AboutCoach Jay
With the perfect experience as a traditional basketball player and over 24 years of teaching experience combined, James Ocloo brings both his passion and his expertise to the court, helping you believe & achieve!
Basic Visuals:
Height: 6ft 3
Weight: 105kg
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Location: Ghana - Accra - Chantan - 6 to 6
Objective:
To work as a Head Basketball Coach and perform coaching, administration and managerial duties necessary to organize and run basketball programs and other selected related sports.
Summary of Skills:
Excellent basketball playing and coaching experience
Holds strong sportsmanship and managerial skills
Outstanding coordination, administration and communication skills
In-depth knowledge of the sport and expertise in impacting it
Skilled in handling travel, accommodations and itineraries
Ability to assess and evaluate individual player's and team's performance
Core Values
Integrity Humility
Honesty Hardworking
Reliable Discipline
Summary of Achievements
1. Giants of Africa Camp - Ghana (Scouting, Player recruitment and Skills training;
2. NBA Academy - Ghana (Scouting, Player recruitment and skills training);
3. Received Ghana @ Coca Cola Young Achievers award for sports category;
4. Established the after basketball program for My Redeemer Junior High School and Brainy Bird Junior High School;
5. I have coached the NiiBoi Man community basketball team in the Y FM community games and we came second;
6. I have coached about 5 community teams in Accra and 1 team in Kumasi;
7. Volunteering and donating to orphanages within the last two (2) years;
8. I have other young players I train privately in Basketball and other sporting activities;
9. Five (5) of my players were part of the Ghana National Basketball team and and they are really excelling and contributed immensely to the team qualifying in a tournament in Ivory Coast to compete with other countries in Mozambique for the African U18 Championship 2012 and made it to the quarter finals;
10. I have organized over 20 basketball clinics in Accra and beyond for players between the ages of 7 - 13 years and 14 - 25 years;
11. I have organized tournament for the under 13 and 18 groups in Ghana which featured academies like Dynasty, Galaxy and Dynamics;
12. I coached the Pentecost University Basketball team on a two (2) month contract for the Private University games and we won 1st Position in the tournament and adjudged the overall best institute;
13. I am a former player of the Ghana National Basketball team;
14. I have also contributed to the success of other basketball teams in Accra, Takoradi, Cape Coast among others to win most of their matches;
15. In 2005, I led the Takoradi Polytechnic Basketball Team again to the Polytechnic games held in Sunyani and we won the 1st Position again. I was the captain for the team;
16. In 2003, during the Polytechnic games held in Cape Coast, I led my team - Takoradi Polytechnic to win the first position in the tournament and I was awarded MVP (Most Valuable Player). This led me to be appointed as the Coach and Captain of the team in my final year.
17. In 2001, I played with the Ghana National Team in a tournament in Burkina Faso.
18. In St Augustine's College, I played major roles in the winning of most of our games especially the GUNSA Tournament organized for the Western Region. I was adjudged the best team player for that tournament;
19. In 1997, I won a gold medal in the Amateur basketball championship organized by Samsung.
Languages
English Ewe
Twi Ga
Favourite Quotes
Official:
Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.
Informal:
Everybody go get in own / share
Biblical:
My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
Testimonial from basketball players:
"I had never held a basketball in my life. Coach James gave me a ball. Today, I am an MVP in China from Ghana."
- PK.
"Coach James has been in and out for me. One on One training and He has never disappointed. Today, I am valuable to the Greater Accra Basketball League."
- Arrow
"Currently based in the United States, when I look back at my past in Ghana, i realized that ball is life and Coach Jay was a big player in my role ."
- Toxic