Deon C.

I am an assistant coach at Nottingham High and coached AAU basketball for 16 years. Age groups consist of grade school to professionals; male and female. I train from beginner to advanced skill level.

My clientele include Malachi Richardson (Syracuse University); Charles Cooke (Dayton University); DJ Foreman (Rutgers University); Ryan Charity (Cabrini University); Anthony McClain (professionally-Thailand); Marcus Neal (professionally-Europe) to name few.

Before becoming an assistant coach at Nottingham I also provided off season training to high school basketball teams.

I completed referee skills training. I was selected to be an assistant coach/trainer for the Breakthrough Basketball Camp. I received Coach of the Year for the Game Over basketball league.

My athletic accomplishments include three year high school varsity letterman-all conference 2nd/3rd team honors; all tournament team awards. My sophomore year I started varsity for Notre Dame high school, I average 10pts 7 assist 3 rebounds 1 stl per game in that season I was selected as honorable mention honors in the conference. My junior year I transferred to McCorristin Catholic high school and that season I was second in scoring in the Colonial Valley Conference with 22 points per game and 3rd in the Mercer County in scoring. That season I was selected 3rd team all conference honors. My senior year I averaged 18pts per game which was 3rd in scoring in the conference and 4th in the county and in that season I was selected to second team all conference.

Sessions are 1 hour. Drills consists of ball handling, shooting technique, passing, free throw shooting, basketball IQ enhancement, defensive drills and mentoring.

I focus on 1 and 2 dribble pull up jumpers; 1 and 2 basketball dribbling drills; in game situational drills (reading the pick and roll, creating space to score effectively, proper footwork techniques for defense & offense etc...)
Begin Session with warmup consisting of jump rope, stretching and jogging. After the warmup I will going into ballhandling drills. Next we transition to shooting technique drills which leads to in game situational drills, (offense & defense). Free throw shooting is done between drills and I end the workout with conditioning.

I attend clients games to evaluate players strengths, weaknesses and progress. Based on my observation I am able to formulate a plan that is geared towards players needs.