Junior Hoops California

The Belmont Shore Basketball Club Organization

The Belmont Shore basketball club was established to provide an opportunity for promising student athletes to showcase their skills on a national level.  The organization is proud to say that many have gone on to further their educations through collegiate academic scholarships. 

Through this club team, some truly gifted players have also reached their dream of an NBA career. 

For more information contact Dinos Trigonis, Belmont Shore Head Coach/Director, Mobile (562) 843-8245 or by email at trigonis30@aol.com.   To visit their website click here.

Inland Empire Basketball Program (IEBP)

The Inland Empire Basketball Program (IEBP) mission is to promote academic and athletic achievement, while developing character and self-esteem, through a commitment to self-improvement, teamwork, and the establishment of positive and realistic goals.  Over the past 18 years IEBP has successfully fulfilled its mission, independent of any financial assistance from major corporations or sponsors, sending student athletes on to a myriad of post secondary educational institutions and professional careers. 

The first graduating class for IEBP took place in 1997, that year four players advanced to four year institutions.  Since that time IEBP has had over 150 student athletes play at different universities across the country.  Of those 150 athletes, eighty percent received their advanced degrees.  IEBP now assists players from grade level three thru college.  IEBP is managed by Mr. Keith Howard and Mr. Julius Patterson who also manage numerous athletic events within the Inland Empire.

For more information on IEBP, click here.

Nothing But Net (NBN)

Nothin’ But Net (“NBN”) was founded by Tom Hobson in 1996. Tom brings a long history of coaching and administrating youth sports in his community through National Junior Basketball, recreation leagues and other youth sports oriented programs.

The concept was to provide a competitive spring basketball program for youth players that wanted to continue to develop and improve their individual game skills. The initial target for this program was 8th grade boys that were interested in additional playing experience prior to their entry into high school basketball.

The NBN Spring League started in 1996 with six teams. The eight-game league format and single elimination tournament has become the standard for the NBN Spring League. Each year the NBN basketball program grew. In 2001, over 80 teams, comprised of boys and girls teams in eleven different divisions took the court at five gym sites throughout the Inland Empire to compete against the best talent in southern California.

Shortly after their inaugural season, the founders recognized the need to integrate a referee coordinator to establish a standard for quality officiating during the games. Andre Bossieux, a veteran and well-respected CIF referee, joined the team as Referee Coordinator and a member of the governing board. Andre’s addition has allowed the quality of the officiating to expand and grow with the quality of the teams that participate in NBN.

With each year of expansion, NBN has added more gym sites. This expansion created the need for site coordinators. These coordinators oversee their respective gym sites and provide accountability at each location. These site coordinators have become an integral part of the NBN experience by mirroring the founders commitment to a quality experience for all of the coaches, teams, players and spectators.

NBN has also expanded their passion and commitment to the league and its’ community by providing a free basketball clinic. The first clinic was held in 2000 at Rancho Cucamonga High School and conducted by NBA great Reggie Theus. Approximately 100 kids received hands-on instruction from the 2-time NBA All-Star. Last season, the Men’s Coaching Staff and Players from Cal Poly Pomona, headed by Coach Steve Wachs conducted the community clinic.

2001 became a year of decision for NBN. The spring league had established NBN as the premier basketball league in the Inland Empire. Over eighty teams from 27 communities competed in boys and girls divisions ranging from 3rd grade to Junior Varsity high school levels, creating the largest spring league in the Inland Empire. Coaches, city administrators and others were anxious to see the league expand to provide a year-round basketball experience. The NBN Basketball Programs growth has been centered on “delivering on what we promise.”

In 2001, NBN created the first NBN Fall Basketball League. The league sold-out, featuring 44 teams from 28 different communities. Additionally, NBN hosted its’ first Thanksgiving Shoot Out Tournament as a preseason primer for teams entering their respective winter seasons.

All of this success has culminated into NBN publishing an Event Calendar. This calendar features several leagues, tournaments and clinics that NBN sponsors and promotes throughout the year, including its’ signature Nothin’ But Net Spring League.  NBN also hosted regional tournaments for Basketball Congress International (“BCI”) and the California State Games.

NBN also sponsors and promotes “Community Tournaments.” These tournaments are offered in economically and socially disadvantaged areas to expose them to a different level of organized sports.

NBN will continue to expand and build upon its’ reputation as “the premier basketball program in the Inland Empire.”   For more information click here.

Positive Coaching Alliance

Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth. Through partnership with more than 1,100 youth sports organizations, leagues, schools and cities nationwide, PCA has conducted 6,000-plus workshops for youth sports coaches, parents, organizational leaders and athletes.

Since Executive Director Jim Thompson founded PCA as a non-profit within the Stanford University Athletic Department in 1998, the organization has helped create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for more than 3 million youth athletes.

In face-to-face group workshops, dynamic PCA Trainers:

• Train youth and high school sports coaches to become a Double-Goal Coach^®, whose first goal is winning, and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports;
• Develop Second-Goal Parents, who focus on helping their youth athletes learn those life lessons;
• Cultivate Triple-Impact Competitors, student athletes who strive to improve themselves, their teammates and their sport as a whole.

PCA gains support from elite coaches and athletes, including Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson as PCA National Spokesperson. The National Advisory Board comprises such leaders as NBA and NCAA Champion Coach Larry Brown, former senator Bill Bradley, NFL Hall of Fame Member Ronnie Lott, Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Summer Sanders, Olympic Gold Medal gymnasts Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, University of North Carolina Men's Basketball Retired Head Coach Dean Smith, Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito, and Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herm Edwards.

Its partners, trainers, workshop attendees, National Advisory Board members and thousands of individuals, foundations and corporations together lead the Positive Coaching movement that is sweeping youth sports in this nation and beyond.

Click here to visit their website.