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Basketball
Individual skill development in small groups, from first touches to game-ready.
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About us
Founded in Kenya, Pro Basketball Academy exists to show young people aged 4 to 18 and up why health and wellness matter. Through fitness and sports training we guide Kenyan youth to tap into their hidden reservoirs of talent, breaking down individual strengths and weaknesses and, most importantly, having fun as we develop progressively.
Our program also hosts group and private sessions for collegiate athletes, as well as basketball and fitness enthusiasts of all levels and ages. We believe that through health and sport a positive mental attitude is created, and that sharpens our core values. Join us in creating these good habits.
Mission
To become a lot better today than we were yesterday by filling in the missing links in youth programs: teaching the fundamentals of basketball as a sport and fitness in general, and building confidence and competence in health and fitness.
Vision
To be the premier organisation for youth development and basketball training in East and Central Africa.
What we do
Everything a player needs
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Fitness training
Strength, conditioning and movement for players and fitness enthusiasts of all ages.
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Sports management
Guidance for athletes and families on the road through school, college and beyond.
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Skills development
Position-specific coaching that fixes fundamental flaws in a player's understanding of the game.
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The program
Four levels
A player development curriculum where you move up by mastering skills, not by having a birthday.
Introductory
First touches. Fun games that teach the basics of ball handling, movement and listening, for players as young as four.
Foundational
The fundamentals done right: footwork, shooting form, passing, dribbling and defensive stance, drilled until they become habits.
Mastery, not age
Players progress when they master a level, not when they turn a year older. Four-year-olds and collegiate athletes both train with us, each in the right room.
Advanced
Game-like training. Reading the floor, decision making, position skills and the fitness to hold it all together for four quarters.
Performance
Competition preparation for serious players: individual plans, strength and conditioning, and the mindset to perform when it counts.
Five per cohort
Private sessions are capped at five players, so every rep is watched and corrected. Ninety-minute classes run every weekday from 4:00 to 5:30pm and from 9:00am on weekends and holidays.
Match day
Every day
4:00 to 5:30pm on school days. From 9:00am on weekends and holidays.
The squad
Kenya
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Message from our founder
Hello, I'm Louis
Our approach is principle-based. Before performance, we build mindset. Before results, we build habits. PBA Kenya is not about shortcuts or quick success: it is about long-term growth, accountability, and players who take responsibility for their own development.
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01 / 05 · The standard
Licensed, trained, accountable
Louis coaches to the USA Basketball standard, the framework used to develop players across the United States, and he trained through the U.S. Center for SafeSport, so every session is built to protect young athletes as well as push them: clear progressions, drills matched to age and ability, and a plan for how each player earns the next level.
- Licensed USA Basketball coach
- US SafeSport trainee
- BSc Human Resource Management
Photo slotRwanda camp photos
02 / 05 · China · Rwanda
Camps on two continents
Years on the camp circuit: Nike Sports Camps in China, coaching hundreds of kids who did not share a language with him, and Rwanda with the Kenya under-18s at the Giants of Africa Festival. What travels is the method: demonstrate, repeat, correct, repeat.
03 / 05 · Kigali, 2025
Kenya U18 at Giants of Africa
In 2025 Louis coached the Kenya under-18 boys at the Giants of Africa Festival in Kigali, Masai Ujiri’s gathering of the continent’s best young players. Two PBA players, Jowi and Neo, were on that roster.
04 / 05 · Fitness
Basketball is played on tired legs
Louis treats strength, conditioning and mobility as part of the game rather than a separate chore, and he holds himself to the standard he sets for his players. The academy’s fitness training grew out of that habit.
05 / 05 · Parklands, Nairobi
Every rep watched
Back on Ojijo Road the job is the same every evening: run the session, manage the drills, evaluate each player’s game and attitude with the assistant coaches, and work with the skill coaches on the flaws that hold a player back.
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Louis’s court is open. Come for a free 45-minute demo and see the method for yourself.
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One on one
The squad
Number 20
Growing talent on Kenyan soil
The athletes
Our athletes
Kids, teens, collegiate players and enthusiasts who show up every day. In their words.
The program has helped me achieve things I never imagined I could, like my ball handling, shooting and defense, all different aspects of the game. I'm now smooth and composed with the ball on the court.
My confidence has greatly improved. Ball handling and footwork are improving. Commitment to going to the gym has led to weight loss and strengthening. My attitude and character in many areas of my life apart from basketball has been amazing.
Camp day
All-Star MVP 2025
Every level, every age
Four-year-olds, teens, collegiate players and enthusiasts. Everyone gets a cohort of five and a coach who watches every rep.
In the gym
The program has made a tremendous improvement in my self-awareness and confidence both on and off the court. I am now leading my life based on principles.
The program has helped me level up my discipline and commitment, making me a better player.
The program has motivated me to do better and achieve my goals. It has helped with dealing with my doubts as I have stepped up my personal fitness routines to improve my shape to train and play.
Match day
Join them
A free 45-minute demo session is the way in. Tell us about the player and we will find the right cohort.
Every rep watched
Better every day
The pathway
Austin Omondi
He picked up a basketball at 15 in Parklands. By 19 he was playing college basketball in the USA. Built locally, developed internationally, still rising. Every stop on the road, in order.
- PositionShooting guard
- Height6′6″ · 1.98 m
- FromNairobi, Kenya
- Born2006
Joins PBA Kenya
Austin picks the game up late, at 15, and walks into PBA Kenya: tall, raw and curious. Coach Louis writes him a blueprint of handles, footwork and the shot, and one habit above all: show up every single day.
School ball at Peponi
Academy work meets real competition. At Peponi he starts playing proper minutes against proper opposition, and the PBA sessions double down on whatever the games expose.
Kenya under-18
Called up to the Kenya U18 national team alongside PBA teammates Jason and Jordan. Three players from one academy on one national roster.
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Giants of Africa
A Giants of Africa camp, Masai Ujiri’s program that has been finding and pushing African talent since 2003. Exposure: the camps are where coaches and scouts from outside Kenya first see a player.
The Oak Hill years · 2022 – 2024
Oak Hill Academy
A scholarship to Oak Hill Academy, the Virginia boarding school whose program produced Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant. Number 20. Two seasons, class of 2024.
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Basketball Without Borders Africa
One of two Kenyans among 80 campers from more than 25 African countries at the NBA and FIBA camp in Johannesburg, coached by Bam Adebayo, Darius Garland, Jonathan Kuminga and Jalen Suggs.
Sizzle Elite
Summers on the American grassroots circuit with Sizzle Elite, the program of Larry Suggs, father of NBA guard Jalen Suggs. Travel ball against the players college coaches fly in to watch.
McLennan College
Graduates from Oak Hill, class of 2024, and goes on to McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas: junior-college basketball at NJCAA Division I level, number 12. From a Parklands court to American college basketball in four years.
On to FSCJ
The current stop: Florida State College at Jacksonville, another two-year program and the next rung on the ladder. Number 4. Five years after his first PBA session, still rising.
This is the pathway
- Local athlete
- PBA Kenya training
- Camp participation
- Exposure events
- Scouting
- Scholarship opportunities
- College / pro
Austin walked every step. The next one could be yours.
Book a free demoWhy choose us
Results-based programs
We are believers in results-based programs. Developing and establishing new habits and skills is not going to happen in a week or a month or two. You have to commit for a long period of time.
- 4Training programs
- 8+Years of experience
- 500+Happy clients
- 4Dedicated trainers
FAQ
Good to know
We start kids as young as 4 years old. Our program also hosts group and private sessions for collegiate athletes and for basketball and fitness enthusiasts of all levels and ages.
Free demo
Get the experience before deciding
We invite first-time players to a free 45-minute demo session. Tell us about the player and we will find the right cohort and time.
- VisitParklands, Ojijo Road, Nairobi
- Call or WhatsApp+254 794 933 897
- Emailinfo@pbakenya.com
- OpenMonday to Sunday