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Ray B., Henrico, VA Track & Field Coach

Ray B.

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22 years of experience coaching youth, middle school, high school, collegiate and post-collegiate track and field athletes. View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Hermitage High School, 8301 | Hungary Spring Road, Henrico, VA

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Packages

Pro Package
In-Person Training for a single athlete

5 session package with Coach Ray. 45-minute session length. Sessions may involve up to eight other athletes.

Session Length: 45 minutes

$350 5 sessions ($70/ea) + applicable fees

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Light Package
In-Person Training for a single athlete

1 session package with Coach Ray. 45 minute session length

Session Length: 45 minutes

$90 1 session + applicable fees

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Seriously Committed
In-Person Training for a single athlete

10 Session package with Coach Ray. 45-minute session length. Sessions may involve up to eight other athletes.

Session Length: 45 minutes

$680 10 sessions ($68/ea) + applicable fees

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Online Training only
Online Training for a single athlete

1 personalized workout per week.

Session Length: 1 hour

$170 4 sessions ($43/ea) + applicable fees

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Event Specific Training
In-Person Training for a single athlete

Personalized 6 week training program for specific event.

Session Length: 6 weeks

$650 20 sessions ($33/ea) + applicable fees

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Speed30
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In-Person Training for a single athlete

*1 on 1 30 Minute Sessions * Athletes will be introduced to the fundamentals of speed and agility training. The primary focus will be on essential techniques and foundational skills that enhance speed, coordination, and ov... See More

Session Length: 30 minutes

$225 4 sessions ($56/ea) + applicable fees

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  • Norfolk State University (VA)

  • 22 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Cross Country, Middle Distance, Sprints, Hurdles, Long Distance, Jumps

  • Triple Jump, Long Jump, High Jump, Decathlon, Sprinting, Baton Handoffs, Form, Running the Curve, Pacing, Passing

Credentials

  • Norfolk State University (VA)

  • 22 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Cross Country, Middle Distance, Sprints, Hurdles, Long Distance, Jumps

  • Triple Jump, Long Jump, High Jump, Decathlon, Sprinting, Baton Handoffs, Form, Running the Curve, Pacing, Passing

More About Coach Ray

I began coaching while I was an athlete at Norfolk State University. Currently, I work as a personal trainer at a private gym. My true passion lies in coaching middle and high school athletes. I also continue to work with collegiate athletes and my former students during their breaks.

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5 sport High school athlete. Track and field state champion 8 time 1st team All-MEAC . 5 time NCAA east regional. 2 year team captain . 2 time coaches award recipient.

The session plan includes event specific workouts, core work, plyometrics, and functional training, along with drill correction and alignment analysis. It also covers race planning and proper rest while focusing on positive reinforcement to build mental resilience. Most importantly, with me as your coach. You will have access to my network of coaches.

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Client Reviews

Thanks! Mia liked the coaching and believes she will do well with you.

My son is a young athlete who plays basketball and soccer. I was looking for a coach to train him on proper running mechanics to increase speed and explosiveness. We're now a few sessions in still working through the fundamentals but I am already starting to see a positive change in how my son moves when he runs. It's very clear that Coach Ray brings a ton of experience to the table evidenced to me by how quickly he's adapted the training sessions to the specific needs of my son. I feel very fortunate to have Coach Ray working with him!

Coach does a good job communicating. He is coaching my son and I get an update on the progress, next steps, things to focus on between sessions.

Coach Ray was able to assess my son very quickly and had him looking like an entirely different runner before the first session. He knows exactly what he is doing.

Coach Ray has helped me improve so much in such a short amount of time. He goes into the details of technique and pushes you to be a better athlete. I would highly recommend him as a coach!

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Coach Ray is the absolute best decision I could have made when looking for a coach for my daughter. He is very knowledgeable and attentive to details when training. I look forward to our future sessions!

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After one session with Coach Ray, we feel we made a good find. He has been very responsive and our daughter feels very motivated to be trained by Coach Ray. She is looking forward to future sessions.

Coach ray made an instant impact on my son's performance. Looking forward to working with him again.

We drive over an hour to work with Coach Ray. My son doesn’t run track, but plays basketball and football. Bc of his growth spurts his core isn’t balanced. Coach Ray provided a number of exercises and drills where you can already see a difference and improved confidence. We look forward to our trainings. I say all of this bc this training isn’t just for track. Highly encourage this training for all athletes, including soccer.

The one on one session is what my son needed to get the most out a session. I was pleased with the first days progress

Coach Ray was very personable and listened to our concerns about our athlete. He was able to identify where she needed to improve. He was able to give our athlete pointers that were meaningful and doable. He had a good rapport with our athlete. We will work with him again.

Wonderful trainer, highly recommend

Fantastic coach. Looking forward to the next lesson.

Awesome session. Great results

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Book early. Coach Ray is very popular so his schedule fills up quickly! He has changed my son’s entire running form. Can’t wait to see the results of his training!

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Coach Ray was great! He was already at the field ready to train my son. He introduced him to some new workouts to increase his speed and also gave me some pointers on things to work with him on. We can’t wait for our next session.

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My daughter enjoyed her first session with Coach Ray. She even recommended him to a friend. She’s looking forward to her other sessions.

My son has had two sessions so far with Coach Ray. The sessions have been great. Coach Ray has a very organized and knowledge driven method of training, and brings a great attitude toward working with young athletes. Looking forward to more sessions.

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Coach Ray was great I highly recommend booking he takes into consideration all you want your child to work on. His workouts will have your child ready for Wateva they decide they want to do

Definitely great at what he does highly recommend

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Coach B did a great job with my daughter on her first session. He provide her tips and great feedback on her form and hurdling techniques.

Couple of huge observations 1) Coaches takes input from athlete and parent on goals of the athlete. 2) drills and training for event goals not cookie cutter drills for general athlete. Personable!

Coach Ray helped to teach me the basics and was very patient with me while also teaching other students. I look forward to getting my legs stronger in our future sessions.

Coach Ray is a great coach! He was patient and knowledgeable about what my daughter needs to help her achieve her goal with track. Will definitely recommend and book with him again!

My son has enjoyed his sessions with Coach Ray. In the 1st session, Coach Ray was excellent at assessing/identifying areas to improve my son's speed. He immediately started working on those items with him and recommending things he could do at home. He even taylored some of the speed exercises to my son's sport, baseball. Coach Ray gives great feedback and explains the purpose of each exercise to my son. Great Coach, I highly recommend him and plan to continue my son's sessions over the rest of the summer.

My son enjoyed his session with Coach Ray very much. Coach Ray was excellent at listening to me about the items I thought my son needed help with, and working on those items with him after doing his own assessment. My son only just started track this spring and wasn’t getting great 1-1 training at his school team and as a 14 year old wasn't really interested in hearing Mom’s training tips. I feel like Coach Ray gave great feedback and taught him the fundamentals for both sprints and high jump that will help him finish out the season. Great Coach, I recommend and plan to get more sessions over the summer. Thanks!

First day at training was a beast! I stopped playing for personal reasons.. told Coach b what I wanted to and he pushed me and encourage me. He said” you want it , let’s get it”. I was out of shape the 1st day I was out there but he didn’t look at me at any disappointment he encourage me and said “one day at a time”. I’m training for the XFL and if anyone need a trainer off the first day I recommend Coach B. Great guy can’t wait for the finish product!

My son loved Coach Ray. He has been talking about him everyday since our first session. Coach Ray also finally broke through to him on some techniques that I’ve been trying to work with him on. Now he is practicing everyday on his own.

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Great Sessions

Eric had his first session with Coach Ray today and i was very impressed. He started off just making sure Eric had his fundamentals down and seeing where Eric was right now. He had him go through a number of drills and footwork and let him know what he needed to work on. We look forward to working with Coach Ray going forward.

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Coach is an outstanding coach. He takes time to get to know his athlete and where they stand. He strives to make them better in every each event. I enjoyed working with him and hope to continue training with him in the future.

With his experience, Coach Ray was able to identify inefficiencies in my child's running technique. He's given him a lot of different stretching and weight training techniques to help improve his speed. My son enjoyed the session and took a lot from it.

We really enjoyed working with coach Ray. He was able to see several items that my daughter was not doing correctly and showed her several exercises to correct them. He was able to communicate with her at her level and taught her without ever making her feel like he was being critical. Instead he gave her compliments and built the instructions into them.
We look forward to working with him in the future.

Coach Ray did an awesome job evaluating our son and providing him with a plan to improve his strength, agility and core for his specific track events. Coach Ray also gave much needed and invaluable tips on running techniques that will definitely make a difference in better sprint times. We really appreciated him asking our son what "his" goals were and being so positive in assuring him he will get there! We Highly Recommend Coach Ray!

I was impressed by Coach Ray's ability to assess what needed to be worked on upon watching my son do warm ups. He was patient and thoroughly explained the drills and why they were important to a runner. I highly recommend Coach Ray for beginners or seasoned runners to improve their skills!

My granddaughter has been working with coach ray for a little over 3 months. His personal attention and knowledge of track and field and conditioning has allowed her to become over 1.5 seconds faster in the 100 meters. My granddaughter finds the conditioning a challenge but with Coach Ray encouragement she battles to the end. I have seen him work with other high school athletes and have the opportunity to talk to them and they all give high praise. If you want your student or child to get an edge on the completion , then Call coach Ray to begin your climb to the top.

Excellent coach! Quickly evaluated my daughter's needs and came up with a plan to help her.

If it wasn't for Coach Ray B our son David Evander Thomas ( who graduated from Manchester High School in May, 2022) would not have been able to walk onto the Howard University Track try-outs as a freshman and make the team. Coach Ray's training regimen and techniques not only prepared David physically, he was also mentally prepared. David shared with us, " while at the try-outs, I felt that no one was more conditioned than me". Being conditioned gave David the edge that he needed to be faster than his competition and for that we thank the good Lord and Coach Ray B. David & Didi Thomas
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