OC Select Basketball

I have been involved with youth basketball for over 8 years and have had my 3 boys several clubs. OC Select is far and away the best. The club owner has a set plan of attack for training and all of the coaches implement the same offensive and defensive system for their respective teams. This makes it so that any coach can coach any team at any given time. This is so important for a basketball club as opposed to having multiple coaches who run completely different offenses and defenses. In OC Select the kids progress in the club system each year as the drills and sets get more comprehensive.
OC Select does a great job coaching to the skill and age level of each individual player. It is definitely a «skills based» club and the coaching staff makes sure the skills are there before they implement plays and sets. This is a mistake many club coaches make and try to run sets when their players have not yet mastered the skills needed to do them correctly. OC Select also has developmental teams for those players who need a little more training to improve their skills and elevate their game. These developmental teams get the same high level of training and have coaches dedicated to the team so there is continuity and consistency.
OCS focuses on preparing kids for High School basketball and they do it gradually starting from the 4^th grade (I have a son in this division) when they introduce the basic concepts of advanced basketball. With each year, the training gets a little tougher and the sets and plays get more intricate. By the end of 8^th grade, the players are ready for High School tryouts and I believe that every player on last year’s 8^th grade team made at least their High School Freshmen team which should be the goal for any youth basketball player.

Hui Xiong This is a very very bad team. My son wasted one whole year on this team, did not get any improvement. The coach yells and criticizes too much on kids. Coach/​owner just dig good players from other team and only focus on winning in the short run, they do not really do anything to help kid improve their skills in the long run. And I don’t like my kid exposed to a very negative environment emotionally. Lots of team players and good coaches go and left. They can, t keep good players and good coaches for a long time, their teams are not stable because of their poor philosophy and altitudes.
My son now moved to another team and improved so much in a short time because this team really do things to improve kids skills and focus more on the development of kids skill and sportsmanship. We love that!!! I am so glad we get my son out of the team And feel so sorry wasting one whole year there.
Be cautious thinking about joining the team. See my experience with the team on the review. Their team monthly fee keeps going up if you are stuck in the team. Don, t be fooled by NBA trainers. They are not going to provide stable training because they are not their staff coaches. And the team fee we paid is over priced double. Now I pay the same amount money, we get 4 professional training. If anyone interested in the info, I love to provide what I have, I don, t want other people going through the same thing as me. I don, t care how much money I wasted here. What I do care is one whole year of my son wasted in there. My son used to be very talented athlete! all skills and talent looks like being rusty now because of one whole year staying in this OC Select. Now he is catching up on another team.

My son has been with OC Select for 1 year. When he first started they didn’t have a team for him because he was only in 4^th grade and the club only had older teams. Sarkis still let him train and learn the plays with his older boys. My son continued to play games with his regular team and train with Sarkis. After a fewmonths of training with his older boys he finally started a team that my son could play on. He left his old team to continue with OC Select full-​time.
We have seen the club grow so much in the last few years it’s just incredible! They went from training at a small facility to a huge facility and from 2 teams to 7 teams in such a short time! They are obviously doing something right. Our son has really improved his skills and game intelligence in a short amount of time. We are very happy with the program and everything this club has to offer.

Coach Sarkis Karas is OC Select! He motivates and inspires the boys to be better at basketball. Coach K’s basketball IQ and coaching drills and techniques are second to none. I have seen my son’s abilities and interest grow each and every week. OC Select is highly competitive yet incredibly fun.