Team Esface Basketball Academy
Team Esface Basketball Academy, 3151 Edison Way, Redwood City, CA 94063
About
Team Esface Basketball Academy offers year-round basketball training that includes Hoop Camps, competitive teams, personal training, basketball training, tryouts, camps, showcases, and mental skills training. The program uses high-intensity training with high-energy coaching and follows a development-focused curriculum. Its training philosophy includes training to weaknesses, playing to strengths, and emphasizing the application of new skills and knowledge to competitive gameplay.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Founded in 2004 on the Peninsula, Team Esface Basketball Academy operates as a youth basketball academy for grades 1–12, from beginner to elite. Its mission is to build character and maximize athletic potential through high-level training, supportive community, and a culture that inspires growth. The program highlights a focus on holistic development of mind, body, and skill, and states a goal to prepare players to play well in high school, college, professional, and life. It describes its summer offering as “the most immersive, top-rated basketball experience” for camp.
The academy notes the use of professional coaches and emphasizes life lessons learned through basketball training, camps, and competition. Community partnerships include SkillShark, a player evaluation app used for tryouts, camps, and showcases, and Palms Down Mental Skills Training with Graham Betchart.
Testimonials describe Team Esface as having an identity and purpose that is about more than competing and winning, and refer to positive experiences and relationships within the program. One testimonial calls Team Esface Club Basketball one of the top basketball training programs in California and credits three recent Esface graduates with helping lead Serra High School to its first-ever state championship in 2016. Other testimonials highlight the program’s focus on developing the mind, body, and skill, and describe it as leveraging basketball to create positive experiences and life lessons while providing a very high level of training.
Last updated June 17, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Founded in 2004 on the Peninsula, Team Esface Basketball Academy operates as a youth basketball academy for grades 1–12, from beginner to elite. Its mission is to build character and maximize athletic potential through high-level training, supportive community, and a culture that inspires growth. The program highlights a focus on holistic development of mind, body, and skill, and states a goal to prepare players to play well in high school, college, professional, and life. It describes its summer offering as “the most immersive, top-rated basketball experience” for camp.
The academy notes the use of professional coaches and emphasizes life lessons learned through basketball training, camps, and competition. Community partnerships include SkillShark, a player evaluation app used for tryouts, camps, and showcases, and Palms Down Mental Skills Training with Graham Betchart.
Testimonials describe Team Esface as having an identity and purpose that is about more than competing and winning, and refer to positive experiences and relationships within the program. One testimonial calls Team Esface Club Basketball one of the top basketball training programs in California and credits three recent Esface graduates with helping lead Serra High School to its first-ever state championship in 2016. Other testimonials highlight the program’s focus on developing the mind, body, and skill, and describe it as leveraging basketball to create positive experiences and life lessons while providing a very high level of training.
Last updated June 17, 2026.
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