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ABOUT ME

Brandon Thomas

I want to make a difference in young athletes by creating an environment where kids develop their skills. My soul purpose is to reach the hearts of many and assist student-athletes in achieving their goals on and off the court.

My Bio

Thomas attended De La Salle High school, Diablo Valley College and Whittier College under Head Coaches Frank Allocco, Steve Coccimiglio and Rock Carter.

Thomas has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology. Specialization in CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist) and PES (Performance Exercise Specialist) in the NASM program.

Thomas has experience coaching at the college level as the assistant coach at Citrus College in 2013 under Head Coach Chris Victor and currently at Laney College under Head Coach Ramaundo Vaughn.

Thomas also has experience coordinating camps as he has worked for numerous Golden State Warriors youth basketball camps under Jeff Addiego.

Brandon is part of the team of Accelerate Basketball Training that assists in Stephen Curry’s off season player development workouts under Brandon Payne.

Thomas has experience in working out numerous of NBA, college and elite high school players. Notable players like Seth Curry, Damion Lee, Cam Reddish, Michael Porter JR, Jalen Green and many others.

Level THe Playing Field

Spark My Sport

Spark my Sport is an online sports coaching platform that lets coaches train young athletes remotely and provide virtual feedback. In addition, it helps the sporting community support and celebrates the success of the young athletes.

Young athletes and parents who use our app have access to personalized, round-the-clock training from professional coaches, all at the touch of a button. Video recordings of games and practices can be shared between coach, player, and parent in real-time, allowing for annotation and isolation of areas in need of improvement. These recordings also serve as a basis for assigning drills and at-home exercises, as well as a metric for visible improvement a young athlete can track over time.

Empower coaches with technological tools to market and monetize

Our Advantages:

  • Founding Team – Professional athletes, pro players, coaches, and technology steward.
  • Market – Future $B companies would be in sports science powered by AI, biometric and head maps.
  • Product – Build by professional athletes, pro-coaches, and technologists and data scientists.
  • Acquisition – Word of mouth from grass root level coaches.
  • Monopoly- Spark My Sport will grow by network effects for sporting communities to connect, communicate, collebrate and celebrate.

Where we are:

  • Initial Capital Invested
  • The prototype was successfully field-tested in August 2021
  • Launch on Apple Store earned 600+ organic users with zero advertisements.
  • The Grassroots campaign led to the acquisition of users and long-term relationships with all-star coaches in the Bay Area.
  • Positive feedback from parents, coaches, and players. Numerous 5-star ratings on iOS App Store.
  • Market fit confirmed with reasonable price point coaches and parents are willing to pay.
  • Basketball-specific and available to users in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Where We’re Going

  • Aggressive targeting of three (3) focused markets:
  • High School Coaches and Athletes
  • Private Sports Clubs and Universities (All Divisions/Levels)
  • Professional Coaches and Players

Expansion of our team:

  • Further, develop AI and proprietary video review technology integrations.
  • Grow to encompass all other sports.
  • Provide availability in all 50 states, then attack the global market.

Further application of our product and beyond:

  • Focus to other sports, Physical therapy, medical and rehabilitation spaces.
  • Any other field where real-time instruction and annotation surrounding a recorded video would be helpful.

Funding:

  • Seeking $500,000 seed Investment to build the Coaching platform
  • Target close by: Dec 31, 2021
  • $100,000 committed

So we can:

  • Acquire 5,000 unique users and 500 coaches
  • Expand to additional markets to prove the validity of the business model
  • Scale team, infrastructure, and app community