Andre Spencer is a former NBA basketball player that played
for three teams: the Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings
during his NBA career. He was a 6'6" forward and played at Bakersfield
Junior College, and Northern Arizona University. He awplso played in France,
Israel and Spain and retired in 2002.
I've known Sid Cooke for over 10 years. He has run the best
fundamentals, skills camps and clinics anywhere. The development of the
kids who have attended his training session have been tremendous. I've taken my
kids to Sid's training since they've been little. I now have a 6'4 daughter
who's currently attending UCR on a fully paid Scholarship for 5 years. And get
this she didn't even want to play basketball. This training has been the best
kept secret in Southern California. Parents if you truly want to invest in your
children's future this is it, time and money well spent. You'll see instant
results, from old school teaching and training.
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Anicet Lavodrama is a former Professional basketball player in the ACB League (1986-1998, Spain). He is currently You First Sports Expansion Director. You First Sports currently represents 40 NBA players that include Serge Ibaka, Jamal Crawford, Carlos Delfino, Kyle Lowry and over 100 international players in Europe and South America. General Manager of Fórum
Valladolid team, Director of Development and International Relations of
FIBA (2000-05), International Scouting of Cleveland Cavaliers team
(2005-07). Graduate of Houston Baptist University (B.A. Finance and Management) in Houston, Texas.
After
spending some time in La Cañada watching and enjoying coach Sid
Cooke’s work at his clinic and Hoop Academy, coaching young
basketball players aged from 10 years old all the way to 18 years old, the
intensity and precision of his instructions were what first stood out
for me. I had heard about his commitment with instilling a solid
fundamentals base to the young players, and his practices all focused on
stressing that the player acquires overall basketball fundamentals from
shooting form in motion, hard and fluid dribbling, the right defensive
stance, and quick reading of tactical situations to execute what was
worked on during technical drills exercises. Coach Sid was tough,
demanding, at the same time it was obvious the young players looked
focused and in a zone going through each skills stations.
I
firmly believe in a coach who pushes players to assume their
responsibilities and never shy away from a decision, especially to be
facing the basket and taking a shot when open and at the right time,
crisp and precise passing and ball movement. He was simply burning with
intensity and precision in each action he called out.
Coach
Sid Cooke is definitely one of those coaches who are able to coach and
especially to teach. From what I witnessed this past summer, his players
were very technically sound and mentally mature. He was tough and
caring. And he definitely enjoyed being on the basketball court !! I
loved that.
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Coach Richard (Dick) Marquis (Founder and Former President of the
original NBA
Summer Pro League, where he coached former NBA player such as Henry Bibby, Bill Laimbeer, Swen Nader, Archie Clark, Cliff Anderson, David Greenwood just to name a few, with the financial help of the NBA, he organized the largest amateur basketball development program in the USA, founder of Olympic
Development Basketball which included many of the top high school and
colleges players across the country, Coached at International level in over 30 countries,
including Russia, Spain, China and Brazil).
Coach Sid Cooke has the ability to break down strengths and
weakness through certain drills and techniques that speed up and benefit
player’s improvement, he teaches players what they need to know to become
better.
When we get a request to work with a talented athlete from
another country I rely on Coach Sid to train and develop these players for
college and professional basketball.
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