Salt Lake City, Utah
PARTNERS
SPONSORS
If you would like to be part of our team and become a sponsor for the Ricky Rubio Academy, please contact us.
CAMP DETAILS
We are excited to announce the establishment of the Ricky Rubio Academy as a Monthly camp in Salt Lake City, Utah!
INFORMATION
The Ricky Rubio Academy welcomes boys and girls ages 7 to 14 who wish to improve their basketball skills and abilities. Not only will they be taught basketball basics, they will also learn the values that bring basketball to life, including leadership skills, healthy habits, and nutritional knowledge.
Participants will also learn techniques to improve the following skills:
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Dribbling
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Passing
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Court Vision
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Defense
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Shooting
The Ricky Rubio Academy wants to provide the best quality coaching, so participants will be grouped based on skill level and divided amongst a team of well-trained staff.
We will be hosting the academy 1 day per month and Ricky and a Special Guest will join us every session to coach, play and most important HAVE FUN WITH YOU!
LOCATION
Rowland Hall
970 E 800 S
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
PACKAGES
The Ricky Rubio Academy welcomes boys and girls ages 7 to 14 who wish to improve their basketball skills and abilities, is a monthly camp.
We're getting ready for next season!
STAFF
Josep Heredia
Director
Josep Heredia has joined the Ricky Rubio Academy as our Director. He played 18 years in Spain including Ricky's former years. He's also been youth coach since he was 13 years old. He has been part of Ricky's Camp in Spain for the last 8 years.
THE ACADEMY
The Ricky Rubio Academy is a basketball community which aims to focus on leadership, community service and nutrition.
The Ricky Rubio Academy aims to impact the participants and their families beyond the sport of basketball through Ricky’s personal values of: Hard work, Respect, Togetherness, Working for the Greater Good and Making Others Better.
As part of Ricky's community activism, the Academy will partner with Special Olympics to model the importance of inclusiveness, collaboration and teamwork through connectivity with athletes of all abilities.
ABOUT RICKY
Ricky Rubio believes in making everyone around him better. A better player, a better friend, a better person. Raised in Barcelona, Spain, he became the youngest athlete ever to play in the Spanish ACB League at age 14 and made his Euroleague debut at age 16.
Drafted with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Timberwolves, he joined the team for the 2011–12 NBA season, where he won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month. Rubio was also selected to participate during the 2012 and 2013 NBA All Star Events.
Ricky's impact remained global, as he led the Spanish national team in the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament in Beijing, China. At the age of 17, Ricky became the youngest player to participate in an Olympic final game, alongside stars such as Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol and Jose Calderon.
His leadership on and off the court is displayed through his commitment to his fellow teammates. He is regarded as one of the best passers and defenders in the league, and has consistently been ranked in the top 5 for assists and steals per game.
