Sam E.

With Formula Basketball, we provide unique basketball training sessions for individuals in the Eastern Iowa area. We specialize in building/strengthening skills in ball-handling, shooting, footwork, defense, and basketball IQ. These sessions are held in individual or small group type workouts. Currently have 25 members apart of Formula Basketball that participate in the hour long sessions that implement unique drills to push them out of their comfort zone. We train to FAIL, yes that's right we train to FAIL, so that once the game time comes, we do NOT fail, but succeed. I myself have 2 season of coaching experience as a Head Freshmen Boys Basketball Coach at Marion High School. I also have middle school coaching experience as an 8th Grade Boys Head Coach at Wilson Middle School in Cedar Rapids. Along with that I have 7 years AAU coaching experience with both the Iowa Magic and currently the Iowa Barnstormers program.

As an athlete, I attended Center Point Urbana High School where I was a 3 year starter on Varsity. I was selected to 3rd team All-State as a senior, which provided me with a full ride basketball scholarship to NCAA Division II Upper Iowa University. I spent 4 years at Upper Iowa from 09'- 13' where I was a 2 year starter and 2 year Team Captain (junior/senior) I was also a part of first ever 20 win season and won a bid to participate in the 2012-2013 DII NCAA Tournament. I was just shy of 1,000 points in my career at 967. After my career there, I began coaching and training with skills I've developed through college as well as coaching/working with high level trainers through my career.

Our sessions focus on ball-handling, shooting, footwork, defense, and basketball IQ for in game situations. These drills are very unique. We do believe in fundamentals of the game as the building block for a strong/smart basketball player. Past that, we implement those unique drills that will again push them out of their comfort zone and push them to failure. We do train to FAIL, then come game time situations we do NOT fail but SUCCEED.