I’m a youth basketball coach/trainer. I’ve played basketball for 40 years( 13 years in school & 40 years in street tournaments).I received multiple basketbalI scholarships to play for colleges such as Morehouse, Syracuse, Alabama University, and Cal State. Times were rough so I had to put college off for a few years to help the family out. I also played for Long Island University Intermediate team for a few years. Playing ball was a great experience but my favorite is training the youth and seeing happy faces on the kids. Let’s face it, everyone as a kid loved to play as long as it was fun and exciting and once the fun is sucked out of the activity the child looses interest. I never lose track of that even when it comes to schooling. Academics are very important to me and it should be for our youth as well. I do try to understand every single child’s profile to determine their weak points in life and then I give a little assistance in that area to help them be the best that they can be.