Coming September 11th-12th at Cal Poly Pomona, 1% CLUB Basketball is excited to announce the 2nd Annual "Inland Empire's" Instructional showcase for the top 125 players of the IE. Teaming with the staff at Cal Poly Pomona, the showcase will involve elite level skill training in the morning sessions, followed by evaluated team games in front of West Coast recruiting analysts and lower level college coaches in the afternoon.  It should be noted that this is a non-AAU event, while focusing heavily on the importance of elite skill training and balancing games sessions. Also, included in our list of top skill trainers will be Jason Wright of JW Basketball.

The idea for the "The Finest" Showcase events came about by Jeremy Russotti with the vision for a more positive, beneficial, and true grassroots basketball events in areas that were overlooked.  Back in 2001-2002, two of coach Russotti's former players received b-ball scholarships to the PAC-10 Conference. Ironically, both of them were never invited to any local or national so-called "exposure events"; over looked mostly because of the area they resided in. At that point, Russotti knew a quality showcase event could really help draw needed attention to any area, resulting in more recruting resources for top local talent. More importantly, he realized the importance of INSTRUCTIONALSKILL TRAINING vs EXPOSURE and the impact it had on his player's future recruitments. Therefore, the main focus of the event will be on skill building (6 total hours), with the added bonus of 4-5 games of evaluated exposure games.

Not only will the event be endorsed by various scouting services, but also will include a report written by 1% CLUB Basketball that is emailed to over 1,700 coaches at the D2, NAIA, National JUCO and California JUCO programs (Free of charge).  Says camp director Jeremy Russotti, "We really take pride in spreading our message about individual skill building and how it can really drive your future recruitment process.  The success of Josh Akognon, has really come full circle, backing our message that was started 5 years ago.  Also, there is a lot of talent in the Inland Empire Area that various colleges or junior colleges never get the chance to see or read about.  Furthermore, we want to help bridge these connections, while trying to build intrinsic motivation within our attendee's to the importance of skill building in their daily routines.....and not just playing games."

The two-day event, which will be held at Cal Poly Pomona, will run from 10-5pm. List of invited players will be announced on Californiapreps.com, as well as posted on this site in July.  Mailed Invitations will be sent to your varsity coach during the month of August. If you do not receive an invitation and are on the invite list, please email info@1percentclub.org.

Coaches interested in being a part of the event, or would like to nominate player(s), please email iefinest@1percentclub.org, or call Event Nominations Coordinator Jordan Brewer @ (317) 919-4833. Cost is only $ 85 if registered by September 10th, or $95 for walk-in registration.  Please follow university parking policies for Saturday.

CLICK HERE for list of 2010 Player Invitees (Coming Soon).