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Providing Professional Basketball Development Services for Athletes and Coaches!

Northern Star Basketball Academy is a new organization that was founded in the summer of 2009 by Nico Loureiro. The Academy is highly concerned with developing professional high performance athletes and coaches across Canada. The Academy's ultimate goal is to provide tools, resources, and opportunities that will help its members evolve to become professionals in basketball.

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Latest News

  • March 12-18, 2012: Professional Excellence Development Trip To Milan, Italy
    20 high-performance basketball coaches/managers will have the opportunity to travel to Milan, Italy, to learn and network in a high performance professional setting throughout an accelerated, concentrated and intense timeframe of 7 days. Participants will have all-access to the training programs of 4 professional organizations in Italy's first division league (Lega A), being able to interact with professional coaches and general managers. For a more in depth description of the program, and to view its special features, please refer to "International Services".

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Our Mission

The mission of NSBA is to help develop the skills of athletes and coaches that aspire to become professionals, by providing them with elite development tools, resources & opportunities.

Our Vision

We wish to reach excellence in our athletes & coaches by providing them with unique, exciting, and efficient professional basketball development tools, resources and opportunities.

What Makes the Academy Unique

  • Owner Nico Loureiro has been travelling the world researching the latest professional development tools that are being used in top professional basketball organizations around the world
  • NSBA ensures that each one of its programs is providing the latest professional development tools and techniques
  • NSBA provides opportunities for athletes to train and evolve like professionals during its camps and individualized programs
  • NSBA provides opportunities for coaches and managers to develop by mentoring prestigious professional organizations around the world
  • NSBA provides opportunities for elite teams to travel overseas to compete and experience a cultural immersion international basketball and life development experience

Our Values

  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Empowerment
  • Teamwork
  • Dedication
  • Trust
  • Excellence
  • Caring and Sharing
  • Self Responsibility
  • Respect and Dignity for Others
  • And Most of All, FUN!

Quotes

Your camp was one of the best I have seen. You are very intense and yet it is apparent that you value and respect every player's efforts. Your organization and preparation for the camp was commendable - Jacqueline Fairbrother