Zephyr shot club is back for 2024! 

• Program runs from April 1st – September 8th
• Eligible Players:  completed 3rd grade – completed 7th grade
• There are 2 levels for players to achieve this year:

·       5,000 shots MADE

·       10,000 shots MADE

• Shots should be game speed – and the types of shots you would take during a game
• Warmup with some ball handling and form shooting before you get started
• Shots MUST be tracked on the shot tracker (available at www.mahtomediabasketball.org) 
• Shot tracker must be returned to:  mahtomedi.basketball@gmail.com by September 9, 2024

Recognition

• 5,000 shots MADE

·       In house players:  screen printed Zephyr Shot Club t-shirt

·       Traveling players:  Zephyr Shot Club logo printed on shooting shirt for 2024-2025 season
 

• 10,000 shots MADE

·       In house players:  screen printed Zephyr Shot Club hoodie

·       Traveling players:  screen printed Zephyr Shot Club hoodie + Zephyr Shot Club logo printed on shooting shirt for 2024-2025 season

Guidance

• Shots should be “game type” or “game speed” shots - take shots off the dribble, ball/pump fake - and really focus on using good form
• ~10% of shots should be free throws
• <25% should be layups (for younger players a higher percentage of shots made can and should be layups)
• Warm up with some ball handling and form shooting
• SHOT TRACKER form MUST be filled out and signed by a parent/guardian and turned in by September 9th to be eligible

HAVE FUN with this over the summer!  Challenge your teammates and encourage all of them to participate!

The first session will be June 14th – and there will be a total of 9 opportunities. 

Sessions will be on Friday mornings – and court will be split by gender and age group. 

Open gym is FREE – and is only for MBA players (in-house and traveling players). 

Boys and Girls who have COMPLETED 3rd through 8th grade are welcome to attend. 

Open gym will be held at Mahtomedi Middle School – Upper Gyms.

Click here to view the MBA Summer 2024 Open Gym schedule

Open gym sessions will be for players only (no parents or coaches will be allowed in the gym); players are encouraged to work on shooting, ball handling, and to play self-organized games of basketball

There will be a gym monitor for each session

If there are any behavior issues – players involved will NOT be allowed to attend future Open Gym sessions

Click here for more more information and to register!

Marisa Gustafson - Marisa graduated from Mahtomedi High School in 2017, where she played as a varsity starter for five years. She is now in her sophomore year at Gustavus Adolphus College where she plays for the basketball team and is pursuing a Spanish education degree and a coaching minor.  This is Marisa’s fourth year working as a trainer for the Mahtomedi Basketball Association.   She has worked as a player coach for several summer basketball camps, and along with her dad, is currently coaching a spring/summer AAU team.

Girls Training: Completed 2nd – 7th Grade

Jefferson Mason:  Coach Mason played college basketball at Minnesota State-Mankato University where he was named to four All-American teams and helped his team to the 2011 Final Four in his senior year. He then went on to play professionally making stops in Germany, Romania, Turkey, and Luxembourg. Coach Mason also spent preseason time with the Minnesota Timberwolves before being drafted in the NBA G-League by the Dallas Mavericks in 2012. In 2022 Mason was inducted into the Minnesota State-Mankato Athletic Hall of Fame. He’s trained players at every level for the last 10 years and has directed camps/clinics around the world. Coach Mason is the Global Lead Trainer for Dr. Dish Basketball. 

Boys Training: Completed 2nd – 7th Grade