The phrase " going through the motions " is often used to describe players who are too cool to work hard or lack focus in their workouts...

Courage  comes from the Latin word  cor, which means "heart." Players who exhibit courage are often given the ball, told to shoot it,...

Players who would rather not fail than try will have a hard time showing what they can do. When you listen to great players, they own...

Many players often want what they can’t have while others will themselves to get what they want. As a coach, I ask players all the time...

You can be a talented basketball player, but if you make the game harder for your teammates and coaches, they won’t like playing with...

Decision making: the game within the game. Make decisions from a place of knowledge and understanding. The better decision-makers players...

Thinking and talking about point guards is always fun. The game is slowly moving away from point guards who can only defend or lead. The...

Point guards must have a relentless desire to win. Coaches want point guards who are extreme competitors. They know when it’s time to...

Point Guards are like air traffic controllers; if they don’t send out the correct information, there will be confusion and crashes. They...

Responsibility: knowing what must be done and doing it without excuse or blame. Ownership of what has been given to you to nurture, grow,...

Watching the USA men’s basketball team play over the summer has brought about many thoughts. Thoughts like how do the best players in the...

Being coached is a skill. The greatest players in the world love to be coached and in environments where elite standards and expectations...

Goals are an essential component of a player’s development and success. Goals are the object of a person's ambition or effort, an aim or...

I love that routines and habits belong to you. No one is accountable for you doing them or not doing them. However, they both will show...

Habits are the repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an...

What’s a routine, and why do we need them? Routines are regular series of movements or similar things used in performance. They help us...

You have make your game your own. Your mindset , your approach to the game, how you take the skills you’re developing and apply them to...

Sometimes, the results we get are from the choices we make or don’t make. Throughout the game, coaches and players have to make hundreds...

Do you add value to your team or others around you? Value is the importance or usefulness of something, such as a quality, attitude, or...

Use the summer to grow your game. I have seen many players grow their game and return to school as better players who impact their teams....