
Youth Basketball Training
Bluegrass Sportsplex works with the best local coaches and trainers of every sport. If you are looking for personal basketball training, please contact our Director of Training Kyle Oldham koldham@bgsportsplex.com for more information.
Youth Basketball training is held every Monday and Thursday
9 - 13 year olds: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Participants will work on:
- Form shooting
- Spot up shooting
- Shooting on the move
- Game like finishing
- Change of pace and explosion
- Ball handling into shooting
- Stationary ball handling drills
- Ball handling cone drills on the move
- Hand-eye coordination
- Passing and vision
- Game-like situations
Sessions are led by Trainer Taylor Gilpin
Coach Taylor Gilpin is a former college basketball player. He played at Johnson University, which is an NAIA school out of Knoxville, TN. Taylor was an All-American in 2017, the Pistol Pete Maravich award winner in 2019, and the All-time leading scorer at the school with 2365 career points. Taylor played high school basketball in Bloomington, IN, under the winningest coach in Indiana and hall of famer, J.R. Holmes. Taylor played AAU with Indiana Elite whose alumni consist of NBA players like Cody Zeller, Desmond Bane, Eric Gordon, Mason Plumlee, and many more. He spent summers training alongside professional players who are currently playing overseas in the highest leagues in Europe, and has personally trained basketball players all over the country through what is known as Adidas Gauntlet. Taylor has a passion to help young players learn and grow when it comes to the game of basketball!