(Ep051) Tyler Leclerc: Burning the Boats for Basketball Training, Buying his Own Gym During COVID, and Helping Young Players Read the Game
Tyler Leclerc still vividly remembers the day he decided to drop out of college to pursue basketball training. He was listening to a business professor who hadn’t ever run a company and realized that he could learn everything he needed in the real world. So he walked away from school and went all-in. An internship with Drew Hanlen and hours of diligent study while he was working at a golf course helped Tyler develop his own unique methodology while he continued training young players, as he had been since he was a junior in high school.
At a pivotal point in his journey, Tyler decided to buy his own gym in Lowell, Massachusetts after new ownership of the facility he was using decided to raise his rates. He hung tough during the pandemic, driving to and from clients’ houses when he had to temporarily close his new facility due to state regulations. Since then, TJL Training has come on strong, and Tyler teamed up with Coleman Ayers to create Mastery Hoops.
In this episode, Tyler shares:
How he overcame other people’s doubts after dropping out of college at the end of his freshman year
Why he ‘burned the boats’ to force his training business to succeed
How players can develop balance in unbalanced situations and learn to make better reads
What he does to deliberately make athletes struggle so that they strengthen their skills
Which decision-making filters he uses to grow his company and find new opportunities
Train with Tyler in person or remotely through his website, follow him on Instagram, and learn more about Mastery Hoops on their instagram feed.
