Training for Growth
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Tell us his grade, school, school season dates, and what he needs to work on. It takes about two minutes. We'll call you to talk through his goals, which format actually fits, and where we'd start him. No commitment either way.
Questions first? brian@risingstarsbballprogram.com · 334-714-1439
More Than a Team. Developing Players. Building Leaders.
Player Development Training
Individual and small-group training. Year-round. Open to any serious player.
Focused work on the things that actually decide games — footwork, finishing, shot preparation, and decision-making under pressure.
Run by a Rising Stars coach against the same development curriculum our travel teams use, at a training facility in the Birmingham area. No large groups. No standing in line. No drills that never show up in a game.
Your son does not have to be a Rising Stars player. Training is open to any serious player in the Birmingham area, whether or not he ever puts on a Rising Stars jersey.
[ GET STARTED ] → risingstarsbballprogram.com/train Two minutes. We'll call you to talk through his goals, his school season, and which format fits.
What We Work On
Shooting and Shot Prep Shot preparation, footwork, balance, release consistency, game-speed shooting, confidence, and shot selection. Players track their own progress and build habits that hold up in live game situations — not just in an empty gym.
Ball Handling Under Pressure Handling the ball when someone is actually trying to take it. Change of pace, change of direction, and protecting it under contact.
Footwork and Finishing Getting to the rim and finishing through contact, off either foot, from either side.
Decision-Making Reading the defense, understanding spacing, knowing when to shoot, pass, or attack — and being able to do it at game speed.
Built to Protect His High School Eligibility
If your son plays high school basketball in Alabama, there are real rules about what he can and can't do outside his school season. Most travel programs don't mention them. We build around them.
Individual sessions are strictly one player with one coach — which AHSAA permits year-round, including during his school season, when almost nothing else is allowed.
Small-group sessions run only outside the school season.
We ask for his school and season dates before he ever steps on the floor, and we schedule around them.
If his high school coach asks us to pause, we pause. Same day. No argument.
We are not trying to be his primary team during his school season. We're trying to make him better for it.
No workout is worth a season of eligibility.
Questions about how this works for your son's situation? Ask. We'll give you a straight answer even if it means telling you to wait.
Three Ways to Train
Single Session — one-on-one, 60 minutes One player, one coach. A session plan built to his needs, written notes afterwards, and availability every month of the year. Book one at a time or set a standing weekly slot.
Four-Session Block — one-on-one, four × 60 minutes One skill focus across all four sessions, the same coach every time, and progress reviewed at the end. This is where real change happens — an hour makes him better on Tuesday, a month makes him better by March.
Small Group — four to six players, 60 minutes Competitive, game-speed reps. Live, guarded, decision-heavy work — the kind that actually transfers. He has to read someone, make a decision, and live with it. That's the part most workouts skip.
Bring teammates or we'll place him. Four-player minimum to run.
Small-group sessions run through October 18, then pause for the school basketball season and return in late February. If he wants group work this fall, now is the window.
We go over pricing once the interest form is in — it takes about two minutes, and we'll walk you through rates and availability on the call.
Offseason Skills Training
The offseason is where serious players separate themselves.
Rising Stars provides structured offseason training designed to help athletes improve their ball handling, shooting, footwork, finishing, decision-making, conditioning, and overall confidence.
Our offseason program is built for players who want to stay committed beyond the travel season — who keep working through the months when long-term growth is actually made.
An Hour With a Trainer Makes Him Better on Tuesday. A Curriculum Makes Him Better by March.
Most individual training is an hour in a gym. This is an hour inside a development curriculum — the same one our travel teams run.
Every session is logged against the same four pillars, so the work compounds instead of resetting every week.