When the People Who Train NBA Players Come to Regina
In November, the trainer who works with Klay Thompson and Zach LaVine spent a weekend coaching Regina kids on our floor. Here is what a Pro-Level Clinic actually is, and how to be in the gym for the next one.
- HoopLife flies pro-level trainers and professional players into Regina to run clinics for kids, on our own floor.
- NBA skills trainer Jordan Lawley and Canadian pro Marek Klassen ran the November 2025 clinics together.
- Clinics are for ages 7 through university, capped so every player gets seen, and priced per clinic.
- There is no fixed schedule: a clinic is announced when an athlete is confirmed, and the notify list hears first.
Most Regina kids will never fly to Los Angeles to train with the people who train NBA players. So a few times a year, HoopLife flies those people here.
That is the whole idea behind a Pro-Level Clinic: a professional trainer or a professional player, on our floor at 661 Solomon Cres, coaching our kids for the day. Not a video call, not a wave from the sideline at the end of a camp. On the court, running the session.
Who has actually been here
In November 2025, two of them shared our gym for a weekend.
Jordan Lawley is an elite NBA skills trainer who has worked with Klay Thompson, Zach LaVine and Paolo Banchero. A former NCAA All-American guard, he specialises in advanced scoring, footwork and the game-ready training used by pros worldwide. On November 8 and 9 he was in Regina, coaching kids as young as seven.
Marek Klassen was on the floor with him: a Canadian professional and 3x3 national team athlete who has competed internationally and in the CEBL and the NBA G League, an elite playmaker who has led leagues in assists. Between drills he pulled groups aside to walk through film with them, the way pros prepare.
College guard Phillip Morrison, who works with youth through Hoops for Christ, has also run clinics with us. Every new clinic names its athlete when it is announced.
What the day looks like
A clinic day is built the same way our own weekly sessions are, just with a special guest holding the whistle.
- Real coaching, not a meet-and-greet. The pros demonstrate, correct and compete with the group.
- Skill work at the level above. Shooting mechanics, handling under pressure, finishing and footwork, taught the way people who do this for a living actually play it.
- Our coaches on the floor with them. The same HoopLife coaches your kid sees every week, so what they hear on clinic day matches what they hear every other day in this gym.
- Live competition to finish. Every clinic ends in real play, because that is where the day either shows up or it does not.
Does my kid need to be advanced?
No. Clinics run in groups and the pros coach to the level in front of them. A player who trains here every week and a player who has never set foot in the building both get a day that fits. The age range is wide on purpose: seven years old through university.
What a young player takes from a day like this is not a new move. It is seeing, up close, what the level above them actually looks like, and realising the people at that level are human beings who started exactly where they are standing.
How to be in the gym for the next one
There is no fixed calendar and we will not invent one. A clinic goes up when we have an athlete confirmed and flown in, spots are capped so every player gets seen, and they go quickly.
The Pro-Level Clinics page always shows the next clinic when one is live, and the notify list on that page hears who is coming before it goes public. If the cost is a stretch, BOOST Kids funding can help, and it never hurts to ask.
In between clinics, the work that makes a clinic land is the boring kind: weekly coached sessions and reps. The kids who got the most out of Jordan Lawley's weekend were the ones already in the gym every week.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Pro-Level Clinic?
HoopLife flies a pro-level trainer or professional player into Regina to run a clinic for kids, on our own court at 661 Solomon Cres, with our coaches on the floor beside them.
Who has run a Pro-Level Clinic at HoopLife?
NBA skills trainer Jordan Lawley, who has trained Klay Thompson, Zach LaVine and Paolo Banchero, and Canadian 3x3 national team pro Marek Klassen, both in November 2025. College guard Phillip Morrison has also run clinics with us.
What ages are the clinics for?
Ages 7 through university. Each clinic states its own age groups when it is announced, because that depends on the athlete and the format.
How much does a clinic cost?
It varies by clinic, because flying an athlete in costs what it costs. The date, times and price are published with each clinic. If cost is a stretch, BOOST Kids can help.
Not sure where your kid fits?
Leave your name and email and a HoopLife coach will help you work it out. Or start with the $10 Get Started package: a planning meeting with a Director plus their first session.
