Coach Norman Lai
Norman Lai, a current student at the California State University of Los Angeles, started playing basketball at the age 5. He was taught and inspired by his older cousin. Norman played as a point guard, shooting guard, and a small forward position for South Pasadena High School.
He loves spending time with kids and is like a big brother to them. Norman’s Basketball motto is “Your offense comes and goes, but your defense is always there”.
Basketball & Life: Success is a piece of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable – John Wooden
I enrolled my 7th grade son last summer into the Play Smarter Basketball program based upon recommendations from some of my basketball coach friends. I am very pleased with the progress that my son has shown since he’s started going to the Saturday classes. He learns all kinds of basketball skills and techniques including handling the basketball, passing, shooting, court awareness, game strategies, and more. He has a great time and gets to play with other kids of varying sizes, ages, and skill levels. He looks forward to practicing and doesn’t even complain about getting up early on Saturday mornings.
In addition to having fun though, this basketball program will help prepare my son to play more serious high school basketball in another year or two if he is interested at that time. Coach Marquis and his assistant coaches all provide quality instruction and the kids have a great day. Coach Marquis even uses prizes to motivate the young basketball players to do well. In short, you can’t go wrong in signing up your kids with Play Smarter Basketball.
