Rising Stars: Meet DeAngelo Bailey of Jonesboro

Today we’d like to introduce you to DeAngelo Bailey.

Hi DeAngelo, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I always have a passion for playing basketball and that’s what I did. I played basketball in middle school, high school, 6 different AAU teams, Prep Team, and ABA Semi Pro team. Throughout my basketball playing years, I didn’t think I would have a better passion for coaching, until I became an assistant coach for a basketball recreation team in 2014. In the midst of me coaching, I saw a lot of fundamental skills that was being missed from a players game, so I moved from coaching to being a skill development coach since 2017.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
On the journey of being a skill development coach, I been coming on some bumpy roads here and there. The struggles mostly came from not having a consistent strong client base, along with having my own gym to train out of. I would normally train outside on the outside courts. By the way, theirs nothing wrong with training on outside courts, it’s just having to rely on the weather whether I can train or not.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am a Skill development basketball coach and I have my own business which is called Mental Minded Academy. I love to educate players the fundamentals of basketball and I like to focus on skills such as Offense, Defense, Agility, Strength, Cardio, Stretching, and Knowledge to the game.
I love to give back to our young generation. Knowledge is power and without it, you’re wasting time in the world. In my experience in Basketball training, I’ve been noticing that a lot of our players are missing fundamental learning. So I would like to deliver the powerful message to the next prospect player!!

Do you have any advice for those looking to network or find a mentor?
I would suggest that a new skill development coach should always study the game of basketball, whether it’s the player or team. Connect with other like minded coaches that don’t mind supporting your goals as you support theirs. Staying consistent of hard work ethic with connecting on social media, purchasing for a program to enhance your coaching ability

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentalminded241?igsh=OWNnNmNyZ3Jnd3Fy&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JkVGPLHLk/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@mentalmindedbasketball7613?si=lQZKI0SyMUfGsQQj