Leadership/Coaching: The OSA Select Basketball program is coordinated by Mitch Runco. Prior to coming on board at the OSA, Coach Runco served as Coach Bill Self's student manager at Kansas! Bob Franzese, OSA General Manager and long time Omaha basketball coach also has a direct hand in this program. Our coaches are highly qualified and generally do not have children playing on the team.
Practices: You can count on OSA team practices to be crisp, professionally run, and fun! While games are important, we feel that players are ultimately made on the practice floor. Our staff of highly qualified and trained coaches will take your child's game to the next level! Having our own facility allows us to have a consistent practice schedule. For example this past year, there were numerous occasions where schools were closed and we still practiced.
Commissioners: New to this season, there will be commissioners assigned to a cluster of teams. Parents can feel free to communicate freely and directly with each grade's group commissioner about the team and their child's progress.
Summer and Fall Skill Sessions: We agree with Roy Williams, coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, when he says, “Teams are made during the season and players are made during the off season.” Our summer skills sessions, summer camp, and fall skills sessions are designed to do the following:
-Teach a consistent skill set to everyone in the program.
- -Teach a consistent schematic set to all teams in the program.
-Give players direction as to what they exactly should be working on to improve their skills.
-Ultimately, our work during the summer will define us as a program!!
Process for Selecting Teams:Following the Loyalty Program and Tryouts, we will have 38 – 40 players in each boys age group and 18-20 players in each girls age group. Following the completion of the summer skills clinics and summer camps, players will be divided into their respective teams. Teams will be announced online. Teams will go through September skills sessions with their respective teams.
As an extra bonus to being a part of the Omaha Sports Academy your child will receive:
A year round open gym membership.
50% off of all academies and 25% off of camps/schools out clinics.
