Basketball
Within offensive/defensive play: Ball handling, Dribbling Pivoting Passing Lay-ups Shooting Boxing out Rebounding Full court defense "Hands off"
Osazee Omokaro - UConn Men's Basketball (D1)
Osazee was born in Nigeria and lived there for 13 years. As a former DIvision 1 full scholarship basketball player at the University of Connecticut, Osazee played and competed every day with several players in the NBA and witnessed first hand how much work and effort it takes to get to the next level. Osazee also spent a semester after his senior year helping out with the team and working on his coaching skills. Osazee was an assistant coach for the Connecticut Wolfpark AAU team based out of Danbury last spring/summer. He has also spent several summers as a coach for both the Jim Calhoun Basketball Camp and the Hatters Hoop Camp. Osazee is currently a financial advisor with Waddell & Reed, and loves the flexibility of being able to still coach and play basketball, which he is very passionate about.
Schrene Isidora - Fairfield University, Women's Team (D1)Schrene Isidora was a Division I student-athlete for the Fairfield University Stags in Connecticut, where she was a five-year letter winner. She was the 18th player in the women's program to reach 1,000 points with a career total of 1,438; Co-captain for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons; Elected to First Team all Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC); Elected to the Second Team All Metropolitan for the 2001-2002 season; Named Co-Rookie for the 1999-2000 season. Schrene received her BA from Fairfield University in Sociology, with a minor in Marketing. Schrene currently resides in Fairfield and is a marketing researcher for a global marketing company - but she prefers playing and teaching basketball (don't tell her boss!)
Seth Goodman - Monroe College Women's Head Basketball Coach
Coach Goodman has just finished his 7th year as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Monroe College. During that time period Coach Goodman has compiled a record of 190-35. He has also collected two NJCAA National Championships and was named National Junior College Coach of the Year in 2006. This past summer Coach Goodman worked with the United States under 18 Women’s Basketball team in order to help get them ready for the FIBA World Championships. The key to Coach Goodman’s success is skill development. Over the past seven years Coach Goodman has not only won at Monroe but has helped his girls get scholarships to four year schools. Among the schools that boast Monroe Alumni are, Syracuse, Robert Morris University both involved in the NCAA Tournament, University of Maine, South Carolina St. Central Connecticut State., St Peters, Maryland Eastern Shore, Virginia State., Cheyney, Teikyo Post, etc.
Elise Young - Division I, Fairfield University
Elise Young is a great mentor for young women who love basketball. Though she began as a walk on for the Fairfield team, Elise was selected to receive a full scholarship in her senior year due to her skills, hard work, commitment and dedication. Ats a counselor and coordinator at the Sarah Behn Basketball Camp, Elise worked on basketball and leadership skill development with girls ages 7-18. She has also been a counselor at Hoop School Basketball Camp in Fairfield. At the Greenwich 1on1 camp this summer, Elise got kids who never even thought they wanted to pick up a basketball asking if they could keep comiong back to the basketball station!
Gerard Coles - Former International Professional PlayerOver the years, Gerard has played and excelled at all levels of basketball. As a young player, Gerard achieved all state honors at Masuk High School in Monroe Ct. He continued his playing career at Sacred Heart University. After competing in college, Gerard had the opportunity to participate in various international tournaments in Montreal with College Francais and participated in various workouts with the Montreal Matrix, an ABA expansion team. Recently, Gerard competed in Turkey for the World Games for his native Haitian National team. As a coach, Gerard has trained basketball athletes of all different skill levels -- middle school, high school, college and other international pro players. Gerard is passionate about working with young players to improve their skills and abilities. Gerard eventually would like to be able to bring a basketball sports training program back to his home country of Haiti and help with the grass roots efforts of growing talent and giving back to all those who desire, much like the NBA does with their Basketball Without Borders Program.