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Good morning hoopers! How are we using our will power? Is it helping us or hurting us? Think about a teacher or parent trying to make you do something that you don’t really want to do. Trying to make you take interest in something you couldn’t care less about. Trying to (what feels like) control…

Good morning hoopers. Good morning folks.That’s because we’re not all that excited about what we have going on that day. Maybe are fatigue is outweighing our motivation. But when there are tryouts, a big game, a showcase, a basketball camp or a shoe release, we’re the first one’s out of bed. We can barely sleep!…

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. – Vince Lombardi We all want to succeed. Whether it’s in losing weight, learning the guitar, speed reading, or starting our…

Good morning my dear hoopers. We hear people tell others not to judge them based on their past because they no longer live there. But then we turn around and judge ourselves harder. We remember every detail of a terrible experience, game, practice, conditioning sessions, test, etc, and we won’t allow ourselves to move on.…

Good morning, hoopers! Sometimes we get fatigue, weary, and overwhelmed and just want to quit. Keep going! Sometimes we don’t know if we’ll make it, if it’s worth it, or if it’s what we truly want. Keep going! When things get tough and we start to question what we’re doing, why we started, and if…

Good morning and happy Monday! Just dropping off a little inspiration for you hoopers (and others) today! In basketball, the odds are against you when you start to set your goals for getting achievement awards, getting a scholarship to a university.making it to the big league, etc. That’s why these things are so celebrated. The…

Bobby Knight said this well. When it comes to basketball, you have to “know” and “understand” the game. Not everyone is blessed with sick athletic abilities and if you aren’t, that’s ok. How can you survive as a player when you can’t jump as hi as everyone, you can’t run as fast as the others,…

Good morning hoopers and all. Let’s think about babies that will try anything. They explore every single thing they possibly can from trying to walk and eventually learning to run, to playing with fire and learning the dangers, to tasting sand, and hopefully not getting sick, to making noises and eventually talking. Babies have no…

I just wanted to share this article with you all this morning in hopes that it may encourage you. Some seasons are ending, some have ended long ago. Some are still going but you’re not getting playing time. Don’t trip. Check out this article “Why Failure Leads to Success” “It’s not a magical drill that…