Level Up Basketball
The coaches behind your training
Every drill in the Level Up Basketball app is designed and reviewed by real coaches and lifelong players — here’s who builds the workouts you train with, and the experience behind them.
Kans Malashanka
“Coach Kans” — Lead Skills Coach
The skills coach behind our drill library. He’s trained players from age five to the college level and designs every drill around the mechanics that transfer to the game.
Director of Player Development, DNA Prep Academy (2019–2023)
Assistant Men’s Coach, Los Angeles Valley College (2017–2019)
Coach, Royal Basketball School (youth development)
Founder, Powerhouse International Group — athlete placement
Background in Kinesiology & Exercise Science
Anton Zimin
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
Co-founder, CPO, and a lifelong hooper who shapes the product from a player’s point of view — so it feels built by someone who’s put in the work.
Founder, Slamdunk — 1.5M-member basketball community
Founder, iLoveBasket — 44,000-player amateur league
Founder & team leader, basketball club “Profit Basket”
Competitive player since 1995
Dan Matich
Coaching & Strategy Advisor
A former coach and strategy advisor who helps translate real-world coaching methods into a training tool players can use on their own.
Former basketball coach
Strategy advisor, Level Up Basketball
Train with the drills these coaches built
Record a drill on your phone and the AI coach breaks down your form, then builds a workout around what you need to fix.
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