You Can't Do Everything (Stop Trying To Be LeBron) - Podcast Episode 5

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And what I'm gonna be doing is if you guys wanna check out the first workout, then go ahead and check the link in my descri, send it to you guys for free. All you got to do is click on the link. You'll see it on YouTube, you'll see it in podcast as well. So go ahead and check that out. And you know, so hopping into today's topic, obviously, you know, you guys have seen the, the title of this video and you know, as we approach the summer, you know, we're getting really into the sort of deep off season. This is a very important topic. I feel like that we need to, to go over because I think a lot of players have this sort of misconstrued in terms of what they should actually be focusing on. And I kind of want to set things straight. So let's talk about it real quick. But, you know, the, the. I think the overall concept that you guys need to get is that great players do what they do best. Okay? So there is no, you know, great players don't, don't put themselves in a situation to where they aren't going to be successful, right? You know, a shark in the water is, you know, one of the, one of the world's most deadly predators. But you put that shark on land, all of a sudden it's, it's gonna die, right? It has nothing going for it, right? So, so, you know, you put a human in, you know, a submarine, and all of a sudden we're, you Know, we can do incredible things in water, but you just put us without a submarine in the water and we're at the mercy of that shark, right? So that's how you, we kind of got to approach things. You want to do things are going to put you in the best position to succeed, okay? And it's, you're not going to succeed by trying to be great at everything. That's the point we're going to get into. So, you know, great players don't feel the need to do everything because not everything that they do is going to help their team, okay? They understand that they have some things that they're great at, some things they aren't that great at. They're going to stick to what they're great at, and that's what's going to allow them to play great and to be great. So, you know, the theme in, in all of life really is that you have to play to your strengths. And I think the best way I can illustrate this for you is to do kind of a comparison. So obviously, LeBron James, let's talk about, let's talk about him real quick. So LeBron James, you know, and I don't think this is really much of an opinion, but he's the greatest all around basketball player who's ever played the game in terms of being able to do everything and being able to shoot, dribble, pass, rebound, score at the basket, score at, you know, score in the mid range, off the dribble, off the catch, playoff ball screens and, and use. Like there's nobody who's been able to do more things at an elite level than he's been able to do in his career, okay? And, and again, I don't really think that's up for debate. I think that's just really, you, you understand that if you watch basketball. But the, the thing that you have to understand is that LeBron James is the outlier, okay? LeBron James is a guy who is able to do whatever you need him to do, right? That's why he can get to the finals and he can average, you know, 40, 12 and 10 and lead both teams in every single category, right? Because he's, he's able to do that. He's one of those transcendent players who has that ability to do that. But, but the, the mistake that players make is that they feel like, you know, they have to be like that, right? They take the LeBron approach. Like, you know what, like, if I want to be next year, if I want to be, you know, the Best player on the team. I've got to be the best shooter. I've got to be the best rebounder. I've got to be the best passer, got to be the best ball handler. I've got to be the best finisher. I've got to be the best in mid range, best from three. I have to be the best. Like they think that they have to be great at everything, and that's just not the case, okay? And in fact, not, not only is that not the case, but if that's your focus, you're going to end up really selling yourself short and you're never going to get to where you want to get to because you're going to be way too spread out. Okay? If we look at a guy, you know, like LeBron, you can't compare yourself to him or his playstyle. Really, any player who plays is sort of in that kind of can do everything realm. You just can't compare yourself to them. Because when LeBron came into the NBA as an 18 year old, he wasn't a great shooter, okay? He wasn't. And he wasn't even a good shooter at that point. You know, he wasn't as great of a passer. He didn't have the cord awareness that he has now. He wasn't able to use ball screens the way that he does now. So you have to look at that and understand that his. Where he is now and where he's been over the past few years, he didn't start there. He had to do what he does best, which is be an incredible athlete. That's what got him to the NBA. He, he gets to the NBA and now he starts to work on those other things. So he gets a jump shot. You know, he gets, you know, that, that sort of passing, that court awareness through playing, and that's something that he started to develop over time. That wasn't a, you know, get that all in one summer sort of thing, you know, so that's, that's the, the approach you guys have to have to this. And you know, that's, that's the, that's the approach for your training that you have to take, okay? You cannot become great at everything in one offseason. You just can't do it. It's not possible. You can become better at everything, but you can't become great at everything in one off season. And what you guys need to start to do as you get older, you need to become more of a specialist, okay? Now again, there's going to be exceptions to that. There's going to be guys like LeBron James who can do everything okay, but for 99.9% of players, they need to be really, really good at two or three things if you want to get consistent playing time and at the level that you guys are trying to get to. So you got to be able to do at least two, probably two or three things, maybe four at an elite level. And if you are able to do that, you're going to be able to be very confident in your ability when you step on the floor, because you're going to know, regardless of who I'm playing, who is out here, there are two or three things I can hang my hat on that I know I'm able to do regardless of what the situation is. Okay? And, you know, if you can shoot lights out, regardless of who you're playing, where you're playing, you're gonna be confident yourself because, you know, like, I mean, this hoop is 10ft. I'm using the same size basketball that I always use. I can shoot the basketball. So it doesn't really matter who's in the quote with me. That's gonna allow you to be confident. And, you know, I tell the story some. I don't know if I've talked about it on the podcast before, but, you know, there's a. There's. There's some pickup near where I play or near where I live. And, you know, it's a lot of the best high school players in our area. Some college guys will come, and we'll have a lot of guys who are older, who can play and who have played at the college level. And, you know, there are a lot of times where I'll walk into that gym for pickup or whatever, and I'll look around, I'll be like, yeah, you know what? I might be the worst player in this gym. Like, because in terms of being an athlete, in terms of size, all this stuff, like, I might be the worst athlete, worst player in this gym, or. But the thing is, I can shoot the basketball. So I know even if I get. Even if I am the worst player in the gym, which I already talked about, how I love. Like, I love that. I love walking the gym and knowing that, like, I have to raise my game, that's awesome for me. I don't shy away from that. And. But the thing is, I know I can shoot the basketball. So if I get on the court, the ball is the same size, the hoop is the same height. Like, I can shoot the ball. It doesn't matter how good Anybody else is, I know I can do that well, you know, and the thing for me is, like, I will never allow myself to get onto a court and be like, you know what, I'm the worst player here. So I guess I'm just going to lose today. Like, no, I'm not going to let myself be the weak link on the team. I'm going to go out and I'm going to perform and get mine because I have something that I can hang my hat on, I can go to. And, you know, obviously you can build off of that, but now that I have that, I feel like I can walk into, into that gym and be just as competitive as anybody else in there because I have that skill, okay? But if I was only an average shooter and, you know, an average ball handler and being average and everything. When you play against great players, you're not able to do anything, okay? So you have to develop two or three skills that you are great at. And listen, that might not all be in one off season. It might take you a couple offseasons to get great at two or three things, okay? Maybe your first offseason you get great as a shooter, but you're solely good as a ball handler. Maybe, maybe that next year you work on ball handling even more, you become great at it, okay? So you have to understand that the most important thing you can do as a player going forward is develop two or three skills that you are great at, okay? And, you know, so the whole comparison I'm going to make is that you want to stop being LeBron James, stop trying to be LeBron James and start trying to be Klay Thompson, okay? Klay Thompson, one of the best shooters ever, great defender, is great coming off of off ball screens. Three things, I guess he's moving out the basketball, okay? So he's great at shooting, moving out the basketball and playing defense. Great at all three of those things and he's going to be a Hall of Famer. Clay doesn't have to be the best ball hitter on the court. He doesn't have to be the best athlete in the court. He doesn't have to be the best around the basket. All he has to do is be great at those three things. Now he's not bad at it. And here's the thing, he's not bad at any of those other things. Like he's not a bad ball handler or a bad finisher or a bad. He's a good athlete, but he's great at three things, which is what allows him to be so Successful. Okay? So that's the mold you guys want to follow, is think of whatever two or three skills are your best right now. Okay? Whatever you can hang your hat on right now and develop those. Spend your time developing those skills right there. We can take a guy like Chris Paul. Chris Paul, great facilitator, great at using screens and is a great defender. So that's going to give you three things right there. You know, Chris Paul's not the. Chris Paul's not a great shooter from three. You know, he's not. He's not necessarily great around the rim, but because he's great at a few things, he's a Hall of Famer as well. You know, Brad Beal is another guy. Brad Beal is a great scorer. I don't think anyone say Brad Bill's a great defender or necessarily a great facilitator. He's good at those two things, but he doesn't have to be great at those things because he's already great at shooting the basketball, getting to the basket. Like he's a great scorer. Okay? So he don't have to. You don't have to be everything. Brad Bill's another guy. He's averaging 30, I think it was 31 a game this past season, and very underrated. 31. He didn't make the All Star team, which is ridiculous. But that's the point I'm trying to make, is you don't have to be great at everything. If you're great at a couple things, then you're going to be able to hang your hat on that and still be successful. So additionally, you can break this down to include your workouts as well. Okay? And what I mean by this is that what you don't want to make the mistake of doing is going into every single workout and trying to work on every single skill. You should not go into every workout and say, you know what? Today I'm going to do ball handling, shooting, finishing, you know, all those things, and I'm going to work on different skills in each. I'm going to work on, off the dribble, off the catch, off different moves, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Adding all these things together, you're not going to be able to get better at all those things if that's what every workout is. Now, there's going to be times where your workouts might be focused on all those things. And I'm not saying that that's not. You can't do that. But what I am saying is that you need to make sure that you have focused workouts, at least regularly. Okay? There can be, again, there can be times where you might work on all those skills in one workout. That's fine. But you need to have times where your workouts are laser focused on something. So for example, in the perimeter score system, this is something that we really focus on both of these categories. So obviously the overarching thing is we're working on skills that will allow you to become a great perimeter scorer. Okay? The perimeter score system isn't designed to make you a great defender or a great passer or a great rebounder. It's designed to make you a great perimeter scorer. So that's going to work on your shooting, obviously, your ball handling, your ability to get to the room and finish. Okay? Those are the three main things we're going to work on. And obviously we're going to work on some scoring moves off of that as well. But that kind of leads into my next point. So obviously we're laser focused on a couple things, so that way you can get great at those things. I don't need you to work on every single skill. I need you to work on the skills that are going to make you a great perimeter scorer. Going along with that, what we do is for our workouts, there'll be times where, like I said, there'll be times where we work on every skill in a workout, okay? But there's a lot of times where we're going to come in, do some light shooting, light ball handling, and then we're going to work on some move for the majority of the workout. So it might be the inverted drag, could be the drop, could be the double between foot replacement. Could be, we might work on coming off a ball screen, something like that. Like, we're going to work on one thing, the whole workout, okay? And we're going to get great at it. Because here's the thing, you have to get your reps up, you have to do something. A lot of times if you want to be able to actually use it in games, players will, will do. You know, they'll see a move on YouTube or something and they'll go to the gym, work on it once or twice, and then they never try it again. And it's like at that point, like you're never able to use that in a game because you haven't built the necessary muscle memory to actually be able to do that. So, you know, the reason that I put the moves that I did in the perimeter score system is because once you master them, first of all, you can Use them to actually score in games. And they're simple. Like, they're simple that you can go to. They're not flashy, but they work okay. And also going along with that, once you get great at those things, you can add on to them. So you can add different combos and different counters to those things. And because you have the basics, the fundamentals mastered, you have that muscle memory down, you're going to be able to be successful using it as opposed to you just doing it during one drill in your workout that was focusing on seven things. Okay? If you have a workout that's focusing on one thing, you're gonna be able to come better at that one thing. And that one thing might be the thing that gets you four extra points per game, right? Then maybe you get great at another thing, and that gets you another six points per game. So that's all of a sudden what we're looking at. It's like, what are the things you can go to? Okay. What are things you can have that you can be confident in? Because that's where confidence stems from. It stems from you feeling that you can go to something whenever you need to. Okay. You feel like you have control over something, and if you aren't great at something, you're never going to have that confidence. So that's the biggest thing for me, and that's what you guys have got to focus on your training, is you have to make sure that when you're doing what you do, you are laser focused on those two or three skills that you want to develop. You have workouts that are laser focused on building, building one skill, working on one move, working on one type of shot. Okay? It could be a type of. Could be. You spend a whole workout working on shooting off the catch and off the drill. Like, you might have a whole. And we do this in the permission as well. We have a workout where it's just shooting. Okay? So you're becoming great as a shooter. And additionally, you might have relocation shooting. So I just dropped a workout with a pro player that I trained back in August of 2019. And when we worked out, we did some light ball handling, some light finishing, and we did some shooting. And then we went into a ton of stuff off of Relocation. So we went out, we went drifts to the corner, lifts to the wing, we went relocations off of ball screens, off of dribble handoffs. Like, we were just working on that, on being able to shoot off of relocations. Okay? That's what I'm talking about. You want to have those workouts that are laser focused on a skill that you want to build, okay? That's how you become great at it. That's how you become confident in it as well. And, you know, the other thing, too, going along with that is you have to understand that it isn't just good enough to show up and do it. Like, are you doing those drills correctly? Okay. And this is something that I stress to my players all the time, because there's no point in doing something if you're not going to do it correctly. Because here's the thing, guys, in games, like, you have to do it correctly or it's not going to work. Okay? And if you want to see that success, you can't go to the gym and just be nonchalant about the work you're doing. You have to really buy in and commit to what you're doing and commit to doing it at 100%. And, you know, a lot of players will see a drill on YouTube or wherever, and then they're gonna go to the gym and do it, which is nothing wrong with that at all. But they. They don't. They don't pay attention to the details of it. So they end up going to the gym and doing the drill incorrectly. And then they're wondering why they don't get the results that they want to get. Or maybe they do get some results, but they're missing out on a ton of results they actually could be getting. And a great example of this is my NBA player workouts. So if you guys watch my workouts, you know, they're incredibly detailed. Like, if you read those slides that I put, like, they're incredibly detailed with the footwork, the pace, all those things. And if you watch the drill demonstrations that I do, I watch each drill, each move a bunch of times until I have it down correctly. Like, I make sure that, like, okay, when is my left foot step one of my right footstep? How many dribbles do I take? What do my dribbles look like? When do I rate? Do I have to change heights, change speeds? Like, I focus on those things because guess what? I know that those things work right? Those players have just showed me that if you do a drill this. If you do a move this way, it's going to work. Okay? It might not work every time, but it works. It will work. There will be times where it will work. If I. If I do it a different way, it might not work. So I need to make sure I show you guys the right way to do it. But if you guys just go and you aren't focused on the details, you just are like, ah, whatever, I'll take as many steps as I want, I'll go whatever speed I want, as many dribbles as I want. You're not going to get those same benefits that you could be getting, okay? So if you don't pay careful, if you don't pay careful attention to the details, then you're not going to be getting the most out of your workouts. And that's an unfortunate truth that a lot of players have to face when they go through their work and they don't end up getting the benefits that they think they should be getting is because you probably aren't paying close enough attention to the details of your work that you're doing. And you know, we talk about how basketball is so competitive right now globally. I mean, it's the fastest growing sport. And honestly, it's going to be for the foreseeable future. I mean, basketball is blowing up. Like there are so many players out there who are playing in so many different countries. I mean, it is unlike anything that we've ever seen in the sport. And, you know, that's why basketball now is better than it's ever been. The NBA now is better than it's ever been and it's going to continue to get better because we have more and more players, right? You know, back in the 90s, they expanded to, to 30 or 30 teams. And you know, it was kind of watered down for a little bit because we didn't have the, the international guys we have now. We didn't have the, you know, Luka Doncic or, or we didn't have Dirk right away. We didn't have Chris Stabs. Like we had some international guys, but not the way we have them now, okay? Where we have like every year we got guys coming in from, from Europe who can play, right? And so because of that, once the, the NBA started to grow, I mean, it's incredible. And then all of a sudden you have to look at those players in those countries when you know, those kids growing up there, see, like, oh man, you know, this guy made it from Europe to the NBA. Now every kid in that country wants to be, wants to be him. So he's going to train, he's working out. All of a sudden basketball becomes massive in that country, okay? That's what you have to understand. There's so much competition out there globally that you don't even see. So you got to think about it this way. There's a kid out there right now, same age as you, same height as you, plays the same position as you, and works out just as often as you do. Like, there are a lot of players out there. There's somebody who matches that description. And when that kid goes to the gym, he's focusing on the details. He's going 100% the whole time. He's getting the most out of his training, okay? And when you go to the gym, you don't focus on the details. You don't worry about going 100% the whole time. You kind of just get through it. And that kid is going to get far ahead of you because he cares about the details. He cares about going 100%. He cares about getting the most out of his training. You guys might work out the same amount of time. You guys both might spend an hour and a half in the gym on the core every day, but because he's getting more out of his work, he's going to be better than you. And that's what you got to understand. So when you're in the gym and you're tempted to just say, oh, whatever, it doesn't matter, or you don't go to the gym, you got to understand that that kid out there, he's not making that decision. He's going to get his work done. He's going to do it the right way. So like I said, even if he has to watch the drill a million times to get it down, even if he has to watch demonstration a million times, he's going to do it because he knows that's. That's what's going to make him better at it and able to actually use it when it matters. So at the end of the day, if you aren't willing to also be that committed, then that kid is eventually going to take your spot that you want. Okay? So it isn't necessarily about how much time you spend in the gym, though obviously that's important. That's a factor in it. But it's also about what are you getting out of the gym? Are you getting through it? Are you getting something out of it? That's a question you got to ask yourself. And that goes with. That goes with your individual workouts right now. That goes with teamwork, as that goes with team practices, right? Are you getting through it or are you getting something out of it? Because the best players are the ones who get stuff out of it. They aren't just getting through it, okay? They're getting better because of it. And, you know, as much as I believe in the perimeter score system, and I believe it's going to help a lot of players. I think, for me, the biggest thing is that if you don't commit to the details, you don't commit to doing things right, you don't commit to being consistent, then no training, no trainer is going to be able to help you. Right? You're going to forever be a big case of what if. So don't allow something as little as that, as minuscule as that, to derail you. Understand that it's super important for you to pay attention to the details and to get great at doing those things you're supposed to be doing. Okay? So that's a big thing. And nobody out there, no trainer can make that choice for you. That's completely on you. So I want to answer a couple questions, and this came from my guy. Ian asked some great questions to me this week. So, like I said, guys, any questions, hit me on Instagram, because I know that if you have a question, there's probably someone else out there who has the same question as you. So by you asking, you're probably going to be helping out other people as well. And, you know, we'll talk about a little bit more in a little bit. But. So, first question I got, he asked. Quick question. Do you have any opinion on listening to music during workouts? I was thinking about it because I usually do, but I just finished watching the Mental Toughness masterclass, and I was wondering if it would affect focus or for basketball or something like that. So, first of all, shout out to Ian, one of the first guys to join the perimeter score system when it opened up. And, you know, he's been. He's been grinding, making his way through all that stuff. So shout out to Ian. But my answer to him was, you know, it's a good question, actually, because I do talk a lot about focus and being able to focus. And this actually relates back to what we're talking about with the details. And the first thing is, no, like, I wouldn't overthink it. I mean, when I work out, I listen to music. Like, there's nothing wrong with that at all. And I think where. Where it becomes a. Where it could become an issue is if you are just kind of going through it, right? If you. If you can't stop yourself and pause your music and make sure you're doing the drill correctly, make sure your footwork is right, your pace is right. If you can't do that, then you probably shouldn't listen to music because you're not going to get the most out of your workouts. But if you're able to be disciplined and say, you know what, I can listen to music but at the same time, if I need to stop and I need to, you know, I need to check the drill again, make sure I'm doing it correctly, I can do that, right? If you're able to do that, then that's fine. So once we're past that, there's actually a lot of evidence that music like significantly can benefit your athletic performance. And you know, there was a study from a professor at the University of Southern Queensland and he basically found out that amongst elite Olympic level athletes, the by with them listening to music, they were able to increase the length. They could run for over 18%. And a lot of it had to do with, with the pace of the, or the tempo of the music. So the, that was kind of a big thing is if you want to get an increase in performance from your music, then you want to have a high tempo. If you're doing a high tempo activity, obviously basketball is a high tempo activity. So you know, music like rap and heavier rock, like that's going to get you that higher tempo which actually can scientifically increase your performance based on, you know, a few studies. And essentially what it comes down to was the disassociation between, you know, your mind and your body, right? Or more specifically your mind and the pain you're feeling by running and doing all these things that are painful for your body. And music actually helps to sort of help your brain forget about that. So you're able to train at a higher intensity oftentimes. And so, you know, I think there's a lot of good that can come out of music. And you know, there's a lot of research again that backs that up. Now obviously it's hard to tell for every person. I think that's what it comes down to though is like, okay for you personally, if that's what works for you, if you feel like you have better workouts, you more intense workouts with music, then go for it again. Just as long as you're able to still get the most out of your workouts, you're still able to focus on the details, you're still engaged in your workout and you aren't just lost with the music. Okay? So that's something you have to think about. But again, if maybe you don't like music, then don't worry about it. But if you, if that's what you want to do, then I would say there's no issues in not doing that. So that's a good question though, because you want to make sure that you are as focused as you possibly can be. And that being said though, you know, I think it's definitely good to have that extra boost. And for me personally, I always. But I usually have music when I'm when I'm playing basketball and you know, growing up, but a lot of times actually growing up where I was in gyms training where I didn't have that and I guess the one good thing is that when I didn't have music, a lot of times I was a little more focused on what I was actually doing right. I'm a little bit more focused on the moves that I'm doing on getting it right. But again, I think that goes various from person to person. So I mean, overall, to answer that question, I say go for it. Like there's something wrong with it if that's what works for you. But you know, I know for different people it can be different. So you know, adjust that for yourself and you know, that'll if that's what you're into, then absolutely go for it. So Ian asked another question that was regarding overtraining. And this is another question. Actually. I get kind of not that frequently, but I've got it a couple times. So actually I'm glad I can address this. Now said I have a quick question regarding overtraining. I know that this is a thing for weightlifting, but is it a thing for basketball too? Obviously in season I know that it is, but what about off season? I've been doing your strength programs early in the morning, finishing online school, doing the perimeter score system workouts along with vert shock, plyometric programmer, jumping and zoom sessions with a local trainer. Along with this, I try to do your NBA player workouts and your live workouts as much as possible. I feel like I'm going with the schedule, but I just want to make sure I'm not overexerting my body or anything. So it's another good question. And I think again, this comes down to everybody's going to be a little bit different with the amount of training and the amount of stress that their body can take. So you have to be able to address that for yourself. And it all comes down to really understanding your body and listening to what your body's telling you. So if you are getting really, really sore, you're starting to get a couple nagging injuries, then at that point you might want to pull back a little bit, at least temporarily until you start to feel better. But if you're going through it and you feel good, you know, you feel like you're getting better, you're not hitting any plateaus, then absolutely, I'd say continue what you're doing. You know, you're getting in a lot of work, which is great. And you know, the. But the level you're going to take is going to vary from person to person. It's not going to be a one size fits all. So you have to be able to address that for yourself. You know, if you, if you start to feel extremely overwhelmed day by day, and like I said, you know, little nagging injuries, you know, extreme soreness, then at that point you're going to want to adjust what you're doing and be able to get the most out of, out of, out of your training. So that's what I would say, you know, you, you know, I would say going along with that, actually the biggest thing is going to be your training or your nutrition and your recovery. Like, I think if you're going to be training that much, you need to make sure those things are unlocked. So obviously nutrition, if you're training that much, you got to be eating a lot. Ideally you're going to be eating a lot of good food, but just get in a lot of food, okay? So your protein is gonna be massive. Getting enough carbs, stuff that's gonna keep you going throughout the day, make sure you're not skipping on eating, okay? You gotta make sure that you're doing that. And if you're putting in that amount of effort, that amount of time, you're burning a lot of calories, and if you're trying to get, to gain muscle and get stronger, then you gotta make sure you're keeping up with your nutrition and your eating. So that's something that you definitely are gonna want to pay attention to. And then also your recovery is going to be massive as well. Specifically sleep. You got to make sure that if your training schedule is like that, you got to be sleeping at least eight, 10 hours every night, honestly, like seven at minimum. But I would say probably closer to nine or 10 is what you're going to want to get to. So you got to be able to be disciplined and get to bed when you need to get to bed so that you can get, you can wake up in the morning, get your training done, get whatever you need to get done throughout the day and you know, have enough time to get it because you don't want to skip on sleeping. You know, when you have that that intensive schedule. Because if you want to be able to hopefully avoid those injuries, you want to be able to avoid the effects of overtraining. You got to be able to make sure that you're sleeping and you're fueling your body with that nutrition. That's going to be two big things. And that in itself can be why players might see differences. Two players who might be similar in age, similar in ability, they might both work out, you know, at the same time doing the same things, but one of them keeps getting hurt, you know, is feeling overwhelmed, the other kid feels fine. Because maybe the difference is that one kid isn't paying attention to what he's eating. He's not eating enough and he's not sleeping enough. Maybe he's sleeping five or six hours a night. The other kid is eating a lot and he's sleeping nine hours every night. That can be the difference right there. So you have to address that for yourself. You know, basketball, and this is what I always love to relate it back to, is that basketball is not just about the on court stuff, right? A lot of people think that it is like, oh, you know, what workout should I be doing? Like, and obviously, look, it all starts with your on court training. If you aren't doing on court training, you're not going to become a great basketball player. That's, that's obviously point number one. But I think even bigger than that is you have to look at what else are you doing. Like, like it's not just going to be about your training, it's going to be about also the off course stuff. So we'll stick with physical. So your, your, your strength training. Okay. Again, right now we, most of us can't get in gyms, but you know, your body weight training, what are you doing to get stronger? That's, that's another big part of becoming a great player. And mentally. So you know, are, do you have the correct mindset? Do you have the basketball iq? All that stuff that also is very, very important when it comes to you becoming great. That's something you have to have unlocked too. It's not just about your skills training. You have to have the basketball IQ part of it, which also you develop through playing. So you can't just be doing skills training. Are you also playing, are you playing one on one? Are you playing five on five, three on three? Are you actually being able to get into live situations to where you can actually apply those skills that you've been training? Okay. Because there's a difference between executing moves in practice. By yourself and then doing it in actual games. Doing an actual game situation where there's a defender right there. Okay. In practice, you can make things perfect, right? You could do a move perfectly in a game. It probably won't be perfect every time. Okay. You might step a little bit different every time. Your pace will be a little different every time. Your finishes will be a little bit different. The way you shoot, it might be a little different in terms of where you're getting your shots from, all that stuff. So that's another important part too, is you got to make sure you're playing. And we talked about this a little bit. But right now, even if it's just playing an imaginary defender, if you can't get in the gym with your teammates or something like that, you're just working on your moves as if you're in a game, I think that's huge for players right now, too. And then obviously getting into your recovery in your nutrition, so making sure that you're stretching, I think that's a big thing too. Actually, I got another question about what is the most, like, what are some essential things that basketball players need to have? And I think one was a. One is a foam roller. You gotta have a foam roller. And I have a video on that too, where I talk about how to get rid of knee pain. And foam rolling is just a massive part of that. It's really gonna help your muscles feel better. So foam rolling, stretching, huge for recovery right there. Obviously, sleeping, the most important part of recovery, and then your nutrition. So making sure you're eating enough, getting enough good food in enough protein and all those things together is going to build you up as an athlete. Okay. As a basketball player. So don't. Don't feel like you. As long as you're training, then you're doing enough. You got to make sure that you're setting up yourself to be successful. You know, one thing I talk about is that the best players don't like. You know, I want to be careful how I word this. Basketball shouldn't be the only thing in your life. Right. But I feel like the best players are the ones who set their lives up around becoming great at basketball. Okay. So they're going to make sure that they get enough sleep because that's going to help them become great at basketball. They're going to make sure that they are stretching, making time to stretch, because that's going to make them better. They're going to make sure that they're watching basketball, playing a lot of basketball, because that's going to make them, allow them to be the most successful. They're going to get their schoolwork done because that's. Now there's going to be nothing in the way of them playing. Okay? The best players are the ones who are going to set themselves up to be great. And it is not just about you being willing to go to your skill training, it's about everything else as well. So this is a very important topic, a very important question. And you know, I think going forward you got to make sure that you address what you're doing and you make sure that that in general is not just about your skills training. You make sure that you have everything else on lock as well. Okay? So, you know, kind of just to go back, make sure that you guys, you have again, you pick two skills, two or three skills that you are already pretty good at and you become great at those things, okay? Become great at those things. So if you're a good shooter already, maybe you're a great shooter already, become an elite shooter, okay? You might be a great ball handler. So now you become an elite ball handler, an elite shooter, and maybe you come in an elite defender as well. And that in itself is going to allow you to be successful. You don't have to be, you know, the best finisher at that point. You don't have to be the best passer at that point because you have skills that translate and you can obviously build those things up as you go along, but have some things you can hang your hat on, have some things you can get playing time for right now, okay? That's, that's a massive part of becoming the player that you want to be. So address that for yourself. And you know, I already mentioned the perimeter score system and like I said, you guys want to get the first workout free. Make sure you guys click the link down below and that'll be there. And, and you know that, that again, that's going to be something I think is really going to help a lot of players. And I've already heard a lot of great stuff from guys who have been going through it. And you know, like I talked about, it isn't just about the skills training, it's also about you developing your mentality, your basketball iq, which we have stuff for in there as well. Between the 20 points regained blueprint, the mental toughness masterclass, my VIP NBA swimming secrets, film breakdowns, you know, all those things included with it really helped to kind of build the all around great player. Okay, so again, shout out to everybody who's in there already. And you know, like I said, click the link below. Check it out. Really appreciate you guys. Appreciate you guys checking in with me today. And like I always say, and like I said before in the video, you guys have questions, make sure you let me know. Again, your question is probably going to help out other people too. 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