Tate Christiansen
SFU Red Leafs Guard
- Handsworth Secondary School, North Vancouver
- 6'4" guard for SFU Red Leafs, redshirt junior
Built By Pro, D1 & National Team Players
Basketball development outside of team practice.
Structured training, strength, film study, and recruiting support - organized around the schedule your athlete already has, not instead of it.
Who it's for
Competitive youth players already on a team, looking for the structured individual work team practice doesn't cover.
What it solves
Most club and school programs only cover team practice time, and most parents aren't basketball coaches. Axis is the individual skill work and recruiting guidance in between.
Credibility
Who Built Axis
Tate Christiansen
SFU Red Leafs Guard
6'4" guard for SFU Red Leafs, redshirt junior
Matthys Van Bylandt
Lead Mentor
Scholarship to Simon Fraser University
Aly Dhanani
UNLV Basketball Staff & NBA Trainer
Denver Nuggets front office during their 2023 NBA Championship season
How Axis Is Organized
The Program Framework
01
Develop Your Game
Structured skill development and strength - ball handling, shooting, finishing, closeouts, ball screens, passing, and age-tiered lifting.
30 structured sessions - 278 individual drills
02
Understand The Game
Film study, reads, and decision-making - plus the routine and composure work that turns film study into game performance.
Weekly film prompts and decision-breakdown clips
03
Navigate The Path
Recruiting education - outreach, communication, timelines, and how the college basketball process actually works.
6,079 verified coach contacts - US NCAA and Canada
See It
What A Week Looks Like
Structure is the same for everyone. Load, pacing, and drill difficulty are scaled to stage.
Track A - 8-12 Foundation
Movement fundamentals, ball skills, and introductory strength work.
Track B - 13-15 Serious Development
Full training load across all three program areas, paced for in-season team schedules.
Track C - 16+ Recruiting Focus
The same structure, plus active recruiting work - outreach, film, and timeline planning.
People
Mentors
Matthys Van Bylandt
Lead Mentor
- Handsworth Secondary School, North Vancouver
- Scholarship to Simon Fraser University
Two Ways In
Program Options
Axis
The full training library, strength programming, film study, and recruiting resources. Signs up directly.
Get started →Axis Select
Everything in Axis, plus 5 private mentor calls and a personalized 12-month plan. Axis Select enrollment is limited based on mentor capacity. Applications are reviewed individually.
Book a call →What You're Signing Up For
For Parents
What their child receives each week, in writing
How training fits around existing team practice
Mentor backgrounds, checked before signup
How billing, cancellation, and refunds work
Proof
Results
Axis is a young program. This section grows as real results come in - nothing here is placeholder-dressed-as-real.
As athletes complete training cycles, this section will show athlete progression, training benchmarks, parent feedback, and recruiting outcomes - reported directly, not summarized into a marketing number.
Giving Back
Beyond Basketball
Axis contributes 10% of annual net profit toward helping remove financial barriers for young basketball players.
Experience
Where Our Mentors Have Played
Our mentors and contributors bring experience across these programs and leagues - not organizational partnerships with Axis itself.
