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MEET THE FOUNDERS
Pasha Bains
Co-Founder of Drive Basketball
Pasha Bains has a Master's degree in Coaching from UBC & played NCAA Div. 1 at Clemson Univ. in the ACC. He's the all-time leading scorer in B.C. tourney history & MVP in Richmond's '98 BC title. Pasha was named Canada MVP at SFU. He's SFU's all-time career avg. scorer & Canada West top scorer in UBC's 20-0 season. Pasha has been named 'Top 10 Richmondite', 'Best Player of the '90's' & was recently inducted into the Richmond Wall of Fame. know more
Chad Clifford
Co-Founder of Drive Basketball
Chad Clifford, co-founder of Drive Basketball, was the former AAA MVP, while leading the White Rock Christian Warriors to the AAA Provincial title. Chad played NCAA Div. 1 at St. Francis (PA). He graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) completing his degree in Human Kinetics. He was a member of the basketball team at UBC that completed a perfect 20-0 regular season in Canada West play and earned the Pacific Division title. know more
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Once the youngsters and now the leaders in the gym, Travis Hamberger & Cole Cruz-Dumont are two of the best players in BC! 🔥🙏🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
Some of the best advice a young player could ever get 💯🏀🇨🇦🙏 #DriveFam
#tb Jamal Murray discussing the secrets to his shooting! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
We had a great start to our Fall Season with the beginning of our Fall Training Academy and our Oval Fall Club Team Tryouts.
The amount of talent on display both Saturday (Youth) and Sunday (HS) was great to see. The next generation of ballers in BC is phenomenal. So many skilled and motivated players ready to keep growing their game and pursue their dreams. We couldn’t be happier with the turnout. Tons of longtime DRIVE standouts ready for the big stage as well as many strong new players ready to announce their arrival. The future looks bright!
Thank you to all the players who came to our tryouts and followed all safety protocols.
All our club team rosters and announcements will be made at our official DRIVE Basketball Website www.drivebasketball.com. 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
We are excited to be partnering with Baller TV to provide streaming for the DRIVE Fall AAU Circuit. The service will include live-streams, replays and highlights for fans, parents, scouts, NCAA College Coaches and Canadian USports Coaches.
We continue to receive new entries from Clubs all across the Lower Mainland for the Fall AAU Circuit. We are looking forward to providing a safe place for Clubs and Players to compete this fall season.
Our DRIVE AAU tryouts will kick-off this weekend with our Richmond Oval tryouts. Youth (U10-U13) will take place on Saturday, HS (U14-U18) will be on Sunday. Due to safety protocols all players must pre-register for tryouts. Sign up for tryouts at our official DRIVE Basketball website www.drivebasketball.com. 🔥🙏🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
DRIVE Forward KC Ibekwe is a name to keep an eye on in BC. The Centennial product is entering his Gr. 11 season and recently was one of the top standouts at the @sfu_mbb Future’s camp. KC was recently measured at 6’9 with a 7’2 wingspan! He keeps on improving and has displayed a great work ethic. One of the best we have coming up in BC! 🙏🇨🇦🔥🏀 #DriveFam
2020 BC Provincial MVP @justinsunga_ will be among the many top players in BC who will participate in the DRIVE Fall AAU Circuit.
We have received tons of requests from Club Teams to join the circuit. The circuit will feature Elite & Competitive divisions for boys teams U10-U17 (Gr. 12’s included). Circuit all-stars and MVPs will be announced for all divisions.
We have already received lots of interest from College Coaches in Canada and the USA to watch the circuit via streaming.
All interested club teams make sure you contact us ASAP to be included, we expect the circuit to sell-out! 🔥🙏🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
Sunday Story: When we ran the Jamal Murray DRIVE camp, the coaches (DRIVE Alumni) and college players would play pick-up after each day.
On the Friday of the camp, a lot of guys were tired so they weren’t going to play. Jamal came upstairs after working out and said he wanted to play. Everyone followed. After an hour of playing, some guys stopped, but Jamal wanted to keep playing. If his team ever lost (which rarely happened) Jamal would say right away “run it back”. At the very end of the pick-up when everyone was tired Jamal wanted to grab some members of the Oval to keep playing.
Out of everyone there, the guy who wanted to play the most was the young NBA star.
The lesson here: first and foremost you have to love the game & you have to always want to keep getting better. There’s a reason Jamal is where he is... Keep working! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
**Announcement**
We are excited to announce the DRIVE Fall AAU Circuit.
Oct. 23-25 Session #1
Nov. 20-22 Session #2
Dec. 4-6 Session #3
Dec. 18-20 Championships
All sessions will include U10-U17 (Gr. 12’s included) ages.
All sessions will be organized with competition cohorts to ensure safety. All safe return to play protocols will be followed. Teams outside the Lower Mainland (Okanagan or Vancouver Island based teams will not be permitted at this time).
Streaming will be available for College Coaches and Parents.
All interested Club/AAU teams contact us ASAP to make sure you are included! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
#tb “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...” - Teddy Roosevelt
BC ➡️ Division 1 🔥🙏🏀🇨🇦 #DriveFam
We are having another great sold-out week of Summer Camp at the Richmond Oval. We now have only one week left of Summer Camps at our various locations. We have a few spots remaining for next week so make sure you sign up ASAP to secure your registration!
We will be releasing our full list of fall programs shortly. With the transition to Phase 3 of our BC Return to Sport plan we will be announcing Fall Tryouts, Fall Tournaments, Fall Leagues and Fall Training Academy’s for all our locations.
With all our programs, we want to ensure a safe training environment for all our participants. Our priority will be to continue following the guidelines stated in the Return to Sport plan. Looking forward to a great fall season! 🙏🔥🏀🇨🇦 #DriveFam
Happy Birthday Bean.
Every competitor knows this face.
Pure confidence and belief in yourself. The feeling that no one and nothing can stop you. The feeling of knowing you are the best. Displaying to the world all the hard work you put in. Feeling like you are exactly where you are supposed to be.
Let us all strive to live like this in our daily lives. Work hard each day and show the world your talents. Be brave. Be confident. Let the great Kobe Bryant’s legacy live on.
Thank you again Kobe, you will never be forgotten. 🙏🔥🏀🇨🇦 #RIPKobe #GoneTooSoon
#tbt We are in the final steps of organizing our expanded DRIVE Fall Programs which include:
- Youth & HS Club Teams & Training
- Youth & HS DBL & Training
- Youth & HS Training Academy
Our DRIVE fall programs will be offered at all our locations and will be posted on our official DRIVE website in the coming days. Fall Programs will begin Sept. 18th and conclude at the end of December.
All our fall programs will continue to adhere to the latest Safe Return to Sport guidelines. We will keep providing a positive and safe environment for players to improve their game. We will ensure that all players have multiple options to develop with us this coming fall season!
Look for updates on our fall programs very soon! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
“Remember your future.” 🔥🙏🏀🇨🇦 #DriveFam #TransformationTuesday #BecomeLegendary
Lookin’ good Suraj! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
“The moment you have arrived is the perfect time to start out again.” - Dan Sullivan
Good luck to Dominic Parolin who closes the chapter on an incredible HS career and heads to NCAA Div. 1 Lehigh University.
Dom is one of the most dominant players we’ve ever had. A player with high character, great work ethic and a sincere desire to reach his full potential on and off the court. We were lucky to have him!
Good luck at Lehigh Dom, we are all going to be cheering you on! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
“Your dreams are the blueprint to reality.”
S/O to Miguel Tomley who heads back to Santa Clara University today. We love you Miggy! 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam #SantaClara
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #AAU #DriveFam
The secret to winning is learning how to lose.
That is, learning to bounce back from failure and disappointment—undeterred—and continuing to steadily march toward your potential.
Your response to failure determines your capacity for success. - James Clear 🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
“Let whoever think whatever, just keep getting better.“🙏🔥🇨🇦🏀 #DriveFam
DRIVE WINTER & SPRING CLASSIC
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
FEB 28-MAR 1, 2020
Location
Richmond Olympic Oval
DIVISIONS
Elite & Competitive
U10-U13 Boys
MAY 15-18, 2020 (4 day)
Location
Richmond Olympic Oval
DIVISIONS
Elite & Competitive
U10-U17 Boys
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