A coach tells young basketball players that every hour after school is a choice: practice or hang out with friends. Five minutes of daily ball-handling beats occasional longer sessions. Consistency, not intensity, separates players who improve from those who stall.
All right, so there's another thing I want to talk to you about, young Hoopers. So when you're growing up and playing and doing whatever you do in school, basketball, whatever, there's always an opportunity cost. So what do I mean when I say that? For example, there's no chance for you to just stay stagnant. You're either progressing or you're regressing. So What does that mean? For example, okay, it's after school, you either can go work out and practice or you can go play with your friends. And the idea behind this for me and why I feel like I've been successful in my career is consistency. So I'm not saying you need to go and practice 4 hours a day. I'm saying even if it's literally a a 5-minute ball handling routine every single day, that's way better than doing 2 hours of practice.
