{"id":8,"date":"2015-01-19T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T00:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoopshots.tv\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2016-08-16T06:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:01:53","slug":"hoopshots-founder-victor-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoopshots.tv\/blog\/2015\/01\/hoopshots-founder-victor-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoopshots CEO and Founder Victor Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"
BY TEM WU<\/div>\n
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We\u2019ve all wanted to be at the right place at the right time\u2026 and some of us have had it, but what you do once you get it is what matters. Victor Battle grew up playing basketball, He played through college, and graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice. He was working as a school teacher in North Jersey and on his day off was hanging in New York and as he was passing a building a guy came out and asked \u201cAre you here for the casting?\u201d Of course Vic being the guy to give anything a shot, said \u2018yeahhh..\u2019, he went in, auditioned, and left\u2026 A week later, he got a call at the school and was asked if he was available to do a fashion show. So having no clue what he was getting into, he said \u2018yeahhh..\u201d When he walked into the fashion show with \u00a0Tyson Beckford, Gary Dourdan, Boris Cojo and these other models he had only seen on TV. The bright lights and runway are a world apart from his normal chalk boards and hall passes. As always he put on his game face, went out and did his thing. After the show, Tyson gave him the phone # to Jeffrey Tay of Essence magazine, who he called, then met, and shortly later was in a put in 5 page spread in Essence Magazine. He then moved to \u00a0HOLLYWOOD \u00a0met Joe Kolkowitz, agent for sports stars like OJ Simpson and Marcus Allen. Victor was on the Jay Leno show with David Robinson, and was on Magic Johnson and Jamie Foxx show as well as many other direct booked events.<\/div>\n
One day he got a call from Joe to audition for a \u2018big commercial\u2019, he showed up wearing a shirt of Michael Jordan his friend has just given him. A week later he got a call back and it was Victor\u2019s turn to \u2018be like Mike\u2019, he was going to Africa to body double for Jordan in a Gatorade Commercial. Victor\u2019s life a school teacher had ended, and his life in entertainment had begun. He has always said \u2018Some guys got to go to the NBA, I got to do this\u2026I will Have my own League in the NBA success comes from what you do with what you were given, don\u2019t try to be someone you aren\u2019t, it just won\u2019t happen.\u201d It\u2019s been over 15 years since Victor\u2019s career in the entertainment , Since then he\u2019s been in countless music videos, commercials, movies, and print ads. Photographer Richard Corman \u00a0Shot Victor for \u00a0Glory Photographs of Athletes which has Muhamad Ali , Jordan Ken Griffey\u00a0 are some of the Athletes that grace the pages Victor is the Street Baller in the book. , He has been on the shopping bags at Nike Town to the magazines of American Airlines, you will still see his \u2019stock\u2019 photography today being used worldwide. One recent visit to a sporting goods store, his image in a 5\u2032 x 5\u2032 poster was hanging over the basketball rack some 13 years later. He was recently photographed by Antonio Alvendia, of Cipher Media Group, an internationally known photographer in the Motorsports industry. Victor\u2019s image today, is as strong as it was yesterday, his longevity in the industry is a marker of his passion and success.<\/div>\n
By 2000 Victor had moved out to Hollywood to pursue his acting career and as he met more and more people, he decided to start Hoopshots, to help other people just coming into town get into the business. Over the years he has helped many people get jobs in commercials and movies, and has become known as the guy who has all the good basketball players and all the sexy females. Hoopshots has put people in NWA , Beyonce \u00a0Leomonade , Steph Curry Under Armour , Coach Carter, Dream Girls, Like Mike, AI, Batman, Chris Brown videos, 50 cent, Cassidy, commercials like Kool-Aid, AND1, Gatorade, and most recently Southwest Airlines, which aired during the NBA playoffs. In 2007 Battle connected with Tem Wu, aka WuManChu to take Hoopshots to the next level. The newest creation is ” Students Becoming Teachers\u00a0 Study Party’s\u00a0 and \u201cNIGHT COURT \u201d\u00a0 Designed to help the education system in America . Where he puts students and talent on the NBA court right before NBA games, and pays the players $100 for every basket they score, They get\u00a0 to show their 1 on 1 skills to coaches players and\u00a0 thousands of fans arenas across the country. During the 2007\/2008 season they brought NIGHT COURT\u00a0 from the West Coast to the East Coast and back again. The 2008\/2009 season was bigger than ever, starting with a tournament with the Los Angeles Clippers and introduced THE HOOPSHOTS 100 HOT MODELS . Victor\u2019s life has led him to meet many great people and become a great person himself, his ability to help others become successful has only added to his success. And as always, if you\u2019re new into town, or been in town and haven\u2019t met the right people, his phone line is open, 562-230-2388 ask for Battle. HE Rally takes pride in\u00a0 Students Becoming Teachers\u00a0 http:\/\/www.hoopshots.tv\/blog\/2013\/05\/what-is-a-study-party\/\u00a0 The NBA\u00a0 grass roots program he founded\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He plans on having a Study Party and playing 1 on 1 Night court\u00a0 at\u00a0 the White House with President Obama<\/div>\n
VICTOR BATTLE ACTOR CARTOON NETWORK<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.hoopshots.tv\/blog\/2015\/03\/examples-of-projects-hoopshots-clients-have-appeared-in\/<\/div>\n

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