Book Private Basketball Lessons with Coach Michael
Not a tall player but became a mighty player on the court. Learned on my own many skills, smarts, and to use all parts of my body to succeed. Can help you to become a starter on your team, then an All-League player, followed by an All-Area player, and then get to the college ranks. Obtain self-confidence, self-respect, and self-control to become a better version of yourself. Will answer all your questions and if I do not know I will find the answers for you. Passion, Passion, Passion for the game of basketball.
Glendale, CA
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About Me:
Made All League Team in City Section at John F. Kennedy High School despite being the shortest player in the City of Los Angeles, 1975.
Was All Tournament Team MVP runner-up for my team in 1975 at the Quartz Hills Basketball Invitational Tournament.
Had the tenth highest grade point average in my senior class at Kennedy High of Granada Hills in 1975.
UC Berkeley Intramural Basketball Champions 4 straight seasons, 1981,1982, 1983, and 1984.
Glendale YMCA travel team champion head coach 1995.
How I can help you improve your game:
Teaching a person to be fundamentally sound. Great at teaching shooting, dribbling, passing, defense, and teaching spacing on a court.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Shooting drills (short range first to get form down then onto long range shooting), teaching set shots, jump shots, euro step to create a shot, attacking the basket drills ( cutting past defender leaving no room for an opponent to stop your pursuit), dribbling skills including crossover, spin moves, hesitation moves, passing techniques, intense defense fundamentals, ideas to know where on the court one should be located to be most effective, free throw shooting. In the beginning will work on two of these mentioned aspects and with time and improvement would hit all aspects during a practice. Some days would involve a lot of teaching how to use one's body to gain advantages.
Career summary and accomplishments:
I have remained a student of the game of basketball for the past 50 years.
Best coach I ever had:
John Wooden while attending his basketball camps when I was 13, and 14 years old. Taught fundamentals extremely well, and motivated us to find success through peace of mind that we did our best to become the best that we could become.
My Northridge Knights travel team coach, John Kester from age 11 to 14. Always provided constructive criticism, never cursed, and was fair as possible.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
Since I was not able to play for a college team, I found a rewarding career as an optometrist. Was employed from 1986 to 1998 as an optometrist in various settings and then had my own private practice from 1999 to 2018. From 2006 to 2018 ( when I sold my practice), had the USC college athletic vision contract and was able to interact with all the athletes from USC including their men's and women's basketball teams along with their coaches.
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