whole program and then come check us out. I am not going to knock other programs down to get your child. I will not start early to get the local kids in my program first. I will let my wins/losses record speak for itself. Take a survey...look at all the local players (middle, high school, JC players) and ask them which team they played with at one point in their career. I guarantee that
75%-80% have gone through our program. I know that some boys players have left when I couldn't coach all the teams but I am rebuilding the boy's teams, bringing in new coaching staff, and making the commitment to this. Other programs will try to knock me down, and tell you lies about what I don't do. They will tell you that I am a Girl's Coach and can't do anything for the boys. I'm here to prove them wrong. I work with ALL players! I'm not about name dropping or highlighting my
run-ins with NBA players or coaches. If you look at all the local high school teams (boys or girls) in the area...which team is consistently in the Wins column? North Salinas Girls. Which local team consistently reaches the play-offs year after year? North Salinas Girls. I am the BEST...hands down! I have the records to prove it...I get results! If you want the BEST for your child...you have to bring them to the BEST! Plain and Simple...my program is here to stay!
WE ARE the Jackson All-Stars and ARE "Building Tomorrow's Champions!"
We Are a Complete Skill & Development Program
Jackson All-Stars is a complete skill & development program for guards & post players. Shooting, passing, footwork, pick & roll, defense and mental toughness. Things that will put your child on the path to consistent improvement throughout our season and way beyond. We are also an AAU travel basketball program.
SHOOTING = RHYTHM, ACCURACY, REPETITION, CONSISTENT FORM, QUICK RELEASE, FOLLOW THROUGH.
PASSING = ACCURACY, SPIN, FINGER TIP CONTROL, ACCURACY TO HELP LIMIT TURNOVERS DURING GAMES & PRACTICES.
FOOTWORK = GETTING INTO THE RIGHT STANCE, GOING UP FOR A LAYUP ON THE RIGHT LEG, MOVING CORRECTLY TO PLAY GOOD DEFENSE AND MUCH MORE.
DISCOVER PICK & ROLL THAT ENHANCES GAME TIME EXECUTION HELP RUN YOUR OFFENSE HELP GET OPENING SHOTS.
MENTAL TOUGHNESS = THE ABILIY TO FIGHT THROUGH TOUGH GAME WITHOUT HAVE A MELTDOWN. THE ABILITY TO STAY FOCUS ON THE TASK AHEAD. TO STAY SELF-DISCIPLINED AND ON TASK
ALL THESE THINGS AND MUCH MORE TO HELP GET YOUR CHILD BETTER.
WE HAVE IT...NOW COME GET IT TO TAKE BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL NEXT SEASON. NO EXCUSES NECESSARY.
Important Information for You to Know
Here are some very important things that you should know up front: We will have some opportunities for players to make money to help out with their fees but all payments will be due on time for all players. I do not make deals. All players will pay the same amount whether you have one child or two children playing - the price will be the same for each child. No discounts are available. I'm sorry and please don't ask. I am not willing to pay your child's fees to have him or her play for me. That won't happen...sorry. My program is run on your club fees. That's how I keep this program going. After the first day of practice NO REFUNDS will be given back to anyone. Even if down the line your child quits, he or she will not get a refund back and will be be responsible for the remaining balance. Each parent will need to sign a contract with their child on the first day of practice, if your child is picked for a team. This contact will explain all the things you and your child will be responsible for. If you don't take advantage of the fundraiser opportunities that will all be on you. Parents are responsible for getting their kids to tournaments and to practice on time. We have opened practices so parents are welcome as long as they don't interfere with practice and their child. Only parents that have a child in the program can watch practice. People who we aren't familiar with will be asked to leave for the safety of your child. Remember all players will play in the tournament if they attend practice. NO practice = NO playing time. Now is a good time to start saving your money so you won't have any problems taking care of your child's fees when the time comes. Thanks and take care. Go All-Stars!!
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Rules for Basketball Parents - YouTube Video
Check out this video...as we prepare for the start of a new basketball season, let us remember how to be supportive of our athletes!
Basketball Quotes
First master the fundamentals. ~Larry Bird
If you pay attention to the grandstands---it won't be long before you join them.
Practice to beat the best.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.
Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his/her role on the team.
Don't let what other people think decide who you are.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I dont't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good. ~Jerry West
You have to expect things of your self before you can do them.
A winner is someone who recognizes his/her God-given talents, works his/her tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his/her goal.
Don't Coach Mad.
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.
Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
Things to keep you from being complacent in order to be successful:
Today I will do what others won't so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.
Too many people are thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, when they ought to just water the grass they are standing on.
99% of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
Show me a person who doesn't make mistakes and I'll show you a person who doesn't do anything.
It's not what I ask of you, it's what you ask of yourself.
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Strength doesn't come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't do.
What Past and Present Players Have to Say
"Jackson All-Stars benefitted me by showing me it's not all about myself, but about the whole team. We learned to depend on one another and play for one another. The program made each player better in their own way. It not only helped us with the skills of basketball, but with life as well. Despite the hardships we go through each season, it made us strong-minded. Nothing is given in life, you have to work through it. Each obstacle we overcame during basketball made each of us more confident because we knew that we were capable of more than what we thought. Coach Jackson showed us that by working hard you can achieve anything. At practices, he didn't just stress the importance of doing well for a game but he stressed the importance of becoming successful in life. We not only became good athletes, but we became good students and leaders. As you grow up after each season of the program you become more of a leader. You learn that there are many people within the program who look up to you. Everyone completes their season with the mindset that you not only have to work hard on the court but off the court, too. Go Jackson All-Stars!"
~Cindy Cano - Class of 2008 (Now coaching at the middle school level)
"Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort."
~Mekayla Dacpano - Class of 2011 (Attends Hartnell College and plays "The game I love!")
"Our family has enjoyed a three to four year relationship with the All-Stars. We have two teenage sons that play on the traveling basketball team and what excites us the most about Coach Jackson is his fairness, honesty, and coaching style. Every kid gets a fair shot on the team, you never ever worry about where the coach is coming from because he's a straight shooter and we've seen a visible improvement in our son's basketball play. As a coach myself, I know the marked advancement, in our son's play, is due to solid fundamental coaching paired with challenging competition. When you see the basketball drills he employs to better his player's skills and the top level competition his teams compete against it will amaze you. Without a doubt Jackson All-Stars is the best choice."
~The Harrigan Family
"The Jackson All-Stars is a great program. I chose to play for this program for four years because I enjoyed it. Every time I always looked forward to practice and tournaments because it was so much fun. The teams altogether were built into a second family, a strong bond that's created throughout the season. The All-Stars contain a great coaching staff that help you on and off the court. Playing for them helped me improve on my game. It made me mentally strong and confident on the court to help me strive for success. I became ambitious and was always willing to work hard. I was taught how to respect and stand up for myself and believe in what I want. It was the little things that made me a better person and athlete."
~Amy Woo - Class of 2011 (Attends and plays for Mission College)
"Hi...I'm Jordyn Enos a two year veteran of the Jackson All-Stars and looking forward to entering my 3rd summer with the team in 2012. Coach Jackson's program has helped me improve my game a lot! Here at Jackson's we are a big family and learn to treat not only our teammates and competition, but everyone with respect. If you want to improve your basketball skills, I encourage you to come and try out. If you LOVE the game and are willing to put in the hard work and push yourself to get better, trust me, you will see the results. Don't think we don't have fun because we do but, it's the hard work you put into it, that makes the game fun when we play. When you walk through the gym doors, you better be ready to go to work because like Coach Jackson tells us, he can teach us all the drills but if YOU don't have it inside you to put in the effort, you will always be average."
~Jordyn Enos - 8th grader (Attends WMS) - Look out Stanford, Here I come!
"When our daughter (Jordyn) was in 5th grade, she was good enough with her athletic ability alone, to play on an all boys basketball team. Another father who had his daughter go through the Jackson All-Stars program came up to my wife and I and explained what the program was all about and how the player development skills would help Jordyn improve her basketball skills. As it turns out, the word "help" was an understatement. Working with Coach Jackson and his staff during her 6th grade summer, she came into her 7th grade season with an incredible advantage over her competition. The fundamental basketball skills they teach are invaluable. Her ball handling skills, court vision movement, leadership and most importantly the teaching of the complete "TEAM First" concept, has been laid as a foundation for her. In just one summer, she had learned to become a dominant player in her age group. In her 7th grade summer with the Jackson All-Stars, Coach Jackson and his staff believed enough in her progress to play her on both the 7th and 8th grade teams. This is where Coach Jackson and his staff set themselves apart from others. If your son or daughter is willing to put in the work and they improve beyond their age skills, they will patiently, move your child up, to ensure their skills continue to climb. Never letting them get complacent, playing them against kids that won't challenge them to move their game to the next level. This experience for Jordyn instilled a fearless competitiveness in her 8th grade season. She is again playing at an extremely high level and can't wait for the summer to begin working with the Jackson All-Stars again!"
~Steve and Debbie Enos
"Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation."
~Jack Nicklaus
"Today's practice must always be better than yesterday. If not, practice is pointless. You can stay the same or get better."
~Coach Darren Jackson
Basketball Blessing
A Blessing in Time of Defeat and a Time to Put it Behind You
Lord, someone else has won the honor that we thought should be ours, bless them. Someone else is enjoying the rewards We expected, bless them. Help us to remember that there is enough fame to go around. Enough happiness. And if we have not found ours this time, there will be other opportunities. This time maybe we weren't ready. Next time we will be. Or the time after that. Purge us of resentment; heal us of malice; soothe our disappointment. Don't let us impede our own progress by such emotions. Instead, let us ask a blessing upon the one who has beat us. To do so is to strengthen us. To do so is to draw upon a new source of energy and courage and optimism. We will rise up from defeat with joy. We will go forward enriched by this experience, spiritually growing. And as we bless them, we pray you bless us as a team and as a family. Thank you for this knowledge.
Inspirational Quotes
In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best.
Always put God first and you can't go wrong.
The most important word - We.The least important - I.
The vehicle of accomplishment is fueled by teamwork.
Basketball...my world...any questions?
When we are one, we are #1!
Committment = Loyalty. Hard Work = Success. Pride = Yourself.
Winners train...losers complain...which one are you?
Individuals win games...teams win championships!
Guidelines to Follow
If a player is going to make great decisions on the court, they must be able to make great decisions off the court.
You have to expect things of your yourself before you can do them. -Michael Jordan
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine -Flip Wilson
Other people may not have had high expectations for me ,but I had expectations of myself. -Shannon Miller
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again and then losing becomes a habit.
The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.