About Zay
Zavion
Battle
Coach ZayOwner · Sport Performance · DB Specialist
Fort Myers, FL · Houston, TX (HTX)
Playing · 01 / 04
“Let’s get Battle Ready.”
01 · Dunbar High · Corner
01 / 05
Fort Myers
That’s Fort Myers. Dunbar High. Corner. Alignment, eyes, how you sit in your stance when nobody’s watching the film yet.
The details started there — and they never left.
“Fort Myers”
02 · College of the Sequoias · JUCO
02 / 05
The product
JUCO at College of the Sequoias. That’s the product. Lockdown corner work. Week after week against whoever showed up.
The tape from those years still plays the same way the coaching does now — press, sit, finish. No shortcuts around the first step.
“The product”
03 · Florida A&M · Rattlers · DB
03 / 05
Number 14
Then Florida A&M. Rattlers. Number 14. Defensive back. Grad transfer. Two years of eligibility and a Saturday standard.
He played it. That’s the whole credential. He knows what shows up on Saturdays and what doesn’t — because he had to live with both.
“Number 14”
04 · Eyes · Hips · Hands
04 / 05
The lab
The flashy drills look good. If the first few steps aren’t clean, they don’t matter.
Foot positional training. Press. Break. Finish. Eyes, hips, hands — the quiet work that holds when the game speeds up. That’s the lab.
“The lab”
05 · Battle Ready Fitness · HTX
05 / 05
Houston
Battle Ready Fitness is Houston. Lifestyle, speed, DB development. In person and online.
He films the work so you can see it. Lifestyle is life — health is wealth. Speed and DB stay on the field. Same standard over the wire if you can’t be in Houston.
“Houston”
The room
How he coaches
Zay coaches the details that hold when the game speeds up. Feet first. Drills with a reason. A room where you can learn out loud.
01
Footwork first
The play is decided before the break. Stance. Alignment. The first step. If the feet aren’t honest, the rest is just looking busy. We train the little things until they’re automatic — so they still show when you’re tired.
- 01Footwork first — the little things
- 02Intentional drilling, not busy work
- 03Come curious. Leave better.
- 04Lifestyle, speed, DB — same standard
Still a lot of work to do. That’s not a tagline. That’s the week.
On the field
Playing stills
01 / 09FAMU