Brick by Brick Performance Training

Coach Sean talks to Jay Anderson about his life as a scout and videographer for grassroots and high-school basketball on the East Coast. Jay is also a multi-media professional, he takes his talents of writing, recording videos, and scouting to help young players get the exposure they need in order to get to the next level. He is also a very grounded individual who takes pride in being a role model for himself and others. He knows he can play a huge role in molding the next generation of basketball players to be better women and men, which is why he speaks so openly about his past, his mistakes, his darkest moments, and uses those things as lessons for others to learn from. Coach Sean and Jay spoke about a lot, but here here are a few main ones

- How did you get started?

- What do you mean by finding your "inner critic"?

- What is the difference between a dog mentality versus a wolf mentality

Harry started out training his own teammates at the rec center at Brooklyn College, where he played. From there he created a relationship with other co-founder Steven Diaz. Harry was grinding hard between school and his first Trainee Jermaine Sanders that played at Cincinnati. He was able to gain access to workout at St. Thomas Aquinas and have primetime hoops record his workouts which helped them attract high school talent. This then led to them training the top high school talent in the Tri-State Area. Harry decided to sit down with Coach Sean and talk about honing his craft in motion design, finding your niche, embracing your role in life for what you do well, and also the viral videos he was apart of.  

- You are never ready for anything in life but the thing is are you willing to endure what comes next during the process in order to get to the other side?

- Are you working to make it or are you working to break records?

- We all say there is a cost we have to pay when pursuing success, yet, we never discuss the feminine principles that come with it asides from the masculine which is late nights, early mornings, and outworking the competition.

o The feminine side is healing from past trauma, allowing yourself to be still and find clarity, learning from your mistakes which allows you to conform it to wisdom, and most importantly understanding where you are and being at peace now in the journey.

- The power of being unique and creating an environment to be you and the best version of you.

- Planning is okay but be able to create systems that allow you to adapt to current events.

o The point of a plan is to get from point a to point b, focusing on still doing that instead of worrying about the plan folding is where you should direct your focus.

We sat down with Killian Hamilton of Pre-Script and K2 Coaching, and we talked about his background as a carpenter, and how he first got started as a trainer. We also discussed the importance of finding your niche as a player and also as a coach. The niche will allow you to build upon it consistently and provide more value to the team. Killian and Sean, also dived into understanding the true concept of being you and working hard to be the best version of yourself. Killian has been a strength coach for 10 years now and has used his experience and connections to build a career of coaching other coaches and providing high quality educational services for people within the strength and conditioning. 

We sat down with Mark Williams of Team Footprintz, a basketball company based out of New York City, about his role as a coach and mentor. We asked Mark what are the hurdles he sees his athletes deal with growing up in the inner city of NYC.