Dealing With The Season Getting Cancelled, Playing 2k for Basketball IQ?, GOAT Debate - Episode 36

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I've done a Q and A for a podcast since like probably July or August. So I figured it was a good time to, to do another one. And I got a lot of questions. So I'm going to get to as many as I, as I can. And probably, I mean, with the amount of questions that I got, I'll probably do another Q and A at some point and I'll ask you guys again. So again, if you missed out on this one, didn't get to ask a question, make sure you guys follow me on Instagram so that when I post on my story asking for questions, you guys will see it and you know, hop into it off that. So the first question we'll get to. I thought this was an interesting question question that I haven't gotten before, but I think, I think it's a valid point or valid, a valid question to talk about. He asks how to fit in different teams quickly because I don't know why, but it's taking me a long time to do that. And how I took this is like figuring out, you know, when you're with a new team, right, where there's probably already a dynamic of who plays, what's the system, all this stuff. And then you're the new guy in there. You've got to figure out how you fit into that. That can definitely be challenging. But there's some things that you, some steps you want to take to minimize that. I think the first thing is recognizing how the. Basically it starts with the coaching style. How does the coach want to play? Does he like playing up tempo does he like playing a slow it down, you know, two, three zone? Like, what is he like? Does he want to score 80 points a game or does he want to win every game, 20 to 19? Right. You have to be able to understand that. So, you know, okay, I, you know, I had to be able to push the ball up the floor. I need to be able to set up the offense well. I need to be able to guard this way. You know, maybe we play full court pressure. So I've got to be able to, to really, you know, be, be fast, be able to play up tempo when it comes to defense. Or maybe we play a 2, 3 zone. I don't quite have to be, I have to be disciplined. I don't necessarily have to be as fast and athletic. That's something to first of all look at and say, okay, what is the actual system that this team plays and what can I do to contribute positively to that system? Because if you don't fit the coded system, you know, that's where it becomes an issue. Again, unless you're really, really talented in the code is, you know, we're going to find a way to overcome that. If you're the new guy, you're going to find a way to immerse yourself into that. So that's something to consider off the bat. And then when it comes to, you know, your team, it's kind of evaluating, you know, who does what and how. You can compliment that. If you have you guys on your team who you've played with, who you know can move the ball well. Well, you know, you should also be able to move the ball well. And also you've got to be able to execute when, you know, there are plays that need to be made. So, for example, if they move the ball well on driving kicks and you're open for a three, you got to be able to hit that shot. Okay, if, if, for example, your coach loves to play up tempo, he's trying to score as many points as possible, they're trying to run and gun and, you know, driving kick, get good shots. The most fun way to play basketball well, you got to be able to hit shots, you got to be able to put the ball on the floor when you need to, and you're going to be able to move the basketball. And if you can do those things well, then you'll fit in that system. And if you can't, then you're going to struggle to. So that's really the first part is recognizing what the system is and then how you can actually Fit in and do that well. And then everything else comes with that, really. The stuff with your teammates, whatever else you might have to deal with. Once you have a solid grip of the system, then that stuff kind of just comes with it. So there's number one. Maddox asked me another question. He said, what's easier to develop, skill or athleticism? And I think this is kind of an interesting question, because I think it depends. In my opinion, I think that skill is more straightforward to develop. Not always, but I think for the most part, it's more straightforward than developing athleticism. For example, you know, a lot of. A lot of players think that, like, you know, it's always like, they're always so focused on, like, the vertical jump, right? They're like, you know, I want to get a bigger vertical, but improving your vertical, like, there's a lot that goes into that, right? It's not as straightforward. It's like, oh, go, do this, do this, do this, and then you'll jump 40 inches. Because everybody's genetics are different. The way everybody. Everybody's body reacts to training is different. And a lot of times, just how you've grown up can affect that. So, for example, genetically, right? You might just be born and, you know, you're just a naturally gifted athlete. For that player, developing their athleticism, which is already at a pretty high level, might not be that difficult, okay? But for a player who's the opposite end of the spectrum and isn't a gifted athlete, for them to get to a high level athletically, it's going to be much more difficult and much more complex than it would be for somebody who just straight up is a great natural athlete, okay? So in a sense, I think that athleticism is more difficult, but for some people, it's the opposite. For some people, they're just naturally really good athletes. And then the skill part is what they actually have to focus on. That's more difficult for them. I think as a general rule of thumb, though, skills are much more straightforward to develop, right? You don't necessarily have to switch everything up depending on the different player, right? And it's much more straightforward. What goes into it. For example, with the vertical jump, you know, it's. Or becoming an athlete in general, it's not just about how high you jump, right? A lot of times we'll be like, oh, you know, how high do you jump? Can you dunk? That makes you a good athlete. But there's so many other things that go into, you know, can you move laterally? Well, okay, Are you able to like, it's not even necessarily like, okay, can you, can you jump high? But can you jump high quickly? Right? Can you jump high to get a rebound? Can you jump high in traffic? There's so many things that go into being a good athlete. So that's why I would say that the athletic piece of it is a little bit more difficult than developing the skill part of it. But again, that might be different for each person. So something to consider there. Interesting question here. Can plain 2K, can I help you practice your IQ? I would say, I mean, this, I don't think it's going to help you substantially in any sort of way. Like, I wouldn't say 2K. I would say if you're going to, like, sit down and try and practice your iq, it's much better to, like, watch bass like real basketball. Because with 2K, like, what part of your IQ would that help? Right, with 2K? Like, listen, if I'm playing 2K and I'm playing with, you know, I'm playing with, let's say, you know, I haven't played 2k in a while. Honestly, I haven't played 2k since, like, 2k 17. That was when I was really playing it. But I was always the Clippers, right? And I'd be Chris Paul, and then I have, I'd have Blake Griffin. DeAndre Jordan just sent me a ball screen every single play. And then I just go play off the ball screen. Right? So, yeah, technically, am I making a read off the ball screen? Sure. But guess what? Nine out of ten times, I'm throwing a lob to Blake Griffin. Okay? So like, that's just in a real game, you're obviously not going to be able to just do the same thing over and over and over again and be successful at it. So I guess if you want to look at it that way, I personally wouldn't do that. I would say, you know what? There's better ways to do that, more efficient uses of your time than doing that. Nothing wrong with 2k, but let's keep 2k where it's at. So Caleb asked me again. So he asked me, what's up with the Cam series? And for those of you who didn't see this, I posted on my story. I actually asked you guys questions about a week ago, and I had a couple people ask me about my brother, my younger brother Cam, and they wanted to see, like, a series where, you know, like, you know, workouts, documenting his. His process and stuff. He's a senior in high school now, and I was like, yeah, I'll do that. So hoping to do some stuff with that next week, potentially. We'll see. With all. With just a lot, obviously, you guys know, 2020, a lot of stuff going on. So I got to figure out, like, you know, the person who. I'm gonna have film, depending on whether or not they can actually come. So I have to get all that stuff kind of sorted out. But hopefully I like to start doing that because I think it's a good idea. And at some point, we'll definitely. We'll definitely get to that, because I think that there's some stuff you guys could learn from that, and I definitely want to get that to you guys. So it's in the works right now, but I. Hopefully we'll start filming some stuff next week. That's all I can. That's all I can. All I can give you right now. A question I got a couple times is, so this one comes from Raf, and he says, season's canceled. What should I be doing to prepare for next year? So I think this is going to depend, and it really has to do with you being able to be honest with yourself and saying, what do I need to get better at for next season? Maybe for you, you came into the year not a great shooter. Well, then that's what you should be getting better at. Okay. This is really. Nothing should change for you, except that now you have more time. Okay? So, you know, if what you're doing before the season, you know, back in, you know, September, October, if what you were doing then you feel like still applies now, then go ahead and do that. Just make sure you have a plan and then continue to do that. Really, there's. There's not much of a difference except that you just have. You just have more time to get stuff done. So you. You need to, you know, write down two, three, four things that you want to be good at next year that you want to be able to hang your hat on and plan out to work on those. That's really where. That's really the step that you got to take right now. Next question from Marco says, how do you train decision making? This is going to be very straightforward, and it's playing basketball, playing against live defense. You can certainly learn a lot from watching basketball. I wouldn't say 2K, but watching, like, actual basketball, you can definitely learn a lot. And in a sense, you can get better at understanding the decisions that you have to make. You can get better at understanding options. Right. A lot of times in my. Like, when I'm watching Film or when I do a film breakdown, there's stuff that I learned doing that that even though I haven't necessarily practiced it, like I could go and do that because now I understand it, right? I understand the angles that these guys take, I understand how these guys react when the defenders here, when it's there. So a lot of it is mental. So you can certainly get a lot better by watching film, watching film breakdowns, all that sort of stuff. But ultimately decision making is a split second thing, right? You, you have to make decisions in a basketball game very, very quickly. And the only way to really simulate that is to actually play. So the straightforward approach is to play one on one, two on two, three and three, five on five, whatever. Like playing against actual defense, even if it's just like a simple, like an actual game, right? Or an actual pickup, whatever it might be, okay? That's where really you start to be able to piece things together. So listen, you might be a great shooter, but now you have to decide when to shoot, when to attack the closeout, when to make the extra pass, you know, when to go all the way to the rim, when to pull up. Like you make those decisions in the, in the context of the game, okay? So that's, that's the biggest part is playing more basketball. I, I posted this the other day because when I asked those questions last week, someone had asked, there was a similar conversation that came up and somebody asked me like, hey, well can I, can we do like what about a controlled situation? Which basically we just mean like you can set up a situation to work on. So for example, maybe you and three other players work on a two on two ball screen situation where you have, you know, screener and the ball handler and then they play off that maybe you work on, you know, playing out of a hard hedge or a drop, whatever it might be. And that, that I would group that in with playing now for a lot of you guys, you aren't going to have access to anybody like to like a trainer or someone who knows like how to set that up. But so that's why I didn't specifically say that. But you could even do that like what I just said, you can get three of your teammates and then play two on two. But every situation starts out of a ball screen, okay? So you can work on that, your ability to play out of that situation, okay? So let's just consider that for a second. If we want to get better a certain situation and get better at decision making that situation, the best way to do it is to actually do that thing. I posted on my story a couple days ago about Chris Paul, because since 2013, Chris Paul has been in 20,000 ball screen actions. Like 20,000, that's five figures. 20,000. Now that averages out like assuming he plays like you know, 70 games a year over that, over that, that entire span of time, that's like 40 ball screen actions a game. A game he's, he's having, he's going through 40 ball screen actions. Okay, now let's just consider the fact that that is like far and away the most over that, over that, that time span. But also despite the fact that he's been in the most of those situations, he is the most efficient mid range player out of a ball screen in the entire NBA. And at the elbow area, he actually is the most efficient player in the NBA in general. Like, he's more efficient than Kevin Durant in the mid range. Like, and obviously Kevin Durant is unguardable pulling up in the mid range. You can't, you can't contest his shot. He's too big, right? Chris Paul is the complete opposite end of the size spectrum, yet he is the most efficient player in that elbow area. So that tells me that, okay, you know what? This guy is leading the NBA in assists per game coming out of a ball screen, leading the NBA mid range efficiency coming out of a ball screen, despite the fact that he is also shooting the most amount of attempts there. That tells me that the reason Chris Paul is so great in those bolstering situations, making passes, shooting those shots is because he's done it 20,000 times in games, right? He's, he, he's progressively gotten better and better and better and better at it because he's seen more defense. He said to make more decisions, he's made more mistakes. And because of that, he, he's, he's like, he's like battle tested, right? So the, what the. Ultimately my point with that is that if you want to be good at something, you have to do it more. You have to do it more. If you want to be good at making decisions, then you have to go into a game situation and make more decisions. You've got to play more basketball and make more decisions. It really is as simple as that. Okay. Basketball is, there's only two pieces to it, right? There's the actual skills part of it, right? Where you're shooting, you're ball handling, you're finishing. But then there's the other part of it which is mentally right. Can you make decisions quickly? Can you like your where your confidence is at, your, Your ability to, to. To maintain focus. And that, that part of the game comes a lot of times through playing and developing your confidence in that, that manner. So when in doubt, you got to play more basketball. Decision making is, is. Is just as much of a skill as shooting or ball handling is. You, you get better at it by actually doing that thing and practicing it. Okay? And you know, honestly, without that, that piece, you're really going to struggle to put together all those other, like, physical skills because you're not going to know when to use them or how to use them. You've got to be able to make good decisions, and that comes through playing. So biggest thing right there is just play more basketball. Play more basketball. So, next question. What do coaches think about during games as a player, as a, as a player's point of view and give an upper hand. So for those of you who don't know, I also coach a high school team, and for me, like, there's not one thing you think about, but usually, I mean, look at the other day. It's just you're trying to win, right? You're trying to win the game. And, you know, you're going to think about specific things, of course, but the ultimate thing is you're trying to win. So your thought always is, what, like, what gives my team the best chance of winning right now? Like who? Like, who. Who can I play right now? What can I run right now? Like, that's going to give me the best chance to win, and then that's what I'm going to do. Okay? So from your perspective, understand that your best ability is your ability to contribute to winning. If you can contribute to winning, you're going to be a guy that is going to be indispensable. Your coach is not going to be able to take you out of the game because that's what you do. Like, you help the team win. If I have a guy who I know I need to win, then he's gonna play the whole time and there's gonna be plays shown up for him and, like, that's what we're gonna do. And if you want to be a guy who, who is that, you have to ask yourself, how much do I contribute to winning? If I don't contribute to winning, then it's gonna be tough for you to get any sort of consistent minutes or shots or anything like that, because why would a coach do that, right? The goal is to win the game, and that's what you have to be able to contribute to. So from a coach's perspective, there's other things you obviously think about too, also depending on what level you're at. But ultimately, you're trying. You're trying to put your team in a position to win the game. And personally, that's where I'm at most of the time. So. Another question from Jackson. How could I train as hard as other players that have trainers, but I'm by myself? So I think with this, the biggest thing, and I talk about sometimes, but the. The best. Like, the good thing about basketball training today is that there's. The good and bad thing is that there's so much out there. There's so many. There's so many trainers out there. There's a lot of really, really good trainers out there. Now, that hasn't always been the case, in my opinion, but, like, right now, there's a lot of guys out here who are really, really good at what they do. There's a lot of workouts, drills that you can find. Like, there's a lot of stuff out there for you. There certainly is not a lack of information for you. So there's the good part. But also that can also be a bad thing, because sometimes it can just be paralysis by analysis. Where there's so much stuff out there, you don't really know what to do. For me, I think the biggest thing is if you don't have a trainer, then you want to find people who know what they're talking about and then listen to what they're telling you to do. Okay, maybe that's me. Maybe you think I don't know what I'm talking about, that's fine. But you gotta go find somebody who does, right? Some person online who knows what they're talking about. Okay. After you do that, then you have to listen to what they're actually saying. And that can be the kind of stuff that you follow. Because the thing is, when you find a good trainer who knows what they're doing, chances are they put a lot of time and research into what they're actually doing. So for me, the biggest thing is just find guys who are knowledgeable and stick with them, because those guys have put a lot of research and time into what they're doing. That's the thing. As I get more and more into coaching and training, I have more and more respect for guys who do this at a high level because I understand how hard, like, it's not easy. There are guys to make this stuff look so easy, but there's so much that you have to put into it first to actually get to the point where it becomes easy in terms of just even things being as simple as, you know, like for example, this, like when I first started, you know, doing my podcast, like putting together an episode was like a day long process, like writing out a script. Like, oh, like it took me so long to do that. And then, you know, 35 episodes in, it's, it's much easier and I can get things done much quicker. And it was the same thing with a video. I remember when I first started making videos, like it would take me, it would take me like two days to film and edit something. Now I can get it done like in like, you know, five, six hours depending on the video obviously. But there's progression there. So guys who are really good at what they do have put a lot into it. So you as a player probably haven't been around long enough to really put enough time into it to really know what you're doing. So you want to find people who have put the time into it who can help you to get better and then stick what they're doing. And with that you want to have a plan that you stick to. Okay. So if you don't have a trainer, if you're working with a trainer, chances are they're going to have some sort of plan or progression that they're going to follow you through. So if I'm working with a guy or I'm working with players in person, right. And I work with them for a long period of time, we're going to start off with something and we're going to build to something. Okay, maybe you're not great with your finishing with your right hand, but we're going to build to where you're great at finishing with your right hand off one foot and then we're going to get it off two feet and then we're going to go with floaters and then we're going to work on different types of off foot finishes. We're going to build up to that. It's the same thing. If you're by yourself, you want to have a plan, a program that you stick to because that's going to help you to progress forward. Okay. One of the hardest things to do is to stay motivated, stay focused, which actually what else we're going to talk about when you don't have a plan because it's very easy to be like, oh, you know what, I guess I'll just go to the gym tomorrow. I guess I'll just. I was going to work on this, but I guess I'm not going to because, you know, maybe you just forget to. Right. Also, if you have a trainer, that's accountability for you, right? You're going to go to a workout and they're going to make you do something. You might not want to do it. You might not want to work on a specific thing. Okay, but that might be something that you need to work on. You might not want to work on, you know, your, your, you know, shooting from the corner. Maybe you don't like shooting from the corner. I don't know why you wouldn't like that. It's the best shot in basketball. But maybe you don't like it. So maybe you don't work on it. But then you go see that trainer and then he makes you work on it. So, so now when you're in games and you have those open shot opportunities, well, now all of a sudden you've been working on it. That can be with any skill. Maybe you don't like finishing with your left hand. So when you practice, you don't really do it, but that trainer makes you do it. So there's accountability there. If you don't have that though, then you have to be there for yourself. Okay? So find a program you can stick to. Find guys who are knowledgeable and listen to what they say and then ultimately have a plan, have a set schedule that you follow with workouts that are good and workouts that are going to hit those areas that you need to get better at. Okay. Really, it just means that you have to take more responsibility for yourself because no one's going to do it for you if you don't have a trainer that you're working with. So that would be my advice to you. A good question here. How to gain recognition outside of the United States if you want to play college basketball. So this question, I get this question so much, so much. And I don't really talk about it because I've, you know, grown up in the US and you know, obviously I haven't really experienced it, but I can kind of give you my, my advice just from players that I know who are international and all that stuff. So, you know, the biggest thing I think is that, you know, to play college basketball right there, there really is, is two ways to go about this. Maybe, maybe three. There are some guys who might, might play in countries where you have really good basketball, right? Or maybe you play at a school or you play in a league that has a lot of good players. So maybe there's a few players Every year from that league who come to the United States and play college basketball. So chances are there's already colleges that are watching your league or your team, and they've got connections, so they know who's good, who they need to look at. Some of you guys might be in that situation. Okay, I've talked to a couple of you guys who are there, who have teammates who have come over, and you're looking to do the same thing. Like, they're. They're. They're certain. That's certainly one thing. Then that's. That's probably the minority of you guys, though. The majority of guys who ask me this question, typically they play in a country where Basil might not be that great, or the team they play on the lymph isn't that great. So if that's the case, you really have two options. First of all, the more straightforward one would be to come play basketball in high school in the United States. Obviously, that costs money, so if you can't, like, some of you guys can't do that, understandably. But a lot of the guys that I know who are from outside the United States and are now playing college basketball are guys who came over in high school to play, because it's just way more straightforward to get recruited, to get seen when you play in the United States. Just. It's just. It's way. It's way easier. It's way more straightforward. So that's one thing. Then the other option would be you can also reach out to schools. So, for example, like, you can. You can email coaches, send them full game film. Like, you got to have full games. If you don't have film, then we can't talk about recruiting because no one knows what you look like. No one knows how you play. Right. No one knows how good you are. You have to have full games, full, full games recorded. Then you probably should also have some highlights, too. So, you know, cut up that game film and get. Get, you know, two to three minutes of highlights in there and then send both to coaches that you're interested in playing for. Also, you know, the biggest thing is that you have to understand the. The level of talent you have to have to play college basketball even in the United States. Like, there is not a lot of players who go from high school to college to play, right? There's, like, there's not a lot. And that's in the United States, where you have every school, every level at your disposal. Okay. Still, at that point, not a ton of guys are good enough to play in college. So if you're international, just understand that it's going to be way more difficult than that. So if you're from a country where you know the basketball isn't that great, right? If you're from France or Germany or Spain, where you guys have good basketball, then you know things aren't quite as difficult. But if you're not from there, right, Even if you are, you got to be one of the better players, right? If you're from a country that doesn't have good basketball, you better be one of the best players probably in your country to be able to be good enough to go play call. Especially if you're trying to. You're talking about like high, like high major college basketball, like, you know, playing for a big time school. Like if you're not the best player in your country, chances are you're not going to be able to do that. Okay? That's just being honest. So you have to understand what actually means, what it means to actually play college basketball. So the biggest thing there is be honest with yourself, say, hey, you know what, I want to get to that point, where am I at right now? What do I need to do to do that? So if that's the case, then you better be working on your ability and be able to get to that point. But I would say the most straightforward way to do that is, you know, come to the United States. I got, I get DMs from players asking me about that. And that's why I say, like, listen, the easiest way to do that would be to come to America and play high school basketball here. Because now you're going to have teams that, you know, can, you know, coach might be able to drive 20 minutes down the road to go watch you play instead of saying, hey, you know, I have to judge this guy by watching some game film. But he lives, you know, a 20 hour flight away. So not really possible for me to go recruit him now. Now he might still recruit you again. If you put up good numbers and you have good film, you might still get recruited anyway. He might not even have to go watch you play, right? He might say, listen, I watched this guy on film, he's got great measurables, he dominates his league and I think he can help us win, he can contribute to winning and you can get recruited that way. Okay? So biggest thing, come to America or have good film and so send it to coaches who are interested. And again, be honest with yourself. If you know guys who have come over to play, look at where they're playing, at, and then say, how good is that guy? How good is that guy in comparison to me? What numbers did he put up? Right. Versus what did I put up? You know, if this guy put up crazy numbers and he's playing Division 2 basketball over here, where am I at then? Okay, that's. That's what you have to be able to do. So it starts with being honest with yourself. Most players can't play at Duke. Most players can't play at Michigan State. Most players can't play at North Carolina. Okay. But there's a lot of other options as opposed to just that. So figure out where you're at, reach out to schools if you need to. And that's really the biggest thing. You just got to be smart about it. And there's certainly ways that you can do that. So that would be my advice. And that's usually what I tell people when they DM me, because, you know, that's obviously. It's obviously a much more difficult, again, much more difficult situation than it is in America when it already is difficult to actually get to that point. So. But that's. That. That would be my. My biggest thing. So another question, and actually got two of these. How to find more willingness to work in those times that you just don't feel like it. And this is kind of what I already had gone to before, but I think the biggest thing is having a plan that you stick to. So you have your workouts listed out every day. So, you know, like, that's what I'm gonna go do today. I also talked about it a little bit last week where, you know, you can set a timer, like just switching. Switching up your workout some days. So there might be some days where you just. You're feeling slow, just the energy is not there. So at that point, like, switching up, doing something that you want to do. So think these are like, well, what do I want to work on right now? Like, what, what. What would I want to do? What kind. What drill would I like to do right now? And then do that drill. Just an example would be if you're going to go out and you have a planned out, oh, I'm going to do ball handling and I'm going to do some shooting stuff. And you just, you just, you don't feel like doing it at all. Well, something you can do is say, you know, I'm going to play some shadow ball. So I'm going to play. I'm going to imagine if I have a defender right here, and I'm just going to play Some one on one right here. So that's something that's kind of fun to switch it up. And that can be something that you do. Say, you know what, this will get me going. Or maybe I spend it, maybe I spend an hour doing that. And to be honest with you, there's nothing wrong with that. Like that's, that's, there's, there's nothing wrong with you playing shadow ball on a one for an hour. And that being your workout. That to me like that's, that's a good workout. Especially because it's going to be a little bit more random than it would be if you were just kind of doing your normal stuff. So switching it up is a big thing with that I think. You know, it can also be as simple as like switching up your music, right? Or switching up the. What you're listening to. Like it can be really as something like that as well. And then sticking to your plan. So having a plan, having a plan that you know is going to take you from point A to point B. So if you have a plan that says, you know what, I want to get here and this plan is going to help me get here. So every day you can wake up and you can say, you know what, like if I follow this plan, I'm going to become a better player. I'm going to get better at X, Y, Z. That's much easier than you not having a plan and then you just getting up, having to find something to do. I'm going to throw something together. It's a much, it's much easier to lose that, to lose that, that drive to go do it. If you don't know what the actual result should be, it's just harder to do that. So that's what I would say. Going into all that. I'll answer a couple more things getting up there. Actually I have to answer one off of a DM that I got yesterday. So. Okay. This comes from Lucas and the question that he asked. He said should I aim to shoot? Should I aim to shoot a certain number of shots in a workout or, or aim to shoot a certain percentage but take lesser shots. The first method could be an aim to make 400 shots in a two hour workout, which would be translated to about 25 shots per five minutes. This workout would allow you to get up shots quickly as well. And the shooting is not casual. Shooting is focused on different types of shots with emphasis on full working game scenarios, game speed shooting. That's good. Second alternative would be to shoot sets of 25 and aim to make some certain numbers to be 18 out of 25 and if you don't make it to repeat, that's it. And then it also works on the different types of shots and what you want to work on. It's identical to the earlier option, but it's slower because you probably won't make 25 in five minutes. If you're focused on percentage dilemma is to equal the first method, you get more shots, but you're told accuracy will be lower than the second method. Benefits of the first method, higher volume of shots mean that you can find your rhythm during the workout in practice more. However, the second method has a greater emphasis on not missing. But you don't get up to put as many shots in the second amount of time, which method will be better. And he also ends up with saying this answer could possibly not be straightforward as players at different levels might choose one method over the other. Completely true. This depends on where you're at. In general, I prefer the first method because when you have to hit a certain number for you, that might be what you want to do. But if I'm doing, if I'm running a workout, not always, sometimes I will choose that second method. But for the most part we're going to go with the first method, especially if it's a player who I know can make shots, then we're going to go, we're going to prioritize game speed shooting over basically anything else. So like I care much more about getting game reps up than I do necessarily about the exact number of makes and misses. Because in a game like we're, we're trying to work towards getting good in games. So the issue with the second method is that you're, if you're gonna stand around and, and shoot, not obviously like you said, you're gonna shoot games beach out. But if you're gonna force yourself to have to make a certain number of shots, that's where I find that like your brain just start to go on autopilot, right? Where you're like, okay, I'm just droning along doing the same same thing over and over and over and over again. And for some players maybe that's not the case. But for me, I feel like, especially at a high number like that, like we're not talking like making five shots, like you gotta go five for six here. That's something that I do all the time. I say, listen, you got to make five out of seven here to move on, right? But eight, like 18 out of 25 is a lot of makes, it's a very good percentage, too. So I probably wouldn't. I probably would stay away from doing that very often, maybe as like a finisher. So maybe at the end of a workout I say, you know, okay, this last year, we're going to go around the perimeter and you've got to make, you know, you've got to make 8 out of 12 shots at all 5 spots, right? That might be what we do, but that's not going to be. I probably wouldn't make a whole workout out of that, but I might do it for lower reps. So I might say, yo, you got to make three out of four at this spot to move on. And that's something that I would certainly do. So benefits to both of them in general, though, I'm probably going to do. I'm probably going to do the first method more often than not, where I'm just going to get those reps up. And listen, we're going to. As we repeat that workout, if your main focus is ongoing game speed on these shots, you're gonna get better at that as you progress forward. Okay? So that's why I feel like that. That can honestly translate better than just worrying about makes. Because the other thing with makes is that for some players, you may be able to keep up the game speed the whole time, even when you're focused on making so many shots. But a lot of times, if there's so much emphasis put on those makes, especially if it's some sort of game like shot, right? If we're working on two dribble step backs and we have to make 18 out of 25, well, that's where the issue becomes. You're going to start to think to yourself like, okay, I got to make this shot. So you might slow down a little bit, right? You might. You might take it a little bit easier because you like, if you go and you do a great rep but you miss the shot, it hurts you, right? So that can be kind of. That can kind of discourage you from actually going game speed. Whereas if we're just going for a certain amount of reps or a straightforward number of makes, like five makes, then we can, we. I'm confident that playing go game speed the whole time, and to me that's more important. So it's what you prioritize. But again, you got to figure out what works best for you. My opinion, though, more often than not, I'm going with some. Some sort of variation of that first method just because I feel like that really is where we get the the best return on investment. It comes to time. So answer a couple more. I have a good one from Quicksand Hoops. Shout to him. Got one from actually from my guy Hassan. Shout to Juice made hoops as well. He asked me thoughts on Mikey Williams, so I'll be quick with this. You know, I obviously watch him play. Not, not a lot, but I have a workout on him, actually. And you know, it's, it's, it's, it's really, it's impressive to see guys who just again, are like athletes. Like, it's, it's really incredible to see a guy who can like, move like that. For me, like, I don't, I don't necessarily keep up with like, you know, and that's Hassan's thing. Juice made hoops. He's like the guy. So if you guys are interested in like all, basically all things high school basketball, go check him out. Juice made hoops. He was on the podcast a few episodes ago, so go check him out because he's really the guy with.