Emerald City Basketball Academy

ECBA is the best Basketball training and skills academy in the Seattle area. Jasen Baskett is knowledgeable and a great teacher. My son worked with Jasen since 4^th grade, now he is at a Division 1 school on a full ride scholarship thanks to Jasen’s coaching and mentoring. My son was prepared for high level competition and high energy D-​1 coaching. I would recommend Jasen and ECBA to anyone who wants their son or daughter ready for next level basketball.

I just watched a 7^th grade boys team play against their top 8^th grade team and what a HUGE disappointment. The coach not only belittled his team but the other team as well. I have never seen a coach talk so horrible about the other teams players and I’ve been through 16 years of basketball with my 3 kids. My youngest used to play for ECBA and I’m embarrassed to even say it now. I would never pay that kind of money they charge for a coach like that. With so many programs out there it makes you wonder why anyone would. Don’t waste your money! There are much better programs out there that care about who they hire to represent them. If I could give negative stars on this review I would.

Very abusive coach (Jasen Baskett)! He continually yells at the kids and is not professional at all. My son became so upset at the unprofessional nature of the coach, that I ended up pulling him out. Other teammates have expressed similar comments.

Wow what a disappointment. My daughter joined ECBA for the falls season in 2012. The team cost was $ 300, plus a MANDATORY $ 200/​mo of additional training. The training didn’t work with our schedule but we were not allowed to get out of it. In the third month of the season, they closed 3 of their 5 gyms so training was limited moreso. There was only one practice a week, even though we were told there would be a team practice with the coach and another team training.
We were supposed to have two tournaments and be in a league. Even though most parents wanted to be in a league, the coach opted for four tournaments instead. As of the end of the season, we had only played in two tournaments because other tournaments had been cancelled.
The coach for us was not at all what you would expect for a club team. The team didn’t even learn basic man-​man defense. The practices were at rec level at best.
When I contacted the owner, several times, about a refund, he did not return my emails. Another parent emailed him her concerns and he got back to her within hours of her sending the email (but she didn’t ask for any money back). He did tell her that he hasn’t found the right person to run the girl’s program (um, yeah) so he’s been having some issues on the girl’s side. I’m still waiting for him to do the RIGHT thing and contact me.