Jared L.

I have been a head coach for 7 years. I started coaching as a head coach for a middle school boys team in Columbus. I then jumped into the AAU circuit. I have been traveling the midwest coaching a top level team for 3 years. After leaving GEMS I coached 2 years as the Girls Varsity Assistant Coach & Girls JV Head Coach at Whetstone HS. We finished a school record 3rd in the City League North. I recently switched over as the JVB Boys Head Coach at Whetstone HS. I have all of the required OHSAA coaching certifications plus some. I am very motivated and driven to help our youths grow into young men and women. I train kids from 5 years old to 19 years old regularly. I train 1 adult aspiring to play overseas.

I was the teams 6th man at Daytona Beach College where my intramural team won the Florida State Championship. I grew up a point guard in Lima, Ohio. I ended up playing center with DBC as a 6'3 shut down defender and shifty scorer. I was tasked with guarding 6'8-6'9 players regularly and pride myself on being capable of stopping every kind of player. My home town Lima is currently on top of the basketball world in the state of Ohio. Lima holds 5 Mr. Basketball Titles. I played with Jamar Butler, 2004 Mr. Ohio Basketball so I've seen top level competition and know what it takes to get players to the next level. I was honored to be awarded Coach of the Year with the Ohio Prospects AAU 2 consecutive years. My team set the pace for the entire organization. I coached my teams to multiple 1st place tournament finishes over the past 3 years. I have an entire room dedicated to trophies. I'd like to help you earn some of your own!

Players should come stretched and ready as to get full use of our limited time together. I have a wide array of training techniques to meet different needs. To work on ball handling I run drills that focus on hand quickness, proper footwork and core strength training. I use a lot of medicine balls, resistance bands & tennis balls. The resistance bands help strengthen your core as you do the drills. If looking for shooting work I begin the session by teaching the proper techniques for one's stance, body alignment, how to hold the ball and the most ideal release and follow through on the jumper. I focus on being explosive when dribbling and shooting. I have a lot of defensive drills, plyometric footwork ladder drills, passing drills, defender splitting offensive moves, rebounding techniques and pride myself on my personal training for fitness. I run an exercise similar to the Insanity workout to strengthen the body core of my athletes.