Sports Academy enlists Kobe Bryant's 'Mamba Mentality' in new partnership

Kobe Bryant is infusing his “Mamba Mentality” into the Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California.

The two are teaming up for a joint business venture in holistic athletic training and as part the 2-year-old facility will be re-named the MAMBA Sports Academy. A press release and hype video from Bryant were released Monday to announce the news.

Sports Academy operates 3 units

The Mamba Sports Academy operates three “distinct business units,” according to the release. There is the physical training academies, a sports focused venture lab and a charitable foundation called the MAMBA Sports Foundation.

The facility opened in 2016 by CEO and founder Chad Faulkner. It’s a 100,000 square-foot building with five basketball courts, five volleyball courts, two beach volleyball courts, a turf field, batting cages, pitching mounds, a mondo spring track and a yoga/cycling studio.

MAMBA Sports Academy offers an esports training ground, close quarters defense training and Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu school.

It also features a comprehensive sports medicine program for medical therapy and rehabilitation, a biomechanics lab, a world-class cognitive training lab and a learning center for academic tutoring and training.

The facility supports more than 50,000 young athletes annually, according to the release, and has become a “mecca for elite athletes during off-season training.”

Bryant brings ‘Mamba’ mentality

Bryant first encountered the Sports Academy when he brought the girls basketball team he coaches there to train.

“MAMBA Sports Academy is a natural expansion of my commitment to educating and empowering the next generation of kids through sports,” Bryant said in the release.

“At MAMBA Sports Academy, we will focus on offering a premium experience on proper training for young athletes, and infuse a little ‘Mamba Mentality’ into their programs.”

Bryant described the mentality in a video on the homepage as constant curiosity, passion, bringing the “maximum effort required to be great,” and having fun.

Everything answers the question “How do I become better today than I was yesterday?” and lives up to becoming better members of teams, family and community plus being the best version of oneself.

The MAMBA Sports Academy re-branding expects to be completed by January. It anticipates opening more facilities in Southern California in the near future.

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