August 30, 2024
Leesburg High’s D’mani Nettles Now Offering Basketball Training Sessions
By Kyle Coppola
Leesburg High’s D’mani Nettles Now Offering Basketball Training Sessions
Kids who want to improve their basketball skills will have the opportunity to do so with Coach D’Mani Nettles of Leesburg High School this upcoming year. Coach Nettles will be offering one-hour basketball training sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays this year.
Leesburg is known for its basketball history. The school has won four state championships, most recently in 2016 and 2017, as well as in 2011 and 1977. A school that rich in history now offers local kids the chance to improve their skills.
“The idea is to help these kids get to where they want to be, but also to keep them busy and out of the streets,” says Coach D’Mani Nettles. Nettles knows a thing or two about being a champion—he was a player at the school during the 2016 and 2017 state championship-winning seasons.
Those teams even produced NBA talent like Keon Ellis, who plays with the Sacramento Kings. Sessions will cost just $20, which is a real bargain considering many places charge upwards of $50 to $60 for training sessions.
For those interested, they can call Coach Nettles at 954-798-3402 or email him at dmaninettles@kw.com.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
