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Lawrence A., Duluth, GA Football Coach

Lawrence A.

Yale 2009 | 2006 Ivy League Champions | All-Ivy League

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Yale 2009 | 2006 Ivy League Champions | All-Ivy League Larry creates a fun and engaging atmosphere to help his clients reach their athletic and fitness goals! View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
  • Yale University (CT)

  • 6 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Wide Receiver, Tight End, Running Back, Quarterback, Offensive Line, Linebacker, Defensive Line, Defensive Back

  • Route Running, Throwing, Tackling, Special Teams, Pass Defense, Jamming, Hand Placement, Footwork, Cutting, Catching, Blocking

Credentials

  • Yale University (CT)

  • 6 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Wide Receiver, Tight End, Running Back, Quarterback, Offensive Line, Linebacker, Defensive Line, Defensive Back

  • Route Running, Throwing, Tackling, Special Teams, Pass Defense, Jamming, Hand Placement, Footwork, Cutting, Catching, Blocking

More About Coach Lawrence

CoachUp (2018 - Present)
- Completed 200+ sessions with athletes varying in ages from 5 to 40+ years old
- Specializing in nearly all football positions, as well as general speed and agility and strength and conditioning

Sports Performance Manager at RedLine Athletics in Westminster, Colorado (2018 - July 2021)
- Running workouts consisting of 20 minutes of injury prevention and dynamic warm-up, 20 minutes of speed and agility, 10-20 minutes of athletic development, and 20 minutes of strength and conditioning
- Developing athletes of numerous different sports including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, softball, etc
- Managing and keeping up with the maintenance of the facility

Sports Official (2014 - Present)
- Served the past 5 years as a football, basketball, baseball, and softball sports official
- Working at the varsity level for Colorado High School Athletic Association (CHSAA), and prior to this, worked for the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA),
- Understanding the rules of the game at a detailed level, and building rapport with coaches and players to instill the values of courage, civility, service, sportsmanship, grit, passion, confidence, and teamwork

Yale University (2005 - 2009)
- 2006 Ivy League Champion
- All Ivy Defensive Back on 2006 Ivy League Championship Team and 2008
- Voted 2009 Jordan Oliver Award Winner by teammates, which is described as “Given to that senior, other than the captain, who, through his devotion to Yale football, has earned the highest respect of his teammates”
- Received 4 varsity letters

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (2001 - 2005)
- Inducted into the Acton-Boxborough Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 for football, basketball, and baseball
- Played integral role in setting the Massachusetts state record with 50 consecutive wins
- 4 year started on the varsity football team with 4 state titles
- Captained football, basketball, and baseball teams, and earned 11 varsity letters
- Named Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic in 2003 and 2004

I will cater my client sessions to their needs and goals.

For a hypothetical client with their goal to become faster, bigger and stronger for their upcoming football season, a session may look something like this:

Dynamic Warm-up (10-15 minutes)
- Focusing on mobility and injury prevention by using various tools including foam rollers (to massage and get blood flowing through the muscles)
- Generalized warm-up (jogging), and dynamic stretching exercises. Some dynamic exercises would include inch-worms (helping to stretch and activate our calves and hamstring/IT bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19gpqxQBwo), T arm swings (activating pectoral and shoulder muscles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1nq6PQahP8), Spider-Man (activating hips and shoulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCCyBaxKJeA), donkey kick and fire hydrant (activating glutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emSfXrFmXH8), etc.

Speed and agility drills (15 - 20 minutes)
- Using an agility ladder, some of the drills will include forward sprint, lateral high knees, icky shuffle, backward icky shuffle, lateral in and out, forward in and out, backward in and out, lateral scissor hops, cross behind, single leg hops, slalom jumps, single leg lateral in and out, and lateral jump lunge
- Utilizing resistance bands for short bursts (5 to 10 yards) focusing on acceleration, proper running mechanics for sprinting, backpedaling, and shuffling
- Implementing cones to work on lateral movement doing drills such as 5-10-5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGhSEpKhve0), or the L drill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fonysni1wj4)

Strength training (15-20 minutes if we have access to a gym)
- Exercises will vary, but may include...
- medicine ball tosses
- hang cleans
- snatches
- bench press
- squats
- hamstring partner curls
- lunges

Athletic Development Sport Specific Drills (15 - 30 minutes)
- Work on stance & starts
- Understand "keys" for position and processing information
- Help with clues on how to read the quarterback (high shoulder tilt, which is more likely to be a long pass vs. low - quick pass)
- Ball drills and developing hand-eye coordination

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Client Reviews

Coach Lawrence is an amazing coach! My son has improved his game from his one on one sessions. From the start Coach Lawrence has shown a high level of professionalism from being on time and well prepared. He took the time to assess my son’s level of skills and identified areas of improvement. The drills used were tailored to strengthen his weaknesses like shooting and dribbling. I appreciate his positive and encouraging yet firm approach to training. Coach Lawrence’s deep knowledge of basketball is evident during every session. He not only has a passion for the sport but for teaching others as well. He’ll send me YouTube clips to share with my son to further help him understand a specific move or strategy. Coach Lawrence is an exceptional trainer. I highly recommend him for any basketball training!

Coach is great with my son. He is excited to go train each week and is improving with simple yet effective instruction by Coach.

Coach Lawrence has been a great 1/1 basketball skills coach for my son. He is very professional and organized. Love his positive vibe!

I would recommend Coach Lawrence to anyone looking for a basketball skills coaching for their child.

Love his coaching

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I recently had the pleasure of working with Coach Larry, who is a one on one football coach that my son Anthony has been training with. From the very first session, I could tell that Coach Larry was knowledgeable, passionate, and dedicated to helping my son improve his skills on the field.

Coach Larry has been exceptional in tailoring his instruction to Anthony's individual needs. He took the time to assess Anthony's strengths and weaknesses and developed a personalized training plan that was designed to help him improve in areas where he needed it the most. Throughout their sessions, Coach Larry has been patient, encouraging, and always willing to answer any questions Anthony had.

Coach Larry provides detailed feedback on Anthony's technique and offers practical advice on how to make improvements. His coaching style is positive and supportive, which has helped Anthony stay motivated and focused during each session.

Overall, I would highly recommend Coach Larry to anyone looking for a one on one football coach for their child. His expertise, personalized approach, and positive attitude make him an excellent choice for anyone looking to take their child's game to the next level.

Coach Lawrence is outstanding! His sessions are well planned, organized and most of all challenging. He provides detailed, positive instruction. Each session covers multiple training aspects. My son loves working with him. As a parent, I love seeing my son’s confidence building.

Excellent!

Coach Lawrence is knowledgeable, patient, and truly invested in helping my son reach his goals. The one-on-one sessions was customized to my son's specific needs and constantly challenged him to push his limits and improve his skills. The results have been remarkable and I've seen a significant improvement in my son's game. I highly recommend Coach Lawrence to anyone looking to take their basketball skills to the next level.

Coach Abare is extremely knowledgeable and personable and has helped our son gain confidence and skill in a short time. We are excited for more sessions and to see continued growth.

Coach Abare truly knows the game of basketball. He is a great teacher of the fundamentals. I have a 9 year old son… and he loves his sessions with Coach. We are a basketball family and this is the guy you want if you are in our area. He knows the sport and teaches in a positive but effective way.

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Coach Lawrence is truly amazing. His love of football shows through. And he has a gift in his ability to teach children what he knows. He is able to explain it in a way children will understand and put to immediate use. In a short time my sons skills have jumped tremendously. He has given my son confidence in his abilities to play football. It has been an enormous change and words can not express the level of my gratitude. Thanks Coach. Jonah & Vines Turner

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Coach Larry was great, very positive and knowledgeable. Wyatt really liked working with him and he helped with speed, agility, technique, and confidence. We look forward to working together in the future!

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My son really loved his session with Coach Lawrence. Coach Lawrence is a great coach and we are going to continue more session.

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Coach Lawrence did great. He was patient and kept my son engaged.

Coach Lawrence is an awesome football coach! Experienced, knowledgeable, passionate and extremely supportive, coach Lawrence connected extremely well with my son, who’s overall performance started to improve after the first training session. My son can’t stop bragging about his coach Lawrence and he’s always excited to train with him.

Coach Larry was awesome for my son. He was reliable, responsible, and had a great rapport with my son. Zach learned a lot and enjoyed the instruction!!! Definitely would recommend Coach Larry.

Larry is great! Helped my son rebuild his confidence and improve his conditioning. Highly recommended!

Coach Lawrence is a great coach! He has really helped my kids - 11 and 13 with their Basketball game. After taking few sessions with the Coach we have started seeing the improvements. He is very friendly with the kids and my kids really like working with him.

My kids said he was wonderful with them and they learned a ton.

Coach Lawrence was punctual, very patient and kind. My son loves working with Jim’s so we look forward to our next session!!

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This is definitely worth the money, It was an amazing practice with an amazing coach! Definitely recommend this coach!

Mr. Lawrence has been training my son for several months and the change in my son is incredible. In such a short time my son has re-built his confidence within himself, he connected with Larry very quickly and is comfortable with him as a coach. My son has also increased his speed on the football field, catches better then ever before, and can run and remember plays.

I recommend Larry to anyone looking to get their child to that next level in their sports.

Thanks Larry 😁

My son has absolutely loves working with Coach Larry! He keeps him focused and teaching him skills that will carry through all of his sports activities.

I was glad to get a good workout and play some football!

Good coach !! and my son still want leaned more on how do speeds drill by his coach...:)

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My son has already learned so much. Great foundational work to build on his skills.Love seeing my son’s excitement for the game continue to build.

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Coach Larry was great! My son enjoyed working with him! We plan on continuing to work with him!

Had my first session today and it awesome- surpassed my expectations and was totally fun.

My son Cooper was very happy after his session with Coach Larry. He was able to give Cooper great feedback and also provided instruction on playing his position that he was unaware of. The coach was friendly, punctual and very accommodating. Would highly recommend!!

Coach Lawrence possesses every quality you'd want in a great coach.My son loves working with him every week. I see improvements in my son's speed and agility as well as throwing and catching the ball. I would highly recommend coach Larry!

Great coach. Related well with my 9 year old. His catching and throwing skills made nice improvements after just one session

Lawerence has been great to work with! The youth I mentor has really enjoyed the sessions!

Coach Lawrence is truly amazing. His love of football shows through. And he has a gift in his ability to teach children what he knows. He is able to explain it in a way children will understand and put to immediate use. In a short time my sons skills have jumped tremendously. He has given my son confidence in his abilities to play football. It has been an enormous change and words can not express the level of my gratitude. Thanks Coach
Mr. Lawrence has been training my son for several months and the change in my son is incredible. In such a short time my son has re-built his confidence within himself, he connected with Larry very quickly and is comfortable with him as a coach. My son has also increased his speed on the football field, catches better then ever before, and can run and remember plays. I recommend Larry to anyone looking to get their child to that next level in their sports. Thanks Larry 😁
My son Cooper was very happy after his session with Coach Larry. He was able to give Cooper great feedback and also provided instruction on playing his position that he was unaware of. The coach was friendly, punctual and very accommodating. Would highly recommend!!
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