Premier Source of Basketball Development in Canada!
Providing Professional Basketball Development Services for Athletes and Coaches!
Northern Star Basketball Academy is a new organization that was founded in the summer of 2009 by Nico Loureiro. The Academy is highly concerned with developing professional high performance athletes and coaches across Canada. The Academy's ultimate goal is to provide tools, resources, and opportunities that will help its members evolve to become professionals in basketball.
Coming Soon: Lanus All Access Professional Basketball DVDs
- Get "all access" to professional practices from Lanus Basketball, a top team in Argentina's First Division Professional League, Liga Nacional de Basquet Argentina (LNB - Liga A). LNBA is amongst the top profesional leagues in the world!
- This DVD set will include over 4 hours of professional basketball practices led by Silvio Santander with Lanus Basketball: including warm-ups, skill development drills, offensive drills, defensive drills, coaching philosophy and much more.
- Sit on the sidelines and observe expert professional coach Silvio Santander conduct over 4 hours of professional practices
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Our Mission
The mission of NSBA is to help develop the skills of athletes and coaches that aspire to become professionals, by providing them with elite development tools, resources & opportunities.
Our Vision
We wish to reach excellence in our athletes & coaches by providing them with unique, exciting, and efficient professional basketball development tools, resources and opportunities.
What Makes the Academy Unique
- Owner Nico Loureiro has been travelling the world researching the latest professional development tools that are being used in top professional basketball organizations around the world
- NSBA ensures that each one of its programs is providing the latest professional development tools and techniques
- NSBA provides opportunities for athletes to train and evolve like professionals during its camps and individualized programs
- NSBA provides opportunities for coaches and managers to develop by mentoring prestigious professional organizations around the world
- NSBA provides opportunities for elite teams to travel overseas to compete and experience a cultural immersion international basketball and life development experience
Our Values
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Empowerment
- Teamwork
- Dedication
- Trust
- Excellence
- Caring and Sharing
- Self Responsibility
- Respect and Dignity for Others
- And Most of All, FUN!
Quotes
Your camp was one of the best I have seen. You are very intense and yet it is apparent that you value and respect every player's efforts. Your organization and preparation for the camp was commendable - Jacqueline Fairbrother