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James Martino, Cincinnati, OH Strength & Conditioning Coach

James Martino

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Over 15 years experience weight and strength training High School Varsity football athletes. View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Oak Hills High School, 3200 Ebenezer Road, Cincinnati, OH
  2. Western Sports Mall, 2323 Ferguson Rd, Cincinnati, OH
  3. Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH

Coach is willing to travel up to 10 miles

Packages

Rookie Package
In-Person Training for a single athlete

Initial1 session package with Coach James. 60 minute session length

Session Length: 1 hour

$99 1 session + applicable fees

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Subsequent Packages
In-Person Training for a single athlete

Additional session packages with Coach James. 60 minute session length.

Session Length: 1 hour

$75 1 session + applicable fees

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  • Antioch University (OH)

  • 10 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Weight Loss, Powerlifting, Nutrition, Conditioning, Bodybuilding

  • Front Squat, Back Squat, Upper Body Strength, Speed/ Agility, Medicine Ball Workouts, Lower body strength, Flexibility, Explosiveness, Deadlift, Core Conditioning, Bench Press, Balance

Credentials

  • Antioch University (OH)

  • 10 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Weight Loss, Powerlifting, Nutrition, Conditioning, Bodybuilding

  • Front Squat, Back Squat, Upper Body Strength, Speed/ Agility, Medicine Ball Workouts, Lower body strength, Flexibility, Explosiveness, Deadlift, Core Conditioning, Bench Press, Balance

More About Coach James

With personal connections to the nation's largest kicking camps and valuable national ranking experience, I was coached by NFL's best instructors. I am presently the special teams coach for all kickers and punters at the varsity level at Taft High School in Cincinnati. I helped coach this turnaround program under coach Mike Martin of the Cincinnati Bengals back in 2004. I have coached football students multiple positions from local schools such as Xavier, Elder, Lasalle, Walnut Hills, Anderson, Harrison, Campbell County, and others. I started at the high school level and was invited to tryouts for the AFL. Although I presently coach both kickers and punters at any level, I also coach Jr. High and below, concentrating on transitioning from tee to grass. Also proficient in training QBs, linebackers, offensive and defensive line techniques and also receivers..

I competed at the high school level lifting and conditioning and playing football. I was also involved in tryouts for the AFL in the Cincinnati area. I played and started both offence and defense and special teams in high school so I know what is expected out of each position.Have actively been involved with weight training with present High School varsity football athletes and have design personal programs for their specific needs.

Beginning with training I like to see what the athlete's strength is presently. After this I gather his goals and develop a training plan to personally attain those goals. With weight lifting I work with these athletes so that they can see that I am committed to their program. Persistence and dedication determine results so I make workouts interesting fun, educational and progressive so the athletes can see results quickly.

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Client Reviews

Coach James was exactly what we hoped he would be. He has an impressive knowledge on how to kick a football. More importantly, he has an excellent ability to teach that knowledge. My son finished his first session with a solid understanding of what he needs to do to be a better kicker and he is motivated to do it. We would both highly recommend Coach James and we intend to have many additional session with him over my son's kicking career.

Coach James was very generous with his time and spent time talking to us after the lesson ended. He seemed very knowledgeable and made this a great first experience for us.

I scheduled a kicking session for my 13 year old son, who has little knowledge of how to kick field goals and James broke down every aspect of kicking field goals so my son and I could properly understand the proper techniques. We had a 4pm appointment and arrived 20 minutes early to stretch out and James was already there. James worked with my son for almost 2 hours and made the session enjoyable, while also reemphasizing proper form and technique. We look forward to continuing our training sessions with James and I'm excited to see how well my son can do as a kicker.

James met with my 12 year old son who has had no kicking coaching. He worked with him to teach him special techniques and encouraged him. I was really thrilled to find someone who could do this. He helped us with what materials we need and we will meet with him again.

Wow. Just wow. My daughter had a kicking lesson Coach Martino. He broke the mechanics down so she understood not only the movements, but the reason behind the movements. She says she went from feeling pensive about kicking to feeling game ready. We will DEFINITELY book him again.

Coach Martino was well prepared for my son’s QB evaluation lesson. He ran my son through a few drills to identify areas he needed to improve and showed him these improvement drills. We left the session with key mechanic drills and a positive vibe from Coach Martino. Looking forward to future lessons.

Coach James helped my 9 year old out immensely. This is my sons first year playing and Coach James was able to give some foundational guidance in a simplistic way without overwhelming my son. I’m so grateful we found him. We will continue to use him for sure!!

My 16 year old had his first session with Coach James - complete success on all fronts. Ty was able to take away some key areas to focus on and the rapport Coach James built with Ty was fantastic. We are looking forward to our future sessions with Coach.

Coach James has turned out to be great for my son and we could not be happier with his knowledge of the position and his willingness to go the extra mile in order to help my son achieve his goals

Coach James is awesome.

He helped my son realize his strengths and how to build upon them. Also my son recognized his weaknesses and coach James explained In great detail how to improve. I’m not easily impressed. I was.
Can’t wait for future sessions.

Thank you

My son really enjoyed his session with Coach James. Coach James is extremely knowledgeable and did an amazing job sharing his knowledge with my son. My son came home excited and motivated to continue his growth. We look forward to booking another session with Coach James.

First practice with Coach James Martino was excellent. My son learned so much from just one lesson. Didn't know there were so many mechanics in kicking. Will definitely be scheduling another session with Coach James.

Coach James is great to work with and has really help our son with his introduction to kicking

Excellent reviews here for coach James. Very thorough with instruction, asked a lot of questions, explained the process of kicking very well. My son walked away understanding what he needed to do to become more consistent with his punting and kicking. I was surprised to see the results of his coaching as the improvement was immediate. Money won't be wasted with this booking. He is worth every penny.

Coach did a great job working with my son. Very patient and broke things down in a way he could understand and repeat going forward. He even followed up afterwards with some video breakdown of an error with my son’s mechanics that should all for more consistent performance going forward

My son had a great two hour lesson with coach James. He learned more in this session than he did at an all day camp. Great kicking techniques taught specifically for my sons needs. Definitely worth the money! We would highly recommend Coach James!

Coach James did a great job in teaching my son the correct kicking techniques. He learned so much from just one lesson and feels more confident in his abilities. We will definitely be scheduling more lessons with him.

Coach James was great with our son. He has a great deal of technical knowledge about Special Teams work but kept it basic enough that we could absorb it in small enough pieces to stick. He was patient and answered every question with great enthusiasm. I would recommend him as a coach.

My son found Coach James to be extremely helpful in pinpointing what he was doing incorrectly. In just one lesson, my son felt more confident that he was headed in the right direction in improving his kicking skills. I was also impressed that Coach sent videos to aid my son in his technique along with a written analysis of what he needed to improve on. This training is indeed "one-on-one". Some kicking coaches claim to be one-on-one when in fact they are conducting a group lesson. In addition, Coach James responds very quickly and professionally to any and all email communications through CoachUp. I will update my son's progress as he completes more sessions, but from our initial experience I can highly recommend Coach James.

Coach Martino was well prepared for my son’s QB evaluation lesson. He ran my son through a few drills to identify areas he needed to improve and showed him these improvement drills. We left the session with key mechanic drills and a positive vibe from Coach Martino. Looking forward to future lessons.
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