Samuel Rines

As the son of a former coach, being a former LaSalle basketball player, and with more than 30 years in the business, I have coached and trained players at every level. When I was first starting out at the AAU level I coached Kobe Bryant (Lakers) and Richard Hamilton (Pistons). Over the course of my career, I have had more than 250 DI players and 18 Pros (Kyle Kuzma and Delon Wright were my last two).

Now I specialize in shooting and teaching basketball fundamentals. I have group sessions for players as young as 2nd grade to high school players. I workout college players when they are preparing to go overseas. And even work out NBA players when they come into town to play the 76ers (Terry Rozier - Celtics and Semaj Christon - OKC).

Head Scout at Basketball Finders Recruiting Service - Present
Director at Rocktop Academy Prep School - Present
Former LaSalle Basketball Player

Depending of the athletes basketball abilities, I typically begin a workout with form shooting and/or footwork and layups. From there, I work on a weakness I see in their game and/or a common weakness of the small group. This tends to vary depending on the athlete, some athletes need more attention to detail on their footwork, others need to work on shooting or scoring off the dribble, and some athletes need to be pushed and go harder.

Overall, I believe that athletes learn by doing the same thing correctly over and over, so most of my workouts are taught through repetition and a great amount of detail.