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CLUB PHOTO OF THE 2007 SPRING BULLDOGS
WINTER WORKOUTS ARE HERE, LIMITED SPACE STILL AVAILABLE!
November 13, 2009
The EASTBAY BULLDOGS are pleased to announce that our 6th annual Winter Workout Program has just begun (11-14-09). That said, we still have limited space available. If you want to join, you have only missed one of 13 workouts.
The Winter Workouts are a high intensity Bulldogs style workout wherein we will work on both individual and team skills that can be brought to our team or any other team you may play for. The Winter Workouts are like a great basketball camp where you can focus on your game but instead of 1 week, like traditional camps, this program is 3 months long and can act as a supplement to CYO as well as Middle and Elementary school basketball programs.
A typical workout would consist of 30 minutes of fundamentals in a "Station" format, 20 minutes of transition basketball (Olympic Drill, 4-4-4, 3 on 2 / 2 on 1 etc), 20 minutes of Defensive Lecture and drills, 20 minutes of Offensive Lecture and drills and finally, 30 minutes of live 5 on 5 play.
Many of our Spring, Summer and Fall players like to attend these workouts to stay sharp by working with our coaches at the fast pace we like to practice at. These highly successful workouts have also shown many CYO and City League players what it will really take to get to the next level and are a great way to introduce your child to Bulldogs Basketball to see if our program is something for you.
An exciting change we are offering this season is, Team Pricing. If your CYO or MS or City League team would like to join this program, we can offer you a group rate. This is a great way for your team to get an extra practice every week and learn from the best coaching staff in the Bay Area. If your Head Coach wants to participate, he or she can lead your team in our program, learning from our staff as well.
The program is open to boys and girls, 2nd to 8th grade as well as to HS players not currently playing for their school team. The program will run every Saturday from November 14 to the end of January, 13 dates in all. This program is one of our most popular and as always, will fill up fast. That said, there is limited space still available. If you are interested in securing one of these final slots, drop Coach LeClaire a line at PGLeClaire@comcast.net or call him at 925-570-1334. Hope to see you on November 20th at the next workout.
Practice Update
Currently, we are running the Winter Workout Program, 09-10. For the Month of November, our schedule is as follows:
NOVEMBER
Sat. Nov. 14, 21, 28 & Sun. Nov. 29 from 9 to 11AM at Harvest Park MS, Pleasanton
*December Schedule will be posted as soon as I have it.
The BULLDOGS NOW TAKE CREDIT CARDS AND PAY PAL
We are proud to announce that the Bulldogs have added PayPal to our site. This means if you have a PayPal account you can use that to pay any and all your session, tournament or uniform fees with. The exciting thing about this is that even if you don't have a PayPal account, you can use your credit card on this system. That means if you want to spread your payments out over a couple of months, you can now do that by simply using your Visa, MasterCard, AmEx etc. and paying it off over a couple of months.
There is one drawback to the system. PayPal charges us a little over 3% per transaction to use their system. We have to pass that cost on to the user so, if you pay using the PayPal system, you will be paying a little bit more to cover that PayPal charge. That said, 3% is only a couple of bucks and we think it is worth the flexibility it gives our families.
To use this system, call us or shoot us an e-mail saying you want to register. Once that happens, we can guide you to our pay center and through the simple to use system.
RENO WRAP UP
This year, the Bulldogs took 8 teams up to Reno for Memorial Day Weekend. The seven boys teams played in the PNAAU event, played in the 22 nicest gyms in the area, while the 7th grade girls went over to the Convention Center for the Huge Jam On It event there (Largest AAU Tournament in the world). Both events were well run and a great time. Over all, there were over 800 teams, boys and girls, 3rd grade to HS Varsity, in Reno for the weekend. Honestly, you have to see it to believe it. While we are proud of all our teams and think they all did great (everyone won at least two games), special congrats go out to a few of our teams:
3rd Grade (9 & Under) went 2 and 2 for the weekend and took 3rd place at their first tournament. This was the first time we brought a team this young up to Reno and they did great. It was a big first step out and we couldn’t be prouder of these kids.
6th Grade (11 & Under) – Both our teams reached the final four and ended up taking 3rd place (6 Black) and 4th Place (6 Red). At an event of this caliber with about 30 teams from all over the western USA, to have both our teams reach the final four was really something to see. Great job guys.
4th Grade (10 & Under) – The 10 & Under’s went to their first major event and reached the Championship game where they lost to a great D-1 All Stars team in the final. That said, the highlight of the entire weekend may have been these kids coming back from down 20 to 4 in the semi final game to win in Double Over Time. Unbelievable.
Anyway, great job everyone. Let’s keep it going in the summer time.
Coach LeClaire
Congrats Spring 10&under Red Team
They took 2nd place at the PNAAU Memorial Day Tournament in Reno Nevada. Great job fella’s.
Coaches – Stevon Jones & Paul LeClaire
Players (left to right) – Goose Persin, Jared Smart, Jessie Davis, Ryan Bartels, Timmy Falls, Will Leninger, Quinn Villanueva (kneeling), Tanner Wallace (black shirt), Jason Nugent & Jared Pagila
Congrats Bulldogs 6th grade TourneyTeam!
Photo Top left Coach David, CJ Stafford, Marcus Acton, Coach Jeremy, Louie Arias III, Coach Louie
Second row Sam Persin, Tanner Wiese, John Dong, Blake Braden
Bottom Row Goose Persin, Michael Anastassiou
WAY TO GO TEAM!!!!!!! The 6th grade tournament team went 3-0 in the East County Boys & Girls Club 1st Annual Shootout on February 8th, winning 1st place while playing solid team basketball. Way to go guys!!!!!
Coach Negotiates Lower Equipment Costs
These days, we know money is tight for everyone. With that in mind, I went to our equipment suppliers and was able to negotiate some lower equipment costs for us that we want to pass on to you. It isn't much but it is something and as they say, "every little bit helps".
With this in mind, the new pricing will take place on all equipment orders going forward. I can't do anything on items already purchased because the club paid a higher price for that equipment and those costs have to be passed on. However, as your kids outgrow, wear out or lose stuff, these new prices should help everyone out.
The BULLDOGS ARE A YEAR ROUND BASKETBALL PROGRAM
The Bulldogs are a year round basketball program. We break our year into 4 segments or sessions. Spring (March through May), Summer (June through August), Fall (September - October) and Winter (November through January). Then we do tryouts for Spring in February and start again.
Here is the thing, while most folks join at the beginning of a session, you can join anytime. We simply pro rate your fees. You can also join mid session as a practice player, only coming to practice to get up to speed with what we do to get ready to play games with our highly competitive teams in the next session.
The bottom line is, if you want to be a Bulldog today, we can make it happen. Contact Coach LeClaire at PGLeClaire@comcast.net and he will help you figure out what is best for you right now.
A YEAR WITH THE BULLDOGS
We are so excited about the upcoming 2009 season. This year, we think we have something for everyone, from the player coming off the CYO, City League or HS season that wants to get a little to a lot better all the way to the player that wants to play for a serious, year round program.
For the player that wants to play one session a year because of your schedule or maybe you play other sports, our program fits your life. We have many kids play Spring or Summer only. We have other entire teams come in to take part in our Winter Workouts yet still stay together after Winter as a team.
However, for the elite player that wants the best, we feel our Red teams can give you what you need. If you were a Red team player that played Spring, Summer and Fall, your schedule would be Spring MVP league and Reno AAU Memorial Day event with 2 practices a week. For Summer, you would play the Summer MVP league, do the Cal State Games Qualifier, practice twice a week and if the team is interested, go to San Diego for the State Games. For Fall, you would do the MVP Labor Day Event, play the fall MVP League and practice once a week. That is a total of 3 leagues, 4 tournaments, 45 games and about 70 practices. If that isn't enough high level basketball for you, I don't know what is.
Remember, we are a year round program meaning you can join any time to start preparing for the next league or tournament. You don't need to register at the beginning of a session. You could register today and we would simply prorate your fees and bring you in to start working out with the club to get you ready to play in games with us.
We believe the most important thing for the player interested in getting better is finding a great coach and sticking with that program. Playing tons of summer travel games, going to Nationals and Virginia and Houston and Vegas etc. is fun but it really isn't needed. You can find games here to get better at. Jumping team to team doesn't develop the player either. Great practice and good competitive games with great instruction in quality, fundamental basketball is the way to get better. We feel that is what we offer. I hope you want to give us a try.
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