Testimonials

Keiko Kobayakawa Dalhousie Tigers

I really enjoyed training with Melanie, and I really appreciate her wonderful training program and her caring personality. In February2010, I injured my knee during a basketball game and I was not able to play again for 5 months. In June 2010, I was able to start defensive training and so I joined her basketball drills with an intense desire to get back on the court as quickly as possible.

Once a week we did agility training using ladder,medicine ball, ball, and stairs. She pushed me to improve and when my knee was sore,she changed the program a little to continue to improve my strength and conditioning. Since she was once a university athlete, she understood how much I wanted to get back on the court. For 3 weeks in August, I was not able to train with her. However she gave me a special agility training program and weight training program that I could do on my own.

Melanie helped me improve my knee strength to the point that I was able to try out for the Dalhousie Tigers basketball team at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. During the tryout, we had a 5 km run up and down hills, short run,agility test, and basketball skill drill. My knee held up great! To make a long story short, I was able to become part of the team. 

I really don’t think I would have had this success without Melanie’s help.

Thank you so much Mel.

Keiko Kobayakawa
#7 Point Guard
Dalhousie Tigers, Nova Scotia

Kerilynn MacLennan a member of the 2012 Juvenile Provincial Team

Melanie is a great teacher when it comes to teaching basketball skills. She has been working with me over the past two years, she is a dedicated teacher, she spends time going the extra way. One of the reasons I went to see melanie was to improve my speed, outside shooting and foul shots. All three have improved immensely.

Thank you Melanie

-Kerilynn MacLennan #10 Oak Park Raider

Sonia Radi point guard
College Wesmen Women's Basketball Team

Over the course of the summer, my college Wesmen women's basketball team and I had the opportunity to train with Melanie Talastas. We worked on a variety of different drills ranging from agility to plyometrics to conditioning.

Once season started up again in the fall I had already began to notice a significant improvement in my defensive play. I was able to be more responsive and my fast twitch muscles had strengthened giving me the opportunity to be more efficient defensively.

I would strongly recommend training with Mel Talastas because she assures great results!