BEGINNERS EDGE SPORTS TRAINING

Mitch - Owner

Favorite Food or Snack: Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Favorite Sport: Basketball and Tennis

Favorite Cartoon: Super Friends and Hekel and Jekel ( I love when they turn in to a lamp post.

Favorite Color: Blue

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Love the families and the kids learning and enjoying themselves session after session and every day with the kids is VERY different

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Too many to list.

Funny Thing About Yourself: Opinions Vary on This Subject.

Dawn Marie - Marketing Manager

Favorite Food or Snack: Chocolate

Favorite Sport: Swimming

Favorite Cartoon: Smurfs or Scooby Doo

Favorite Color: Pink

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I have to in order to keep Coach Mitch in line

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Sleeping Dinosaur

Funny Thing About Yourself: I once had corral living in my feet after scuba diving - ouch!

Director - Patrick

Favorite Food or Snack: Verve

Favorite Sport: Baseball/Football

Favorite Cartoon: UnderDog

Favorite Color: Purple

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Mitch is the best guy to work for and a better Coach then me if thats possible

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: All - they are lots of fun watching kids learn.

Funny Thing About Yourself: My full set of hair.

Director - Adam

4+ years with B.E.S.T.

Favorite Food or Snack: Southern Food

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Cartoon: Family Guy

Favorite Color: Blue

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Being able to help children develop skills that will last them a lifetime.

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Zap the Coach

Funny Thing About Yourself: My last name is Sebald, like "Look, no hair"

Coach Zack

Favorite Sport: Baseball/Golf

Favorite Cartoon: Dora the Explorer

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Food or Snack: De Falcos Chicken Parm Sandwich

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I enjoy teaching the kids things I was taught as a child

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Pitchers Challenge

Funny Thing About Yourself: This is the only job I have ever thoroughly enjoyed

Coach Allison

Favorite Food or Snack: Sushi

Favorite Sport: Soccer/Softball

Favorite Cartoon: The Jetsons/Marvin the Martian

Favorite Color: Silver

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: awesome team : ), supportive staff, love working with children, great families : )

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Everyone Touch It (baseball), Pitcher's Challenge (baseball)

Funny Thing About Yourself I read magazines backwards

Director - Denise

Favorite Food or Snack: Pizza

Favorite Sport: Basketball

Favorite Cartoon: Tom and Jerry - Old School

Favorite Color: Blue

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Teaching kids fun games and sports!

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Good Monkey/Messy Monkey

Funny Thing About Yourself: I love to go camping, play all types of sports, and relax at home with friends. I have been coaching youth sports for over 20 years and love to see kids have fun and grow when learning sports.

Coach Erica

Office Manager

Favorite Food or Snack: Cheez-Its

Favorite Sport: Soccer

Favorite Cartoon: Family Guy

Favorite Color: Black

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Being apart of a great staff while having fun with kids and their families!

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Hoopla - all variations

Funny Thing About Yourself: I love to wear oversized sunglasses and handbags for such a small girl!

Coach Steve

Favorite Food or Snack: Cheese

Favorite Sport: Chasing Bad Guys

Favorite Cartoon: Come On - Mighty Mouse - Thats Me.

Favorite Color: Red and Yellow

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: They pay me in Cheese. And I can yell, HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!" anytime I want

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Cops and Robbers

Funny Thing About Yourself: I'm a Mouse who Flies and I look fabulous in these tights.

Coach Thomas

Favorite Sport: Baseball

Favorite Cartoon: Scooby Doo

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Food or Snack: Steak

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I like working with kids who are interested in sports.

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: BattleShip, Home Run Derby

Funny Thing About Yourself: My Foot Size

Coach Erin

Favorite Sport: Soccer

Favorite Cartoon: Batman and Robbin

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Food or Snack: Strawberries and Snickers and frozen Reese’s cups

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Kids are so much fun! It’s fast-paced and never boring.

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Hoopla, Celebrate or the Banana Dance

Funny Thing About Yourself: I’m good with names. I usually have memorized every child’s name by the end of the first class of the session.

Coach Brian

Favorite Sport: Soccer

Favorite Cartoon:The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Favorite Color: Depends on the Day

Favorite Food or Snack: Lobster Roll w/ Steamed Clams

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I like working at B.E.S.T because it is rewarding to teach kids lifelong athletic skills. The parachute and stamps are nice perks as well!

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Farmers and Foxes

Funny Thing About Yourself: I like to walk on my hand

Coach Stormy

Favorite Sport: Soccer

Favorite Cartoon: Scooby Doo

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Food or Snack: Granny Smith Apples

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I like working with best because of the fun atmosphere

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Battleship

Funny Thing About Yourself: Walking across the Street in a Tutu

Coach Nate

Favorite Sport: Baseball

Favorite Cartoon: Frisky Dingo

Favorite Color: Orange

Favorite Food or Snack: Enchiladas

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Getting to play ball with kids

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Hit the Coach

Funny Thing About Yourself: I have 11 Siblings.

Coach Ken

Favorite Sport: Baseball

Favorite Cartoon: Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Food or Snack: Chinese Food

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I actually get paid for working with kids as a coach, and being a goofball

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Too Many

Funny Thing About Yourself: Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner helped me forge my desires as a kid to move to the west from Ohio

Coach Richard

Favorite Sport: Basketball and Football

Favorite Cartoon: SpongeBob SquarePants

Favorite Color: Orange

Favorite Food or Snack: Chicken Wings

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Seeing the faces of proud players and parents, meeting the kids and their families.

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: HMMMM anything throwing a ball.

Funny Thing About Yourself: I just moved to Scottsdale from Pennsylvania---I am a die hard Pen State football fan.

Coach Kelsea

Office Manager

Favorite Sport: Soccer/Basketball

Favorite Cartoon: Jetsons

Favorite Color: Pink/Turqouise

Favorite Food or Snack: Frozen Yogurt/HotWings

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I love being able to work with all the kids,and seeing how excited they get when we are playing games. Also, hearing them Yell GOOAALL after scoring

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Soccer Freeze Tag/ Good monkey, messy monkey

Funny Thing About Yourself: I once fell in a foam pit and could not get out.

Coach George

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Cartoon: Thundercats

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Food or Snack: Steak and Fish

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: getting paid to play with kids, who wouldn't want that

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Zap the Coach

Funny Thing About Yourself: I like to impersonate voices and people.

Coach Kim

Favorite Sport: Cross Country/Track & Field

Favorite Cartoon: Kim Possible (notice the name similarity)

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Food or Snack: Goldfish - the crackers...lol

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: Love having fun and being active with an awesome group of kids!

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Too many to decide

Funny Thing About Yourself: I've lived in three different countries and 5 different states

Coach Chris

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Coach Jenny

Favorite Sport: Soccer, Baseball and Hockey

Favorite Cartoon: Recess

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Food or Snack: Popcorn

Why you like working with B.E.S.T.: I love sharing new skills with kids by using imagination to make it fun!

Favorite B.E.S.T. Game: Zap the Coach

Funny Thing About Yourself: : I’ve had many adventures with animals. On a kayak trip I pet a manatee and as a zoo employee I’d round up everything from antelope to wallabies.

Coach Tim