There’s a specific type of player that defenses love. Not the bad shooter. Not the slow guy. The hesitant one. The player who has the skills, has put in the work, and then gets into a game and decides that today is not the day to test any of it. Defenses don’t need a scouting […]
You’re Leaving Points on the Floor and the Defense Knows It Read More »
She was going through cancer treatment and still showing up to train. We had 30 minutes. Sometimes less. Her schedule was unpredictable in the way that treatment schedules are, which is to say completely. She was fatigued in a way that a good night of sleep doesn’t touch. The program she’d been running wasn’t an
Stop Shortchanging Yourself (And Stop Using That as an Excuse) Read More »
A high schooler I work with had a really clean catch and shoot stroke. Practiced it constantly. Rebounder feeding him, same spot, same setup, feet always set. In practice the guy was a problem. You could not leave him open. Then he got into games and suddenly nothing felt right. The pass was a little
Every Shot Is Going to Feel Different. That’s Not the Problem. Read More »
There’s a question I get pretty regularly from clients who have been training for a while. Not beginners. People who have been showing up consistently, putting in real work, seeing real results. And they pull me aside at some point and ask some version of the same thing. “When does this get easier?” One client
It’s Always Going to Feel Hard. That’s Kind of the Point. Read More »
Most shooting coaches will tell you to square up. Get your feet set. Get your body organized. And they’re not wrong, in a perfect world where every pass is perfect, every dribble ends exactly where you want it, and defenders stand politely while you get ready. That’s not basketball. The gather is the moment between
Your Gather Is Slower Than It Needs to Be Read More »
Most people treat their body like a car that should start the same way every morning regardless of what happened yesterday. Same weight. Same sets. Same pace. The fact that you slept five hours, ate nothing real, and have been running on stress since Tuesday is apparently not relevant information. Your body disagrees. Loudly, sometimes.
Your Body Is Smarter Than You Are Read More »
I had a middle schooler who reacted to every single mistake like it had personally wronged him. Missed shot, pounded the ball. Sloppy handle, threw his hands up. Bad footwork rep, completely checked out for the next three. It didn’t matter what we were working on. Shooting, dribbling, footwork patterns, reads off the drive. Every
Mistakes Are the Whole Point Read More »
A client of mine had back pain that had taken over his life. Not dramatic, acute injury pain. The kind that just quietly ends things over time. Golf was gone. Moving comfortably was gone. He wanted to get back to both. We worked together for a while. The problem was he couldn’t really buy in.
When the Doctor Can’t Fix It (And When They Can) Read More »
I had a high school boy who did everything right. Square to the basket every time he caught it. Ball up and held tight. Pivots textbook clean. He’d been coached well and he’d listened to every word of it. On paper he looked like a good player. On the court he looked like someone doing
The Ball Needs to Breathe Read More »
She couldn’t get out of a chair without help. Not “chair squats are hard.” Not “my knees are a little sore.” She physically could not get herself up without assistance. This is someone I’d worked with before, someone who’d been in and out for years. Every time there was a gap there was a reason.
Your Excuses Are Real. That’s Exactly Why You Need to Start. Read More »