Active Basketball Skills and Personal Trainers in The Bay

Looking to get a workout in but need some motivation? Check out these Squadz Certified personal trainers who are currently active in The Bay Area! These trainers have a variety of specialities and skills to get your game right for when hooping season is back on.

Please be aware that each trainer has their own specific safety precautions and rules regarding Covid-19. Contact them for further details.

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Milo Academy

Location: Daly City, CA

Age Range: All ages (youth - pro)

Specialty: Basketball skill and ball handling development, basketball specific jump and agility training, shooting development, exclusive open runs. Offers basketball workouts for adult retired hoopers!

Cuftr Training

Location: San Francisco

Age Range: All ages (offers workouts and clinics from 5 year olds to professional players)

Speciality: High level basketball skill and ball handling development. Offers workouts for adult hoopers as well. Active member in the community and passionate about assisting in charity work and helping the less fortunate.

NWW Skills Training

Location: Daly City, CA

Age Range: Works with all ages (from 5 year olds to professional basketball players).

Specialty: Specializes in “retired” hooper and recreational level adult basketball skill training sessions. Offers private workouts and pod training sessions throughout the week. Willing to travel and do in-home workouts or at locations convenient to you!

ICAN Basketball

Location: South Bay

Age Range: All ages

Specialty: Basketball specific skill development. Works with all ages and all skill levels, including private and group adult basketball training sessions.

Janvier Alaby

Location: San Jose

Age Range: All ages and skill levels

Specialty: Jump, strength, and explosiveness training for individual sport improvement or general fitness goals. Offers individual and group training sessions for adults. Also offers general fitness training and advice for weight loss, lean muscle development, and general physical health and well being.

Tap Sports Academy

Location: Bay Area

Age Range: All athletes (youth, professional, and recreational level adults)

Specialty: Basketball skill development, strength and explosiveness, and exclusive open runs. Includes a variety of training options, including personal/private, small group, and online training sessions for all ages.

Compete Every Day Training

Location: San Mateo

Age Range: For competitive athletes of all ages

Specialty: Strength, conditioning, and explosiveness. Offers personal training sessions for adults.

Evolve Performance 

Location: Bay Area

Age Range: For competitive athletes of all ages

Specialty: Evolve athletic performance is a program designed to create the ultimate athlete. They focus on increases in power (max load moved from A to B), explosion (rapid increase rate in movement and through release of energy), speed (ability to move across ground quickly), and functionality (developing unique 3D athletic abilities).

Advanced Wellness Gym

Location: San Francisco

Age range: Adults

Specialty: Personalized strength and fitness training. Offers training sessions in their private gym. Sessions have a maximum of six people with marked out social distanced spaces and temperature checks upon entry. Also offers zoom workouts.

Anthony Gonzalez

Location: Concord

Age range: For high school, college, and professional players

Specialty: Group workouts for basketball skill development.

Zach Stevenson

Location: San Jose

Age range: All ages

Specialty: Group basketball skill development workouts. Offers adult training sessions Monday and Wednesday from 6-7pm

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Introducing the NEW Garfield Center Community Hub and Pool in San Francisco!

Located in the Mission at 26th and Harrison, Garfield Square Park has long been a recreation & gathering space for San Franciscans. Built in 1884, it was actually home to the first professional baseball park in California! Now, the park features a slew of amenities for a first class, culturally-enriching play experience, with Chicano art & murals adorning the clubhouse and top-of-the-line facilities.

h/t Squadz Team, Jan. 2021

For a number of years, Garfield Square Park was a nightmarish, unusable eyesore in the community. Then, in 2006, in a public-private partnership with the City Fields Foundation, SF Rec & Park was able to install a beautiful new soccer field. This signaled a new attitude & commitment to expanding access to recreation at Garfield Park, and would usher in the 2012 voter-approved Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond to set aside cash to invest in community parks.

Every year, Garfield Square park is the official spot for San Francisco’s Day of the Dead celebration complete with shrines and costumed community members. Make sure to research safety guidelines before attending this year’s celebration. h/t Day of the Dead SF

With an approved plan in 2015, the renovation project would set out to create a new clubhouse/community hub, improvements to a beloved swimming pool, new basketball court and even a splashpad for children to use during the May - October months! Construction went underway for the $19.7 million renovations in 2018 and aimed for a launch date in 2020.

Despite setbacks due to the pandemic, the new and improved Garfield Center and Pool opened to the public in March 2021! Check out the restored murals, state-of-the-art pool (via online reservation), nice half-court basketball hoop and historic field!

OPEN Soccer Nets in Oakland Right Now!

LAST UPDATED: MARCH 2ND, 2021

Looking to get some touches in but haven’t found an open net in Oakland? We got your back. We’ve scouted out all outdoor soccer fields around Oakland to figure out which ones are currently open (with nets) and have put together this running list for the community.

We will do our best to keep this list up-to-date, but things may change pretty quickly in this environment. Please email us at info@squadz.com if you find any of these courts have been closed.

Note from The Squadz Team: We do not condone reckless use of facilities that might jeopardize the containment of the COVID-19 virus. Please wear a mask whenever possible and keep your distance from people outside of your group. We simply want this to be a helpful resource for families, roommates, or quarantine units to get outside and play responsibly.

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Raimondi Park

WEST OAKLAND - WOOD ST.

Check out the soccer/football field at Raimondi Park in West Oakland. The soccer nets have stayed open on this field for public use.

Strawberry Creek Park

POETS CORNER (BERKELEY) - ALLSTON WAY

Check out the blacktop futsal court at Strawberry Creek Park down the road in Berkeley. This court has small yellow goals and lights to allow you to play after dark. While this isn’t an ideal soccer field, it is still a dope spot to work on your game and practice with goals.

Merritt Community College

RIDGEMONT - CAMPUS DRIVE

Check out the Soccer field at Merritt Community College! The field is often occupied but when it’s free it’s a dope spot to play pickup or work on your game by yourself.

Merriewood Park

MERRIEWOOD - BROADWAY

Check out the soccer field at Merriewood Park off Broadway and right before the tunnels! This field is rarely used and is a great spot to work your game or play some pickup.

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