Mai-Anh Burke

We approached Wayne to coach and mentor our daughter in basketball after he was highly recommended to us by many basketball families. Since training with Wayne, not only have we seen her basketball skills developed during training and during game day, her enthusiasm and love for the game has grown. Wayne undoubtedly has a wealth of basketball knowledge, however what we love the most is that he is able to engage his clients at their level whether it’s their developmental stage, skill sets or simply their mood on the day. Our daughter always leaves her sessions with an extra skip in her step and a big smile on her face.

Alex

Coach Wayne has been instrumental in refining Mike’s shooting technique and overall form. His attention to detail, patience, and ability to break down mechanics have helped him build consistency and confidence in his shots. Every session is structured and purposeful, ensuring steady improvement. We truly appreciate Wayne’s dedication and expertise!

Coach Wayne’s strength and conditioning sessions have been a game-changer for us. The combination of push-ups, squats, box jumps, and plyometric drills has significantly improved Mike’s power, endurance, and athleticism on the court. His training is intense but effective, and we can already feel the difference in Mike’s performance. Thank you, Coach Wayne, for pushing us to be stronger and better!

Candy and Nilo

Wayne has a fun and professional approach when working with my daughters to perfect their footwork, shooting and game ready fitness. He has high attention to detail and an elite understanding of basketball. In the first year of coaching my children, their shot percentage proved a dramatic increase but most importantly their confidence in their ability as athletes also climbed. Our whole family highly recommend Wayne to help you reach all your fitness and skill goals.

Candy

Start me up Personal Training provides high attention to detail and an elite knowledge and understanding of sports and fitness. The team are professional, helpful and exceptionally skilled in providing coaching services to help you reach your goals. Wayne and the team have a flexible approach, and we always look forward to continuing to train together.

Eleana Prentice

My daughter has really benefited from her basketball coaching sessions with Wayne. His knowledge of technique is helping her establish strong basketball skills which are improving week to week. Wayne has an excellent coaching style and motivates her to keep improving and striving to be the best player she can be. 

Akosita

Wayne has a gift in understanding how to connect with kids and instead of just telling our daughter what to do, he gets her to actively problem solve to help develop her basketball IQ, whilst having a lot of fun.

He is also fantastic with the one percenters you need to take your basketball to the next level. Whether it’s defensive stances, different dribbling techniques, shooting drills etc. Everything he has shown our daughter has been highly useless into developing her game.

Sue Easten

Wayne has been a fantastic personal coach for Meg. His patience and commitment as well as his passion for basketball has had a significant impact on Meg’s basketball skills.  Combining 2 sessions a week - 1 for strength training in the gym and another session on the court with drills and shooting practice has seen phenomenal changes in Megs performance on the court as well as her endurance and agility in the games . 

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Wayne has a very kind and honest style of coaching .  He is both truthful of areas of weakness but encouraging of strengths . He has grown Meg into a confident player who strives for excellence and pushes her comfort zone as he closely monitors her development and games even though he is not her team coach.  Wayne is a very rare personal trainer . Cannot recommend highly enough . 

Sonya Fishpool

Sienna has been training with Coach Wayne for the past four years, and his guidance has helped her grow in confidence as a player. His dedication and hard work have made a significant impact on her development both on and off the court. We are truly grateful for the support and commitment he has shown Sienna over the years!

Xingxiao Chen

I think that through my long term training with Wayne I have improved in several personal aspects that I have wanted to improve in. My original focus was shooting and that has greatly improved, but in my weekly sessions with him he has coached me to constantly develop my skills as a point guard. I have picked up things like decision making, passing range, different types of finishes, ball-handling, dribble pickups, footwork and many other skills that are now present in my game. Many drills and practices we do, especially shooting have not only got my reps up but also taught me how to build up form and stability step by step. From the basics of my fundamentals, he helps me practice them to a higher level where I can learn harder and more advanced moves to add to my skill set. Through training, Wayne also teaches me IQ and mental play on top of basketball, which I continue to consider in my game and has improved me as a player. We also practice my possible opportunities and roles off common team plays, offensively and defensively. Generally, I look forward to develop my basketball in my morning sessions with Wayne and I continue to improve as I train with him.

Lucy Corke - NBL1 player

I’ve been incredibly lucky to have had Wayne as my coach and by my side for the past 10 years, and I can confidently say his dedication, loyalty, and genuine care are things that I do not take for granted. His unwavering commitment to both my development as a basketball player and as a person has been truly inspiring. Through every high and low, he’s shown up with consistent support, pushing me to grow, challenge myself, and believe in my potential. I’m beyond grateful for the guidance, encouragement, and trust he’s given me over the years. His influence has shaped me into the athlete and individual I am today, and I’ll forever be thankful for having a coach just like Wayne. However, Wayne is more than just a basketball coach, he is someone that I can look up to, rely on, and trust.

Heidi

I really enjoy my personalised training sessions with Wayne. He is calm and supportive. Wayne has helped me improve my midrange and three point shooting accuracy. By helping me adapt my technique and introducing me to new drills

Sienna

I’ve been training with Wayne for just over six months, and he has made me the most confident shooter I can be. My shooting percentage is higher than ever. He always explains things in a way that I truly understand, and he makes me believe in myself.

People always ask me how I’m so good at shooting, and I just tell them I have the best coach—but sorry, you can’t have him!