About RISE ELITE
About RISE ELITE
Built on Experience. Focused on Development.
Rise Elite Training was created to develop more than better basketball players. My goal is to help athletes understand the game, sharpen their skills, build confidence, and develop habits that will impact them on the court and beyond.
MEET COACH DWIGHT
Coach Dwight Thompson is a basketball coach, trainer, mentor, and youth development leader with years of experience developing athletes on and off the court.
His experience includes serving on a 3× State Championship coaching staff, coaching 20+ college players, including 7 Division I athletes, and training or working with 10+ college players.
Dwight is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Rise League Inc., a nonprofit youth development organization that provides basketball leagues, camps, clinics, mentorship, leadership development, and career-focused programming for young people.
He created Rise Elite Training to provide athletes with a more focused approach to development while combining high-level skill training, competitive gameplay, small-group attention, and mentorship.
The goal is bigger than basketball: I have a passion to develop skilled, confident, disciplined athletes who are prepared to perform on the court and grow off of it.
why rise elite?
What truly separates Rise Elite is the relationship I build with each athlete.
With only 10 athletes in the membership and no more than 5 players per session, I have the opportunity to actually know the players I train—not just their game, but their goals, mindset, strengths, and areas where they need to grow.
Mentorship is built into Rise Elite. I want athletes to develop confidence, discipline, leadership, accountability, resilience, and the ability to handle adversity. Basketball can open doors, but who they become along the journey matters even more.
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