COACH ROBERSON'S PURPOSE
Merging education, athletics, roles, and systems to help athletes discover their purpose and surpass their potential.
Larry Roberson was born and raised in Akron, OH. He received a college scholarship to Nyack College after being discovered playing pickup basketball at the Urban League in Akron. He played college basketball for four years at Nyack College and later played in the IBL. He is currently coaching at the University of Maryland - Eastern Shore. Before coaching at “The Shore”, Coach Robe had coached at Nyack College and has been associated with grassroots basketball for over 15 years. He has coached with Team Takeover (DC), National Christian Academy with Coach Kenny Johnson and St. Vincent – St. Mary with Coach Dru Joyce.
Coach Robe specializes in player development, coaching, and scouting. He understands how all three categories works together in developing and sustaining a winning program after the culture has been solidified.
Coach Roberson is the founder of Let’s Fly Together (LFT). Let’s Fly Together merges goal setting with Player Development, S.T.A.R² Training (which consists of Strength and Conditioning), Sports Nutrition, Mental Development, analytics, and technology to enhance the growth of players mentally and physically.
LFT is a company that is dedicated to educating parents and athletes by providing resources to help them achieve their full potential in sports and education. Parents as well as athletes need to be educated on how to prepare to be the best athlete possible as well as understanding the system of being scouted and what it takes to be successful on every level of basketball.
Coach Roberson is extremely gritty and believes adjusting dreams should occur before giving up on them. Coach Roberson continues to beat the odds as he lives within his purpose and his current goals are even crazier than the ones he set for himself in his youth.
Currently Coach Roberson is in process of becoming a certified as a Strength and Conditioning Trainer with NASM. He has also trained to be a scout with TPG Sports Group and scouted for Red Team Scouting where he started to build friendships in the NBA as well as abroad. Coach Roberson is normally found behind the scenes. He studies, prepares, and produces work that is well thought out and professional. There is no job that he cannot handle since his work ethic would not allow him to fail. |