Who we are?

Experience a new sense of body awareness through physical harmony and mental balance. Basketball Skill Development by Misan Haldin. Little Rookie aims to enhance the skills and to develop the personality of your children. Aside from promoting physical activity, Little Rookie stands for team spirit and supports its little members to confidently take responsibility. Ambitious competition, limitless creativity and above all fun are the base of the Basketball Skill Development (BSD) concept founded by former German national team player Misan Haldin. The program is especially designed for and adapted to children to teach the foundations and skills through coordinative and cognitive exercises. BSD coach Misan Haldin started his professional basketball career at the age of 17. In 2002, Misan was part of the German national team that won the Bronze Medal during the world championship in Indianapolis, Indiana.

How we teach

Every great team consists of unique characters. But one purpose commits them all: FUN! We are convinced, everybody can be great! And sometimes in this process there is a little bit of support needed. We help to focus on the critical skills on the path of every young player. Traditions can be boring and rules are meant to be challenged. We enable young players to explore new ideas of positive creativity and work with each other.

Sometimes, learning a new skill or technique means to get out of an individual’s comfort zone. We encourage our players to build new levels of comfort and grow as a person and as a teammate.

Technique

Basketball biomechanics:
We help experience the kinematics and kinetics of professional basketball training methods.

Feedback:
We believe immediate feedback ensures steady progress and encourages self-esteem.

Competition & monitoring:
We work with smaller groups to create a competitive nature and allow individual evaluation.

Teamplay:
We establish a fun environment in which players learn how to win and lose as a team.

From practice to game:
We provide training tools to simulate real game situations and prepare every single player for their first tipoff.

Strategy

Focus:
We are convinced, everybody can be great! And sometimes in this process there is a little bit of support needed. We help to focus on the critical skills on the path of every young player.

Creativity:
Traditions can be boring and rules are meant to be challenged. We enable young players to explore new ideas of positive creativity and work with each other.

Growth:
Sometimes, learning a new skill or technique means to get out of an individual’s comfort zone. We encourage our players to build new levels of comfort and grow as a person and as a teammate.

Success:
Before every made shot, there are hundreds of missed shots. We have developed a program that assists our players in setting long term goals and achieving them with individual milestones.

Teamwork

Every great team consists of unique characters. But one purpose commits them all: FUN.

Therefore, our sessions are filled with fun, leadership, camaraderie, more fun, social conduct, development, and more fun, inspiration, enthusiasm and obviously basketball (with even more fun).

Motto

Sports is very similar to our everyday life. We have to move with purpose and sometimes deal with losses. We learn how working together makes achieving something much more easier. Discipline paired with curiosity and creativity teaches us new ways to score and when to share the ball or keep it in our hands. Most importantly, life shows us that everybody can make it with a little bit of sweat and tears.

Thus, our motto is:
HANDLE BALL = HANDLE LIFE