The North Atlantic Basketball Academy (NABA)

NABA Dublin

The North Atlantic Basketball Academy (NABA) ensures that athletes have a focused plan to reach their desired objectives both academically and athletically. Students who attend the academy will receive academic assistance, basketball career planning, high-performance basketball training as well as strength and conditioning training. We prioritize long-term personal development with the use of our purpose-built facilities in Dublin and Lanzarote.

The NABA Dublin Full time programs are a great opportunity for players of all levels to improve their game and learn from experienced coaches.

The coaching staff at the NABA Dublin have plenty of experience from coaching across all levels in Europe and the USA.

The players will get plenty of on-court experience.

Working on the following aspects,

Training for All positions and skills.

NABA Dublin Full time programs provide elite level trainings and some of the skills you will learn from our expert coaches to help increase your level at all Positions.

–Technical Skills

Dribbling, shooting form, rebounding, footwork and finishing skills around the basket

–Mental

Players will learn how to deal with mental blocks and become mentally tougher and become more self-disciplined,while also building more self-confidence, staying focused in tough game situations, mental game preparation before games and learning to deal with difficult game outcomes after a bad game and improve their attitude on and off the court.

–Advanced tactical skills

Reading the defensive and how best to break it down and find the gaps, Reading fast break situations and how to get the best look, Specific half-court spacing depending on the other team’s defence, how to become a better on-court leader, help-defence and shot creation.

–Game-like situations

Floor spacing, Transition Spacing and tactics, movement off of an on-ball and off-ball screen, 1-on-1, 2-on-1, 2-on-2,3-on-2 etc, attacking & defensive situations and basket penetrations.

–Physical Conditioning

Injury Prevention, How to look after your body before and after training and games.

Increase your speed & agility, build explosive power, and increase endurance and aerobic capacity.

Other aspects players will get from the NABA DUBLIN Full time programs

LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION

Friendships from players all around the world

Self-discipline

Focused training

Elite basketball training

Great experience

Good fun with a competitive atmosphere

Residential Players from Non English native countries will get the opportunity to learn English through basketball training and staying with Irish local players also.

Programs

Full Time Academic Program

Prep-School Program

Transition Year

After School Program

After School Program – English (Lanzarote)