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I believe in the whole person; what that means to me is I want to help grow the player and the person through various training. Our mission is to take a player from where they are to where they want to be with a mix of basketball skills training, fundamental training and life coaching techniques. As a certified life and success coach it's important that we help player to become resourceful in order to perform on and off the court
Corona, NY
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Get to know Coach brandan
About Me:
Newtown High School Varsity basketball (2008-2011)
Captain of Varsity (2011)
Niagara Community College (2012-2014)
Gwynedd Mercy University (2014-2015)
How I can help you improve your game:
The way I can help improve their game is by starting off with an assessment. This assessment will allow me to see a player's strengths and weaknesses, along with seeing how they respond to adversity. we start to checkout for things like their body language, how player talk to themselves, how they view themselves in their minds eye. These evaluations are the responses they give in life, so it can and will transfer to the court. By acknowledging these things it will help be able to work on the skills that the player needs and will teach them to learn how to respond with a more positive action.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Career summary and accomplishments:
I have been coaching for 6 years and I first started off with volunteering for a 6th grade CYO program called the American Myrtes. After coaching there for two years I ended up getting an opportunity to coach for an AAU program called the "Queens Defenders". a very well-established program that really help kids find a great fit in high schools. From there I started to also grow my training academy called "Rise above Academy" in which help me be able to train and coach player to the best of my ability
Best coach I ever had:
I would say all of my coaches are very good coaches throughout my career. They all had different personalities which was great to learn from. In addition, all the coaches I've had create a competitive environment which installed toughness and resilience.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I am a open book. I love basketball and have an openness to playing other sports. I enjoy reading especially books that deal with human behavior or the mind. I get excited when watching other people grow because I understand how it is not easy to be able to change our mind when stuck on a belief that we have always believed in.
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