Dylan O’Shea

From a training standpoint, I am very experienced. I’ve helped youth and high school athletes not only reach their basketball goals but also helped them get better at basketball just from a confidence and mindset perspective. A lot of that comes learning from the trainers I had growing up including Karl Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks), Frantz Pierre-Louis (ex-NBA player, overseas pro) Mel Hand (Bloomfield College, overseas pro).

I can train and have trained with athletes all the way up to the collegiate level, as I have experience playing at the college level. I have worked as a trainer under Mel Hand and Kelvin’s Basketball Academy both in New Jersey helping with personal/group training of high level athletes including some that have gone D1 and beyond.

The age groups I’ve typically worked with are high school athletes and younger but I can work with athletes college level and beyond depending on their needs since I specialize in shooting the basketball at all 3 levels.

My athletic accomplishments in basketball include playing for state champion and nationally ranked (#17 USA Today) Roselle Catholic as a junior in high school and as a senior being named varsity captain at another school. After high school I went onto play in college at a number of schools do to Covid restrictions at the D1 Juco level, and NAIA level. I also held multiple offers at the D2 and D3 level. Now I stay in shape by playing in adult leagues and Pro-Am circuits continuing my pursuit to get better at basketball by any means, recently having a 62 point performance in the PHBL league and averaging 25-40 points per game across many leagues shooting 40-50+% from three.

My biggest asset as a basketball player would be my shooting, scoring and playmaking ability. Knowing the ins and outs of how to read the defense, pick your spots and shoots on the court effectively, and how to play with/against all types of teams and teammates since I’ve played at many different types of schools and levels.

What clients can expect from me is a passionate and dedicated trainer and teacher of the game. I am the type of trainer that is very foundational and fundamentally focused teaching great habits and building outward from there.

As far as drills would be based on a clients needs and goals which I would discuss both directly with the client in person and prior to training. My biggest speciality would be my shooting training teaching athletes how to build the foundation or off the foundation of their jump shot form through patience, understanding and experience. We’d build fundamentals and I’d give clients experience on how to score and make the right play successfully at the youth, high school and college levels.

Post training, between sessions, I’d layer out workout plans, film studies, and things such as how to approach coaches like an adult in preseason (for HS, youth) in order to gain more playing time or gain more of a chance to make the team. Clients can also expect me to take a big interest in their games, tryouts, etc. asking questions and providing guidance as much as I can via text, phone off the clock.