🚨New Episode of Elevate Your Game coming this Monday
Father, Former Overseas Pro and Player Developer Rob Valentine (@pt_flash )
Tune in as we discuss
✅ His Journey to Playing Overseas
✅ Overcoming Hardships to Become Successful
✅ Developing Players to Play with A Chip on Their Shoulder
…and much more
#elevateyourgame #basketball
Gotta give back every chance we get. Thank you to @air_west@nikela for another chance to spread some love to the youth of la. Remember The Work Always Shows!
🎥 @nadiia.sc
🎄🏀The jerseys are in and the matchup is about to get REAL! Who you got this year: Top Elves on the Shelf or Grinch Gang? 👀🔥
First up, we have last years MVP, Rob giving you a first look at this year’s jersey! Is it a YAY OR NAY? Let us know in the comments.
Huge shoutout to everyone who hit the court for last year’s charity game, and thank you in advance to all the hoopers signing up to run it back for a cause. Your support helps us pour into the youth of South Central LA with hope, resources, and holiday cheer.
Ready to play for purpose?
🔗 Click the link in bio to sign up.
All donations directly support our mission. 💜🏀🎁
And as a thank you for your support, this year each player gets to keep their jersey #TopElves #GrinchGang
Today’s challenge revisits the Shammgod dribble with Coach Rob Valentine (@pt_flash ). We’ve done variations of this move also known as a Pound-Pull dribble on days 92, 122, 144 and 210.
Coach Valentine emphasizes that in order to pull this move off effectively, you have to move forward as opposed to side-to-side. This will keep your defender on their heels while you make the change of direction more dramatic.
Start with the ball in your left hand and pound the ball out in front of you. With your right hand, complete a wide v-dribble to a between-the-legs dribble back to the left for the same hand same leg layup finish.
So tough!
#HooperHomework #TWAS
Year one in the books and I couldn't have hoped for a better outcome. Basketball the thing that help me travel the world and molded me in way most will never know. Being named head coach in one of the most prestigious league in states really showed me a lot. Learned from my mistake and understanding the game from this perspective has shown me the next level of the game. Can't wait for next year and the years to come
@keyz0501 thank you for the opportunity to develop and learn @drewleague thank you for showing me love this year as a new head coach
Big shout out to my brother and my dog and our sponsors @theboymaca@fnf_fades thanks for always believing in it's a start to great things.
AirWest Recap 07.09.25. Tons of reps. Mixing it up and learning some new things. Testing our limits and making mistakes, but most importantly, getting better.
#ComeGetBetter
Today’s drill builds on the exercise from Day 163.
Our @air_west and @valentineelitebasketball Coach Rob Valentine (@pt_flash ) challenges us to move our hands quicker on each rep and do a pyramid markup, meaning you add to the activity each time until you reach a specified number (5), then decreasing back down to zero.
This was a tough one and we’ll definitely have to work on it to clean it up!
#HooperHomework
Recap of last night’s @air_west session (5.21.25). We emphasized forward progression with our ball handling to maintain pressure on the defense, a few offensive actions and counters, and we played some full court 1v1.
Always appreciate the guidance from @pt_flash and @zdidit2 who hold us accountable to skills that actually work in games. And love working with @melvin.bball who forces us to get better!
#comegetbetter #TWAS #theworkalwaysshows
We want to wish a very special Happy Birthday to hooper extraordinaire, deadeye shooter, coach, trainer, youth developer, mentor, friend, brother and wannabe boxer, Rob Valentine aka @pt_flash . Here’s to many more.
#TWAS #tilthewheelsfalloff
