The Sports Life

Dr. Jay Granat and Billy Armstrong Join Forces to Help Young Basketball Players Master the Mental and Physical Aspects Of Hoops

(PRWEB) November 27, 2007 -- Jay P. Granat, Ph.D, the Founder of www.StayInTheZone.com and Billy Armstrong the head of www.HoopDreamz.org have formed an alliance to help young basketball players reach their fullest potential. Dr. Granat and Billy Armstrong are based in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Mr. Armstrong will help the kids refine their physical skills and Dr. Granat will teach the kids how to master the mental aspects of playing basketball. The two are already referring kids to one another and they plan to conduct some seminars in the future.

According to Mr. Armstrong, "No other basketball programs in the area offer this kind of comprehensive training."

Billy Armstrong, the founder of Hoopdreamz.org, has a fine basketball resume which includes ten years of professional basketball and four years of Division I basketball at Davidson College. Billy loves the game. He is a great judge of talent and he is super at coaching kids, managing leagues and developing programs to meet the needs of players with a wide range of abilities. He can be reached at 201 527-0752.

Dr. Granat is the author of How To Get In The Zone And Stay In The Zone With Sport Psychology And Self-Hypnosis. http://www.stayinthezone.com/get_stay.htm

Dr. Granat has helped top athletes from around the world with the mental aspects of their respective sports. He has been featured in The New York Times, Good Morning America, ESPN, The BBC, Tennis Magazine, The Star Ledger and The Bergen Record. He was named one of America's Top Ten Mental Gurus By Golf Digest and he recently developed a program to help baseball hitters get out of a slump.

Dr. Granat can be reached at 201 342-3663 or at http://www.stayinthezone.com/baseball.htm

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