Hoop Mountain New England Personal Instruction for Boys and Girls

Personal Basketball Instruction Maximizes Learning

Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction is for boys and girls ages 9 and up, who are serious about improving their basketball game. Hoop Mountain has taken its great tradition of teaching to the next level. The individual instruction can help take your game to new heights. The teaching methods will allow players to take their games to new heights. Hoop Mountain instructors will work on improving the player's overall basketball efficiency through working on each and every aspect of the game of basketball. The group sizes will remain small (1-4 players), in order to maximize the players learning experience.

Building Block Approach: Players will learn a new skill each session. The player will work on the skill on their own. Once this skill is mastered, the coach will continue to teach more advanced basketball skills and techniques. This system has proven to be the most effective for player development.

Step By Step Development:

• Attitude
• Skill Development
• Overall Basketball Athleticism
• Understanding of the game within the game

A Sample of College Players who have used Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction:

• Jordan Fliegel, Bowdoin College
• Bryan Lambert, Brandeis University
• Yogev Burdugo, Brandeis University
• Lewis Finnegan, Bentley College
• Thomas Finnegan, Trinity College
• PJ Flaherty, Brown University
• Jenessa Berger, Fitchburg State College
• Stephanie Manzo, Framingham State College
• Jay Henderson, Hamilton College
• Mark Phillips, Bowdoin College
• John Pierce, Tufts University
• Glenn Wong, Amherst College
• Chris Warren, Williams College
• Dan Curtain, Emory University

Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction Basketball Coaches

Derek Grundy 
Coach, Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction

• All Time Leading Scorer, Smithfield High School (Rhode Island), with 1380 points.
• All State 1st Team (Rhode Island) - 2001
• USA Today - Players to Watch in 2001
• McDonald's All-American Nominee 2001
• Endicott College Basketball Team 2001-2003
• Endicott College Coaching Certification, Completed 2004

Greg Kristof Director, Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction
Director, Hoop Mountain Inc.

• 1,000 point scorer at Medfield High (26.8 ppg as a senior)
• Attended/Played at Brewster Academy
• Lakes Region MVP at Brewster Academy/2nd team all-New England
• Four year varsity player at Brandeis University
• 2 year Captain
• Member of the University Athletic Association all-Academic team

John Dullea
Coach, Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction

• Greater Boston League All-Star Sophomore and Junior years at Peabody High School
• Lynn Item All Star Junior Year
• School record for most three pointer made in one game (8) at Peabody
• Attended nationally ranked Notre Dame Prep School for two years, after junior year at Peabody
• Student Athlete award recipient at Notre Dame Prep in 1998
• All Athlete Award recipient at Notre Dame Prep in 1999
• Played AAU for top 15 nationally ranked Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC) for two years
• Former member of Division One, University of New Hampshire Men's Basketball team
• America East Conference All Academic Team
• Bishop Fenwick Boy's J.V. Head Coach- Assisstant varsity coach (Present)

Personal Instruction Information

Hoop Mountain Personal Instruction
PO Box 7068
Beverly, MA 01915

Phone: 978.922.3350
Fax: 978.922.3348
e-mail:GKristof@HoopMountain.com

Massachusetts Locations:

• Strike One, Danvers
• Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill