Who’s on the floor with your athlete

Youth athletic development in Pasadena, CA

Our programs are built and led by coaches who have competed and coached at the highest levels, including Division I and professional sport. Every coach on the floor is credentialed, trained in The Jump Lab Method™, and held to that same standard.

Meet your coaches at The Jump Lab™

Parents ask one question before anything else: who is watching my kid. Certification is where we start, not where we finish. Every coach here is trained in our system, assessed on their coaching, and accountable for what happens to your athlete’s numbers.

Co-Owner

Brad Tatum

Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel turned entrepreneur, Brad brings 20 years of high-stakes leadership and aerospace program-management rigor to The Jump Lab. He steers the big-picture vision—shaping strategy, marketing, finance, legal compliance, and people operations—to keep our business engine firing on all cylinders. Brad’s battlefield-tested focus and commitment to transparent excellence empower our coaches, elevate our brand, and ensure every athlete trains inside a world-class, purpose-built system.

Co-Owner

Santina Tatum

The operational architect behind The Jump Lab’s athlete-first ecosystem, Santina pairs 19 years of corporate-operations expertise with an uncanny talent for building community. She spearheaded our game-changing, data driven progression model that includes recurring performance testing that lets athletes track progress like pros. Overseeing daily operations, CRM, and member relations, Santina turns strategic vision into flawless execution—so families feel informed, motivated, and part of something bigger while athletes focus on chasing greatness.

Performance Coach

Cedrick Wright

Cedrick Wright is a performance coach and movement specialist dedicated to developing faster, stronger, and more resilient athletes. A former four-star football recruit out of Gulliver Preparatory School, he went on to compete at the NCAA Division I level at the University of Miami, an experience that instilled the discipline, work ethic, and high-motor mentality that now define his coaching philosophy. Cedrick is a NASM Certified Performance Coach and EXOS Certified, pairing evidence-based training methods with years of hands-on coaching. His experience includes serving as Defensive Backs Coach at Gulliver Preparatory School and South Florida Express and Assistant Strength Coach at Dorsey High School, working with athletes from youth and high school through the collegiate and professional levels. He specializes in speed development, movement mechanics, strength and conditioning, and position-specific performance, and he earned his degree in cybersecurity while building his career in sports performance. Known for relentless energy, attention to detail, and an athlete-first approach, Cedrick works to create an environment where athletes develop confidence, discipline, and the physical tools to excel in sport and in life.

Performance Coach

Joe Lake

Joe Lake is a defensive back by trade and a coach by calling. After playing at Cathedral High School, he continued at defensive back for Glendale College and Azusa Pacific University before playing professionally in the Arena Football League with the Ontario Warriors in 2012 and earning a tryout with the San Jose SaberCats in 2014. Joe moved into coaching in 2016 as Defensive Backs Coach at his alma mater, Cathedral High School, then spent three seasons coaching defensive backs and wide receivers at Glendale Community College. He went on to coach defensive backs at Los Angeles Valley College and wide receivers at San Marino High School. Across more than a decade of coaching and private training, he has worked with athletes who have gone on to compete at the highest levels of college and professional football. Joe is currently completing his certification through EXOS. He brings a position coach’s eye for detail and a competitor’s standard to every athlete he trains.

Performance Coach

Ray Li

Ray Li is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and sports performance coach who blends real science with real results. He earned his degree at Pepperdine University with a minor in sports medicine, trained under biomechanics specialist Conor Harris, and was published as an undergraduate researcher for work studying how slosh pipe training improves balance and stability. Ray has helped train more than 100 NCAA Division I athletes as a Strength and Conditioning Intern at Pepperdine and has coached more than 100 adults across a wide range of fitness levels at Allegiate Gym. He also coaches adaptive classes for neurodivergent adults through Creative Steps and has shadowed clinicians at LPI, a physical therapy clinic in the San Gabriel Valley. At The Jump Lab™, Ray works with elite youth athletes, bringing a research-backed, well-rounded approach and a real enthusiasm for helping athletes move better.

Co-Owner

Santina Tatum

The operational architect behind The Jump Lab’s athlete-first ecosystem, Santina pairs 19 years of corporate-operations expertise with an uncanny talent for building community. She spearheaded our game-changing, data driven progression model that includes recurring performance testing that lets athletes track progress like pros. Overseeing daily operations, CRM, and member relations, Santina turns strategic vision into flawless execution—so families feel informed, motivated, and part of something bigger while athletes focus on chasing greatness.

Performance Coach

Andrea Huerta

Andrea Huerta was born and raised in Pasadena, where she competed in volleyball, soccer, track, and varsity cross country at Mayfield Senior School. She went on to the University of San Diego and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry while working alongside the university’s sports medicine team, providing sideline care and assisting in athlete rehabilitation for Division I football, men’s tennis, volleyball, and men’s basketball. Andrea is currently completing her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Azusa Pacific University with the goal of becoming a sports physical therapist. She provides in-season athlete care with the APU sports medicine staff and is a member of a physical therapy research lab with publication expected in the coming months. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA. Andrea enjoys working with athletes at every age and brings an uncommon combination of rehabilitation knowledge and strength training, helping athletes build durability alongside performance.

Performance Coach

Isabel Moran

Isabel Moran holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from California State University, Northridge. As a strength and conditioning coach, she has worked with athletes at every stage of development, from youth athletes to collegiate and men’s and women’s semi-professional teams. Through strength and conditioning internships at USC and CSUN, she assisted with performance programs for collegiate athletes and used sports science technology to monitor performance and support athlete development, working with men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s volleyball, beach volleyball, tennis, swimming, and track and field. Isabel continues to compete as a semi-professional soccer player, which gives her firsthand insight into the physical and mental demands of high-level competition. She is CSCS and CPR certified and is passionate about helping athletes build strength, confidence, and long-term athletic success.

Performance Coach

Morgan Wadlow

Morgan Wadlow brings more than thirteen years in volleyball and over eight years of training and coaching experience to The Jump Lab™. She was named Valley Mission League Player of the Year in 2016, won a CCCAA state championship in 2018, and earned CCCAA First Team All-Tournament honors before going on to play Division I volleyball at California State University, Northridge. Morgan earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis in creative writing from CSUN and is a certified Performance Enhancement Specialist. Her background as a competitor at every level shapes how she coaches: she understands what the approach, the jump, and the landing actually demand of an athlete’s body, and she trains accordingly. Morgan works to help athletes build the strength, coordination, and confidence that transfer directly to their sport.

2018

Training young athletes since

1:4

Coach to athlete ratio

84+

5 Star Google reviews

38

Athletes now competing in college

Our standard

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