Josiah W.

• EXPERIENCE TRAINING ATHLETES?
I have been training kids for a total of ten years. Seven years in America, two years in different countries:
6 years - Los Angeles
1 year - New York
1 year - Mexico (Oaxaca)
1 year - Malta
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• AT WHAT LEVELS HAVE COACHED?
Middle School is a level I’ve coached at (Sinai Temple Akiba) in Beverly Hills.
Prep School is also a level I’ve coached at (international sports academy & Scotland Performance Institute, NY & PA)
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• WHERE HAVE YOU WORKED AS A COACH OR TRAINER?
Besides International Sports Academy, Scotland Performance Institute, Sinai Temple Akiba, I run my own personal business “push the pace academy”
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• WHAT AGE GROUPS DO YOU TYPICALLY WORK WITH?
All ages of course but mainly ages 6-11
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• DO YOU HAVE ANY INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS?
Sorry I do not

• WHAT WERE YOUR SPECIFIC ATHLETIC ACCOMPANIMENTS?
I played high-school basketball in Virginia (played for one of top 5 best high schools in Portsmouth Virginia) I.C. Norcom

I played college basketball at Cecil Community College, we won the national championship.
I played college basketball at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania, won conference champions for two years.
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• DID YOU COMPETE AT THE COLLEGIATE OR PROFESSIONAL LEVEL?
I competed in college at the division 1 level and I competed at the professional level for 8 years
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•WHAT AWARDS OR HONORS HAVE YOU EARNED?
I won a ring winning the national championship at Cecil community college in 2006
I won two rings winning the NEC conference championship for Robert Morris University for two years straight

• WHAT CAN A CLIENT EXPECT FROM A TYPICAL SESSION WITH YOU?
The biggest thing you can expect from me is that I am only there for the athlete to get better, and that comes in different aspects of basketball:
- become better in skills (shooting & dribbling)
- become better in paying attention
- become better in communicating
- become better in discipline
- become better with being efficient
- become better with there knowledge of the game.
Furthermore, you can expect me to be very intentional with how I coach and hold the athlete accountable and everything he or she does, the last thing you can expect from me is to make sure the athletes are having fun.
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• WHAT DO YOU FOCUS ON, SPECIFICALLY DRILLS OR TECHNIQUES?
I am big on focusing on the foundation of everything!! Whether it be passing dribbling and shooting, because if the foundation is strong then the ability to create will be easier, and I don’t want any athlete to skip steps or I am not being a good trainer/coach. What’s the foundation is strong than we can expound on that.
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• A DAILY WORKOUT WITH ME
10 mins on layups
- right footwork and write hand being used depending on the side of the court the athlete is on
10 mins of close range shooting from 3 spots
- backboard shots both sides, and right in the middle
8mins of a shooting competition
- making sure they are in a consistent state of mind of competing and accepting that this is a competitive sports. (Whether it be with me or another kid)
20mins of creative drills and shooting
- this is a time they practice creating for themselves (mainly dribbling techniques)
10mins of another competitive game
- with a lot of reps of shooting