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Willie Davis, Forney, TX Basketball Coach

Willie Davis

Basketball

BRONZE
52 reviews

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Former SMU stand out -pro international basketball player teaching the game of basketball View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Rockwall, TX
  2. Forney, TX
  3. Garland, TX

Coach is willing to travel up to 25 miles

  • Southern Methodist University (TX)

  • 17 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Guard, Forward, Center

  • Shooting, Rebounding, Reading the Floor, Post Moves, Pick and Roll, Passing, Moving Without the Ball, Footwork, Defense, Ball Handling, Attacking the Rim, Agility

Credentials

  • Southern Methodist University (TX)

  • 17 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Guard, Forward, Center

  • Shooting, Rebounding, Reading the Floor, Post Moves, Pick and Roll, Passing, Moving Without the Ball, Footwork, Defense, Ball Handling, Attacking the Rim, Agility

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More About Coach Willie

With 22 years of coaching and training experience, I have a wide array of clients ranging from 5th to 12th grade. I develop, coach and train all positions (guards, wings and big man) to prepare them to compete on a high skill level. Because of my first-hand knowledge and professional experience, I also train clients seeking an international or NBA career. Currently, I operate my own AAU select Basketball Club of 10 teams known as Eclipse Youth Sports. I look forward to working with you.

Ranked #2 in Texas as a Senior at Lincoln High School, averaging 26.7 points per game; 12 rebounds and 6 assists. I was selected to the All WAC 2nd team and All WAC defensive team my junior season while averaging 16.6 ppg and 9.3 rpg. Standing at 6'6" I am SMU's 6th all time leading rebounder and 11th all time scorer. Since graduating SMU in 2001, I dominated the courts overseas in the professional leagues of Turkey, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and many more.

During a session, I will run a few minutes of certain drills to see what my athletes are good at or need to improve upon. I like to break down everything and re-strengthen a players foundations so that new skills can be added to strong fundamentals. My drills are very game-like to prepare my players for situations that translate directly for competition.

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Client Reviews

Coach Willie was very through in accessing my athlete and the areas he needs to work.
We were very satisfied with the first session and look forward to the next.

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Coach Willie did an excellent job. He paid attention to Chase and provided the basics that are needed for Chase to excel. Chase enjoyed the knowledge and attention that he received during his session and is looking forward to his next session. Excellent Job, Coach Willie.

Great drills and lots of good instruction. My son enjoyed his time with Coach Willie.

We’re making great progress.

First lesson went great! My sophomore is enjoining working with Coach Willie.

Nice coach

My daughter really likes Coach Willie. He challenges her drills designed to enhance her speed and agility. He models how the drills should look, then coaches her in correcting her technique until she completes it correctly. After our last lesson my daughter was very tired, but was very excited about how he was going to make her better!

Our first session with Coach Davis was exactly what Carter needed. He was quickly able to identify where Carter needs more work and was encouraging the entire session. We look forward to more sessions with him.

Amazing I really recommend.

Willie is a great coach. He’s got a lot of great drills that translate well and does an excellent job strengthening fundamentals. He’s encouraging and positive and did a great job.

Our first session with Coach Willie was great, my son learned a lot of new techniques and was actually able to put them to use a day after the training session in a real game. Looking forward to getting better and better as time goes on. Thanks Coach Willie!

Coach Willie is just awesome. Teaching 10 year old girls to play basketball must be a bit like teaching a lizard to fetch. But Willie is so knowledgeable, patient and encouraging. My girls really enjoyed their lesson and got so much more out of one session w/ him than they will probably get in practices all season in their current your sports league. We can't wait to have more sessions and see our girls progress in a great sport. Thanks Coach Willie!

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Coach Davis is extremely patient and professional.

He is a great coach. He has helped my son gain confidence on the basketball court. Thank you coach for everything you done. Highly recommended.

Had our first session last weekend and my son was super excited and can’t wait for his next one. Coach Davis was great!

Coach Willie was great with my 9yr daughter. Strong ball handling and shooting drills...my daughter even said he was nice☺️. Very positive coaching techniques were used, great first session!

Jacob had a great practice! thanks

Was totally worth our 2 hour drive. Definitely going back.

Coach Willie does a great session and I'd highly recommend him. He pushed my son outside his comfort zone with some difficult drills but was very encouraging and helpful as he worked on them. We will be doing another session in the near future as soon as our schedule allows.

Coach Willie was very positive & patient with my son. He worked great with the schedule we had as well. We’re hoping to get his help more after this week.

Outstanding! My kid liked Coach Davis a lot! Great drills and hard workout .... well done!

Coach Willie provided really good techniques to improve my son's dribbling and shooting skills. We will definitely sign up for more training.

Gave my son some great instructions. He looks forward to more sessions. I recommend him highly!!

My daughter wasn't too thrilled about having a male trainer, but after meeting Coach Davis she is super excited about training and improving her game. She was happy that his is patient and kind.

My son just completed his first session with Coach Willie and it went great! His drills are extremely challenging and he really knows how to communicate with the players. We are looking forward to our next sessions.

My son enjoyed the lesson with Coach Davis, and sure we will recommend him!

My son really liked the training. Coach Davis gave my son some very intense drills to work on that I know will improve his skill level. We will definitely be working with Coach Davis again.

I would recommend Coach Willie. My son loved his coaching and challenging skills.

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Highly recommend Coach Davis. My twelve year old son's feedback after the session was that Coach Davis reminded him of his all-time favorite teacher from school. He translated that to mean that Coach Davis really knows his stuff and is very positive with his feedback. Considering that was after a 6 a.m. practice session, that feedback says it all. As a parent what I also appreciated about Coach Davis was his communication and flexibility to schedule a convenient location. Secondly, his ability to share the reason for the practice drills he was sharing are so valuable. Highly recommend Coach Davis!

Had our first session with Coach Willie today. We found him to be positive and encouraging and kept the skills session moving at a good clip. My daughter got a great workout and we will be booking more sessions.

Effective and creative drills. patient and clear with instructions. Very knowledgeable and gives good feedback

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Coach Davis met my son where he is and immediately started to build both his skills and his confidence. He's been coaching a long time and it shows!

I have seen a big improvement in my son’s overall basketball skills since being with Coach Davis.
The improvements in his ball handling and shooting has greatly increased my son’s confidence in games.
Thanks Coach.

Coach Willie has command of the fundamentals and big picture of basketball, and is masterful at imparting his knowledge to young players. Year of year improvement from my son working with Coach Willie is like night and day. Something that sets Coach Willie apart is that he embraces his role not only as coach but as mentor, and cares about how young men carry themselves.

Coach Willie is great. I am amazed at the number of drills he knows. He has helped my son a lot.

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We really enjoyed working with Coach Davis. My daughter learned so much at the first meet. We definitely will be working with him again.

My son enjoyed his first session with Coach Davis. I noticed how patient and detailed He was with my son. I would recommend him to anyone who's willing to work hard and improve their game. I most definitely will be adding more sessions for my son. It's well worth it!!

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Coach Willie is doing an outstanding job training my son and helping him with is dribbling, defense and overall game efficiency! I highly recommend him and his training.

Willie was very attentive to Gavin and worked him hard each time. I see improvement already. We will use Willie again.

Willie is great trainer! We've been training for awhile now and I can tell that my skills have improved!

Coach Willie has been a very good basketball teacher to my son. After only 5 sessions, I can see improvements in my son's basketball fundamentals. Thank You

Coach Willie did an amazing job with my son. He presented drills that we had never seen or used before, but have quickly helped to improve my son's performance. I appreciate his mild-mannered, yet motivating, approach. My son is easily discouraged when he feels he is unable to perform drills or play up to my or a coaches standard. Coach Willie found the perfect way in which to continue motivating him, while not reducing his expectation (complete this drill correctly 5 times etc) or feeding in too much to my son's frustration. My son is learning and is eager to put into practice each new drill he is taught. This is our first experience with individualized sessions and we couldn't be happier. Definitely worth the expense. A great experience!!!!!!!

Our first session was great! Willie jumped right into the training and focused my sons on fundamental dribbling skills that will help their game.

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He was nice and he gave good feedback.

Coach Willie is an awesome skills trainer with variations as well as creative approaches to the game of basketball. Because of his wide range of experience and mastery, he brings the best all around- from fundamentals to technique development. He also has an extreme amount of patience, but is serious about getting his clients to reach and exceed their full potential! My son's confidence changed drastically after working with Coach Willie and his ability shines every time he touches a basketball! A+
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