The 2009 Jump Start Basketball Camp will be held in
Delhi, NY from August 2-5.

Please contact Jill Cook with any questions at (347) 423-7936

Jill Cook with former players and #1 overall WNBA draft picks Sue Bird, Seattle Storm and Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington Mystics.

Camp Director – Jill Cook

  • 20+ years of basketball coaching experience
  • Christ the King H.S. Varsity Coach
  • 2004-05 Christ the King H.S. team crowned “USA Today” National Champions
  • 2005-06 Christ the King team crowned “USA Today” National Champions
  • Christ the King named USA Today’s “Top program in the country” for the past 20 years.
  • 2002/03 Christ the King team ranked #1 in USA
  • Selected as a 2002 & 2003 USA BASKETBALL “Women’s Youth Development Festival Coach”
  • Nike Elite Grassroots Coach
  • 23 Consecutive Brooklyn-Queens CHSAA League Titles
  • 4-Time USA Today National Champion
  • 12 NYS Federation titles
  • 18 CHSAA Catholic State titles
  • President of Liberty Belles AAU
  • Coached 2 WNBA #1 picks
    • Chamique Holdsclaw (Washington Mystics – 1999)
    • Sue Bird (Seattle Storm – 2002)
  • Coached more than 125 college scholarship winners


Jill Cook (left) with two of her former players and current staff members, Clare Droesch (Boston College/All Big East team) and Josephine Alohan (St Thomas Aquinas College’s All-time Leading scorer).

The Jump Start Staff has historically been one of the top camp staffs in the industry. Our staff has included a large number of college coaches as well as some of the finest high school and AAU coaches in our area. Some of the colleges represented in the past few years have been: Hofstra University, St. John’s University, George Washington University, Manhattan College, St. Peter’s College, Delhi College, Skidmore College, Dowling College, St. Peter’s College and Adelphi University.

Our former staff has also included some of the top coaches on the East Coast. The staff included coaches from Christ the King H.S., The Mary Louis Academy, Mahasset H.S., Stamford H.S., New England Crusaders AAU Club and The Liberty Belles AAU Club. The staff also included players from Villanova University, Boston College, Boston University, Manhattan College, James Madison University, Loyola University, St. John’s University, The George Washington University, Fairfield University and The University of Connecticut.

Each year the Jump Start Basketball Camp staff is TOTALLY committed to the improvement of each of our campers. This commitment will continue for our 2008 staff—which we expect to be the best staff ever assembled for camp!!