Stop Waiting for the Perfect Stop. Great Defense Is What You Do After You Get Beat.
Stop Waiting for the Perfect Stop. Great Defense Is What You Do After You Get Beat. Read More »
player development
Are Your Habits Actually Matching Your Goals?
I had a kid tell me he wanted to play college basketball. No offers. Small school. No AAU. He was a good shooter, but he was small, and his handle and his footwork had a long way to go. He was lifting occasionally, shooting around a little, playing pickup with his friends, and he genuinely
Are Your Habits Actually Matching Your Goals? Read More »
Why Losing 1v1 to a Bigger Player Might Be the Best Thing for Your Game
I had two of my players going at it in pickup the other day, and it was not a fair fight on paper. One of them’s a big, getting ready for high school, already carrying that size. The other one hasn’t hit his growth spurt yet, so he was giving up a lot of height
Why Losing 1v1 to a Bigger Player Might Be the Best Thing for Your Game Read More »
You Can’t Buy the Hours (But You Can Make Them Count)
Every player wants to know the shortcut. The drill that fixes everything. The coach who unlocks it. The training program that turns it around in six weeks. And there are plenty of people happy to sell you that idea, which is convenient for them and expensive for you. Here’s the actual answer: the biggest thing
You Can’t Buy the Hours (But You Can Make Them Count) Read More »
Mistakes Are the Whole Point
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 »