James W.

Spent time as a site director for Vancouver Sports Club using coaching as a way to reach kids while teaching them the importance of building good character in their pursuit of their academic and athletic goals.

Worked with kids as young as first grade all the way up to third year professionals.

At the time of Graduation from the University of Massachusetts- Lowell:
-Back to back Regular season and conference tournament champions.
-Back to back Division 2 NCAA Tournament Elite 8 appearances.
-4th winningest player in program history.
-3rd in 3pt fg %
-2 times all conference
-1000 point scorer
-6 year pro career that included stops in England, Germany, Israel and France.

Session plan depends on age group and skill level.

For the younger kids that are just starting out I like to just introduce the game to them in a way they can enjoy and compete with each other. Games and drills to start building their hand eye coordination and footwork are key.

For the older kids with the more advanced skill levels:
-Athletes are expected to show up to the session 10 minutes early and start warming up so we can maximize the court time.

-After a quick dynamic stretch to make sure we are warmed up we jump right into stationary ball handling.

- From stationary ball handling to beating full court pressure baseline ton

-From Ball handling we move to form shooting around the basket with emphasis on proper mechanics and follow through.

-Two made free throws and a quick water break and we are back at half court attacking the basket with various moves and finishing strong at the basket.

-Two made free throws and a quick water break and we are back on the floor attacking the defender for pull up jump shots and floaters in the lane.