Player Development🏀Owner of @toolshed_denver & #StroopeHoopAcademy🏀RANKED #1 @COACHUP BBALL TRAINER in CO & #4 in the USA🏀@usabyouth Gold License🏀
Denver, CO
Joined January 2018
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I had the great opportunity to sit down with @fandaynation and talk about my story. I look forward to working with them more in the future. Check out the full interview here...
youtu.be/j00mllhxR88?si=H8DA…
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
Basketball has been my life since I was six. Around 8th grade I noticed that not every kid gets the same chances I did, and I've been so lucky to have people who believed in me.
So in 2022 I started Global Ballers: free charity basketball camps for refugee and immigrant youth in Denver and Aurora, and a place for these kids to belong.
It's been my lifelong goal to make a positive impact on as many people as I can, and this is my outlet to support and nurture young athletes.
This Thanksgiving week (Mon & Tue, Nov 23-24) I'm running my last camp before I head off to college next fall, and it's our biggest one yet. It's free for kids in 1st to 7th grade, lunch is provided, and the goal is for every kid to take a basketball home.
If you know a kid who'd love to play, please send them our way! Sign-up takes a minute: forms.gle/j4coCRvK54XtTtb18
It would mean the world to me if you took a few minutes to read my story and check out the website. Any support or donations, big or small, mean so much, and I want to build something that keeps going long after I leave.
globalballersco.netlify.app
@CoachDre___ @RMRebound @Bball_CO
Can't believe this kid's college career is about to start. I helped him with his shot remotely yesterday, and it looks as good as ever. Whatever role he needs to play, he'll be that guy.
We used to say "good luck", but now we say that we don't need luck when we have FAITH. – at Michigan, USA
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
We’ve got 11-year-olds getting ranked, 13-year-olds getting recruiting advice, and 15-year-olds being told their athletic window is closing.
Meanwhile, more than half of the adults involved haven’t came close to figuring out their own lives yet.
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐓 🪖
Our hard hat award is voted on by the players and it is earned by the guy that left it all out there at practice that week‼️
Congrats to our Week 1 winner Jalen and our Week 2 winner Connor #GRATITUDE
The past 2 weeks have not been fun. What I thought was tendonitis, escalated to a life threatening infection, though an Orhto Doc said it wasn't. Trust your gut and advocate for yourself. Stable now and surgery tomorrow. Ready to be back
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
Lots of bad characters and clowns in the hoops world.
However there’s a huge group of Great people including, coaches, parents, refs, prospects who make it all worth while.
Surround yourself with the right people and you can go far.
A good conversation could change every thing
Looking back, I'm reminded none of this started with rankings, recruiting, or scholarships.
It started with a kid who couldn't wait to get back in the gym.
As coaches, let's make sure kids have so much fun they don't even realize they're learning.
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
Some coaches don’t realize that they’re the problem. A player loses their love for the game, starts thinking about quitting. Then a new coach, a new culture & the spark returns. They didn’t change, but their environment did. Coaches, you can be the reason they quit or love again.
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
One thing I can, with almost total certainty say: if an adult is bashing NAIA or D2, 9.9 times out of 10 they weren’t even remotely close to being good enough to play at either themselves.
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
Training does not replace PLAYING. Putting a suction cup on a pool noodle and slapping it on the backboard isn’t the same as going against a shot blocker. Crossing over on a mat isn’t the same as going vs someone crawling into you.
1v1, 2v2, 3v3 is still the best teacher.
Coach Bug Stroope retweeted
After an incredible two day visit in New London, I am excited to share I have received an offer to extend my academic and athletic career and service at @USCGAcademy! Thank you to @CGACoachJazz and Coach Martin for this opportunity!
#semperparatus
