Episode 7: Kyle Jakobe of Sweat Performance/Poly/East Coast Bump

Published: June 23, 2020, 8 p.m.

We spoke with Kyle about his basketball career, training high school to professional athletes, working for Poly Hoops, and organizing East Coast Bump

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00:00:46 Basketball beginnings 

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00:10:32 College career 

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00:15:03 Genesis of training career 

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00:18:48 Developing relationships/trust with athletes 

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00:21:44 Indicators for successful athletes 

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00:30:16 Fundamental Drill-stealing 

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00:33:20 Criticism he's grown from 

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00:36:02 Motivating athletes 

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00:40:05 Importance of supporting your athletes: Ray Rice 

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00:45:09 East Coast Bump 

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00:49:19 Baltimore+ the DMV 

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00:53:04 The importance of competition and learning from failure 

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00:58:13 Discipline 

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01:01:17 Poly 

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01:04:33 Avoiding claiming ownership of athletes' success 

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01:06:40 KJ Evans 

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01:09:57 Underrated players in the Baltimore area 

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01:13:30 Advice to parents and kids 

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01:14:37 The importance of examining your circle

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