We offer high impact programs, bonding families from various demographic backgrounds together under competition & performance: EOAA • The Pivot • Urban Arts
I’m excited to introduce our
#NHENXT
program y’all!! We merged w/ SEVERAL MAJOR AAU programs locally, to provide a the best holistic opportunity for development, exposure & off-court growth!
Official
#PUMA
#NXTPRO
Partner!! Let’s GO!!
(We don’t own the rights to this song)r
Official!! So excited for this Summer!! With our amazing coaches, player development system & now, the opportunity for TRUE EXPOSURE for our athletes to achieve their goals via this league…
#GetReady
#StayReady
#NXTFamily
@PUMAHoops
Missing one (
@cmarsh11
), but it’s great to be back in the
#foxhole
w/ my guy! They don’t give us what we deserve, but what we built stands..
Shoe game cred:
@ChuckyHepburn
NE Hoops Elite 17u (Black)
Excited to get back to that action 🎬 w/ this group next wknd at the River City tourney here in Omaha!
COACHES, come check them out! Very skilled, athletic & competitive group! All D1 & (or) D2 caliber players!
Most
#AAU
programs want to poach the best players from other teams, in order to make their program elite.
#EYCE
🔰 wants to poach avg players w/ high ceilings to help them become players y’all want to poach.
We’re just NOT the same Fam.. 🤷🏾♂️
#development
#EveryYouthCanExcel
Rickey Loftin •
#22
•
@rickeyloftin
6’2 • Guard
Westside HS (2024)
Rickey is a talented & athletic guard! Shoots the 3ball at a high clip & gets blistering hot. He creates space well on the floor, has a great mid range & is strong at the hoop! Reads the floor defensively.
EYCE is excited to present our rebranded collaborative, ELITE Summer Basketball program: NHE
We will also have:
13u / 15u NHE
12u / 13u NE Brothers Elite
On a mission to
#RecreateTheCulture
I coach hard! But it’s with
#passion
for the product I expect to see from players who’ve set the bar for their
#success
, not mine.
None of it is
#anger
, just intensity! But I’ll never relax in my method of accountability. I’ll quit coaching 1st!
#EveryYouthCanExcel
#EYCElite
🔰
I guarantee that players that play for
#EYCE
🔰 within this small 2 month window, will come back to their HS team in June with:
👀
A more confident mindset
A tougher mindset
A more competitive spirit
A team 1st outlook
More skilled
Higher 🏀 IQ
Not simply meaningless W’s..
#value
I made a mistake ONCE of valuing other’s opinion of this program over my vision, simply b/c they selfishly wanted to build their own or thought the brand wasn’t strong enough.
That’ll never happen again. Protect your vision & GRIND fam!!
We coming..
#EveryYouthCanExcel
🔰
Crazy how you coach/mentor a young man/woman, work with them & help them realize their ability when nobody else wants anything to do with ‘em. Then, when he/she becomes skilled, same guys who wouldn’t give the time of day tells the kid why they shouldn’t play with you.
#EYCE
🔰
Some pics of the two teams we added the the
#EYCEfam
🔰 this month: 14u & 16u crew on & off the court. Creating opportunities b/c believe that..
#EveryYouthCanExcel
Who is ready to pick up where these guys left off? As undeniably 2 of the most DOMINANT youth AAU teams in NE.
We made AAU ball fun, competitive & DRAMA FREE!!
Come to our 15-17u TRYOUTS (No Politics • No . 12-14u info to be released soon..
#TheFabCollab
#NHE
#NRE
#CMA
#EYCE
🔰
Great weekend in the
@RL_Hoops
for all 3 teams. 17u Black 1-3 w/ some tough losses; 16u went 2-2 vs great comp & 17u Green went 4-0 on the weekend w/ a W over All IA Attack Elite.
#EveryYouthCanExcel
With Summer / AAU 🏀 on deck, HS hoopers (15u-17u):
Understand that you don’t need to drop
#30ppg
to get exposure. Coaches would rather see you w/ 9-16 pts, 5-8 assts, 5-8 rebs, 1-3 stls per game on a winning team, where scoring is balanced.
Don’t be fooled by
#exposure
too..
Looking through the
@RL_Hoops
page of tweets & I’m noticing how many kids played for OR currently play for
@Oma_EYCE
& (or) trained with
@MentalityTrain1
programs!
We don’t have fancy gyms, big names brands or the Shoe Leagues, but we consistently breed HOOPERS from the 4️⃣0️⃣2️⃣
Players 6’6 or taller, you DON’T have to play for an AAU team that only wants you to rebound & protect the rim. Know your worth Kid..
This game at the next level favors you, over smaller guards. So get w/ a coach who develops players & allows you to showcase your complete game!!
Benji Nelson •
#0
•
@benjii_de
6’8 • Wing
Golden State Prep (24)
Benji is a long, athletic wing! Very accurate 3pt shooter. Puts the ball on the floor to find his spots, creating for himself & others. A 3-level scorer, finishes strong at the hoop! Defends every position well!
A question posed to me yesterday:
If the top AAU programs that claim exposure capabilities at the HS level all have youth programs, what % of their top level teams have kids from THEIR programs?
Empty promises, scare tactics & broken dreams seems to be a lucrative practice.. 🤷🏾♂️
We’re blessed to connect w/ yet another program, who put kids 1st, along w/ CMA, DeLeon Sports, Powerhouse, TSA & G.B.O.D.!
Please welcome NO COAST ELITE to the NHE_FAM! An amazing program out of Lincoln, NE, who focuses on: HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT • HARD WORK • EXPOSURE • YOUTH
So many programs focusing on being THE ONLY place for elite basketball in Nebraska.
We just want to be an option for elite basketball players to not only obtain exposure, but to develop the skill, fundamental development, IQ & work ethic required at the next level!
#NHE
#NXT
Not the type of program that goes out to
#recruit
5⭐️ players to build our program.
We’ve built our program to be the type that helps athletes in their developmental process to become a 5⭐️..
#EYCE
🔰
#MENTALiTY
#grind
Truly a special season that we put together in 3 weeks, sustained & cultivated for 3 months!!
Imagine that 🔥 we coming with in 2024! The community has seen nothing like we’re coming with..
#trendsetters
#collab
#wethem
👀
I knew, even back then, that we had something so special that wouldn’t likely ever be duplicate b/c purposes, missions & strategies won’t ever align..
#EveryYouthCanExcel
🔰
Interesting how organizations, who tout being “for kids”, consistently put organizational interests & personal quests in front of what ALL kids need. We had 2 shoe league teams in NE & to create a monopoly over the “best players” they sacrificed opportunities for 25-30 more kids.
Omaha Elite 17U has punched their ticket to the
@PRO16League
Live Period in Houston!
They earned the
#1
seed after an UNDEFEATED Spring Season in NXT Play, and a 15-1 overall record😳
The kids have earned the opportunity to play in front of hundreds of coaches in July🔥
Meet
@benjii_de
:
Golden State Prep • c/o 24
6’8 Wing • Wahoo, NE
Benji is a super skilled wing, has great length, can handle the ball, shoots at a high clip & protects the rim, plus rebounds really well!
Coaches, tap in early w/ this young man before his stock rises.
Welp, definitely not how we wanted to go out, but I’m so proud of y’all! Had a fantastic 5-1 weekend & some of y’all should see a jump in recruitment! Now, sustain the skill work, IQ & confidence into the season!
#EYCE
🔰
#NOoffSZN
#grindSZN
A bud doesn’t bloom directly from the root, but it’s still a flower. It needs time, moisture & light to achieve full bloom. Be patient, disciplined & accountable, fellas! It’s coming...
#growth
#EYCE
🔰
#repthecity
Biggest compliment as a coach / trainer I’ve ever had is when a Coach telling me that my players aren’t really that good, but then he ends up recruiting most those players.
Many of these guys can see, but don’t have any
#vision
. Work w/ me & I’ll dream w/ you..
#EYCE
🔰🏀
As a coach, who is a developer of talent, I’d personally prefer an elite defender who may struggle on offensive, than an elite offensive player unwilling to play defense. It’s not even close, but I know that’s rare.. 🤷🏾♂️
The point of playing the game 🏀 is to win as a TEAM, not your personal stat line. I’ll never understand the selfish mindset some players have. Taking stupid shot that hurt your team & lazy defensive effort are ALWAYS going to be completely unacceptable to me.. 🤷🏾♂️
of THE best & most proven development systems in NE now has access to true EXPOSURE opportunities for our student-athletes via the NXTPRO/PUMA shoe circuit. Let us help you achieve all of your athletic dreams & goals!!
#nhe
#repthecity
#ridethewave
🌊
Nebraska Hoops Elite beats KC Spurs 68-63.
A monster scoring performance from Rickey Loftin led the way to a momentum building win over a Houston Qualifier🎯
#WhosTheNXTPRO
|
@rickeyloftin
Taye Moore •
#11
•
@TayeMoore_
6’0 • Guard
Lincoln SE HS (2024)
Taye is an extremely skilled & athletic PG! Also a very accurate 3pt shooter, who creates space well in the mid range game & is crafty around the hoop. Taye also rebounds at the guard spot & defends VERY WELL!
If your team has a roster of highly skilled players, but you avg 16+ turnovers per game, that tells me your team struggles with 👀:
Discipline / Stat chasers / Low BB IQ
Toughness / Patience / Culture / Effort
Accountability & consistency cure these. Address them immediately..
I see way too many players & parents are either
#embarrassed
OR
#ashamed
to play lower level sports at the youth, AAU or HS stages.
I have so much respect for kids who struggle in a sport, work aggressively to improve & become competent & confident at their craft..
Young athletes:
Celebrate your teammates success just like you would if it were your own b/c really, IT IS yours too!! Individual accomplishments DO NOT occur in a team sport w/ out team•mates.
This is how you build & sustain a WINNING culture for your team.
WE >>> ME 💯💯💯
We’re in an age of
#competition
where coaching (youth, AAU, HS & college) is more fixated on finding
#talent
than developing it. Despite this trend, PLZ be reminded:
Cultivators of talent
——————————
Connoisseurs of talent
#CoachSpeak
** TRYOUTS UPDATE **
1. Moved from Ralston HS to South HS (TODAY ONLY)
2. QR code: hold thumb on pic until link pops up. Or link in the THREAD
3. Must register before or at tryouts
4. Please check flyer for age based schedules. 4 sessions per age
5. Let’s. Get. This. WORK!
#NHE
It’s hard to watch the shift 🏀 has sustained. Players, parents, fans & media have placed so much emphasis on individual performance that the concept of TEAM is severely diminished. Even worse, in an effort to acquire & maintain
#talent
, too many coaches follow suit.. 💔
#develop
A lot of coaches say that you can’t teach this kind of
#effort
. But elite
#effort
is in fact a skill. You teach it with: example, expectation, accountability & consistency.. 🔰💯
We’re introducing an extremely innovative
#developmental
programming design. We’re building this in stages b/c slow growth is sustainable. You likely won’t know it when you see it, but you’ll feel the
#vibe
so be on the lookout for our new model.
#EveryYouthCanExcel
🔰
A tough, but honest convo most aren’t ready for:
#Diversity
in AAU programs isn’t simply having minority players on your teams or asst coaches on your staff.
It’s also knowing the value of the minority perspective in vision & leadership roles, even if funders don’t like it..
** TRYOUTS UPDATE **
1. 16/17u at Omaha South 7-9p
2. QR code: hold thumb on pic until link pops up. Or link in the THREAD
3. Must register before or at tryouts
4. Please check flyer for age based schedules. 4 sessions per age
5. Let’s. Get. This. WORK!
#NHE
Scare tactic recruiting won’t always work on the families we serve! They’ll be educated about the process, passionate about our product/results & truly committed to our mission! Enjoy your day in the the sun b/c it’ll soon set w/ the energy & direction of our
#movement
#EYCE
🔰
Minus a few lapses, EYCE Elite (NE) had a strong Sweet 16 performance against a young, but VERY talented EAD 15u (TX) team w/ a 66-54 win!
On to the Elite 8 Sunday morning vs OZ Elite. They’re really starting to gel.
#MAYBnationals
#Elite8
#EYCE
🔰
EYCE Elite 2023 (NE) get our first win of the tourney 53-31 over a Team KC.
Started off looking dominant & then our “road legs” took over (3:30 AM departure & 8:30 AM arrival) & we got a tad sloppy.
Next up, vs OK Irish at 2:50 PM. Play hard, work smart!
#EYCElite
🔰
Players: don’t care who scores, just make the extra pass if there’s a better shot.
Parents: don’t care who scores, just cheer loudly for everyone who does.
Coaches: don’t care who scores, just create this culture for your team:
#accountability
#toughness
#discipline