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Hi, I'm Leonard!

LAD Performance was founded in 2021 by me, Leonard DeFino, while working a corporate finance job @ Boeing Aerospace. Wait, what..?! Yes, you read that correct. The Financial Analyst turned Coach.

I have a rich history in athletics growing up in Cleveland, OH. I played every sport imaginable as a young kid. However, at a very young age I really shined in the fast paced, change of direction sports that I played. I was certainly never the strongest in the weight room.

Through my high school years I continued to pour all my time and energy into sports, particularly basketball. You could not get me away from the court, playing year round between. At this age I began to pick up quality movement habits and a discipline approach to training. What could I do to jump higher or get to the basket quicker. I scoured magazines to try and digest as much as I could to give me an edge. I needed this because I was usually the shortest player on the court.

Graduating college I decided to test my luck as a walk on at The College of Charleston to walk on