7th GRADE GIRLS NEED YOUR HELP!
After winning Jr. Windy City Classic Regional Champions U13 in Milwaukee, the 7th-grade girls have decided to take the next step and will be competing against other nationally qualified teams in Washington DC this July! OTE is opening up a GoFundMe page in honor of these girls to compete at the next level. If you are interested in helping them make the trip please click HERE. All money and proceeds will go directly to the girls and their families. If you have any questions, email Tom Wolff at admin@otehoops.com.
Let's make this happen for these well-deserving girls!
GO EDGE!
OTE 7TH GIRLS NEED YOUR HELP! After winning the Jr. National Championship U13 in Milwaukee, they have decided to take the next step and are headed off to Washington DC to test their skills against other Jr. National Champions. We are asking for help throu
JUNE SUMMER CAMPS - 2 weeks left - REGISTER NOW!
Registration for 2023 June Summer Skills Camps is open to anyone interested in developing their basketball skills (new and returning OTE players), 2nd - 8th grade, boys and girls. Weekly camps will emphasize:
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Ball handling
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Form shooting, proper footwork
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Passing and cutting
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Defensive skills, rebounding
These skills are the fundamentals of basketball that we teach and sets OTE apart from other travel programs. These camps are an excellent building block to our July summer camps and our fall/winter tryouts in September. The camps will also focus on a 5-out offense, man-to-man defensive principles and team scrimmaging.
Registration is limited to 40 players per group, per session.
Gym Location: NEIU - 3600 W. Foster Ave. Chicago
Grade level is for the upcoming school year (ie… if your child just finished 3rd grade, please register them as 4th graders). All participants will receive an OTE camp shirt, and water bottle.
Week 1- June 12-15 (Monday-Thursday) Cost-$225.00 for 4 days
- Grade 2-3-4: 4:00-5:30 PM
- Grade 5 & 6: 5:30-7:00 PM
- Grade 7 & 8: 7:00-8:30 PM
Week 2- June 20-23 (Tuesday-Friday) Cost-$225.00 for 4 days
- Grade 2-3-4: 4:00-5:30 PM
- Grade 5 & 6: 5:30-7:00 PM
- Grade 7 & 8: 7:00-8:30 PM
Week 3- June 26-29 (Monday-Thursday) Cost-$225 for 4 days
- Grade 2-3-4: 4:00-5:30 PM
- Grade 5 & 6: 5:30-7:00 PM
- Grade 7 & 8: 7:00-8:30 PM
***Multiple week discount options***:
- Weeks 1 and 2 -$375 for 8 days
- Weeks 1 and 3 -$375 for 8 days
- Weeks 2 and 3-$375 for 8 days
- All 3 weeks $475 for 12 days
***Must register multiple weeks at same time.***
Click HERE to register now!
If you have any questions regarding the camps, please email Thomas Wolff by clicking HERE and I will get back to you as quickly as I can.
2023 USJN U13 Milwaukee Windy City Classic Champions!
WOW, what a weekend in Milwaukee for the girls, parents, and coaches! Congratulations to all of you and the girls. And thank you for making this a wonderful event. Teamwork makes a dream work! We don't have to dream any more, we are the 2023 USJN U13 Windy City Classic Champions! I am so proud of our coaches, Coach Croix, Coach Marissa, Coach Justin, and I want to thank them for giving their time and energy so this event could happen for our girls.
OTE - This is what we are all about!
GREAT WOLF LODGE - WEEKEND OF FUN!
What a fantastic way to end the season. We ended up winning 9 medals, went 26 and 12 this last weekend between all of our teams, and we re-established our end of the season celebration at Great Wolf Lodge. Keith and I would like to thank you for all of your support this past session. It has been a difficult transition between losing Greg and Deb, who have been an integral part of the program for as long as I can remember, trying to get a high school program started and probably the most challenging is having our gym being sold this past week and looking for new places to call home. Our mission has always been to help the young athletes on our teams learn, grow and have fun together on and off the court, and we appreciate your help in making that happen. We are especially pleased to recognize the contributions of our 8th grade players as they prepare to enter high school. Many of these players have been with us for as many as five years, and it has been one of the great privileges of our coaching staff to help all of them grow into the student-athletes they are today. OTE would like to thank our USA Basketball gold certified coaches and administrative staff for their dedication to our players. Most of all, we want to thank you, our OTE family, for placing your trust in us. It is a privilege to play a meaningful role in the lives of your children. We will have more details shortly about our spring season, which begins next week. We hope to see you in the gym, and if not, we hope to see you at our summer clinics and camps and our tryouts for the fall-winter 2023-24 season in September.
JULY SUMMER CAMPS - NOW OPEN
2023 JULY SUMMER CAMPS - NOW OPEN: SPOTS ARE LIMITED
Registration for 2023 July Summer Skills Camps is open to anyone interested in developing their basketball skills (new and returning OTE players), 2nd - 8th grade, boys and girls. Weekly camps will emphasize:
- Ball handling
- Form shooting, proper footwork
- Passing and cutting
- Defensive skills, rebounding
These skills are the fundamentals of basketball that we teach and sets OTE apart from other travel programs. These camps are an excellent building block to our July summer camps and our fall/winter tryouts in September. The camps will also focus on a 5-out offense, man-to-man defensive principles and team scrimmaging.
Registration is limited to 40 players per group, per session.
Gym Location: NEIU - 3600 W. Foster Ave. Chicago
Grade level is for the upcoming school year (ie… if your child just finished 3rd grade, please register them as 4th graders). All participants will receive an OTE camp shirt and water bottle.
Week 1- July 10-13 (Monday-Thursday) Cost-$225.00 for 4 days
- Grade 2-3-4: 4:00-5:30 PM
- Grade 5 & 6: 5:30-7:00 PM
- Grade 7 & 8: 7:00-8:30 PM
Week 2- July 17-20 (Monday-Thursday) Cost-$225.00 for 4 days
- Grade 2-3-4: 4:00-5:30 PM
- Grade 5 & 6: 5:30-7:00 PM
- Grade 7 & 8: 7:00-8:30 PM
Week 3- July 24-27 (Monday-Thursday) Cost-$225 for 4 days
- Grade 2-3-4: 4:00-5:30 PM
- Grade 5 & 6: 5:30-7:00 PM
- Grade 7 & 8: 7:00-8:30 PM
***Multiple week discount options***:
- Weeks 1 and 2 -$375 for 8 days
- Weeks 1 and 3 -$375 for 8 days
- Weeks 2 and 3-$375 for 8 days
- All 3 weeks $475 for 12 days
***Must register multiple weeks at the same time.***
Click HERE to register now!
Spring Season - coming to a bittersweet end!
JParents, We want to thank you for allowing us coaches to mend and build your children this past spring season (and for most of you, this past year). We truly enjoy doing something we love to do and being able to share that experience with the next generation coming up. Like every season, we have had some points where some of our teams struggled a bit, but for the most part, we had team after team being extremely successful, winning medals, doing the little things that coaches ask for, executing plays, winning and losing some super exciting games, but most importantly, seeing smiles on these kids' faces while playing a game that we all love and cherish. With that said, this will be the last week of our session. Most teams will be off the weekend of the 27th because it is a holiday weekend, but I wanted to ensure everyone knows there will be practices this week. I would also encourage everyone in our program to pick up a ball over the summer months. Work on their handles, form shooting, proper footwork, and many more skills that the kids learned these past 7 months. The offseason is the time to take what the coaches have taught your child and transform them into a different player when they return. If anyone is interested in private training, or semi-private if they have a group, feel free to reach out and I can set you up with one of our coaches. I would also like to inform you about our skills camps coming up in June and July. If you are interested in our June camp, please click HERE. If you are interested in our July camp, please click HERE. SAVE THE DATE... September 9th and 23rd will be tryouts for our upcoming fall/winter season. As always, let me know if you have any questions. GO EDGE!
Season in Review!
A few weeks left to our fall season and teams are really starting to come together.
OTE ALUMS ROCK 2022-2023 TRYOUTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
What a great time to be THANKFUL! OTE has 35 out 35 freshman alums made their high school teams. This includes 8 JV and 4 Varsity members attending 13 different high schools. We are proud of each and every one of them and we are excited to see what they can do at the next level!
OTE 7th Girls win 2021 state AAU championship
OTE is proud to announce its latest championship team. The 7th grade girls team won the 2021 AAU state championship Division 1 by sweeping all four games it played May 1-2 in Rockford. Ill. The team is coached by Brandon Lathon and Shawn Cirton, and won each game by 10 or more points. The team prevailed by sharing the ball, playing tough team defense and winning the battle for loose balls and rebounds. Congrats to the girls!
OTE 7th grade girls roll at 2019 AAU Nationals!
Congrats to the OTE 7th grade girls, who finished 6th out of 34 teams in the National AAU championship in Knoxville, Tenn. The girls had a great run, losing by five points in the quarterfinals to the eventual AAU champs. The team was on fire all week, averaging 53 points a game -- one of the top-scoring teams in the tourney. Thanks to the players, parents and coach Croix for a terrific week of basketball! The OTE family is proud of all of you!
Our girls played with nothing but drive and confidence this weekend- each one of them left their hearts on the court ! We are so proud to call them AAU Champions !! Thank you to OTE and our coaches who have prepared them for this victory and many more for the last 5 years !!!-V.Arroyo
OTE WINS 2017 AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
OTE 8th girls became National AAU champions this morning, July 17, 2017 in Orlando! We're so proud of our players -- Angelica, Illiana, Maeve, Charleen, Lily, Caroline, Nicole, Christi -- and coaches Keith and Jean. What a great run! Congrats!
OTE'S MISSION: WE PREPARE OUR PLAYERS TO EXCEL IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Over the last 20 years, more than 90 percent of OTE alums have gone on to play high school hoops at major programs across Chicago and the suburbs. Our training works because we are "Over the Edge on fundamentals."
