There’s a version of problem-solving that feels productive but actually keeps you stuck. It goes like this: something goes wrong, you feel bad about it, and you decide that before you do anything else you need to fully understand why it happened. Makes sense on paper. In practice it tends to turn into weeks of […]
Stop Asking Why. Start Asking What. Read More »
Three weeks in and nothing is happening. You’ve been consistent, mostly. You’ve been doing the thing, kind of. And now you’re starting to wonder if the thing even works. This is the part where most people quit. Which is unfortunate, because it’s also usually right before anything real starts to happen. The timeline between starting
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 »
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 »
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
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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 »
She came in because she had no time. Working constantly, and when she wasn’t working she was too drained to function. Sitting at a computer most of the day, same position for hours, barely moving. Somewhere in the middle of all that her wrist started hurting. So she dealt with the wrist. Brace, rest, ice,
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