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Wow… 5 years already.. 💔💔

Hard to figure out what to say to best sum up how i feel ….. even with countless memories, thoughts and emotions cycling through my brain… only words coming to mind are… how much you are missed…

Your contagious laugh…. Your smile, your sense of humor and sarcasm, your cooking (man i miss your homemade meals at ANY time we were hungry), your baking and those Oreo cookies you brought to Pace games, your stubbornness (guess that’s where i got it from), the look you gave when you got mad (saw that a few too many times 😉) … but most of all the way you’d do absolutely anything for your family and the people you loved…

From the little memories, to the lasting impact you made on everyone you met, to the big memories to the things that made me into who i am today….

Today we celebrate your life and we think about all the laughs we had and all the smiles and moments we shared.

You were there any time i needed you or someone to talk to. You were my best friend.

We know you’re with us everyday, watching down on us, in our dreams having those much needed conversations - watching the kids grow up, keeping our family safe and healthy.

We love you mom and miss your more than anything! ❤️❤️

Can’t believe this day has come - Ellie Cerf is officially moved into college. One of my true Day Ones - known her since she was just a third grader and been training since she was in 5th grade. Since then I’ve been able to watch her grow in every way (physically only about 2 inches).

Ellie is an incoming freshman point guard at Dartmouth College. Despite being undecided for her major, she has interests in political science, US history and business. After college ends, Ellie’s goal is to play professionally

While in HS, Ellie played Varsity ball since 8th grade. During her career, she made First Team Suburban Council, All-State, named Bethlehem’s Most Outstanding Player and finished up averaging 17ppg, 5rebs, 4stls, 4ast per game.

We wish you best of luck, hope you make new friends and memories, work your butt off on and off the court and have a lot of fun doing it! Can’t wait to come out and see a game! Love you and rooting for you!!

Another opportunity to get better on Veteran’s Day with one more clinic before the High School Season officially kicks off.

🗓️: Monday, November 11th

👬: BOYS AND GIRLS

⏰: Grades 2-4, 9:00-11:00am
⏰: Grades 5-8, 11:30-1:30pm
⏰: Grades 9-12, 2:00-4:00pm

📍: Jaci O Training Facility (4 Walker Way, Suite 2, Albany, NY)

💲: $50/ea.

Sign up by sending me an email at [email protected] or find the form in my bio or link in story! No spots can be held until payment is received and there are no refunds!

Honoring all who served, thank you!
Let’s have some fun on your day off from school together and get 1% better! 💪🏼🇺🇸

Year 3 of our annual Breast Cancer Awareness Clinic is coming up QUICK!

This year, Monday October 14th (Columbus Day) will be the day we honor and fight to find a cure for all who have been affected by breast cancer in the past, present and future!

Grades 2-4 will go first from 9-11am, followed by our middle schoolers 5-8th grades at 11:30-1:30pm and our high schoolers 9-12th grades finishing out the day 2-4pm.

All clinics will be held at the Jaci O Training Facility located at 4 Walker Way, Suite 2, Albany.

Cost is $50/ea. BOYS AND GIRLS. Limited spots available so don’t wait to sign up!!

Work on your skills and compete against other talent in the 518 and have FUN on your DAY off from school!

Email me at [email protected] to sign up or use link in bio or in my story!

No refunds and no spots can be held until payment is received.

🩷🖤🩷🖤

Good luck to my girl Anna Jankovic, Averill Park alum, Senior at D’Youville University out in Buffalo, NY. D’Youville U is a Division 2 school playing in the East Coast Conference (ECC).

Anna is definition of student athlete keeping up with a 3.6 gpa in then classroom and averaging 13.5ppg, 6.1reb/g, 2.4stl/g. Anna majors in biology pre-med and minors in psychology and chemistry with plans to attend med school in the future and become a pediatric oncologist.

After Anna’s first 3 years, she is only 98 points away from her 1,000th college point and has accumulated 654 rebounds as well. After last season, Anna was named to the ECC All-Conference Second Team.

Looking forward to what’s sure to be another successful senior season! Keep up the hard work kid and stay healthy!! ❤️💪🏼🔥

Last track workout of the summer. The group varied all summer but these 2 remained consistent.

Today we finished strong with 2 lap warmup and plyometrics.

10 200s (under :34, 1:30 between reps)
10 100s (ran on the minute, jog back ~45 sec rest, :15-:18 sec sprint)
10 50s (:06-:07 sec sprint, 35-40sec rest)

Special shoutout to .rafalko4 , .mazz and Hank Rafalko who were also at the majority of the track workouts.

Hard work pays off!

Summer Shooting School in officially in the books. Now back on the grind in the fall. Sessions start this Saturday and Monday! Still spots left so sign up, sign up, sign up!

Summer Shooting School is in the books! Monday is the last one of this session - we will start 6-7:15 and 7:15-8:30. Fall sessions will start back to back and begin next Saturday!!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!!

Next Level Training Academy will CONTINUE this FALL with 2 sessions per week all the way until mid-November.

2 more opportunities to get stronger, faster and overall BETTER! Circuit training into skills, drills and competitions!

Sign up for 1x per week or 2x - small class size. Email me at [email protected] to sign up! No refunds or credits. Spots are not held until payment is received!!

Let’s get to work!

2 Opportunites THIS FALL to work on your shot and get ready for season. First session starts next Saturday, September 7th and Monday, September 9th and will carry halfway thru October leading right into our second session of the fall,

Shooting School will continue throughout the winter but will cut down to 1 time per week on Saturday mornings only.

Sign up for 1x per week or both - email me at [email protected] . Small groups only so limited spots are available. We cannot hold your spot until payment is received.

No refunds or credits per session!

Let’s get to work!!

Good luck to my girl Emily Smith, Greenville HS grad, as she heads off for her Freshman year at SUNY Plattsburgh!

Emily was the captain of her varsity team, graduated high school with a perfect 4.0 and will be majoring in Environmental Studies with the plan to be a Marine biologist.

I’ve trained Emily for 3+ years working on her handle, tweaking her jumpshot and becoming a real leader on the court. I’m proud of your progress on the court and your growth as an all around person.

Looking forward to all the successes you will have in the next chapter of your life. Can’t wait to see some games this year! Keep up the hard work! Love ya kid! ❤️

2 awesome groups to finish out Compete Day and our Last Skill Week of the Summer! Great work to everyone all summer long!

Keep working as season gets closer. We have shooting clinics, next level training, groups and individuals all fall so if you’re looking to get in the gym —— this is your place to be!

Finished up Compete Day for our Little Hoopers this morning. The Pink Poops (team name courtesy of the other team) won the week! 🏆

Coming down to our last couple days of track workouts. Today we hit the hills behind Shaker HS.

Plyometrics Warmup

10 Sprints
5 backpedals

10 sprints
5 backpedals

4 sprints
2 backpedals
2 slides right
2 slides left

Easy day! 💪🏼🔥

Couple flix from our first 2 days of skill clinics. Monday started us off with our PG Academy and today with our Scorers Clinic. Getting ready to finish the week with our Intensity Clinic tomorrow and Compete Clinic on Thursday. We’re halfway there!

Ready to bring the NOISE tomorrow!

Wishing the best of luck to Kendall Abraham, Colonie grad, as she enters her freshman year at Utica College set to play as a shooting guard for Coach Davis.

Kendall and her Varsity team just won the AAA Championship this past season. She finished high school with an outstanding 4.0 and plans to study psychology while at Utica.

Kendall has been consistent this summer working on handling pressure and extending her range. Can’t wait to check out a game this season! Stay focused, keep working hard and have fun! 💪🏼❤️🏀

Shoutout my girl Lidia Boucher, heading back to SUNY Oneonta for her Junior year and playing for Coach Daphne. Lidia is an athletic wing with the versatility to play some post as needed.

Lid’s major is psychology and thinks she may go into sports psych after she finishes up school. This semester she will also be declaring a Computer Art Focus on Digital Photography and Videography as a minor. She also intends to join the Psi Chi International Society!

Lidia has been working this summer to become a lock up defender, get in the best shape possible and to become a consistent jump shooter.

I’m excited for your growth and to watch you progress in life, your career goals and on the basketball court! Keep working hard and have a lot of fun, but not too much fun 😉 . Can’t wait to see a game this upcoming season!

Track Thursday turned to stadiums and circuit day!

Warmup:
2 laps jog
Plyometrics
2 laps sprint straightaway, jog curves

Circuit: 5 Rounds

Stadiums
Regular pushups
Dips
Specialty Push-ups
Core

Cool Down:
2 Laps

Switched it up a bit today but still put the work in! 💪🏼

Can’t believe it’s already that time of the summer when my college kids go to all their perspective schools!

Tori Russo, Shaker HS - Freshman at SUNY Plattsburgh, playing in the SUNYAC conference - Shooting Guard. Tori finished out high school with a 3.6 gpa, captain of her Varsity basketball team and will be studying Criminal Justice.

Tori committed to the weight room all summer long and was in the gym expanding her shooting range, working on her handle and movement within the offense. I’m excited to see your growth and where the game will take you.

We wish you the best of luck! Stay focused, work hard, make friends and connections and have fun! Love you and always one text away! 💪🏼❤️🏀

Our team >>>

Warmup: 1 Lap Warmup
Plyometrics/Short Sprints

Workout:
10 - 200s
5 - 100s

Good work from the squad today!!!

Happy Thursday!!

This group went hard today!

Started with 2 lap warmup and plyometrics

1 - 400 (straightaways only - goal :75sec)
2.5 minute rest
1 - 300 (straightaways only - goal under :55sec)
2 min rest
5 - 200s (straightaways only - goal :33-:35sec ea - :75 sec break between ea)
5 - 100s (goal :15-17sec. ea. - :60sec rest between ea)
5 - 50s (goal :6-7sec. Ea. - :45sec rest between ea)

1 - Cool Down Lap After

Good work to send us into the weekend!

where’s Beth??? 🤔🥴.dobrich have fun with your sleds tonight 😈😈

‼️‼️ ATTENTION ALL ‼️‼️

I’ve decided to add one more week of Skill Clinics to finish out this summer the STRONG way! 💪🏼🔥
All clinics will be held at my gym, located at 4 Walker Way in Albany.

Monday: Point God Clinic will focus on handling the rock, protecting the ball and handling pressure, court vision and playmaking.

Tuesday: In the Scorers Clinic, we will work on scoring from all 3 levels. Become an unstoppable scorer able to finish at the rim, the midrange and from deep.

Wednesday: Intensity Clinic. In this clinic, we will work on being the aggressors on defense, bringing the noise, and the pressure while also working on the other side of the ball, staying composed and poised under pressure.

Thursday - Compete Clinic. The best way to work on your individual skills is to try them out against live defense. This clinic will have you competing in all aspects of basketball (dribbling, shooting, 1v1s, 2v2s, 3v3s and more). Compete against yourself and others. How bad do you want to win?

Boys and Girls, sign up with your age! Sign up for 1, 2, 3 or all 4. Email me for the signup form at [email protected] . Spots are not secured until payment is sent!!!

Last set of clinics were SOLD OUT - Don’t wait til it’s too late to sign up!!

Sign up if you’re ready to WORK, GET BETTER and HAVE FUN to wrap up this summer!

Saturday morning track work ☀️💪🏼

2 lap warmup
Plyos

3 - 300s
5 - 100s
5 - 50s

Happy Saturday!

Finished up a crazy week with competition day at our Next Level Training Academy. Next session starts this Saturday!

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Wrapped up Skills Week with our Compete Clinic today! Got after it and added in a little fun! Keep your 👀 peeled for what’s next to come!

“When the good players get tired, the great players kick their ass.” - Geno Auriemma

We train to not get tired. Today’s workout was a doozy.

Big Hill:
4 Sprints
4 Backpedals
4 Slides

Little Hill: (active recovery)
4 Sprints

Big Hill:
4 Sprints
4 Backpedals
4 Slides

Little Hill: (active recovery)
4 Sprints

Big Hill:
2 Sprints
2 Backpedals
4 Slides

Little Hill: (finisher)
4 Slides

Great players don’t get tired! 💪🏼

HS Squad went HARD today at the Footwork Clinic! We worked on agilities, defense, ballhandling, shooting and much more. Earned our Compete Day tomorrow! 💪🏼💪🏼

Happy from the Funky Bunch this morning at our Footwork Clinic!

Squaaaaaad. In the middle school Hard 2 Guard Clinic today, we worked on being able to finish with both hands, some new hesitation moves to help get by our defenders and scoring at all 3 levels.

Tomorrow is FOOTWORK day! See you guys there!

Nothing starts a Tuesday better than a track workout. Even during clinic week, can’t slow us down!