Top Echelon Basketball

Larry Haygood, or Coach G as I know him, really cares about getting you better. You can say that about a lot of coaches but he works really hard to get you better at the skill you want to get better at. He built a relationship with me not only on the court but off the court too. I have had coach G as a trainer and a coach and he was the best Ive had in my opinion. Hes committed to what he does, he trained me at 6am in the morning and took me to school after. And Im no SPECIAL player that has the support of a bunch of coaches to work me out in the morning, but Coach G believed in me and got me better. I saw results quickly because he cared not only about getting my talent better but my work ethic. He constantly got on me for the little things i would do wrong, and it got me better faster. And from a coaching stand point, he has both the good cop and bad cop perspectives. When he coached me at Marina High School, all the guys loved him. Hes a character and has a fun personality. But when its time for practice and games, he gets serious and thats what I respect. Also there was a team, LA City Wildcats, a team that James Harden and Nick Young played on. It was a serious program that was struggling at the time. They hired Coach G and things started to turn around. He got me to play because he thought itd make me tougher and polish my game. Because I am an Orange County kid and L.A. City Wildcats was a team in Compton, and it got me a lot tougher. Overall, Coach g was a big impact of my life and he cares about getting you better. Not to forget that he is 69, a dead eye shooter, and can handle the ball, so he knows how to train multiple positions.

Coach G was a very assertive trainer interesting multiple drills he learned over his life. On the occasion Id find myself frustrated with myself because I could not learn a skill very quickly but Coach G would help you calm down relax and help you learn it as soon as possible and as easy as possible. Coach G was an impeccable life coach as well always seemed to know what to say to give you the best advice possible for your life as well. Coach G is the best coach I have ever had personally and will never regret being trained by him because I learned so much.

My son worked out with coach Larry today, and I must say that I am impressed. He is prepared, clearly a true basketball coach/trainer. He was able to evaluate my son very quickly and identified aspects of his game that has taken other coaches weeks to realize were lacking. Larry knows technique, but best of all made it fun for him. Needless to say my son wants to work with him consistently. Also, I must point out that I love the fact he was on time, gave my son a little extra time and was very courteous/professional with me. Thanks Coach!

We were in Miami on vacation and met coach Larry for a session. My kids really enjoyed the session and got a lot out of it. He is engaging, intelligent and very technical. I highly recommend Larry. My kids saw an improvement immediately. Thanks a lot!

Anna Luiza (CoachUp client)

Great coach! The boys love him. Good technique and a lot of energy. Nice! He was good with the younger one and also had excellent conversations and gave good training sections to my older son. Thank you Larry.