Early training requires both mental toughness and focused repetition. The speaker advocates for dedicating entire sessions to mastering one skill, like left-hand finishes, before moving on. He believes this habit-building approach early in a career could have taken him professional.
If I would have known this younger in my career, I think I would be in the NBA right now. Listen closely. Growing up, when I was training, it was more so a mindset. Can I mentally get through this suicide and hit these shots? Can I hit all these shots or am I at the start over? It was more of like mentally training my mind. Now, while that was extremely important, I think if I was able to do that and do this that I'm about to tell you, I would be game changer. So when I train now, if you came to my workout, you would be like, gosh, this is boring. He only does 2 moves the whole workout. He's not doing all the touch the cone, run down the court, do this, do that. It's specifically to what I'm trying to get better at. So if I'm wanting to get better at finishing with my left hand, I'm going to do left-hand finishes, the same exact finish for the whole workout. And then when I come back tomorrow, I'm going to do the same thing unless I feel like I've mastered that that task. And then once I feel like I've mastered it, I move on to the counter.
