Everyone thinks they are a 3 point shooter. 10 year olds, 20 Year Olds, Guards, Bigs, you name it, they want to shoot 3's. I am fortunate enough to work with some very successful High School and College Coaches. I always seem to have a conversation about players understanding how they can be most effective. Most of the time, its about players falling in love with the 3. Besides 'in season 3FG%', we use a simple way for players to understand that the 3 pointer may not be

I often hear Coaches, Trainers, Scouts, etc. (Speaking about a player that makes shots) use the rationale of 'Player X won't be able to get his shot off at our level.' It makes me cringe every time I hear it because I believe most of the time it is a cop out for some other reason that they don't like the player. That phrase makes me cringe because players take this as, 'OK I need to speed up my shot'. But what they really mean is 'You can't put the ball on the ground and go

As a Player Development Specialist I am constantly looking for ways that my players can improve their Skill Set, Competitiveness, and IQ. It is easy to get lost in the numerous ways that players can better themselves. However, as Trainers, Parents, and Coaches we forget that Young Players should be developing a 'LOVE' for the game. The more they LOVE the game of basketball, the more they will want to work on it. If they can begin to LOVE the game at an early stage, then th

"It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward" My dream when I was in High School was to play Division 1 College Basketball. I played on an Elite Nike AAU Team, Averaged 21 ppg in HS, Led my Team to a School best 21-3 in NY's Highest Classification, and had dominated other D1 Scholarship Players in head to head competitions. However, I was 5'11" and 140 lbs in HS and no D1 was going to offer me lol.