Bruce Owens lives in Farwell where he has coached various levels of basketball, girls and boys, within the Farwell Area School system.  He’s also organized many summer and individual skills camp for girls and boys from kindergarten through 12th grade. 

HOOP ZONE is designed to provide a basketball training environment for mid Michigan girls and boys and support local schools in the development of their basketball programs.  We DO NOT want to interfere with local schools program, but rather enhance them.  Young athletes who live in larger cities have options like private sporting facilities, YMCA’s, college camps, etc. to learn and develop.  Local rural towns have little available, especially for the youngest kids.  This is where HOOP ZONE comes in.

We offer training programs for girls and boys beginning at the kindergarten age up through HS.  We host camps at Farwell Area Schools in the summer and various times over the school year.  In addition to our camps at Farwell we can also come directly to your gym.

Our goal is to teach the fundamentals of basketball and to provide an atmosphere for learning, playing and enjoying basketball in a very positive way.  Our campers are divided by age and ability and spend their time at camp receiving mostly small group and individual instruction.  We’ve been holding youth camps over the past six years and have seen tremendous success watching these campers grow into fine basketball players.

Another goal of our program is teaching the campers that the same qualities it takes to excel in basketball are the same qualities that it takes to excel in life: discipline, hard work, dedication, treating people like you want to be treated and living with purpose.  The lessons that they learn in the gym are just as important as the lessons that they learn in the classroom of life. 

Go to How It Works to understand just how it all comes together.