Meet The Trainers

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Jimmie Parker - Jimmie started his basketball career in 8th grade at Piccowaxen Middle School in Newburg, MD, when he was 6'3" tall at 13 years old! Unfortunately, he was cut from the team even though he was a foot taller than anybody else in the school. He went on to play JV basketball at McDonough High School in Pomfret, MD, where he played in two games on a team that won 4 out of 20 that year! After working extremely hard on skills, conditioning and weight training he was able to become one of the top players in the country and was awarded the first Division I scholarship out of the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) to play his college basketball at Drexel University in Philadelphia PA. Jimmie is an Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at Landon School for Boys in Bethesda MD, and a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the program.
 
Janice Parker - Janice oversees the programs for the adult fitness and strength training for all of E-Train University's clients. She specializes in intense personal fitness conditioning for women of all ages, but particularly women in their late 30's to early 50's and post pregnancy fitness. She is available for private and group training sessions in our facility located at National Golf Club in Fort Washington MD or for in home visits as well. Please email Janice for more information.

OJ Wright - Orlando played at Tennessee State University and Bowie State University, where he led the conference in 3-point field goal percentage. Specialties are ball handling, moves to the basket, moving without the ball and mid range shooting.

Darnell Hopkins - Darnell is a former standout player at Towson Catholic High School, an All-Conference Player at Murray State and international player. Specialties include moves to the basket, shooting on the move and defense.

Byron Harper - Byron is responsible for organizational structure and development of trainers, client improvement and overall cooperation across all business functions. He is a former player at Gonzaga High School and Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at Gonzaga as well as the Summer League Coach for Georgetown University's Men's Team, where he has served for the last two seasons. Byron is the developer of the "D" School, which focuses on defense as key to player's development and success at every level.





Danielle Tinker - Danielle is a recent graduate from the University of Redlands in California. She was a standout point guard that had her career cut short by injury. She specializes in ball handling, moves to the basket and is a speed and agility coach.


Andre Foreman - Andre played his college basketball at Salisbury State University; upon completion he had a 17 year career as a professional player internationally in countries like Finland, Tokyo, and Mexico. He also is the proud father of University of Maryland standout, Landon Milbourne. Andre's specialties are moves to the basket, post moves and shooting off of the move.

Tish Few - Tish became interested in basketball at the age of 6 while watching her father play from sun up until sun down on Saturday mornings. "I remember traveling from our quiet Virginia home to the courts of the District of Columbia as early as 7am sometimes." She learned intently and was fortunate to be given proper guidance from explosive basketball gurus. Her freshmen and sophomore year she played on the Varsity level at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington VA. Due to her parents moving she finished her High School career at North Stafford where her role as a player changed. "It was tough going from a team in which my freshman and sophomore year we were the top team in the area, to a school where they only won 3 games in the season prior to the time I transferred." After High School Tish received a scholarship to Boston College in which she was able to compete on a very high level. Tish is the Head Varsity Girls Coach of St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac MD.

Fred Robinson - Fred is an alumni of Montrose Christian School in Rockville and the Virginia Military Institute. The discipline that he learned in those great programs transfers in his own play and training specialties, by stressing the fundamentals of how to correctly handle the ball under pressure and how to be a point guard in high energy half court situations.

Artie Bowers - Artie played at U-Mass and transferred to Bowie State University.  He was a candidate for player of the year when he finished high school in Delaware. The 6'3" strong and penetrating guard went on to play on an ABA team in Charlotte NC, where he was candidate for player of the year yet again.  Artie is a trainer for ETU while preparing for the NBA this fall. Artie played with OJ Wright at Bowie State University, where the duo led their team to a 25 game win season.
 
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