About
Jordan Lawley.
One of the best basketball skills trainers in the world. 13 years on the floor with hundreds of NBA, WNBA, FIBA, and NCAA athletes. NBA Pre-Draft trainer since 2016. NBA All-Star Celebrity Game trainer since 2017. Adidas-sponsored. Olympic-team host. The list keeps going.
Born in Lodi, Northern California. Collegiate All-American at UC San Diego. Pro ball in New Zealand after that. He stopped playing not because he had to. He stopped because he was even better at teaching the game.
Chapter 01 · The origin
It started in Lodi.
Jordan grew up in Lodi, a farm town in Northern California between Sacramento and Stockton. He went south for college and played at UC San Diego, finishing his career as a collegiate All-American. Pro ball in New Zealand after that.
Through all of it he kept noticing the same thing: he could read a player faster than anyone he was on the floor with. He started coaching on the side. Within a year of fully turning to it, the league was calling.
Chapter 02 · The detour
Then came the tumor.
Mid-career, Jordan was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. Recovery took most of the year that followed.
He'll tell you the time off the floor changed how he coached when he got back on it. Less grinding for the sake of grinding. More clarity about why a particular drill mattered to a particular player on a particular day.
Boombase Irvine opened a few years later. The standards on that floor came out of the recovery room as much as the gym.
Chapter 03 · The pros
An eye few have.
What sets Jordan apart isn't a system. It's the way he sees a player. Ten minutes of film and he can tell you three things to fix that will move your game more than the next three months of training you had planned.
That's why the league calls. Why FIBA federations call. Why Olympic programs hand him their rosters. Hundreds of NBA, WNBA, FIBA, and NCAA athletes have walked through Boombase. Tens of thousands of athletes around the world train inside his programs.
The drills a pro runs are the same drills the Saturday group runs. The intensity is different. The standards aren't.
- NBA/WNBA/NCAA pros
- 100s
- Years coaching
- 13
- Countries served
- 20+
Chapter 04 · The reel
Some of the rooms.
A short list. The long version keeps growing.
2016 to Present
NBA Pre-Draft trainer
2017 to Present
NBA All-Star Celebrity Game trainer
2016 to 2021
Adidas sponsored trainer
2021
Host for the Australian Olympic Team
2016 & 2019
Nike Bigman Camp · Korea
2019 to Present
Dr1ven Training · China
2020 to Present
JLaw NBA Runs + Influencer Runs
2016
WNBA Watch Me Work commercial
Plus tens of thousands of athletes trained domestically and internationally, and hundreds of NBA, WNBA, FIBA, and NCAA athletes through the door.
Chapter 05 · The compass
On faith.
Jordan's a believer. It's not something he hides and it's not something he leads with. It mostly shows up in how he listens to athletes and how he tells the truth when the truth isn't easy.
You don't have to share his faith to train with him. You just have to be ready to be coached honestly.
Chapter 06 · The floor
40 Tesla, Irvine.
Boombase Irvine sits at 40 Tesla, in the south end of town. Jordan built it out a few years after the surgery.
It's not a gym in the usual sense. Film station, strength corner, a live-action area for game-speed reps. Pros from the NBA and WNBA come through when they're in town. So do high schoolers from down the street.
Group sessions, privates, Full Days all run here. The format changes. The floor doesn't.
Train with Jordan
Every way onto the floor. Pick the one that fits.
From a $17/month membership to a Full Day with Jordan personally. The standards are the same. The starting point is up to you.