Posts by Hoops Institute

When you’re working to be a great player, a great shooter, a great ball handler or even rebounder, you don’t arrive at “great” status and then relax. You have to maintain that status. There’s no way you can become a great shooter, and then remain a great shooter without putting in work. A lot of…

In basketball, there will always be lessons learned. There will always be experiences to grow from. In basketball, you build on the good and bad things that happen, hopefully shrinking the amount of negative experiences over time. But here’s the thing… If you don’t start learning now, becoming a student now, giving it your all…

Sometime we are unhappy about our situations. Sometimes we feel like we should be playing at a different school, or we should be playing on the gold team instead of the silver team. There are even times when you’re the second string but you want to be or think you should be on the first…

What really whomps is when I see a lot of you hoopers doing all this stuff but not getting enough in return. Like really… the shoes, the socks, the cone work, the plyometrics, the showcases, and so on and so forth… But what are you getting in return. Some likes on IG? A good cross…

Getting knocked down is not a choice… It is going to happen. It is one of those adverse situations that you wish you weren’t dealing with. It’s when someone pulls the rug from right beneath you. It’s when you get injured and you’re out for the rest of the season. It’s when you’re being criticized…

“Willis, how long did you spend working on your game?” is a hard question because I was ALWAYS working on my game. Always. Everyone knew where they could find me. My parents knew that I’d be calling them to pick me up hours down the line. So who knows. I was always there. But I…

A lot of times we get caught up in who has the superstar, star, or the “go-to” player status. We worry about the label that others put on us, as if we are going to be a great player because THEY say so! Here’s the thing… When you’re playing in the game, if you can…

A paper (fake) airplane goes with the wind… But a real plane, one that flies so high in the sky, one that carries people, taking people where it’s going, one that goes where it pleases… it goes against the wind. There’s always adversity when the plane is trying to get off the ground. Whether you…

Let’s go ahead and clear some things up! Wayne Gretzky Jr was on point when he said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!” That’s totally right. If you think about it, how will you ever make a shot if you don’t shoot the ball (or puck in Gretzky’s case)? But let’s go…