You’re Better… So Why Is He Starting? (The Real Reason You’re Overlooked)

Have you ever felt like you're better than the person playing over you, but yet they're getting all the minutes and all the opportunities? Maybe you're more skilled than them, maybe you put in more work than they do, but yet you're still stuck watching. It's frustrating, it's confusing, and it can definitely start to mess with your confidence as well. Now, this video is not about blaming your coach, and if you're looking for that, this probably isn't going to help you. This video is about understanding why this happens and more importantly, how you can fix it. So I'm going to break down four reasons why this could be happening, and then I'm going to tell you exactly how you can fix it so you can start to see those results on the court that you worked so hard for. The first reason is because of trust and reliability. Coaches aren't always going to play the most talented players. They're going to play the players that they trust the most. Now, trust can come from a few different areas. Number one is, do they trust you to actually go out and do your job? So you might be super skilled, but if your coach wants you to go out and move the ball on offense and take open shots and defend at a high level, but you are too busy focusing on other things that you want to do that aren't in line with that, well, your coach isn't going to trust you because you're not contributing to winning. You might have all the ability in the world, but if you're careless with the ball and you try and do too much and be a hero too often, and so you turn the ball over making bad decisions, then you might have all the ability in the world, but you're not helping the team enough. So therefore your coach won't trust you. If your coach can look at you and they can know exactly what they're going to get from you when they put you in the game, they're much more likely to play you because you're reliable. We'll talk a little bit later on how to develop trust with your coach. The second reason that this could be happening is because of a lack of effort or energy. I see it all the time as a coach. There are players who are incredibly talented, but they don't understand what the game of basketball actually is. They think that the most important thing in basketball is how skilled you are, and it's just not even close. Basketball at a high level and even at lower levels is a war every single game. And if you play the game of basketball you know what I mean? You're going to get bumped, you're going to get fouled. Sometimes the game comes down to who can pull a rebound at the end, who can box out at the end, who can get to a loose ball first. And as a player, you might not always recognize it, but this ability to just play super hard all the time is one of the most important factors when it comes to winning. So if your coach has to tell you to play harder or to go into shoot, when to drive, when to pass, knowing how to create advantages for your team, I'll talk about this again at the end. But if you want to understand how to do these intangible things better, I have a free basketball IQ masterclass. At the top link down below in the description we dive into a bunch of this stuff. It's going to help you to become a a better score, better able to create for yourself, for your team. It's going to help you to play with more confidence and then develop some of the mindsets that are going to go into helping you with this stuff here. So it's completely free. Make sure you check that out. It's top link in the description down below. All of these intangible things are stuff that's so all the other skills and people obviously spend all their time on those things. But if you lack the intangibles, you're going to struggle to actually perform to the level you're capable of on the core and you're going to struggle to play with any sort of consistency. Like I said, that masterclass down below is going to help you. But this area.