Story
Jimmie Parker founded E-Train University six years ago after his personal training business grew beyond what he could handle on his own. After the first few hires and continued growth of the business, Jimmie realized he had a hit on his hands. Jimmie had a vision of a European style basketball skills academy with a mix of American toughness and intensity. Jimmie has grown his company by finding great employees with the same love he has for the game and for training. Through a dedicated focus on customer service and satisfaction, “ETU,” as our loyal customers call it, has grown from a one man, one customer shop to the largest basketball skills academy in the Mid-Atlantic. As the company grows the motto has stayed the same:
“provide the same level of customer service, satisfaction, and results to each customer that Jimmie provided to the very first customer”
Mission
Our mission is to set the standard for being a provider of basketball instruction, for teams, individuals, and intrapersonal development in the Washington DC marketplace . We will use basketball and personal fitness as tools to drive home the skills of discipline, focus, determination, commitment, making right decisions and how to work when no one is watching, to help each person we work with become the best whole person they can become and achieve standards of Excellence greater than they could have ever imagined.
Vision
In achieving our mission, our vision is to be the a catalyst organization that drives positive change in people, sets new standards in human achievement and will create an environment that will revitalize the character traits of integrity, kindness, and teamwork. This Vision will pour back into society the necessary elements to affect positive change overall.
Values
Our values are shared commitment to excellence, integrity and honesty. We show and embrace these values by using a goal oriented approach to achieve excellence in the areas of intrapersonal and interpersonal growth, academia, health in the areas of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, as well as athletic playing fields.
Our trainers are previous professional and college basketball players who have succeeded at advanced levels of competition. They now have the passion to pass on their knowledge and skills to developing players. Learn from those who have been there and know what it takes to succeed.
Conditioning is often a forgotten aspect of basketball training, but is critical in the success of a player. Combined with Strenth and Skills Training, Conditioning can give a player an edge over competition and success at the next level.
We evaluate the skill level of each player and track their individual progress to provide a progressive skill development program. Our trainers focus on specific aspects of a player's game including ballhandling, shooting, moves to the basket and defense.