Idan Ravin

Ravin has reportedly turned down multiple offers to work full-time for NBA teams. Instead, he prefers to work with players who seek him out and agree to his intense training sessions. Ravin's sports memoir, The Hoops Whisperer: On the Court and Inside the Head of Basketball's Best Players documents Ravin's journey from coaching youth teams to becoming one of basketball's most famous trainers. Published by Penguin, the book released May 1, 2014.

When coaching youth basketball in 1999, Ravin's work caught the attention of Steve Francis, a native of Takoma Park, Maryland. After Francis participated in some of the training sessions, he recommended Ravin to other NBA players. Since then, Ravin has worked with some of the NBA's biggest stars including Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Amare Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Blake Griffin. A feature of Ravin's workouts are the many distractions he creates while the players are doing ball handling drills. Examples include throwing tennis balls at players and requiring them to catch the balls as they dribble through a set of cones on a basketball court. At other times, Ravin has been known to tap players under the chin when they fail to keep their heads up as they dribble. Rarely do his workouts last longer than an hour and during the sessions Ravin is known for not raising his voice above the level of a normal conversation. As opposed to the practice of other coaches, Ravin usually asks the player if they want to run after practice, instead of making it mandatory.

Idan Andy Ravin (born December 23, 1970) is an American basketball trainer. An attorney by trade, Ravin never played organized basketball beyond high school, unlike most trainers and advisors working with NBA players.