Ben Claussen

5 years ago experience working closely with a Division 1 Program. 1 season as a college JV head coach as well as varsity assistant. Regular season JV champions.

I played basketball all four years in high school with two at the varsity level as well as playing travel basketball in the summers. I continued my basketball career working as the head manager for Ohio university Mens basketball team. Most recently I served as the Head JV coach at Webber International university as well as an assistant to the varsity.

My sessions will generally focus offensive skills such as shooting, finishing through and around contact, ball handling, shot creation, and off ball movement. I have spent a lot of my life learning about shooting form and believe i can improve anyone's form. I would start with the athlete taking a few jumpers so I could get a sense of their form and skill level. i would tweak their form where necessary then get into shooting off the dribble to get used to this new tweak. i utilize various on and off ball drills to get the athlete to take shots from many different positions and situations. We would spend some time on ball handling working on keeping your dribble secure and getting around defenders to get to the rim. I only use practical ball handling drills that have real game applications. this would then transition to various finishing drills ranging from floaters to finishing around a defender. to finish a lesson I always like to go back to shooting and get some additional reps up, giving the athlete a chance to reflect on what they learned and to give them something to work on before the next session.