NEW
NEW AT
NEW AT 10... GROWING UP, BOISE- NATIVE TAYLOR BATEMAN
WAS A THREE-SPORT
ATHLETE. FOLLOWING A
FEW YEARS OF COLLEGE
BALL, HE WENT FROM
CHASING HIS OWN
DREAMS-- TO HELPING
OTHER LOCAL ATHLETES
ACHIEVE THEIR OWN.
SEVEN YEARS AGO,
TAYLOR OPENED UP A
TRAINING CENTER CALLED
OFF THE FIELD, AND THE
RESULTS HAVE BEEN
REMARKABLE. SPORTS
DIRECTOR JAY TUST HAS
MORE...
MORE... JAY: "YOU ARE ABOUT AS CONNECTED TO OUR
YOUTH SPORTS
COMMUNITY AS ANYBODY.
IT
IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SPORT, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE GENDER, OR
THE LEVEL FOR THAT
MATTER. WHY DID YOU
WANT TO START THIS IN
THIS COMMUNITY."
TAYLOR: "MAINLY BECAUSE
WHEN I WAS A KID
WASN'T THAT GREAT, BUT I
ALWAYS WANTED TO GET
BETTER. AND I HAD SOME
FRIENDS WHO WERE
REALLY REALLY ELITE AND I
THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T
GET A LOT OF LOOKS
AND DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT. WE TRAVEL
AND WE SAW THE
TALENTS, I MEAN IT
WOULD BE DIFFERENT BUT
NOT TO THE POINT WHERE
WE ARE, WE'RE GETTING
NO SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE
TREASURE VALLEY
TREASURE VALLEY
JAY:
JAY: "HOW
JAY: "HOW MANY TEAMS DO YOU TRAIN, AND SUCCESS KIND OF SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF. I FEEL LIKE
AFTER EVERY SPORT,
YOU'RE POSING WITH THE
STATE CHAMPS ON THE
COURT FIELD, WHATEVER
IT MAY BE, AFTER IT ALL
WRAPS UP.
TAYLOR: "I'D SAY THE LAST
10
10 YEARS
10 YEARS WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE ATHLETE - IF NOT THE WHOLE TEAM -
IN THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT I
THINK OUR BIGGEST
MEASURE OF SUCCESS IS
RETENTION. WE'VE HAD
ATHLETES FOR SEVEN
YEARS AND IF THEY KEEP
COMING BACK IT'S NOT
BECAUSE WE'RE JUST
GOING THROUGH THE
SAME THING EVERY TIME. I
THINK OUR BIGGEST
REASONS FOR SUCCESS IS
ONE WE'RE WINNING BUT
THE ONLY REASON WHY
OUR KIDS ARE GETTING
BETTER IS BECAUSE WE'RE
CONSTANTLY IMPROVING.
CONSTANTLY IMPROVING.
JAY:
JAY: "IN
JAY: "IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF ATHLETE YOU'RE PRODUCING TO I MEAN
IT'S THE BEST OF THE BEST
AT THE DIVISION ONE
LEVEL EIGHT WE GET TO
THE FIRST ATTITUDE HAD
LOCAL LEGENDS I SAY
RIGHT DESTINY SLOCUM
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO
SHE IS SOME RIGHT NOW
CAN CO NALINI AT BOISE
STATE HE'S JUST THE
LEADERS GARR
CALLINGHAM ONE MOST
ATHLETIC GUYS HAVE EVER
SEEN IN MY LIFE. WE'VE
BEEN FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO PARTNER UP
WITH LIKE THE BOISE
TIMBERS THORNS
ASSIGNMENTS AND DOES
SUCH A GREAT JOB I
THINK WE HAVE LIKE 30
SOMETHING DIVISION ONE
GIRL SOCCER PLAYERS
THAT WE'VE WORKED
WITH AND MOST OF THEM
COME FROM HIS
PROGRAM, WE WORK
WITH MAX RICE COACH
RICE HIS SON LEON'S
TRUSTED US WITH HIM
SOME HIGH SCHOOL GUYS,
BEN FORD RIGHT NOW
COMMITTED TO U DUB
JORDAN ARISON ONE OF
OUR RUNNING BACKS,
JUST GOT AN OFFER FROM
AIR FORCE THIS WEEK."
JAY: "CLEARLY THE LIST
COULD GO ON AND ON.
EARLIER YOU SAID WHEN
YOU STARTED THIS YOU
DIDN'T EXACTLY KNOW
WHERE IT'S GONNA GO,
BUT YOU GUYS ARE
CONNECTED TO 50 STATE
TITLES, AS YOU
MENTIONED OVER 500
SCHOLARSHIPS. WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU
NOW AS BEING A GUY
THAT GREW UP LOCALLY
AND SEEING THAT
SUCCESS HERE IN BOISE,
IDAHO?
TAYLOR: "LIKE I SAID I WAS
A SALAD, I WAS THE
DIVISION ONE GUY OR AS
THE NFL GUY OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT
YOU KNOW IT'S MORE OF
INVESTED WITH THESE
KIDS AND TO SEE THEM
ACTUALLY HAVE THAT
SUCCESS IS CRAZY.
JAY: "YOU SAID YOU
WEREN'T AN NFL GUY, BUT
YOU'RE TRAINING NFL
GUYS NOW."
TAYLOR: "I THINK THAT
GOES ALONG WITH THE
TRUST FACTOR WHEN
THEY COME IN, THEY
REALIZE WE KNOW WHAT
WE'RE DOING AND
STARTED WITH ONE GUY
SHADOW KALE, JUST GOT
A JOB IN ALABAMA, AND
THEN NOW YOU KNOW
MATT PARATIS MIKE
PURCELL MIKEY POTTY THE
NFL GUYS ARE AWESOME
TO WORK WITH.
JAY: HOW DID COVID-19
IMPACTED YOU GUYS?"
TAYLOR: "IT WAS HARD TO
SHUT THE DOORS, YOU
DON'T HURT US
FINANCIALLY WISE BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. EVERYBODY ELSE CAN USE
THE TIME FOR A BREAK AT
LEAST WE'RE THINKING
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND IF WE CAN FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO MINIMIZE
HOW MUCH WE LOSE AND
YES NOT TRY TO GAIN
POINTS WE CAN GET BACK
IN THE WEIGHT ROOM
AND ONCE EVERYTHING
OPENS BACK UP
HOPEFULLY OUR ATHLETES
HAVE A STEP ON
EVERYONE ELSE."
EVERYONE ELSE."
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