JLSSC

2012 Shooting and Skills Camp

2012-02-07T17:09:00.000-08:00

Monday, July 30- Friday, August 3, 2012; 9am-3pm
Pittsford Mendon High School
Girls and Boys ages 10-18
Reserve your spot now (last year sold out)
"You only reap what you sow!"

-$250 per player
-$225 payment before July 1 2012
-$195 per player teams of 5+ players
Email/Mail full registration info to jackleasurebasketball@gmail.com

S.C. Warriors opening night!

2011-07-12T16:20:00.000-07:00

SC Warriors 118
Carolina Jaguars 106
Friday 11/18/11 Myrtle Beach Convention Center
*Warriors win first game in franchise history!
*Guard Jack Leasure (27pts 4asts 4rbds)

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Jack Leasure NZNBL Player Statistics

2011-06-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

Jack Leasure Taranaki Mountain-Airs 2011
Games 16
POINTS: (22.9 ppg) 2011 Scoring Leader
FGM: 128/FGA 211 (43%)
3PM: 62/3PA 155 (40%)
FTM: 49 /FTA 57 (86%)
REBOUNDS: (5.3 rpg)
ASSISTS: (3.3 apg)

2011 Shooting and Skills Camps
-Myrtle Beach, SC August 12-14
Carolina Forest HS 10am-2pm
-Rochester, NY July 25-29 (Registration closed)
Pittsford Sutherland HS 9am-3pm

Jack Leasure Basketball guarantees that at our Shooting and Skills Camp players will work harder and learn how to get more out of their ability than at any other camp out there....if you disagree, you dont pay!

Go to registration page now to reserve your spot!
New moisture management GEAR! Individual Shooting DVDs! Lunch Packages! all avalable this year!

"Ace Shooter has to work on it"

2011-06-21T17:21:00.000-07:00

Murray Hills/Taranaki Daily News

Some sportsmen and sportswomen are naturally talented, others have to work hard to reach the top in their chosen sport.
Jack Leasure is one of the latter brigade. He knows he needs to go that extra mile and practise when others have headed home.
That sort of attitude and dedication led the American basketballer to set himself a personal challenge at the start of the year – 10,000 made shots in 26 days.
It was hard and it was lonely. One man in a gym shooting baskets.
"I was shooting about 550 a day, making 400. It was tough mentally, but once you get them, you get confidence. You have to push yourself in order to play at a higher level," he said.
"I know I have to work hard to get the rewards on court. Some players are naturals when it comes to shooting, I'm not ... I have to work at it."
And work hard he has, with the 25-year-old one of the deadliest three-point shooters in the National Basketball League.
Eight rounds into his second season with the Taranaki Mountain Airs, Leasure is the league's leading scorer, averaging 22 points per game and topping the free throw percentage shooting with 93.1 per cent.
"Offensively, I'm feeling confident in my game. I got the idea of shooting 10,000 goals from a guy in the NBA – Gilbert Arenas. He posted something like 100,000 shots over the course of a summer."
Leasure has always played basketball – he's even got his own website for a basketball programme he runs with his younger brother Ben.
"It's called the Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills camp. Last year we ran two camps, one in New York and the other in South Carolina. along with Individual Instruction programs. We will run two more camps when I get back home in July 2011."
Twenty-three-year-old Ben, an actor in New York, played university basketball like Jack, with the pair playing each other on one occasion.
The rest of the family is dad Rick, mum Jeanne and sisters Maggie 28 and Anna 18.
"Dad loves basketball, he played through high school. Mum and Dad came out last year and watched us play two games, against Manawatu and Wellington."
Leasure has support on the sidelines from wife Kelly.
"She came out with me last year and is here again. We love it here. The weather is a lot better than New York. We both enjoy the outdoors and like a town like New Plymouth ... it's quiet, though there's still plenty to do."
The couple are living in Oakura and made the most of the summer weather when they arrived in March, climbing Mt Taranaki.
"That was tough. We didn't realise how hard it was going to be. Three-quarters of the way up, we looked at each other and thought `what have we got ourselves into'. But it was so rewarding when we reached the top. It's amazing up there."
"I was majoring in history (at Coastal Carolina) ... American history from 1800 to 1860. Kelly was majoring in art. We kind of got to know each other during our four years there, graduated in 2008 and got married soon after."
In 2009, Leasure played professionally for the Worthersee Pirates in Klagenfurt, Austria, then had a taste of the New Zealand league with the Mountain Airs last year. He enjoyed it so much, he jumped at the chance of returning for a second season.
"Hopefully I can play year-round. I'd love to play in the Australian league, that's my goal. I want to play professionally as long as I can and I'd definitely look at coming back here next year."
Leasure believes the Taranaki team is heading in the right direction.
"We're building something here. We haven't had great results, but we're going in the right direction. We're starting to play better and if we can play a bit better defence, we'll get some wins. It's about clicking as a team and we're doing that."
Leasure said fellow import Marcus Campbell was great to play with.
"He's a great leader and understands the game. His physical skills are good and he has the size. We've got a good group of players and it's fun playing with them."
Coach David Bublitz described Leasure as the ultimate professional.
"If everyone had Jack's work ethic, it would be an easy team to coach," he said. "He's generally the last one to leave practice, he's always taking extra shots to finish off a session. His work ethic is unbelievable. That's the reason he's so good. He's focused on his shooting to get better and better."

Operation "Stop Jack Leasure"

2011-06-21T17:08:00.000-07:00

WARWICK SMITH/Manawatu Standard

Operation "Stop Jack Leasure"

will be in full force when the Manawatu Jets host the Taranaki Mountain Airs tomorrow night.
The Jets' second home game of the season will see the Amber and Blacks come to Arena Manawatu in search of their first win after they opened their campaign with two losses to the Bay Hawks.
In New Plymouth last season Leasure poured in 32 points, including eight three-pointers, in only 28 minutes of action as the Mountain Airs hammered the Jets 108-78.
The American shooting guard is averaging 21.5 points per outing this season and Jets coach Ryan Weisenberg said shutting down Leasure would be a key part of his side's game plan.
"The focus is always on Jack because he's one of those players who can drop 50 [points] if you let him," Weisenberg said of the Airs import.
"If we do it effectively, Jack should have a very difficult night with us ... we need to play solid one-on-one responsible defence."
The Airs have a competent roster, which also includes veteran Aaron Bailey-Nowell and 2.14m American centre Marcus Campbell who was signed to the Charlotte Bobcats and the Houston Rockets in the NBA, but never played a league game for either of them.
Both sides have a new look to them from last year's clash and former Mountain Air Jeremiah Trueman will make his debut for the Jets tomorrow.
He also stressed the importance of shutting down his former team-mate Leasure.
"He's pretty much their main scorer," Trueman said.
"So, if we can make him feel uncomfortable and do the things he doesn't like to do, I think we'll be in pretty good shape."

2011 Shooting and Skills Camps

2011-01-31T15:49:00.000-08:00

ROCHESTER, NY
July 25-29 9am-3pm
Pittsford Sutherland High School
$225 per player early registration
$195 per player for teams of 5+
*Optional Individual Shooting DVD $45

*Optional 5-Day Lunch package $25
MYRTLE BEACH, SC
August 12-14 10am-2pm
Carolina Forest High School
$130 per player early registration
$110 per player for teams 5+
*Optional Individual Shooting DVD $45

Go to registration page to reseve your spot!
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"Team plans to build game around shooter"

2010-10-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

Murray Hills/Taranaki Daily News
'American sharpshooter Jack Leasure has signed with the Taranaki Mountain Airs for next year's National Basketball League competition.

Taranaki Basketball chairman John Kensington confirmed yesterday Leasure would return for a second season with the Airs.

"It's good for us. When you get someone back, you know what you are getting," Kensington said. "We can now build our game around him."

Kensington said Leasure had impressed in first year in the New Zealand league.

"As our main shooter, he was always under pressure but still got some good figures. Teams double teamed Jack all the time but he still managed to shoot the ball," he said.

"He's a good player. He trains hard and his work ethic is out and out. He's a genuine nice guy."

Leasure, a 24-year-old shooting guard, graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2008 and played professionally in Austria in 2009.

Kensington said the key now was to find another shooter.

"If we can do that, we'll be right."

Kensington said the hunt was also on for a second import – a big man.

"Jack knows what we want and is on the lookout for us. He's given Dave (coach Dave Bublitz) a couple of guys to look at."

Bublitz, who has taken over from Angelo Hill, said having Leasure back was good news.

"It's really exciting. Jack was sixth overall in scoring in the league this year. We'll use him a little differently this year, more as a point guard and try to find a scoring New Zealander as a two guard. We're talking to a couple of guys now."

Bublitz said Leasure had impressed him as both a shooter and a player who works hard.

"He's a good team man and hard worker. Hopefully we can get a bunch of guys who want to work hard and improve both individually and as a team."

Kensington said that with a new coach in place and one import signed, the Mountain Airs were in a better place than they were at the same time last year. '

Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Inaugural Summer!

2010-09-24T10:01:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone who was a part of our inaugural summer! Everything came together better than expected and it was such a rewarding experience. From Rochester, NY to Myrtle Beach, SC, we had an exceptional group of players that really showed what it means to push yourself! They have shown great improvements and great passion for the game. From all the staff, we are so thankful to everyone who participated and everyone who made an effort to make it happen. I will be teaming up with Colin Stevens and the Manzer Basketball Academy in the South Carolina Grand Strand Area for the next few weeks doing individual and team instruction workouts to get ready for the season.

Email me at jackleasurebasketball@gmail.com for more info and be sure to keep an eye out for new videos and drills and information about future events including next years camp right here at http://www.jackleasurebasketball.com/
Thank you! -Jack