Hested Hoops Skills Training

🏀 MN Player Development System
⚡ TDSE Skill Development
Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.
📍 Mankato, MN | Train With Us ↓

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🏀 Players. Parents. Where should you start?

At Hested Hoops we built Minnesota’s Player Development System to guide athletes from their first dribble all the way to varsity basketball.

⭐ Hoops Foundations (K–3)
➡️ Complete Player Program (4–8)
➡️ Personal Training & Academy (Advanced Development)
➡️ High School Success

Development should be intentional.

Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

👇 Comment START and your athlete’s grade and I’ll send the best program to begin with.

#HestedHoops #PlayWithIntention

[Hested Hoops Skills Training @Hested_Hoops]

BUILT OVER TIME: BRYLEE (2016 → 2026)

10 years.

Thousands of reps.

Countless workouts.

Confidence wasn’t built overnight.

Skill wasn’t built overnight.

Leadership wasn’t built overnight.

It was built over time.

Proud of the player she’s become.
Even more proud of the person she’s become.

🏀 2016 → 2026

Proof that great players aren’t built overnight.

#BuiltOverTime #BuiltDifferent #hestedhoops

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A lot of players can shoot in warmups.

The hard part?

Trusting your shot in games 👀

Summer Shooting Accelerator starts July 6th 🏀

20 athletes max.

Comment “SHOOTER” for priority waitlist access.

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🏀 Pillar 3: Strength & Performance

Players don’t always struggle late in games because they lack skill.

Sometimes fatigue changes execution.

Strength & Performance helps players:
• stay durable
• move explosively
• maintain skill under pressure

Conditioning matters.
Durability matters.
Movement quality matters.

Every pillar matters.

🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

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Pillar 2: Game Enhancement

Players don’t always struggle in games because they lack skill.

A lot of times, it’s an application problem.

They look great in training…
Then the game starts and it disappears.

Game Enhancement is the bridge.

Apply your skill:
• In your system
• Under pressure
• vs real defenders

We don’t replace games.
We prepare players for them.

Every pillar matters. This is one part of the system.

Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

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What are we working on here?

• Distribution/ delays
• Shoulder positioning
• Body control
• concentration when finishing

A lot of this can be trained without a defender.

Train it right → it shows up in games.

Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped

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Congratulations @MckennaQuinnell !! Hope to see you soon in the gym .

[Killer Sports @KillerSports26]

These are the newcomers to our SE Minnesota girls basketball 2027 prospect rankings:
24. @Ashleeeemariie (Goodhue)
25. @ateeobang (Austin)
27. @MckennaQuinnell (Northfield)

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Way to go @OliviaBungum @KylieOlson27 and @stork_kayla !!

[Killer Sports @KillerSports26]

Our current top 10 SE Minnesota 2027 girls basketball prospects.
1. @OliviaBungum (USC)
2. @Aaliyahwjm3 (Lourdes)
3. @KylieOlson27 (NRHEG)
4. @ReaganEssig05 (Triton)
5. @MaddyMclaugh_27 (Mayo)
6. @JerseyColeman (Owatonna)
7. @LolaChrist954 (Goodhue)
8. @AmiraEvalyn (Faribault)
9. @stork_kayla (Byron)
10. @LiviaTennessen (Randolph)

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Just getting started @KylieOlson27 !! Keep putting in that work.

[KylieOlson27 @KylieOlson27]

I am so happy to receive my first offer to play college basketball @LutherWBB. The coaches and campus were amazing. I am so blessed and grateful for everything and everyone who have supported me. #GoNorse

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Pressure in October reveals what wasn’t built in the summer.

Build it now.

🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.
#HestedHoops

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Pillar 1: Skill Enhancement

Skill matters.
But without intention, it doesn’t show up in games.

Most players move first…
Then try to decide.

That’s why it breaks down in games.

We train players to think before they move — the same way elite players do in games.

Basketball isn’t just read and react.
It’s intention first… then response.

Definition → Intention → Completion.

🏀 #PlayWithIntention

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Most players don’t know which step they’re using.

That’s why they get cut off.
Same move. Different result.

Cross step → weak angle
Inside step → downhill pressure

Details matter.

🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

#HestedHoops #BuiltDifferent #MinnesotaBasketball

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Make sure to check out @ReeseMalmgren this AAU season!!

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Check out Reese Malmgren’s Sophomore Highlights 2025-26!!!

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Week 3 of the Shooting Accelerator.

Hand placement. Wrist load.

Two things most players never get corrected on.

Fix the foundation. Everything else improves.

💬 Comment SHOOTER if you want to learn more about our Summer Shooting Accelerator.

🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.
#HestedHoops

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AAU won’t fix your athlete’s skill problems.

It exposes them.

Skill is built in training.

Confidence is built through clarity.
Fix the skill first. Then compete.

🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.
#HestedHoops

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Most players drive and hope.

Elite players drive with a plan.
Read and react = always a step behind.

Play with intention = always a step ahead.

That’s not talent. That’s training.

🏀 Play With Intention. Score Until Stopped.

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Play with intention.
Score until stopped.

That means you attack for something specific.

You do not just drive and hope something opens.

[Hested Hoops Skills Training @Hested_Hoops]

Stop stuttering. Start fitting.

Shortening your stride isn’t about chopping your feet. It's about the space and putting your steps where they need to go.

The court doesn’t adjust. YOU adjust.

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Most parents invest in one thing and wonder why their player isn’t putting it together.

Real development = 5 pillars: In no particular order 

1.Skill — Hested Hoops
https://t.co/T0vxQubdFs — your coaches and other trainers
3.Strength and performance 
4.Mental side 
5.Nutrition

Miss one → it shows.

We don’t just train skill.

We help athletes connect the dots across all five.

That’s the system.

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Not for everyone.

For players tired of guessing.

👉 https://t.co/em2QdAEoUN

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Most players hope.
Serious players prepare.
Spring builds it.
Summer reveals it.

👉 https://t.co/em2QdAEoUN