Blake Poritz - "More Than a Game"

Coach Blake is one of the commissioners of the RBL Basketball program in Vancouver, BC. Commissioner Blake grew up playing RBL as his dad Richard helped start the league in 1997. He played on RBL provincial teams and represented RBL at the U-15 BC club championships as a teammate of former NBA player Robert Sacre. Blake played his high school basketball at Sir Winston Churchill high school in Vancouver. He helped them qualify for the senior boys provincials, something that Churchill had not done in 32 years. He was named Lower Mainland MVP that year after averaging 38.5ppg in the lower mainland tournament. He graduated in 2006. Following his graduation Blake played collegiately for Capilano College at the CCAA level for one year before making the jump to the CIS level and playing for St. Francis Xavier University. Coach Blake has also represented Canada internationally on the Canadian Maccabiah team. He played as a junior (u-19) in 2005 and on the open men’s team in 2013. I've known Blake personally through playing for many different maccabi and Maccabiah teams together. Right in time with the 2022 Maccabiah Games that are happening right now in Israel. Blake has had a tremendous amount of influence both on the players he has the chance to work with at RBL as well as with the players who have had the privilege of playing alongside him. He's one of the leading voices in growing the next generation of hoopers in British Columbia and is doing a great job at it. In our conversation we delved into: The purpose that sports hold in our lives How can young hoopers benefit from the game besides playing professionally How our failures help shape us along our journey The power of connections and networking through sports and the influence it may have on other areas of our lives What should young hoopers coming up focus on And much, much more!! Enjoy Follow us on all these different platforms for lots of great content ⬇️ Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBVd2cm-CkUHNgkfUuywbVQ Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/28lmUkC18D8afC99EBBnEC?si=137cbd1d1d834c51 Instagram- Instagram.com/sean.performance Facebook- Sean Ashkenazy Perfomance Coaching - "שון אשכנזי "בית ספר להישגיות Tik Tok- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSeyHYCqr/ 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼