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I know what’s not being the most skilled player and still make it to a national championship team. All it takes is hard work and discipline. These are the two most fundamental values I coach by, which not only applies in basketball, but in life.
Atlanta, GA
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Get to know Coach Jay
About Me:
As player:
NCAA Basketball Athlete
1x High School National Champion
3x High School National Sub-Champion
How I can help you improve your game:
By teaching them the two most fundamental principles in basketball: hard work and discipline. I will coach them around these, by pushing them to be their very best, always demanding more from them, to the point where they will demand more of themselves. This will allow them to perfect their skills on one on one trainings, through hard work, and they will take these skills even farther with self training, through discipline.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Warm-up & Stretching (10 min)
Defensive drills (20 min)
Dribbling drills (20 min)
Scoring drills (20 min)
Conditioning (10 min)
Cool-down & Stretching (10 min)
Career summary and accomplishments:
1x National Final Four (16u) 4 years coaching travel ball and club (ages 11-15) 2 years coaching middle school
Best coach I ever had:
My high school coach, Orlando “Landy” Pantojas. He taught me that by allowing myself to be coachable and pushing myself to my very best many opportunities would open, and they did. Thanks to him we made it to 4 national championships while in high school and I went on to play college basketball afterwards.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to California to finish my bachelor’s degree at UCSB. I’m an economics graduate with a minor in sports management. I love sports! Playing them, watching them and coaching them. I’ve been fortunate enough that sports have opened so many opportunities for me, and at this point I want my players to enjoy these same opportunities. I want them to fall in love with sports and for them to learn skills in sports that will help throughout life. I’m here to pass forward all my knowledge and to help my players be the very best they can be in basketball and in life!
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