2024-25 WINTER SEASON INFORMATION
ALL PRACTICES ARE AT INSPORTS (29 TREFOIL DRIVE, TRUMBULL, CT)
One thing UNIQUE about me and DTX Basketball:
I do not cut anyone!!
AT DTX, WE BELIEVE AND ACT IN A WAY THAT PROVES OUR PHILOSOPHY THAT “KIDS COME FIRST”
I will coach anyone, regardless of talent. Everyone deserves a chance to be coached by very competent and experienced coaches! I have seen mediocre players excel and play in High School and beyond because they received good-quality coaching and were allowed to DEVELOP! What the tryouts are for is PLACEMENT!!! I will evaluate the players and place them on the appropriate team for their advancement and development. I will put them on the team that is best for them!!! It is NOT about winning! It is about DEVELOPMENT!!! We aim to get every player to succeed on and OFF the court! To teach life lessons through the sport of basketball. TRYOUTS are only for players who have not participated in any DTX events in the past. Anyone who has played in the past or attended a camp or skills session need not try out, but they can choose to try out and get some extra reps if they want to. Tryouts are a 1-time fee of $20 and players can attend as many tryouts as they want. All tryouts are held at Insports and the dates are as follows:
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30TH, 5:30-6:00 PM
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1ST, 5:30-6:00 PM
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5TH, 5:30-6:00 PM
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7TH FROM 5:30-6:00 PM
Here is the link to register for the tryouts:
https://app.mysportsort.com/view/index.php?an=461&myss_source=register&entitytype=4&entityid=12102
I have coached at the Division I level and worked in the highest circles of the sport, I use these vast experiences to the benefit of our players. We have been in existence for two years and the program has flourished beyond even my expectations!! Our NATIONAL TEAM had great success traveling to numerous destinations like Atlantic City, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Spooky Nook, Boston, Providence, and many other great cities. All seniors on the National Team will be continuing their basketball careers at the collegiate level. We also have dozens of players that we can place into PREP SCHOOLS across the United States!!! We are very proud and blessed to have had such great success in such a short time. We have multiple teams at every age level and also have a very successful girls’ program! Our National Teams play a very competitive national schedule against the best AAU teams in the country witnessed by hundreds of college coaches.
WE DO NOT RECRUIT PLAYERS…WE DEVELOP PLAYERS!!!!
We know what it takes to get to the next level, and we will push and motivate our kids. We provide study halls and require academic transcripts from our kids because we know education's value in a student athlete's future. As a coaching staff and administration, we will work hard for our kids because that is our job! We have a passion for what we do and we hope to see you at our upcoming tryouts! If you have any questions, feel free to ask away!
We have a very qualified coaching staff full of professional educators and experienced basketball coaches.
The DTX program attends the most competitive and respected tournaments in the area! These tournaments are more costly than the local tournaments that many programs attend to save money. We at DTX do not run our tournaments or attend low-end tournaments, we attend the best and toughest tournaments, regardless of cost, to enhance the development of our players. For our younger teams, most of the tournaments are local!
We are very fortunate that we have our facility! INSPORTS provides us with an office and a gym with 4 full courts, televisions, film rooms, academic rooms, snack bar, weight room, shooting machine, etc. This makes us unique to every other AAU program in the area as INSPORTS is EXCLUSIVE to DTX and that also provides an advantage to all the kids in our program! We are very fortunate to partner with such a great facility and organization.
At INSPORTS, we also have "LIVE BARN" which is a video recording company that films every practice and game for the parents and players to watch at home. This requires a small monthly subscription but it allows each parent to watch their child at a practice or in games that we play at INSPORTS. Many parents subscribe and rave about how great it is to be able to watch their children play while they are out of town. I also use LIVE BARN while attending NATIONAL CAMPS I run around the world. It keeps me in the loop and allows me to continue to monitor their development while away! THIS IS A MASSIVE ADVANTAGE FOR THE KIDS, COACHES, AND FAMILIES.
WE ALSO DO SOMETHING EXCLUSIVE TO DTX…WE PROVIDE VIDEO FEEDBACK FOR EVERY PLAYER!!!
Every player receives a GAME FILM ANALYSIS! Each week players receive a copy of their game film with evaluations made by me, much as I did at the collegiate and high school levels. With so many teams at DTX, our goal is to provide at least 3 game films for each player. The purpose of these films is for kids to learn what they did right or wrong under the pressure of a live game. Players can keep these videos for the development of their skills and to learn from them. These game films are vital to their development!! This process is very similar to what these players will see at the next level.
THE FALL SEASON INCLUDES DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PLAYERS AND PARENTS:
OPTION 1 IS 3 TOURNAMENTS ($900)
OPTION 2 IS PRACTICE ONLY ($600)
OPTION 3 IS HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER WORKOUTS (Pre-tryout) $300
The season will run from NOVEMBER 11th to JANUARY 31st. (HS WORKOUTS LAST UNTIL THEIR HS TRYOUT)
There will be two 90-minute practices per week
We will participate in HIGH-LEVEL tournaments LOCATED AT INSPORTS and other local tournaments.
Games will be filmed and players will be provided with film evaluation.
Rosters will never exceed 12 players, we prefer 10-12 players to ensure we get 10 at practice.
UNIFORMS are $70 if needed. We use the same uniform year to year so you can use your old jersey if desired. To pay for a uniform go to Venmo.com and the username is @COACHDAVETAYLOR. You can put the size you would like in the message. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UNIFORM ORDERING CONTACT COACHOBERHAND@GMAIL.COM
WE HAVE A GREAT AND UNIQUE CULTURE AT DTX, ONE WE ARE VERY PROUD OF! WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN OUR EXCLUSIVE FAMILY!!!
YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE WINTER SEASON BY CALLING INSPORTS AT 203-268-1214 OR CLICKING THE LINK BELOW.
HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE WINTER REGISTRATION:
https://app.mysportsort.com/view/index.php?an=461&myss_source=register&entitytype=0&entityid=40738