POST GRAD
WHAT WE DO
Due to NCAA changes, receiving a basketball scholarship during the open period has never been more difficult.
At 3rd Side Basketball Academy, we offer our post grad basketball players the opportunity to receive maximum exposure during a post grad year (a player’s year after their high school graduation). Our goal is to help our basketball players play at the college level. You get the TALENT, we get the right OPPORTUNITY for you.
WHAT WE OFFER
TRAINING
- Skill Training/Open Runs from July-September
- Official Workouts begin September 5th
- Strength and Conditioning 4 days a week from September through November, and 2/3 days a week from December-January
- Cognitive Training 2 days a week from September through November
- Building players basketball IQ through running high level Pro/College type of offense & defensive schemes
- Practice and Individual Skill work 5 days a week
- Recovery
- o Nutritional seminar and structured meal plans for each athlete
- o Protein Shakes after each workout
- o IV Recovery and vitamins to reduce muscle fatigue
RECRUITING
- Film
- o All games recorded with a 4k automated camera.
- o Preseason, Mid-Season, Full-Season highlights from Uncle Drew. We also create highlights for each kid on our software for the kids.
- Outreach
- o Personalized Bio’s for each player with players metrics, grades, and films to send to coaches
- o Database of every college coach contact information, for every school, in every division
- o Weekly outreach to colleges via email, calls, texts, social media
- o Have coaches attend practices and games
ADMIN
- Synergy Account for the team & each player
- Advanced stats and film within 48 hours, after each game
- Over 90% of colleges will have instant access to games, highlights, and stats through Synergy
- o 100% D1
- o 99% D2
- o 95% NAIA and D3
- o 90% JUCO
- Sat/Act Test Prep (if needed)
- 30 – 35 game schedule with other prep programs & Juco’s
- Tournaments and Jamborees, where college coaches will be in attendance
IN SEASON
- Skill work, team practice, strength & conditioning 4-5 days a week
- Set schedule for all workouts and games
- Constant communication with players with inspiring conversations, pointers, and guidance
- Relentless outreach to colleges
- Film Sessions
- Monthly SAC test and In Body Scans
STRENGHT TRAINING BY TUCK TAYLOR
TUCK TAYLOR
Founder, BEAST ATHELETICS Master of “Exercise Science Scholar in Athletics & Academia, University of Florida
“My purpose is to help people realize the infinite power that rests within them.”
His love for basketball and his knowledge of exercise science fueled his passion and desire to enter the arena of health, wellness and sports performance training. Begining his career as a personal trainer making minimum wage and conducting boot camps in local gyms and parks, Tuck struggled for years trying to carve out his own niche in the health and fitness industry.
He dedicated himself to continuing education and personal development. He worked 12 plus hours most days of the week and became focused on starting his own business. In 2008, Tuck launched his own company called Beast Athletics. Through his hard work and dedication he quickly grew Beast Athletics clientele from 30 members to 200 members and now currently operates out of a 4300 square ft. facility. Area middle and high school athletes in a variety of sports regularly train at Beast to help improve their performance. Beast has also been blessed to work with over 130 Division I college athletes and over 30 professional athletes.
To quote Tuck “I love coaching because it gives me the ability to empower athletes to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover the true Beast that lies within”. Not only has Beast Athletics made its mark in sports performance training but Beast is also well known for its work in the area of body transformation. Beast offers a variety of fitness classes as well as nutrition counseling to aid clients in achieving the body of their dreams and is known as results based company. Today, Beast Athletics is considered one of the leading authorities on body transformation and sports performance in the Tampa bay area. Tuck has emerged as one of the most successful human empowerment specialist in our area and he is a dynamic and highly sought after speaker in this field.
Tuck’s philosophy of life is “When you believe anything is possible, you will start to renegotiate reality.”
VIDEOGRAPHY BY ANDREW
Andrew “Uncle Drew” Graus was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Florida and played competitive basketball from elementary throughout high school, graduation from Saint Petersburg High School in 2013. When his playing career ended, Andrew realized that a lot of talent in Pinellas County was going unnoticed. In order to help players gain exposure, he began recording local games and creating highlight videos for individual players. In doing so, he not only helped the players themselves, but also brought recognition to the county. As the demand grew, he started Uncle Drew Productions in his freshman year of college in 2014.
Andrew graduated from USF in 2017 (Mass Communications) with a bachelors degree in Broadcast Production. During his time there he also interned for the USF Sports Production Crew, Bulls Vision. In addition, his videos have been featured on ESPN and Bleacher Report. Now in his sixth year, Andrew has grown his team of videographers and continues to produce quality highlight videos to help players gain exposure all over the country.
ANDREW GAUS
VIDEOGRAPHER