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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Online Basketball Workouts and Drills You Can Do from Home!

There’s a ton of basketball content on YouTube, so it’s easy to get lost while browsing the endless number of videos. That’s why we curated the best videos out there so you can spend less time searching, and more time improving your game and expanding your bag.

The Squadz Team is excited to present the best basketball drills to take your game to the next level! We’ve selected and organized our favorite videos from expert basketball content creators below. Check out the corresponding playlists to watch the full catalogs of basketball workouts, drills, and tutorials while you’re at home!

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NBA Move Tutorials

Want to learn how to get your shot off like Trae Young? Check out this video and more to learn specific NBA moves to add to your bag in the “NBA Move Tutorials” playlist by the Squadz Team!

Our full NBA Moves playlist can be found here.

Finishing Drills

You could be the quickest and/or bounciest player on the court; but unless you can convert your drive into a bucket at the rim–it won’t matter. Lace up in this video with Micah Lancaster to learn more creative ways to improve your finishing skills.

Our full Finishing Drills playlist can be found here.

Ball Handling Drills

Take a look at this two ball dribbling warm up with trainer/influencer JLaw Bball. This is the PERFECT drill to do on your own before games or practices to improve your handle. 

Our full Ball Handling Drills playlist can be found here.

Shooting Workouts

Here’s one very important shooting strategy that’s not talked about nearly enough. In this video, you’ll learn the escape dribble with Lethal Shooter. The escape dribble is an essential way to get your shot off in real game situations.

Our full Shooting Workouts playlist can be found here.

Athleticism Workouts

Slow first step? Can’t keep up on defense? Check out these drills to improve your speed and quickness. Improving your speed and quickness is imperative if you want to take your game to the next level. These drills are perfect for improving your game during quarantine!

Our full Athleticism Workouts playlist can be found here.

Basketball Move Tutorials

The most difficult play to defend in basketball is the Screen-And-Roll... Yet many hoopers don’t know how to use a screen in game. Check out this video on how to properly use the ball screen. These moves will help you become a more skilled and multi-dimensional hooper.

Our full Basketball Move Tutorials playlist can be found here.

Full Basketball Workouts

Here’s a two-person basketball workout featuring two prominent Bay Area point guards, Frankie Ferrari and Paris Austin. This workout will help you improve your overall basketball skills and fitness! Piece together your favorite drills with the equipment and facility access that you have.

Our Full Basketball Workouts playlist can be found here.

Full “At-Home” Basketball Workouts

Quarantining is no excuse! Find a way to work on your craft and improve despite the obstacles. Check out this at home workout with Jlaw Bball–these are geared for you to do with limited space and equipment!

Our Full “At-Home” Basketball Workouts playlist can be found here.

If you try out any of these workouts, tag us @squadz in your Instagram story to be featured on our account!

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